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Posts posted by firthy
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Went up to see Chris Rodgers in thetford to get my heads scored.
1st buck I shot back in June on my 1st morning didn't make the grade scoring 99.48 cic
2nd buck from second morning made 122.03 scoring a silver medal I'm absolutely chuffed to bits.
once again big thanks to Matt for having me down.
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Still good practise to do the cape mate aye.
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Cracking job as always mate I’ve tightened them nuts on my new sticks and seems a lot more sturdy now. Hoping this other bit of permission comes about n I get a chance to use them soon.
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20 minutes ago, Welsh_red said:
Imagine a daughters boyfriend coming round to meet his girlfriend's father for the first time and being nervous and unsure , them BOOM!!! Wall of death
even better if there’s a spare empty plauqe
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49 minutes ago, sussex said:
FD you had any of those roe measured? There’s a couple of tidy ones there by the look of it ...
Bottom right one has some jewellery
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Here Matt this is what your cellar room should look like mate. What do you think Tim? Can’t get the hump of there in there surely. If it ain’t done by time I’m down next I’m gonna be bringing box of wrawl plugs and box of screws and putting them up myself lol
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Looks like you’ve got some stunning ground to hunt in. Well done mate some lovely bucks there.
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27 minutes ago, Yokel Matt said:
I left a boars head in a feed sack at the bottom of the garden for 6 months... that was pretty damn putrid and yes the flesh fell off with just a shake
Where the head now? Didn’t see that one in the suitcase lol
the 1st buck we had mate has dropped to 440 grammes already
n the other is 590
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Like daggers ain’t they. Top job there caping him
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I might be younger mate but wasn’t feeling fitter lol not used to the hills very flat here in Essex. Be really happy if my heads make a medal. Think the weights should be ok it’s just how they score the rest I suppose. Both seem quite symmetrical the smaller one has a lot of pearling and quite thick coronets as does the other one but lacking in somewhat on the pearling. They work the mass out by dipping the antlers in the water?
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Plenty of YouTube videos showing ya mate. But pretty much leave in water helps draw out all the blood over night. Obviously skin the head and cut off as much flesh as you can. Boil the head slowly making sure the antler isn’t in the water and keep an eye on it n you’ll see once the flesh coming off. Then spoon knife screwdriver wire that sort of thing to pick off all the s meg and Shit n brains. N then jet wash but be careful not to viceroys around the Basel cavity
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3 hours ago, foxdropper said:
90 days is the wait mate .
Spoke to a cic measurer and it’s now 30 days apparently??
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Yeah you know mate I would have been proper gutted if he slipped into the woods at the top. Quite surprised he didn’t move on considering how early on he caught us out.
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Yeah you know mate I would have been proper gutted if he slipped into the woods at the top. Quite surprised he didn’t move on considering how early on he caught us out.
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No worries mate glad to be of help lol how much do head typically loose in weight once they’re dry? Spoke to a cic measurer nearest to me and he said only have to wait 30 days until they can be measured.
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I’m still buzzing from it all mate. Couldn’t have got much bigger than that aye
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After a long night we ended up needing to recharge our batteries for longer than we anticipated and ended up getting out quite a bit later than expected at around 6.45
thinking the better part of the morning may have been and gone we decided a quick coffee to wake us up was needed then a quick look around at a farm only 5 mins down the road was our best option. On the way there the weather seemed to be in our favour being a smidge colder than the previous morning and we hoped this might have kept the deer from moving around so quickly. On arrival we could see a doe and her fawn slowly moving across a low field up towards us. We drove to the top of the hill and round a stone path and there was decent 6 point buck staring straight at us shiit reverse slowly back around the corner. Trying now to quietly get my rifle out and loaded without making any noise and getting out of the Landy door. The wind being totally not in our favour, the buck was barking and going on crazy at us. Where he stood and where we were meant the shot wouldn’t be able to be made as we was rather a bit too close to farmers house. A quick plan was executed and we made our way around the stone wall up hill slightly and to the right of where the buck was, though a steel gate and up the side of barn. All the time the buck hadn’t moved a foot and was still barking. Sticks up cross hairs on his shoulder boooooom 2nd buck down. In all the excitement I didn’t get much of a look at him through the scope in case he ran but I knew he was 6 pointer. Waited a few moments and we walked up the meadow to see my prize n I’m literally smiling like a Cheshire Cat I can see he’s special im overjoyed with my buck and Matt I can’t thank you enough for my invite down I truly am a very happy boy indeed and I can assure you one day I’ll return the favour somehow. Your an absolute legend. Matt & Tim thanks for the great company and laughs we had while I was down and l look forward to another trip down in the future. Here’s my buck he’s weighing in at 646gramms at the moment and the 1st buck at 510 grammes.
