Out early this morning , slight north westerly , cold but very clear , stalked through the bottom woodland to try and end up coming up on onto the bottom paddocks were I glassed a few deer as I drove down at first light .Trying to get anywhere quietly was impossible with all the dry chestnut leaves on the ground , sounded like I was walking on bags of crisps ...I eventually got on to a grass ride and made my way along to the field only for the dog to stop , nose in the air scenting , got the gun on the sticks just in case , a couple of minutes went by and I couldn’t see anything and was just a