Finally got a break from the rain and a long promised run out for my 2 young lads. First outing in 2026, can't believe that January is gone already.
We got a break from the rain today and after a quick shopping trip with the wife my 2 boys came asking about a run up the hill, the eldest 11 hoping for his second deer and my youngest (9) hoping I'd relent and give him a crack at one so his brother would no longer have one up on him.
Given the lovely evening I quickly made a couple of bacon sandwiches instead of dinner and off we headed. We arrive on the ground in plenty of time and enjoyed a picturesque hike up the hill hoping to get into place before the deer crept down out of the forest.
Once in place we had about 20 minutes before light got a problem but the deer on this ground always only appear at the very last minute.
About 15 minutes passed and we started to see multiple groups of 4 or 5 deer that seemed to refuse to move out of the tree line.
Just as we were about to give it up 4 does and a young nobber appeared outta nowhere about 60 meters away, my eldest wasn't happy with his shot as he found it difficult to make out the reticle so passed the rifle , with order to drop it Dad I happily obliged and a nice wee deer for the fridge .
Ive been tjinking about ot for a while but given the nature of the deer on this ground an illuminated reticle might be a necessary purchase.
It's a bankholiday on Monday so if the weather holds ill see if we can get another one in the bag. I like the hunting this time of the year out early and home early.
We got a break from the rain today and after a quick shopping trip with the wife my 2 boys came asking about a run up the hill, the eldest 11 hoping for his second deer and my youngest (9) hoping I'd relent and give him a crack at one so his brother would no longer have one up on him.
Given the lovely evening I quickly made a couple of bacon sandwiches instead of dinner and off we headed. We arrive on the ground in plenty of time and enjoyed a picturesque hike up the hill hoping to get into place before the deer crept down out of the forest.
Once in place we had about 20 minutes before light got a problem but the deer on this ground always only appear at the very last minute.
About 15 minutes passed and we started to see multiple groups of 4 or 5 deer that seemed to refuse to move out of the tree line.
Just as we were about to give it up 4 does and a young nobber appeared outta nowhere about 60 meters away, my eldest wasn't happy with his shot as he found it difficult to make out the reticle so passed the rifle , with order to drop it Dad I happily obliged and a nice wee deer for the fridge .
Ive been tjinking about ot for a while but given the nature of the deer on this ground an illuminated reticle might be a necessary purchase.
It's a bankholiday on Monday so if the weather holds ill see if we can get another one in the bag. I like the hunting this time of the year out early and home early.
