In exactly 7.5 days, someone will come with a rusty key and remove the handcuff attaching me to my desk thereby allowing me to go on my first hunt this autumn!!!!!!!!!! Not that I am counting.

Fingers crossed the deer will still be roaring in the Czech republic cause I have a new (to me) .270 Sako Finbear that needs exercising!

Pictures and report will follow.

Hey Bog,

You don't sound at all excited!!

Have a great time and remember to take lots of Photos.

Rgds,
FB

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Originally posted by Boghossian:
Not that I am counting.

You shouldn't - it makes the agony worse - bah to keep your juices flowing go to my post from tonight and listen to them calling - have a good hunt

Best thing to get the juices flowing was going to Richmond Park in London and watching large stags roaring at a distance of 15m. Very impressive.

Gabriel, glad to hear you have got all sorted in time.

Sika for me this weekend hopefully.

HiBog is that te Fallow? or are there Reds in Richmond Park?

Rgds,
FB

FB, shame on you, how long have you been here?

There are fantastic red stags there, get down there soon cause they are roaring hard. It is an amazing chance to sit right next to them doing their thing.

I saw a herd of 10 stags up to 16pts wallowing, roaring and even sparring a bit. Great stuff, though the gf was a bit frightened by all the posturing.

There are also a couple large herds of fallow deer, totalling 350 animals I believe. Saw a couple gold medal bucks too.

Bog,

The thought of sitting , (unarmed) next to a raoring stag in the rut doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

A couple of years ago a mate of mine got charged (litterally) by a Fallow from a distance of 100m. He dropped it at about 5-10m when it put it's head down without stopping. He needed a significant portion f my hipflask when he turned up for breakfast at the shoot!!!

I had a satg 2 years ago in Norfolk that was "venting" his frustrations on the tree to which I was attached via a high seat. I never saw him but I would have hated to have been that tree!!

Sounds to me like your missus is the brains of the operation!!

Rgds,
FB

Thanks mum

boghossian, that stag in the middle of your last post there, the one with the hinds and the spiker with him. that stag has a bit of a windsor throw back!

Sorry for the poor quality pics, used a camera the size of a matchbox!

Paul, that stag is the master stag. He had a herd of 40 odd hinds with him. All the other stags were either alone or in small batchelor herds.

My favorite is the second picture, clearly an old animal with a 'club' on the right side.

Bog,
I think you should put the camera away and shoot with rifle. They look good to me.

I think that would draw some unwanted attention since these boys live in a park in the middle of London!