Sunrise Stalker
Well-Known Member
Went for a stalk after work on Monday - a very quiet first hour with nothing about, not even a glimpse of a deer, then saw a couple of roe bedded up in some thick cover not too far from a footpath. I stalked round to get closer and into a good position, usually I shoot off sticks but because the land dropped away beneath me I got down on the ground with a nice tree trunk as a stable base for my .308. Usually, I can get impatient, but I made myself just relax and take in the sounds of the forest and waited... Then the roe both started to move, browsing as they headed towards a clearing where I focused my rifle should one of them be a buck....suddenly they both bolted out of the glade. Damn! Could they have winded me? Did a dog walker spook them? No, a red hind and a spiker following her came up the hill - I didn't realise roes hate reds so much but they were well gone. Lucky me - managed to drop my last red of the season....