Favourite red deer stalking photos?

[wildfowler.250]

Thought this might be an interesting thread if folk wanted to share stuff. I’m missing the hill having gone a couple of years without a shot at a stag,(misted out with the weather last year). Roe make up the bulk of my stalking.

This was a rare sunny day on the outer Hebrides. With the occasional roar starting to break out. The following day was so bad that you could barely get out of the door,(horizontal rain). This was my old man’s stag. Not the biggest but a nice symmetrical 8 point with a 6.5x55 that I’d encouraged him to get and some eldx loaded by myself. He doesn’t stalk a lot and was roped in for company,(but he did conveniently pack tons of fishing gear and caught one or two).

I’ve got a day in Sutherland next week so hoping the weather behaves..

Would be great to see any other stag or hind stalking photos that folk have. You just can’t beat the scenery.

Ps - dragging this one onto the boat, I stepped on what I thought was some seaweed and a rock but it was just weed and went up to my waist in the sea.. all part of the adventure!

 

[wytonpjs]

Two from a magical week just gone up on Rannoch Moor; the forests were filled with roaring stags - magical! All were truly memorable but were in upland forest blocks so no nice lochs in view. Now I bet some of my colleagues can post a few great one similar to yours from Cape Wrath................



I heard the first for some time getting closer then he suddenly burst into the glade and stood on a small piece of raised ground, roared and looked straight at me 110m away tucked into the woodland edge. Having steaded my nerve, a "Adam's Apple" shot dropped him on the spot. The second 2 days later was couched up intently watching his hinds in an absolutely stunning piece of old woodland and glades. I managed to get into 85m to get a clear shot.

 

[willie_gunn]

A few of the beasts over the years....







Waiting for the shot.....



The first view of the lodge after a long day on the Hill.....

 

[willie_gunn]

The view across the Flats when the Stalker says "De ye ken those beasts way over beyond yon burn, close to Borrobol?"

Then knowing that you have long, hard slog coming up, followed by a long walk back to the Lodge before you can then return again with the Argo.....



After a successful stalk you cover the stag's head with the gralloch and take a GPS reference, as you know when you come back to the Flats it will all look the same....

 

[Mickeydredd]

Not sure if its my favourite photo, but this situation did give me a huge sinking feeling when I found where he had dropped!! Not a great result when you are stalking alone!

 

[wytonpjs]

Not sure if its my favourite photo, but this situation did give me a huge sinking feeling when I found where he had dropped!! Not a great result when you are stalking alone!

Similar - I was stalking Arran again with a newbie on week 1 - stinking hot and no wind - midge hell! For a change we had stalked some high ground hoping for a kind breeze to shoo off some of the midges but the going was hard for my companion on the heather and all we saw was a solitary hind. After 40 winks in the car, we drove down the forest access road deflated only to see a massive 8 pointer crossing a burn to our left. My partner wasted no time in shooting it but it staggered back into the gully beneath 2 fallen trees - only then do the realities of extracting what turned out to be a 23 stone 10lb larder weight stag dawn upon you. The look on his face was priceless! Kudos to Chris B for making the extraction with our feeble assistance.

 

[opticron1]

Still a favourite after all these years!

 

[Mickeydredd]

In addition to being half in the ditch, his antler was impaled in the ground. No idea how I managed to get him out of the ditch myself, and even when I did get him out I couldn't then fit him in the drag tray!! lol

 

[VSS]

My first (and only) wild red:

 

[wytonpjs]

My first (and only) wild red:
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Cracking stag Sir

 

[Essexsussex]

A few but without red deer!

 

[wytonpjs]

A few but without red deer!

That looks braw

 

[Sunrise Stalker]

Paying respect and saying goodbye...Devon

 

[billy_boyle_2010]

Am I the only one who clicked on this thread expecting to see lots of magnificent red deer in their prime? Mothers and youngsters, rutting Stags jostling, huge herds sweeping across beautiful landscapes etc etc

Instead it's just a load of dead animals

 

[Essexsussex]

That looks braw

Hind season to be fair!

 

[Essexsussex]

Am I the only one who clicked on this thread expecting to see lots of magnificent red deer in their prime? Mothers and youngsters, rutting Stags jostling, huge herds sweeping across beautiful landscapes etc etc

Instead it's just a load of dead animals

Surely my desolate landscapes escape this categorisation?

 

[wytonpjs]

Am I the only one who clicked on this thread expecting to see lots of magnificent red deer in their prime? Mothers and youngsters, rutting Stags jostling, huge herds sweeping across beautiful landscapes etc etc

Instead it's just a load of dead animals

Ok - also from last week

 

[JTR300]

A couple of pics from the hinds up Glenshee.
Summer stalking is great, but I love the harsh weather with the hinds and the hard work you have to put in.

 

[willie_gunn]

Am I the only one who clicked on this thread expecting to see lots of magnificent red deer in their prime? Mothers and youngsters, rutting Stags jostling, huge herds sweeping across beautiful landscapes etc etc

Instead it's just a load of dead animals

Here's one that knew when it was safe to cross the zeroing target.

 

[Sealgair nam fiadh]

Hinds in the snow.