Back to base we spent some time boiling and cleaning and got the heads looking rather nice. I’m now back home in Essex with my 2 great bucks sitting in some peroxide. Once again thanks a million
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Having virtually a baron year of stalking and absolutely desperate to get out I was lucky to get a phone call from my somerset pal seeing if I was free for a weekend of stalking. Obviously I was very excited to get down and enjoy the company and the somerset countryside. After a 3 hour trip down and settling into my bed and breakfast, a plan for a 4am start had been arranged. Alarm set for 3.20 up for a quick coffee and met Matt at a pub and then we were on our way to the 1st farm to scan the hedgelines and meadows hopefully for a nice buck for my wall. On arrival to 1st field a fox had started moving across to field which I was asked to take care off quickly. Took him at around eighty metres off sticks and quickly reloaded as Matt had caught a glimpse of a nice buck heading along the lower part of the field on a territory march so we had to cover some ground as quickly as possible so as to intercept him before he was over into the next field high with rapeseed. Wind was in our favour and a swift diagonal walk down using a large oak tree as our cover, once we got to the tree Matt ranged the buck at 140 metres and told me once I’m ready and comfortable on my sticks to take the shot. I put cross hairs slightly higher on the shoulder and squeezed the trigger with the return sound of a strike. The buck dropped on the spot, and then we both erupted with joy me extremely happy knowing I’d grassed a fine 6 point buck and Matt because he’s guided me to a decent buck. Walking down we can both see my prize and I’m literally over the moon with him
Matt marches back up the hill to fetch his truck so he can do a suspended gralloch.
Absolutely buzzing now with such early success being only 4.20 when I took the shot we moved on to another part of the farm to look for another buck. The rest of the morning we walked the rest of the farm having a quite chat on the way discussing over places to try that evening and the following morning. Next point of call was some well deserved breakfast and to try for a few pigeons and crows on a different farm. Unfortunate they hadn’t read the script and were virtually non existant. Later in the day Tim care and met us for a bbq and for an evening to try for a buck and fox or 2 back the same farm. The evening resulted in Tim grassing a murder buck with an unusual head. Was Defo a good one to take as would have caused a lot of damage come the rut, although I do wonder if Tim did regret actually squeezing the trigger on this one as it took all 3 of us taking turns to drag it up which seemed like k2
certainly kept us fit.
Somerset day 2 to follow
Matt might have some pics of the other buck??
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Well done once again mate ya really putting that new rifle to good use
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On 03/05/2018 at 21:49, Yokel Matt said:
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.
You’ll prob have to start giving it away lol least ya got plenty to keep you busy mate
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Your smashing it mate sounds like there’s plenty of work to do on ya new permission
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Rifle looks pimp in that case mate ?
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Well done mate finally got on here although rather difficult with a smashed I phone to type properly. Look g forward to seeing more ?
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Absolutely cracking buck well done ?
My roebuck from somerset
in Deer Stalking & Management
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was just £35 for the one that made medal the other was free of charge. They changed the drying period from 90 to 30 as they reckon it didn't make much difference in weight change. you been out much?