Olliesims Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 With the weather looking good I had made plans with camokid (Andy) to finally get out and get my first deer, we arrived at 4.15 to find a gentleman just leaving who had been walking his dogs, he told us that there was aload of roe in one of the fields close by, after a quick look around we found a group of 8 grazing quite close to the hedge line, after stalking in to a few hundred yards, they winded us and quickly disappeared into thin air, the rain started so we carried on walking around to the lambing shed to see if there was anything else about, nothing showed, as we started walking back to the car to get the lamps eagle eye andy noticed that the roe had reappeared in the same field as before, with the light fading quick, we made ground quickly using the hedge line to our advantage, at this point the wind picked up changing direction with heavy rain following, only 2 of the group were still grazing with the others led in the hedge line 200 yards away, the light had nearly gone when the rest of the group stood up and started walking towards us, when this doe presented herself at 120 yards, I took the shot, she ran 20 yards before dropping, the group froze and looked in our direction, there was a opportunity for a second shot, but decided to let them be for another day, a big thank you to andy for the tips and experience he shared, now I'm looking forward to my second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Well done, a second in fast failing light is mostly an error (so much can go wrong especially when the deer are alerted) so good choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason kaye Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Well done pal, as Kent said good decision to leave the rest alone, oh and looks like a good choice for a cull doe Jase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellySlater Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Nice shooting , you will remember that one for a long time to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbust Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Well done mate, nice shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Well done mate .....the start of a long and interesting journey.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Well done i been looking for a week now with no luck as yet the trouble with Fallow here today gone tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 well don to you and Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olliesims Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Cheers all for the comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 well done mate i had 2 yesterday and it's still as great a feeling as the first colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 nice post ollie it was a good proper stalk along that hedge the roads made it a tad difficult but we managed a first for you.. well done mate pleased for ya... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob58 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Nice write up and a good cull animal well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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