jimmy100 48 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 well all this stag talk got me thinking of some land we used to hunt on years ago that held reds in good numbers and as luck would have it i had to pick some scrap up today a mere 10 miles or so away from it!! i rang the bloke who it was off and sorted out a time to be there. i loaded up and grabbed my camera to see if i could find them to take some pics but didnt really hold out much hope as its over 6 years since id last been there and it would of been around 11.30am when i got there and on a saturday the dog walkers and ramblers are out and about in full force!! anyway i thought it would be a nice walk out with the dogs if nothing else so had nothing to lose. after picking the scrap up and a quick cuppa with the bloke i set of in the direction of the hills and all the memories came flooding back i couldnt wait to get there and when i pulled up in the old, off the main road lay by im sure the dogs could sense my excitement which was tinged knowing that if i did see any i wouldnt be able to slip them cause of this stupid fooking ban :thumbdown: so off i set walking the same tracks we walked all them years ago with dogs now long gone and i remembered how my oldest bitch had her first taste of deer (fallow) up here with another dog as an 14 month old and now shes 8!!! the land to the right of this track is arable land and grazing that was always good for a few hares but the left was moorland and this was where you found the reds so today i choose to go left and it wasnt long before i came across the first signs that they were still in the area so following the tracks on i started going through the wood to get out on the hill the dogs are getting keener now picking up the pace on some scent i put them on their leads as there are far to many people the other side of the open land to risk any accidents especially now everyone is armed with mobile phones and digital cameras :wallbash: now nearly at the top of the hill and find some fresh droppings so i tied the dogs up and went to the brow on my belly and start looking through my binoculars and at first see nothing but kept scanning to my right and just seen an ear flicking away but cant really see it properly so crawl over some and there they are a small group of hinds sat under some silverbirch trees :toast: the "v" shape in the black circle are the ears of the one i first seen i hardly moved just took some pics and the wind in my direction but still got busted and then they were off in to the wood and corse cover to the right. so i went back and grabbed the dogs and set over to the wood to see if i could get any closer for some better pics. i was just on the point of giving up when my youngest dog started pulling and there no more than 40 yards was a good sized hind that was invisible untill she moved as these pics shows she soon disappeared into the wood and i followed her through it and it amazed me how an animal like that could just vanish in seconds, they blend in so well i finally came to a clearing that they must use alot as the bracken is really flat and trodden down and through the dense gorse at the very end of the wood i could just make out a deer out in the field so tied the dogs up again and got the edge to get some more pics but again they were soon gone!!!! then on the way back to the truck a few came out the side of the wood that the dogs seen before me and they werent happy at not being slipped :wallbash: but what can you do the law is the law to the right of these pictures is a massive hedge so i went to the top of field, got the other side of the hedge, tied the dogs up again out of site (they werent happy!!) and crawled quietly down the hedge to the edge of the wood so the i was between the deer and the wood and i managed to get closer to these than ever before i think that more people in the countryside now and no one hunting them has made them lose abit of fear of humans and dogs ten years ago you would never of got this close to them!! i no there young and i was all camoed up with a bally on but the difference in this group to the hinds i first seen was shocking i could of easily slipped on these!!!! all in all it was brilliant being back up there even tho you cant do anything it really has got everything even the cast iron kitchen sink im sure those that no me no where that ended up!!!!! cheers for reading 1 Quote Link to post
Simoman 110 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Nice write up Ste, and yes i knew as soon as i saw the sink where that would end up Quote Link to post
3 Turns 326 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 TOPSTUFF MATE Quote Link to post
jimmy100 48 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 cheers lads Quote Link to post
Penda 3,367 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Im dribbling over my lap top as im typing Quote Link to post
jimmy100 48 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Im dribbling over my lap top as im typing :laugh: Quote Link to post
buster 8789 64 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 brillant pictures and a good write up mate Quote Link to post
suffolkpoacher 219 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 fair play great pics ,and even got the sink ,great day Quote Link to post
Penda 3,367 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Never had the pleasure of seeing red in the wild fairplay mate Quote Link to post
jimmy100 48 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 brillant pictures and a good write up mate cheers mate ill pm you about tomorrow now Quote Link to post
jimmy100 48 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) double post Edited March 12, 2011 by jimmy100 Quote Link to post
jimmy100 48 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Never had the pleasure of seeing red in the wild fairplay mate hope that changes soon for you mate Quote Link to post
rocket ronnie 243 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 great pics them bud shame ye did,nt have the rifle to drop afew an the dog retrieve Quote Link to post
jimmy100 48 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 fair play great pics ,and even got the sink ,great day cheers mate seeing the big stags would of top it off but im not moaning!!! Quote Link to post
jimmy100 48 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 great pics them bud shame ye did,nt have the rifle to drop afew an the dog retrieve dont think you can shoot them with a 177 air rifle mate Quote Link to post
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