mike243
Well-Known Member
I finally lost my cherry this afternoon, I booked a 1/2 day on the Euston Estate near Thetford with Head Stalker Chris Rodgers, after a quick trip to his range for a shooting test we set off to a likely looking wood where there were supposed to be a few munty's living, after a mile stalk round the outside of a quite large block of broad leafed woodland we arrived at a denser woodier area and within the first 100yds we had seen a couple of deer, a doe and a reasonable buck which didn't hang around, we quietly crept to a high seat and both got into position, after about 10 minutes a young munty appeared maybe only 3-4 months old which stayed about 50yds away for about a good 1/2 hour when a slightly larger buck of about a year old chris reckoned showed up, unfortunately at a slightly wrong angle for the way i was sitting, jiffeling round in the seat to get comfy I managed to spook them both and 2 white tailes legged it for the cover of some bushes, I was gutted, after about 5 minutes the tiddler came back and carried on digging about in the leaves, absolutely fascinating little creature, we watched for about 15 minutes through the binos as he looked for his supper, Chris reckoned the little fella was probably an orphan to a doe that was hit by a car as they havent shot any does for a while and he was probably just about big enough to survive on the bits of sugar beet that he puts out, after about another 15 minutes the yearling appeared again and after a couple of minutes stood broadside long enough to take aim and send the 100gn soft point his way, after a few cart wheels and back flips he laid still and didnt move again, on inspection the bullet had gone through the heart and lungs, maybe an inch or so too far forward of perfect placement but he didnt suffer and wasnt badly damaged, a couple of snaps for the album and off to the larder for the gralloch, cleaned out he weighed 16lbs, not a monster but hes sure to taste real good, anyway enough of that, so here's the pic
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