ianm 2,594 Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 Well my son and myself caught up with them tonight. There was sixteen does and four bucks. One spiker was in poor condition and was limping due to a badly damaged front foot. I think it might have been in a collision with a car. One of the other bucks had lost an antler probably due to the same thing. Anyway my son managed two and I accounted for the third. All three were neck shot so no meat damage. 5 Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,021 Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 Great result was the buck with the 1 antler not just casting . Quote Link to post
ianm 2,594 Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 43 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said: Great result was the buck with the 1 antler not just casting . It could of been but it looked like it had been knocked off to me. The spiker was really poor and has ended up being fox bait. Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted April 19, 2023 Report Share Posted April 19, 2023 Nice one Ian .Is the blond colouration common with you .We see about 1 in 50 of that shade. Quote Link to post
ianm 2,594 Posted April 19, 2023 Report Share Posted April 19, 2023 2 hours ago, foxdropper said: Nice one Ian .Is the blond colouration common with you .We see about 1 in 50 of that shade. They are nearly all that colour. Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,021 Posted April 19, 2023 Report Share Posted April 19, 2023 1 hour ago, ianm said: They are nearly all that colour. Did they escape from a deer farm? 1 Quote Link to post
ianm 2,594 Posted April 19, 2023 Report Share Posted April 19, 2023 11 hours ago, FOXHUNTER said: Did they escape from a deer farm? They where released nearby by a bloke that had a collection of different deer. He just opened the pen door and away they went about fifteen years ago. They are all over this area now having bred well over the years. Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 The deer farm near my daughters place has all blonde fallow .Must be the sought after colouration for farming .They have red ,sika and axis as well so maybe it’s to locate the masses at a glance in undulating land .The two red stags there are fecking enormous . Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,021 Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 Guided my mate into 2 bucks yesterday evening taking both at 170 yds off sticks , both dropped to the shot 3 Quote Link to post
Stavross 14,583 Posted May 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 Nice, only seeing clean bucks around here now, are they from up your way Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,021 Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 Northumberland 2 Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,021 Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 Been after this buck for a while , his luck ran out tonight. 3 Quote Link to post
philpot 4,954 Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 I have never shot a deer so forgive my ignorance but what do you mean when you say it was ' clean ' as I can't work that one out. We have a lot of deer in the part of Lincolnshire where I live, in fact I have seen quite a few wander into the village and many a night when I have been out on the rabbits, the deer showing up on the nv were only 40 - 50 yds away. The ones we have thought of shooting are the muntjac which are getting more common but not sure if an hmr would be suitable as I only have .22lr, sako quad with hmr and wmr barrels. I was told the muntjac are a bit of a bugger to skin, is that true. Phil Quote Link to post
BEARINATOR 2,853 Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 hour ago, philpot said: I have never shot a deer so forgive my ignorance but what do you mean when you say it was ' clean ' as I can't work that one out. We have a lot of deer in the part of Lincolnshire where I live, in fact I have seen quite a few wander into the village and many a night when I have been out on the rabbits, the deer showing up on the nv were only 40 - 50 yds away. The ones we have thought of shooting are the muntjac which are getting more common but not sure if an hmr would be suitable as I only have .22lr, sako quad with hmr and wmr barrels. I was told the muntjac are a bit of a bugger to skin, is that true. Phil No velvet on the antlers as they rubbed them clean 2 Quote Link to post
FOXHUNTER 5,021 Posted May 15, 2023 Report Share Posted May 15, 2023 Yep clean as in rubbed off their velvet. Muntjac can be very tough to skin, lucky you have them , wish I had access to some. 2 Quote Link to post
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