Yokel Matt 918 Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Had a the last hour of light spare on Saturday so hopped in the Landy and popped to a local farm a few minutes away. It’s split into two small blocks with a short drive in between, there are roe at both but the first place has the pasture let to a shepherd who rotates the grass quite regularly making it bloody hard to second guess what’s go be to be where! Anyway, spent too long at the first place knowing full well it was a waste of time (but for some reason doing it anyway) making the visit to the second place a bit of a rush. Got to my favourite observation spot and waited - hadn’t dressed for (and haven’t acclimatised to) the ever-so-slightly cold weather so was glad to get down in the long grass on the edge of a wood when I saw a doe and two kids coming over the bank, ranging them at 180m away one of the kids was quite significantly smaller than the other so the idea was to take this one and let the other crack on and live to get bigger. Too early to be taking the parent doe. On the safe side of ‘a rising bank of soft ground’ they weren’t getting any closer and the light was on turn. At 170m I gave the 6.5 a few clicks and at the shot saw the target flinch and make a few meters before piling up. Turned out to be a button buck, significantly smaller that the parent doe but still 25lb on the hook which isn’t too shabby for a yearling this side on Christmas. 3 1 Quote Link to post
Underdog 2,337 Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Tidy. Nice calibre too. Quote Link to post
sussex 5,776 Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Nice start Matt .. Quote Link to post
3175darren 1,090 Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 Brilliant caliber, Matt which gun is that I have the manlicher, 6.5 x55 I have used 6.5 for around 15 yr, and started fancying a update, gun that is not caliber Quote Link to post
j j m 6,470 Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 very nice mate Quote Link to post
The one 8,382 Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Nice going mate and you cant beat a beast in the freezer at this time of year Quote Link to post
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