martin 332 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I had a phone call from Foxdropper yesterday asking if I could make it up to his patch,so,I was in the truck like greased wee wee and on my way.It was a blazing hot evening,and,the farm we were on hadn't cut any of the fields yet,although a lot of the neighbouring farms were well under way with theirs.We skirted the fields,and,counted couch after couch all around each of the fields that we went through,then,in a break in the hedgeline we spotted a russet patch in the buttercups,it was the side of a Roe,but,not what we were after,it was a Doe,and,she was very skittish,and,was staring at something in the corner of the field,and,after watching her for a few minutes she bounded off into that corner and away.We walked on,and,saw another 3 Does and a good Buck in a neighbouring field,again full of buttercups,we carried on though as the sun was going down.......... and,as we got to a low part of hedgeline Foxdropper spotted a Buck in the far corner,so,I set up the sticks and put the crosshairs on him,and,down he went,it was about 135yds so not too far,but,in the long grass you couldn't see too much of him.When we got over there he was a young spiker,and,he had one of his spikes snapped off............. He was gralloched and we dropped him off at a gateway near the lane to be picked up later and carried on.All to no avail though,he was the last Buck we saw,so,we picked up the Buck and went on to another farm where he has been having a few fox problems,but,the best lain plans of mice and men as they say can and do go wrong,and,we were led a merry dance by a few vixens(in my opinion)that were just flitting here and there and hardly staying still for half a second,and then I had a phone call from home........"are you coming home tonight or what?" That's the trouble with lamping in the summer months,time gets away from you,and it was 0100hrs,and,I was an hour away from my bed.Here endeth the night.....LOL Quote Link to post
redeye jedi 39 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 nice going mate, get out while you can i say this weather aint going to last for long. Quote Link to post
Guest Sheamus. Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 That`s a poor shot placement Marty.. Moving just a few more inches to your left would of hidden the all tell tale signs Nice sticks though.. Quote Link to post
Yokel Matt 918 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 (edited) Congrats Martin! Good that you're mobile again, now the stalking worlds your oyster! I hope FD wasn't late for you... if so it would have been to do with me holding him up with my retarded organisational skills He looks like a good buck to take and off sticks at that distance in high grass is a decent crack FD... are you going native by stalking with your wellies off speak soon mate. Matt Edited June 4, 2009 by Local Quote Link to post
lurcher-lass 1 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Martin, great pic's and great read. Glad your getting back to your old self again. Quote Link to post
martin 332 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 That`s a poor shot placement Marty.. Moving just a few more inches to your left would of hidden the all tell tale signs Nice sticks though.. Sorry to disappoint you Vim,but,the blood dribbled out of the nose,shot placement was spot on..........Martin Quote Link to post
martin 332 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Congrats Martin! Good that you're mobile again, now the stalking worlds your oyster! I hope FD wasn't late for you... if so it would have been to do with me holding him up with my retarded organisational skills He looks like a good buck to take and off sticks at that distance in high grass is a decent crack FD... are you going native by stalking with your wellies off speak soon mate. Matt That was for Vim,but,unlike him he didn't bite Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Good write up martin..... Quote Link to post
Guest Sheamus. Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 That`s a poor shot placement Marty.. Moving just a few more inches to your left would of hidden the all tell tale signs Nice sticks though.. Sorry to disappoint you Vim,but,the blood dribbled out of the nose,shot placement was spot on..........Martin Marty i was making a reference towards the bino`s hanging on the sticks pal Good do anyway.. Quote Link to post
martin 332 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 That`s a poor shot placement Marty.. Moving just a few more inches to your left would of hidden the all tell tale signs Nice sticks though.. Sorry to disappoint you Vim,but,the blood dribbled out of the nose,shot placement was spot on..........Martin Marty i was making a reference towards the bino`s hanging on the sticks pal Good do anyway.. That was just for you Vim...........Martin Quote Link to post
Ratcherman 0 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Well done lads and a good write up i bet your glad to be mobile again martin Quote Link to post
foxdropper 17,092 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Always a pleasure mate .Many more outings to follow im sure . Quote Link to post
adbirdy 14 Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Great write up Martin and good to hear that you are able to drive again. Ade Quote Link to post
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