Yokel Matt
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They do move when he see a vehicle and to be honest it doesn’t have to be too far for them to put some vegetation between you and them and watch you through it. This one obviously forgot about that bit and paid the price. I neither like shooting from vehicles or through cover so it doesn’t look like I’ll be using this tactic too often.
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That’ll break your concentration!
Yokel Matt replied to Yokel Matt's topic in Deer Stalking & Management
Certainly did! Lucky the gun didn’t go off to be honest. Yes, the 6.5 with 120g. Must had pushed a bit of rib out along with it! -
Out again yesterday to cement interest in a new bit ground and let the owners know I mean business. On the way up the drive a solitary doe was sunning herself under a tree. Apparently she was there most days and, being both without any followers of her own and a daily ‘in your face’ example of the hedge munching problem they were having she ticked all the cull plan boxes. Crap pic but with a little imagination you can see her couched in the center. At 130m she was in her feet as soon as I was out the truck. I decided on a bipod shot but had to account for the electric fencing. It wa
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The estate owners have a dog and regularly walk the ground. They want to avoid any risk of it retrieving a manky gralloch back to them wagging its tail or, worse still, wolfing it down and throwing it up on the living room rug later... a dedicated site seemed like the solution.
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Dead right - Ironically I’d been trying to enquire about the stalking there for years but couldn’t even get the name of the person to talk to! Im not really a fan shooting this late in the season so it’s a bit bittersweet. I want the stalking but the estate wants results and it’s hard to argue the case for an excess of pregnant does when they’re doing so much damage to the estates interests.
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I had a email out the blue the other day asking if I would be prepared to help out with the deer management on the estate 5 mins from my house. I thought it was a wind-up at first as it seemed too good to be true. Anyway, I replied to the person who turned out to be the head forrester and from there the farm manager. They're obviously taking things seriously over there and the deer are hammering the new hedges and natural re-gen they’re trying to encourage. The Forrester was pulling his hair out but I was finding it hard not to grin as we drove round... seeing 4 roe in the process.
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Better than me as well.. I was sat on my arse at work all day! Great day you had there mate, nice work.
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Glad I’m not alone! It would definitely have been the long way round if any barbed wire fences were involved.. the brambles were bad enough! Just glad I wasn’t going commando!
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I’ve got a box of the things somewhere mate... I’ll have a look and post you a few.
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I had another reminder text about the number of deer on one of time farms I manage... apparently they were everywhere but even one would have been too many for this chap! I’d been trying to delay going over as my game larder is temporarily out of action and doubling up as a kitchen while we have an extension done and I’d been told by the wife in no uncertain terms was I not to bring anything back. Anyway, the farmer also casually mentioned that someone had knocked on his door asking about the shooting so I had to put a show in. It was pretty bloody chilly at 06:15 this morning in Somerset
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Great idea - I’ve been to NZ myself and can see how that would inspire you! Wouldn’t fancy packing a red out over their hills though as those fellas like to sling them over their shoulder... it’s bad enough with a roe. Something I’d definitely like to do with my lad when he’s older, also do a winter one in a cabin or yurt.... and where you can rack them up on a pole outside and not worry about the flies.
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£6 for a large roe antler... seems a bit deer.
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Great morning you had there, love the pics. No missing that blood trail is there!
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Proper job Rich - nice weather to let them chill out in a well, that’s a great pic?
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NV is definitely a game changer Rez, this was more of a recon session and I find NV takes quite a bit longer (unless you have a thermal spotter... still saving!), hence the lamp on this occasion. The rabbits here were pretty green fortunately so the lamp came up trumps. Hell of a lot of dicking about to get ready for a shot though with a handheld lightforce striker!
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Cheers Matt - I like processing game almost as much as I like hunting and eating it. It’s a hobby in itself.. only it helps pay for the hunting part!
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Hadn’t been to the golf course for a while and was reminded by the green keeper of the fact yesterday. Popped over for a swift circuit last night with the HW100, lamp, sticks and length of rope (to string them on) for a look about. Overcast, dark with only enough breeze to tell it’s direction. First corner and a rabbit was right in front of me at about 40m. I spent so long getting my my act together it ran in so I practised the routine of getting the airgun up on the sticks again with the lamp off (Its second nature with my centre fire but entirely different with the airgun which doesn’t
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Nice going tyla - he looks stoked.
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Hang on... while I was puffing a grunting up that hill dragging that stag you were skipping along behind taking pictures!? Fair play to George - that was a difficult approach and the prone shot was from a soaking, stoney patch of ground. Both shots were at around 140m as well so a cool head on his shoulders and after watching you run 400m to congratulate him, grinning like an idiot the whole way, I could tell it meant as much to you as it did to him! Must have been a proud moment for you, can’t wait to do that with my own lad when he’s older. My two the following day were almost carb
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Started reloading recently and bought a few boxes of Barnes 120gr TTSX for my 6.5x55. I originally went in the shop after some Hornady SST but they didn’t have any and after a chat with the gunsmith about how I was looking for accuracy for more head / neck shots and also reduce shoulder damage with chest shots thought I’d give them a try. It was only after buying them I found a few articles questioning their terminal performance and likening them to amax or fmj! Thanks to a trip down to Dicehorn I knew my load was moving at 2840fps on average and a helpful chap at Barnes had offered me so
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Thanks Peter - great to see you yesterday and many thanks for the load advice and chrono help! You had to protect the window cleaner from those vicious dogs of yours so don’t worry about the soup! That 20 Tac both looked and did the business - wish the rounds I brought down grouped like those.. bet you thought I drilled those holes myself!! A little more time at the bench required. I’ll keep in touch and also let you know how these TTSX work on game as opposed to Ballistic gel. Thanks again Matt
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You’re right there - both were decent weights a very clean.
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Yes mate? Feeling very smug and relieved. Still need to see how fast it’s going so to we’ll see what happens. Using Barnes copper bullets is a new one for me so I’d be interested to hear from anyone with experience with their terminal performance - especially at these sort of speeds.
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Hi Peter - very many thanks for your reply. I’ll take you up on your kind offer and ping you an email if that’s ok and may tap you up for a few other tips if that’s ok with you ?. It is a 22” barrel and some of the cases did show some obturation but there were no signs of excess pressure that I could see.
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From my experience: Winchester Super X: Accurate, big hollow point so good stopping power. Eley subs: Extremely accurate, not as consistent at stopping chest shot bunnies as the Winnie’s... but then you’ll be headshooting more. CCI subs: Inconsistent shite.