After being let down last minute for a bank holiday PM stalk, I reached out on the forum to see if anyone had any contacts localish that could squeeze me in for a paid stalk.
Within 20 mins I had a PM from @bazil with a warm welcome offering me the opportunity to come down for a stalk with him after some Roebuck or Muntjac Bucks free of charge. we finalised the details and met for the first time at 17:30 the day of the stalk. Got to know eachother and met his wife and dog, then off we went.
The foliage had shot up over the last few weeks and for the most part was up to our waists and other parts up to our shoulders, which made for some challenging stalking, never the less we cracked on. Baz talked me through his approach to things and what to look out for, then we set up to see if we could call in any Muntjac or some of the younger Roebucks that may be immature enough to respond outside of the rut.
A few squeaks and soon enough a lovely little Muntjac Doe walked out the bushes, looked at us and started feeding, we watched on to see if a buck would be in toe, unfortunately none were seen.
there were no shortage of avian wildlife but the deer just didn't want to play ball, but want a great evening spent in great company.
Will definitely need to get a date in for the future!!
Thanks again @bazil really appreciate you taking the time with me especially as that's our first interaction
Within 20 mins I had a PM from @bazil with a warm welcome offering me the opportunity to come down for a stalk with him after some Roebuck or Muntjac Bucks free of charge. we finalised the details and met for the first time at 17:30 the day of the stalk. Got to know eachother and met his wife and dog, then off we went.
The foliage had shot up over the last few weeks and for the most part was up to our waists and other parts up to our shoulders, which made for some challenging stalking, never the less we cracked on. Baz talked me through his approach to things and what to look out for, then we set up to see if we could call in any Muntjac or some of the younger Roebucks that may be immature enough to respond outside of the rut.
A few squeaks and soon enough a lovely little Muntjac Doe walked out the bushes, looked at us and started feeding, we watched on to see if a buck would be in toe, unfortunately none were seen.
there were no shortage of avian wildlife but the deer just didn't want to play ball, but want a great evening spent in great company.
Will definitely need to get a date in for the future!!
Thanks again @bazil really appreciate you taking the time with me especially as that's our first interaction