Yokel Matt
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Just skinned it Rich - no sight of any broken limbs or past issues. Probably an antler injury whilst soft in velvet. Funny looking thing.
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Not at all mate ? I’d be the first to admit it doesn’t look great! I wondered what the hell had happened to it when I first got to him!
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He’d moved his head to itch his shoulder when I chest shot him... I had one eye on the doe behind him and obviously took my eye off what he was doing. As soon as she was clear he got it so it was actually one bullet, four holes. Not exactly best practice but the strike spot was right where I was aiming
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Pretty busy week lined up so literally had an hour this evening to have a quick look out. I wouldn’t have bothered but noticed a buck on the way back from work in the same field that I’d bumped one a couple of weeks back. After dropping my daughter off at Brownies (and getting a few sideways glances in the process) I drove back past the vantage spot and saw that it was still there. Fortunately I could drive right up to the gap in the woodland boundary 5 minutes later the was loaded and stalking in. I nearly bumped a doe that had the same idea but fortunately she didn’t notice me and moved on p
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I bought a load of ‘Skin so soft’ spray from Avon following a recommendation from someone on here and it worked very well. I haven’t tried this gadget - do you know if it works for ticks as well?
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Picked up one of those myself recently- nice work.
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It’s tough going mate - the coffee machine ran out of beans today... and the air-con was on too high so it was chilly as well.
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No mate - I did at first but just tend to cut the antlers off below the coronets and chuck them in a box for dog chews. If it was something exceptional I might do.
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Room for improvement although ribs on both sides were hit and my over-enthusiastic skinning tote the armpit making it look worse than it is. No lead fragments to worry about though which is nice. The RWS factory rounds I used to use made a hell of a mess.
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Yes mate - 6.5. The hole is the size of a 10p coin so pretty happy with the performance. The heads aren’t cheap at £42 for 50 but it still works out wayyyy better than what I was paying, and getting, from the factory ammo.
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By the time I got it to the gralloch side it was dark and I’d run out of puff so used truck winch him up into the tree for the suspended gralloch. A bit embarrassing given that it’s only a roe but it was a biggun and I’d forgotten my weetabix that morning. Had a closer look at the head and it’s better than I have it credit for. Also looked at the exit and got to say these Barnes ttsx do just what they say on the tin... you can almost see the shape it cut out.
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Spotted some deer in a field on some ground I haven’t visited for a couple of weeks so decided to pop over following a short but freakish. They were in a field that I was able to approach from the cover of a wood and i spotted the candidate buck almost straight away. Unfortunately he was unsafe with houses behind him so I stood and waited hoping he’d work his way left when a risking bank of soft ground would absorb any pass through. He had other ideas and decided to couch only 50m away and I spent 40 mins looking at a perfect back of head shot that I was unable to safely take. At 9
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Nice one George. Did better than we did last evening night didn’t he! Speechless we blanked there?
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Nice cull buck mate - I know exact where you got him from the description. Bloody poachers round there a brazen as well, remember when we were lamping ourselves out in the field and they lit us up from the road and then carried on scanning the rest of the perm as they drove along!
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I though they were a gimmick until I tried them. Total convert now.
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I had 4 deer in the chiller from previous outing and with no time to process them myself or a dealer local to me was invited up to Tim to use his one. Dropping them off in his larder facility we had a quick look out at a local place where we’d seen a biggun the season before to see if he was still about and maybe look for a cull buck. Chats with the farmer took longer than expected but it worked out well as by the time we got to the most likely spot the deer had lost their early evening inhibitions and were well out in the field, 3 cull bucks and one doe. They were around 150m away
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Good weights as well Les - 45 lb and 42 lb.
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Yes mate - I’d rather it wasn’t mine swarming though! There was a small cluster in the same place this morning and the nuke hive I put the other in yesterday was still active so hopefully I’ve got away with it. The main hive was absolutely heaving so I still not sure if it was them that swarmed or simply their hive was a convenient place to rest for another hives cast? any beekeepers on here with any advice please get in touch!
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Out for an hour this evening to drop some paperwork over to a farm I’ve had for a while and put the rifle in the car if time permitted. I drove past his Landy parked in a field but he wasn’t to be seen, neither was he at the house. On the breeze I heard a roe barking so I got the rifle out and walked to the pasture where it was coming from. A buck ran into the field some 200m away but I had no idea where the bloody farmer was so even though the shot was technically safe I didn’t want to risk it. The deer fecked off and then I heard the farmer hopping over the gate behind me. I was
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Went to check the bees this evening and it’s was going off! Found what I assume was a swarm handing off their hive although whether it was from that hive or not I’m not sure. I didn’t take my smoker and there was a mix of docile bees and bloody pissed off ones. I made them even more cross trying to move the hive+ super to get at the mass of bees hanging underneath of the hive. What a bloody disaster. Completely out my depth and probably made things worse! The swarm is in an old nuke hive now... will check again tomorrow to see if they’re still there!
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Work it is mate - I’m not complaining but it’s let’s just say it’s starting to get bloody inconvenient having all this venison to get rid of.
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Cheers fellas. I’ve got the lot here - I just got the impression they wanted it managed for the benefit of the estate. They obviously felt there was more to do and this just strikes me as the best way to go about it.
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A quick trip out after a busy day at home to try and up the cull buck figures. They’re starting to wise up here now and the wind direction meant and new route was needed. The ground was quite damp and trying to crumble leaves to ascertain the shifting faint breeze made me think of a new ‘essential’ bit of kit.. I desperately need a wind puffer! Anyway, a slow meander along a flicking ear gave a doe away as she walked towards me about 70m away. She kept looking over her shoulder so I got on the sticks and got ready just in time for a buck to emerge behinde her. A six pointer in tatters bu
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Jesus... think I prefer ticks!!
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Warble / bot fly? I know they have it further north in Scotland but I’ve never seen it in the west country. It wasn’t obvious but by parting the pins on the other side of the blisters you could see the bloated ticks?. ... all this is making me itch again!
