Fallow Buck

[hiddenmongoose 23]

Was waiting in a ditch-line dividing two fields looking onto some forestry when I spotted this guy in the opposite field , he was 240m away and grazing away from me with a doe with him.As it was an open field I couldnt stalk any closer so i lay on the bank and took a heart shot.he folded over with a mighty thump from the impact,lifted his head once then never moved again,The doe ran on another 20 m and stopped to look back but I decieded to let her go as I knew I would have enough work with the drag with this guy alone.shot with a 165gr remy accutip 308

Edited November 23, 2014 by hiddenmongoose

[foxdropper 17,092]

............That's when the work started .Lovely buck mate and nice backdrop late evening .Congrats .

[sussex 5,776]

Nice one H , did he have much weight to him ? looks fairly lean , the one I shot the other day had just about shagged himself out .Has the rut finished over there ?

[sussex 5,776]

Pot ...kettle ...black ......Owen ....

[hiddenmongoose 23]

Nice one H , did he have much weight to him ? looks fairly lean , the one I shot the other day had just about shagged himself out .Has the rut finished over there ?

 

Weighed in at 51kg, he wasnt skin and bones but you could tell he had lost a fair bit of bodyweight.Rut is over here,I didnt manage to get a buck during the rut despite finding 3 good rut stands and hearing some good grunting.Things just didnt work out this year but sure thats the excitement of it all

[sussex 5,776]

 

Nice one H , did he have much weight to him ? looks fairly lean , the one I shot the other day had just about shagged himself out .Has the rut finished over there ?

 

Weighed in at 51kg, he wasnt skin and bones but you could tell he had lost a fair bit of bodyweight.Rut is over here,I didnt manage to get a buck during the rut despite finding 3 good rut stands and hearing some good grunting.Things just didnt work out this year but sure thats the excitement of it all

 

 

Its amazing how much weight they loose in a few weeks , at the start of the season they where in fabulous condition they seemed to have had a great summer piling on weight .I had one in the coldroom at a tad over 197lb ..the buck I shot the other day was 121lb & he was about skin & bone ..That said I heard a buck still grunting last Wednesday ..I think in general its done here as well ..

 

[hiddenmongoose 23]

 

 

Nice one H , did he have much weight to him ? looks fairly lean , the one I shot the other day had just about shagged himself out .Has the rut finished over there ?

 

Weighed in at 51kg, he wasnt skin and bones but you could tell he had lost a fair bit of bodyweight.Rut is over here,I didnt manage to get a buck during the rut despite finding 3 good rut stands and hearing some good grunting.Things just didnt work out this year but sure thats the excitement of it all

 

 

Its amazing how much weight they loose in a few weeks , at the start of the season they where in fabulous condition they seemed to have had a great summer piling on weight .I had one in the coldroom at a tad over 197lb ..the buck I shot the other day was 121lb & he was about skin & bone ..That said I heard a buck still grunting last Wednesday ..I think in general its done here as well ..

 

 

Are those weights with head off and full gralloch done ? 197 is a monster

Edited November 23, 2014 by hiddenmongoose

[sussex 5,776]

 

 

 

Nice one H , did he have much weight to him ? looks fairly lean , the one I shot the other day had just about shagged himself out .Has the rut finished over there ?

 

Weighed in at 51kg, he wasnt skin and bones but you could tell he had lost a fair bit of bodyweight.Rut is over here,I didnt manage to get a buck during the rut despite finding 3 good rut stands and hearing some good grunting.Things just didnt work out this year but sure thats the excitement of it all

 

 

Its amazing how much weight they loose in a few weeks , at the start of the season they where in fabulous condition they seemed to have had a great summer piling on weight .I had one in the coldroom at a tad over 197lb ..the buck I shot the other day was 121lb & he was about skin & bone ..That said I heard a buck still grunting last Wednesday ..I think in general its done here as well ..

 

 

Are those weights with head off and full gralloch done ? 197 is a monster

 

 

It was the biggest wild buck I ever shot , head wise it wasn't very good , I gave it to Rob 58 , he wanted one to practice on , theirs a pic of it on the taxidermy section .He did a nice job on it ..my pal shot one last year 11lb heavier .

[hiddenmongoose 23]

Thats a monster

[beast 1,884]

 

 

Nice one H , did he have much weight to him ? looks fairly lean , the one I shot the other day had just about shagged himself out .Has the rut finished over there ?

 

Weighed in at 51kg, he wasnt skin and bones but you could tell he had lost a fair bit of bodyweight.Rut is over here,I didnt manage to get a buck during the rut despite finding 3 good rut stands and hearing some good grunting.Things just didnt work out this year but sure thats the excitement of it all

 

 

Its amazing how much weight they loose in a few weeks , at the start of the season they where in fabulous condition they seemed to have had a great summer piling on weight .I had one in the coldroom at a tad over 197lb ..the buck I shot the other day was 121lb & he was about skin & bone ..That said I heard a buck still grunting last Wednesday ..I think in general its done here as well ..

 

 

 

its also amazing how quickly they put it back on if the weather is mild and there is a bit of feed still about.