Having loitered a bit, I thought I'd introduce myself.

I'm a 40 year old stalker, living in the UK amongst the hills of the English / Welsh border. I mostly hunt for the freezer - there's plenty of Roe and Fallow on the 10,000 acres I hunt close to home - but I'm not averse to a trophy head or two. I also have access to some lovely ground in Aberdeenshire with good Roe and Reds, and some nice woodland in Oxfordshire full of Muntjac, Fallow and Roe.

I'm always interested in swapping stalking with other people - I've just got back for a swap-stalk to Ireland, hunting wild Billy goats and Sika.



I'm hoping to sort out some overseas hunting this year - particularly hunting baboons and hyenas. I shoot .223R; .270W and .300WM and I'm a self-confessed reloading anorak

I look forward to being part of the AR community.

Adam.

Adam,

Welcome to AR!

You'll find plenty of new Friends here; similar to yourself - have fun.

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Adam.

Welcome on board, Adam.

That is a shaggy beast, if ever I saw one - the one with the horns, naturally...

Weidmannsheil!

- mike

If only you could smell the goat! He reeked like the most foetid teenage boy's bedroom imaginable...

Adam.

Welcome to the site Adam...

Was the goat taken in North Wales?

Welcome to AR Adam, Waidmannsheil, Dom.

Welcome!

Glad you made it Adam.

You've got the mustache pre-requisites in order, welcome to board!

ATB,

Amir

Pete - the goats were taken in Tipperary, Republic of Ireland a couple of weeks ago.

Amir - I've just realised the beard / moustache combo is about to celebrate its 20th birthday. I haven't tried wax yet though... Give me a ring - I've got some new stalking for you to come up and try out.

Adam.

Adam

You have welcomes from around the globe let me be the first welcome from Alaska.

Sounds like you have some pritty good ground to hunt on you will do well here just don't get as addicted to it as I am.

Hello and welcome - that's a very nice billy. I hope the mount doesn't end up too smelly!

How did you find the stalking? I shot some goats in W. Ireland and they weren't the smartest of animals. Scenery was fantastic though!

They were tougher than I expected, although that was probably more to do with the vertical terrain and my expanded waistline than any reflection on the goats... If you're happy to shoot them at range, they're easy enough - if you want to stalk them close enough to get a good look at their horns, they're a bit cannier than sheep but less jumpy than deer.

End of season Irish Sika were a different matter though - their stalker-detection ability was damn-near supernatural!

I'm expecting my goat mount to spend a year or two in quarantine in the workshop before Mrs A. deems it safe for display.

Adam.

Welcome onboard Adam, a really nice billy you got there.
Yes I can figure the need for a quarantine period

Welcome!
Fine lookin' billy!
I'm in for swap hunting any time..

Welcome in Mr R. :

Looking forward to seeing some more of your posts. I fancy you are going to like it here!

Rgds

IanF

Thanks for the kind welcomes.

Mind you, I'm a bit nervous about all the Scandinavians in here - I've just been stalking with a Dane, a Swede and a Norwegian (which sounds like a 'three men went into a pub joke' but isn't) and I don't think my liver will ever recover . Have you guys all got hollow legs?

Adam.