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  1. Deer hide, what do you do with it?

    If you don’t want to keep them, hang them on a post and rail fence or something similar. The song birds love using the hair for nest lining in Spring. Just be sure to tie them to the post, otherwise foxes will drag them off.
  2. Suspended gralloch set up for pick up trucks

    Thanks Bluey, much appreciated.
  3. Suspended gralloch set up for pick up trucks

    Looks ideal. Who makes it?
  4. Deer density ( Chinese W/D)

    Good question. It seems to vary enormously. Arnie Cooke cites densities at various places in his excellent book “Muntjac and Water Deer”, which might help.
  5. Ammo choice - .243 on fallow at 30 yards

    “Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”, is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. What a lot of you guys who were shooting deer in the 1950s (really?!!!) fail to understand is that times, experience, understanding and previously accepted knowledge are all...
  6. Ammo choice - .243 on fallow at 30 yards

    Great sport guys, thank you all. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening! Off to bed now, sleep well.
  7. Ammo choice - .243 on fallow at 30 yards

    Get your hearing checked.
  8. Ammo choice - .243 on fallow at 30 yards

    I certainly don’t have a problem with this. The problem I have is the shortsightedness in relation to the threats to our sport, and the lack of respect for animal welfare, that I see in a U.K. environment that leaves all of us open to criticism and sanction. No excuse for it.
  9. Ammo choice - .243 on fallow at 30 yards

    You really don’t get it, do you?
  10. Ammo choice - .243 on fallow at 30 yards

    This is the difference between shooting deer and stalking deer. Don’t confuse the two!! In England we stalk deer.
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