26 September 2009, 01:51
Richard Efirst medal
after my recent surprise i had at Weston Park when i took a fallow head in to be measuredi was asked to post a few pics by a few members
story goes
i shot this beast , a couple of years ago late one september
on a recently planted field which now had a bit of wet on it , which made dragging impossible
ok it was a little to heavy for me to drag
so cautiously i drove across the field hoping not to make a mess or even get stuck
on struggling to get it into the back of the motor as it was a big lad
45 mins aprox later i was back on solid track with a big grin across my sweat covered face
once back at the larder i could examine the head a little closer
following a phone call to a cic judge a few years earlier about another Fallow i had shot just for a rough guide on measurements
i deemed this latest beast still not big enough to qualify for a medal going by the info i had recieved
so for the last few years it has sat in the garden of my taxidermist just in-case he needed one
luckily for me it was still there and since i hav moved to a bigger house i had a little wall space
i suggested i had better hav it back as it was the biggest i had ever shot
so on that
Weston Park it was
a day of shopping and anticpation wondering yes or no
as it happened it went BRONZE
so £40 later, a few words of congratulations and a jaw that almost hit the floor
my first ever medal
i was shocked as i am not and never will be a trophy hunter in that sense
here's a few pics of what could of been lost for ever
just goes to show
all that glitters is not gold
