steve_b_wales Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 (edited) I went out yesterday with a mate to one of my permissions, with the intention of getting myself a roe buck and a fox or two later. The weather was great, a mild wind blowing towards us as we walked through the fields. There were plenty of slots and we could see where the deer had been laying up in some of the long grass. We walked through three fields and headed towards a place where we often see deer/fox. As we were walking, my mate said to me, "There's a fox in front of us at about 60 yards". We stopped and he looked through his binocular's to see that it was indeed a Roe buck. The sticks were set up and I looked through my scope to just make out the roe's head and part of his neck, sticking up from the foot high grass. My rifle is sighted in at 120 yards, so I placed the cross hairs on his neck. I fired and we could hear the slap. A Roe doe got up and ran for about 10 yards. She stopped for about a minute and then ran off down the field. We approached the buck, and he was laying flat out and still kicking. I could see that there was still eye movement, so another shot placed at the side of his neck quickly dispatched him. A nice size buck was mine, my first. My mate estimated that he was probably about two years old. His summer coat was almost through. I wish I could write that I had stalked this buck for 100's of yards and that I placed a perfectly aimed shot at the heart/lung area, but at the end of the day, I got one. I'm now looking forward to seeing it cooking in the oven. PS. The gun was empty when the photo was taken! Edited May 20, 2008 by steve_b_wales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Good Man steve - the first is always 1 to remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Well done Steve, good honest write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirky Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Well done steve, i hope its the start of many Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Great news Steve.Well done and keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Well done. My first was ruined when he turned his head to scratch his shoulder and the bullet exited and shattered one of his antlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_boy Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 (edited) Well done, its occurences like that, that make me question whether I would ever go for a centerfire rifle it seems such a giant leap from the rimmy. Edited May 20, 2008 by game_boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InGen Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Game Boy, occurrences, as you stated, are few and far between. And yes, there is a giant leap moving up the ladder and using a centrefire. It's a completely different ballgame. The plus side of centrefire, and there are many, far too many to mention on this forum, for me, is that I can humanely kill a fox at up to 200 yards+ Deer are also taken at 150 yards. My mate had a rimfire for years, and I persuaded him to apply and get a centrefire. He hasn't looked back. I still use my rimfires regulary, both .22 and .17 HMR. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ91 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 weldone mate i cant wait to get my first roe buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Well done steve got my first a week ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 well done Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_boy Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Game Boy, occurrences, as you stated, are few and far between. And yes, there is a giant leap moving up the ladder and using a centrefire. It's a completely different ballgame.The plus side of centrefire, and there are many, far too many to mention on this forum, for me, is that I can humanely kill a fox at up to 200 yards+ Deer are also taken at 150 yards. My mate had a rimfire for years, and I persuaded him to apply and get a centrefire. He hasn't looked back. I still use my rimfires regulary, both .22 and .17 HMR. Steve Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunspud Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Well done Nice one to start with well done again. :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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