Deer Management

01/08/2024

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29/07/2024

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15/07/2024

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10/07/2024

Great News!!!

The latest round of Government grant money is soon to be available for forestry training.
DMQ is proud to say that the DSC1 and DSC2 are eligible for this grant money, so head to the Forestry and Arboriculture Training Fund website now to apply for the chance at a fully paid for deer stalking certificate! https://buff.ly/3xRRAVq

03/07/2024

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21/05/2024

‘Might’ have chance of a spare roe buck carcass with coat on this Monday evening to be picked up from mine (SA48…..).
£60 which will go back to the syndicate.
Give me a shout if interested….

17/05/2024

https://www.countydeerstalking.co.uk/blog/clarkson-s-farm-deer?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0kUCSgY57QQeX33BpW4COb1A4M0JhFgGs4zkM9PbEehh-Pm-shocvsW-k_aem_AdK753yk4JG03GJoRLM1V4icb6VPi53ZAevb23gOpWdfJuJokl-gE76iBHSY-QvQ9atxBz2J3iZY2clh-qnekoCn

Jeremy Clarkson stalks and shoots his first deer in Season 3 Episode 7 of ‘Clarkson’s Farm’. Ok so he is a bit of a loveable buffoon, but I have to say that I h...

17/05/2024

Have I been abandoned? 🦌

To those not familiar with deer behaviour, a lonely calf may appear to be abandoned. But in fact, the opposite is true - often they have been hidden for safety by their mothers. Just because the mother cannot be seen does not mean they are far away.

It is calving season for many deer herds now so we wanted to share this friendly reminder to the public to give calves and fawns space.

Please, if you see a lonely calf, leave them alone, do not touch them and move away quickly to allow mum to return!
It’s especially important to keep all dogs on leads.

Learn more from this great advice page: https://i.mtr.cool/iylbafrrww

The British Deer Society - Official

02/03/2024

(Taken from another page)
Very early in the morning... and a roe deer is being driven crazy by the fresh, loose tatters of velvet hanging from his antlers.

In general, March is a turning point in the roe deer's year. The days are now much longer than they were and the behaviour of the deer changes, especially in the males.

Gone are the short days of winter, where the adult bucks displayed relative congeniality towards other the males. Now his urge to dominate is reactivated, and he will spurn the company of any bucks that could be threat to him.

He will increasingly harass and chase them, hither and thither, to vanquish them from his proximity.

Head-on-head combat will normally (but not always) occur when two similar sized bucks that are in 'hard horn' come together.

Most of the time, if one buck in hard horn meets another that is still in velvet, the male with the antlers that are still encased in the velvety sheath will back down.

In general, the oldest shed their velvet first.

The most likely time to see a buck displaying unusual behaviour is the day when the velvet starts to peel away.

When that happens, he will be particularly feisty, and the loose pieces of skin dangling from his antlers can drive him crazy, sometimes causing him to leap into the air, violently shaking his head to rid the irritating tatters from his crown.

This is also the month when the youngsters start to weaken the attachment to their mother. This is most noticeable with the bucks, who will periodically wander away from the parent.

Curiosity will often draw him towards seeking the company of an adult buck, who will probably offer him short shrift in the form of a short charge, when he gets too close. The adult is unlikely to pursue the young novice over a long distance though, unless he is a particularly well-developed individual. In which case, the unfortunate youngster will experience a much sterner response than a relatively minor admonishment.

This is also the time of year when the deer's body energy reserves are at their lowest - in some areas, the risk of starvation is a very one for certain individuals.

As well as the adult bucks becoming territorial, some of the mature does will be exhibit a significant change, as well: Those that are pregnant are likely to feed more often than those that are not, and their abdomen will be noticeably more rotund too.

18/02/2024

A successful morning taking 2 roe out of new tree plantations.
I had the 1st in a dense wooded area having to stalk into 40 yards to get a clear shot which was taken with my Sako 308 S20 hunter while resting on a fallen tree.
A mate had the 2nd after having a long wait for it to clear a thick gorse patch, taken across a small valley at 90 yards with his Tikka 243 while down in the bipod.

11/02/2024

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08/02/2024

My 1st CWD skull all prepped ready for mounting.
Not a medal head just a keepsake😊👍

21/01/2024

This could well become a necessity in future times…..
My advice would be to get your DSC 1 & 2 done asap…..
Although it’s free to add yourself to the register (when fully qualified) I feel sure there’s going to be someone cashing in along the line……
The qualifications are pretty expensive as they are and my personal thoughts are you can learn more practically with say a mentor than sitting in a classroom for 2 or 3 days….

