ratcherman Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Well I decided to have a look out on the first day of the bucks to try my luck. The first bit of ground to try was a small wood which is very hard to stalk as its so dense but set of nonetheless, stalked very slowly through the wood, glassing as I went but seen nothing in all the usual hotspots. Decided to check one last little bit before I left, a small clearing in the wood. As I got there, glassed through the trees and spotted a young 6 point buck in velvet, head down, feeding with the doe alongside. Got up on sticks and waited for the deer to move broadside then dropped it on the spot at about 50 yards. After gralloching and loading the deer into the truck I then headed off to a second piece of ground to check for any signs of a buck present there. After walking round the farm for about 15-20 minutes, I walked through a gateway that had fresh slots in the mud. Slowly stalked into the field and just caught a glimpse of a deer on the top of the hill feeding. I froze on the spot and checked through my binos to see a nice clean 6 point buck happily feeding, but there was no shot to be had as it was skylined. As I froze watching it a doe appeared, sighted me and took off barking, which then alerted the buck, which then ran round the field in circles barking and stopping to try and wind me. After a couple of minutes he ran out the field through a gap to which I followed the direction he took off in. As I got to the gap I checked the next field to where the buck and doe were just head down feeding again, lifted the rifle onto my sticks and waited for a shot to arise. After about 3 or 4 minutes, the buck walked forward broadside and I dropped him on the spot at 100 yards. All in all a cracking start for me to the buck season and a memorable evening stalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Well done mate, a cracking start to the season .........hope some of your luck rubs off on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Nice heed on the 2nd one fella.Never seen so many clean so early and presuming its doon to the good weather and lack of winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Interesting that one buck was clean and the other was in velvet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Interesting that one buck was clean and the other was in velvet. The older bucks clean first , juveniles sometimes still have velvet well into May .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 A good start indeed and a fine looking head on the older fella Good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 two lovely deer mate as said the second one has a nice rack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc'y marc Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Very nice, the young buck looks like it would have became a very good buck in a year or 2. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 A great start on the bucks and a nice rack on the second as said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Excellent, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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