I thought, as I'd seen prints it was worth a look this evening for a stag or even a late season buck.
Having checked the wind I walked the long way round, and after a couple of tries finally found a spot which just about kept my scent away although didn't give me all the view I wanted as I had to sit in low cover to wait.
Finally a nervous doe came out and fed her way down the wood. Within an hour the light was fading, and as I could only see one end of the wood, decided it was time to move, check below the wood, and the hillside the other end.
Absolutely nothing until I scanned the scrub and trees at the far end. There was a strong white glow about 6ft high in the gorse in front of a tree. Aha! There's one in the gorse, although I couldn't make out which way it was looking. A long hard look through the binos, nothing obvious, so I moved in slowly, there was definitely some heat in there.
It was getting dark, still nothing obvious in the binos, so I finally walked over, the heat signature was actually in the tree! I put my hand on the tree near some loose bark, expecting to feel some heat. What I felt was a sharp sting, it was a bloody wasp nest!
See, no thermal, no sting!
Having checked the wind I walked the long way round, and after a couple of tries finally found a spot which just about kept my scent away although didn't give me all the view I wanted as I had to sit in low cover to wait.
Finally a nervous doe came out and fed her way down the wood. Within an hour the light was fading, and as I could only see one end of the wood, decided it was time to move, check below the wood, and the hillside the other end.
Absolutely nothing until I scanned the scrub and trees at the far end. There was a strong white glow about 6ft high in the gorse in front of a tree. Aha! There's one in the gorse, although I couldn't make out which way it was looking. A long hard look through the binos, nothing obvious, so I moved in slowly, there was definitely some heat in there.
It was getting dark, still nothing obvious in the binos, so I finally walked over, the heat signature was actually in the tree! I put my hand on the tree near some loose bark, expecting to feel some heat. What I felt was a sharp sting, it was a bloody wasp nest!
See, no thermal, no sting!
