Last night I was meant to be out looking for a decent red stag but I came across a Fallow buck that was behaving oddly. He came out onto a clearing and grazed for a while and then lay down, but continued to graze from his laying position. On closer inspection he only had one fully formed antler, so I guessed that he had some sort of injury.
I watched for a while and ummed and aarred about shooting him and in the end I decided that because he was a bit thin and maybe suffering I would do the decent thing. I closed the distance to 200 yards and dispatched him with the 300saum.
The pics will reveal what I found. Its quite common for a deer with a wonky antler to have an injury on the opposite side of his body. This was the case here.
He wasn't as thin as I thought he was so his meat was worth retrieving. It was rather nice shooting something early evening and having plenty of time to butcher it and walk out. I got back to my vehicle at 9.45pm.
Attachment 82449
Attachment 82450
Attachment 82451
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIhajTdwtoc
