Thread: Fallow behaviour in wet/windy weather

fallow can be touchy little buggers when disturbed we flew into a large clearing Wanganui area about 10 acres of semi clearing around 30 fallow moved of clearing as we came in 5 days later had only seen two fallow they just moved out

Well. I got out there. Got absolutely bucketed on. Spied an animal on the bush edge of a clearing which wandered off before I could get close enough for a shot and then found this guy and his mate standing right in the middle of a clearing feeding away like grass is going out of fashion! At about 10am too, love that deer are often up and about most the day at this time of year.

Crawled in to about 50m from him and got a good rest and waited for the right shot and popped him with my trusty Creedmoor and just like that the rain stopped and the sun came out.

Dressed him up nicely and into the pack he went. Very blessed as a new hunter of only a year to have the opportunity to learn to shoot, dress and even just watch animals on private land and great to fill the freezer but looking forward to spending some more time on public land and ‘earning’ animals a little more.

Very happy with how today went, thank you all for your advice & input. I’m a happy camper with some fresh veni

Well done....

Nice work @jaacko , some good chewing there!

If the Blue Mountains is anything to go by, the buggers were holed up in a nice warm hotel at the weekend. First time in a long time I saw nought, even on the drive in.

Originally Posted by Boner

If the Blue Mountains is anything to go by, the buggers were holed up in a nice warm hotel at the weekend. First time in a long time I saw nought, even on the drive in.

Few in there weekend before last! Seemed eot be hanging out in the (limited) sun that was poking through the canopy.

In my experience fallow do the same as most of us when the weather is shit, Netflix and chill/browse NZ H&S / work / housework.

Evidence backing this line of thinking: I see heaps of them in good to sub-par weather, but if the weather is really shitty, I don't see any!