flytie Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 (edited) Here is a photo of my first ever roe. Shot last friday morning on the estate that my friends stalk on, 2000 acres of deepest worcs. I used my mate allan's tikka .243, the shot was measured at 126 yards, it jumped in the air and fell down dead. I was thrilled because we had stalked four roe for about a mile and managed to get in range by using hedges and some strategically place hawthorn bushes. There were two does, a young buck and the 3/4 grown on follower that I shot. A wonderful morning in great company. ft Edited March 11, 2008 by flytie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Well done flytie - hopefully i will be on to one next week when i go up north Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootingman Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Well done m8 , your 1st will stay with you for ever. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Well done you,ll always remember that 1 Well done flytie - hopefully i will be on to one next week when i go up north You ain,t got anything to shoot 1 with :yp: ....yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 well done good shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Well done one stalk that will last a lifetime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ91 Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 nice 1 mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubix Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Lovely animal - good effort and well done. Can I ask - what was the exit hole like ? not being goulish - I have some land with Roe to shoot in Scotland and I'm not sure about using a .243. Might go lighter, as you can up there - don't know, need to take advice. CBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 You ain,t got anything to shoot 1 with ....yet Will have on friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Well done, there's something special about the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytie Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Lovely animal - good effort and well done. Can I ask - what was the exit hole like ? not being goulish - I have some land with Roe to shoot in Scotland and I'm not sure about using a .243. Might go lighter, as you can up there - don't know, need to take advice. CBx CBx, the exit hole is quite large. There is also quite a lot of bruising on the front off side leg (as opposed to the near side:) in fact there is so much I think the leg will have to be discarded. The more people I speak to about the .243 the more carcass damage comes up in conversation. I have been told by two commercial stalking enterprises that they would prefer clients to use their estate rifles rather than their own .243's. I have applied for a 6.5x55 for several reasons but this is one of the main ones. ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunspud Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Well done first of many A, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubix Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Now being goulish here - got any pics of the exit hole/damaged meat? Best, Cubix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytie Posted March 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Now being goulish here - got any pics of the exit hole/damaged meat? Best, Cubix Cubix, sorry I have just come in from butchering it. We had it hanging in a mates cold store and it had to be moved to make room for some fallow, so we cut it up this morning. If we manage to get another I will try and take some pictures. ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Might go lighter, as you can up there - don't know, need to take advice. CBx I use a .222 on roe and it is a good round and doesn`t damage the meat too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonna Shoot a Wabbit Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Well done FT, a day you will never forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieShotgunowner Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 well done ft look a very nice roe!!! one day ill be able to do it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 A great effort flytie. A wise idea to shoot the follower, as the does are very heavily pregnant at this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytie Posted March 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 A great effort flytie. A wise idea to shoot the follower, as the does are very heavily pregnant at this time of year. Teal, My friends (and me!) are doing a planned cull and are trying to take out the maiden does as none of us like the idea of shooting heavily pregnant does. Unfortunately there is a lot of woodland that is unavialable untill the end of the game shooting season, so our compromise is to shoot the followers. ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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