Yesterday I had an invitation to stalk with Robin from this site, we arranged to meet in Hastings at 11am and headed west towards his ground, on arrival the first job was to reinstate a Doe box which had blown over in the recent gales, once we got it upright we drove two stakes into the ground and attached straining wires tightened using bottle screws to secure it in place, after lunch Robin took me to a highseat once I was settled he gave me a radio and left to walk to another seat. I made myself comfortable and looked around at the area I was to shoot over, to my left was woodland and in front a field of mustard, a cold wind was blowing from the direction of the wood, I sat for about an hour glassing the area but saw nothing, then a fox walked out of the wood and I watched it for a while before it vanished behind me, the light was fading when Robin came on the radio to say a Roe doe and follower was heading towards me and he would rather I did not shoot them, I watched them for about ten minutes and as the light had almost gone I decided to call it a day. I unloaded climbed down from the seat looked to my left and a fallow pricket walked out of the woods at about 120 yards away, I fumbled in my pocket for the magazine loaded the rifle got the sticks up and waited, first the animal was head on then it faced the other way but eventually it turned sideways so I took aim fired and down it went, I would like to thank Robin for a super day he really is a fountain of knowledge on all deer related matters and if you get the chance to stalk with him do take it.
Chees Les
Chees Les