The BASC register of competent deer stalkers is a new initiative which seeks to open up deer management opportunities for BASC members.

12/01/2024

1st time stalking the CWD (Chinese water deer) and managed to take 2 young bucks on an afternoons stalk.
See what tomorrow morning brings now 😊👍

07/01/2024

And I was told not to take the quad in the fields when the deer were on🤷‍♂️

17/12/2023

2 roe harvested from new tree plantations yesterday with my Sako S20 Hunter in 308 using Sierra 165gr TGK home loads.
Both head shot off the bipod from 126 yards across a small valley and 92 yards threaded through a small letter box in thick woodland….

26/11/2023

Woken to a 4.45 alarm on a cold -4 frosty Saturday morning then after a quick brew and getting the gear ready I met up with a mate before setting off on a 1 1/2 hour journey to some stalking ground I’ve not long acquired which has a few roe on it.
We arrived on the yard around 7 o’clock, it was still dark so we had a quick scan with the thermal where a couple of beasts were spotted off to our right about 750 yards as the crow flies. We grabbed a quick bite and a cuppa while devising a plan of attack.
Daylight broke and we set off up an adjoining steep hill towards them, we spotted 2 heat sources then back down to our right and even with the bino’s we couldn’t identify them but were most likely roe bedded down in the bracken.
We moved on ahead at a steady pace to near the top of the hill and got in view of our intended targets but we’re still 350 yards away, the ground in front of us now was open and we would probably have been sussed if we carried on towards them so we had to back off back down the hill, sweep round right handed and use a line of trees as cover with our approach, we got to 250 yards using a big conifer as a blank which was about 100+ yards on front of us, there wasn’t a clear shot available before it and if we’d have gone beyond it there would’ve been a fair chance of getting sussed so we decided to go down to our right over a small stream then up the bank on the other side, climb a fence then crawled up towards them along the fence line under the cover of the trees, got to a good clear shooting position, attached the Spartan bipod then shuffled out to our right a yard or two, there was a doe and a follower feeding in thick heather and neither were aware of our presence so it was a short waiting game for the doe presenting herself broad side and then taken with an heart shot from 149 yards and fell where she stood, the youngster stood by her for a while before moving off further up the valley and then stood looking back towards us, I got up and crept forward, repositioned on the bipod and took that 1 out with an head shot from 133 yards.
Both were retrieved, gralloched and 1 was carried off in the roe sack and the other was dragged back down to the motor.
(Marked red in the last photo).
Our plans were to then go into town for lunch and return for an afternoon stalk but with having 2 and not knowing what’s exactly on the ground I didn’t want to get too greedy so we called it a day, had a brew then headed home with 2 big grins on our faces.
A day to remember for sure😊

Tikka 243 T3lite custom build using Hornady 103gr ELD-X home loads.

31/08/2023

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06/08/2023

My 1st Welsh roe buck on an evening stalk yesterday by kind invitation of a good friend.
Glassed some 750 yards away I managed to get into 140 yards with the help of a line of trees, taken off the bipod across a small valley with the Sako S20 hunter in 308 using Sierra TGK 165gr homeloads.
Hard 1 mile retrieval back to the motor up and down dale and across a stream but well worth the effort 🥵
Many thanks to my mate for giving me the opportunity 😊👍

01/08/2023

It’s that time of year again….
Steady as you go out there😉

28/07/2023

My 3rd certificate arrived today….
I like this 1 😊
A roe buck I culled up in Scotland on the 27th of May taken in a Christmas tree plantation where he shouldn’t have been.
He was cleaned up and measured after having to stand 4 weeks to dry out.
He came back a silver medal just 2.1 points below a gold.
Definitely 1 to remember 😊👌

07/07/2023

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05/06/2023

Well what a weekend I had up in the north of Scotland on the roe bucks.
I managed to take 4 in total.
First outing we spotted a buck and a doe near on 500 yard away, we crept along to the field boundary then had to get over the fence and crawl in another 100 yard to a telegraph pole, the buck was laid down when we got in position and then a mature buck came into the field and ran him out, the older buck then came back after a 10 minute wait and was just grazing, I waited for him being broadside then hit him with a lung shot from just over 250 yards off the quad stix but he managed to run on 40 yards before hitting the deck.
We had another then last knockings of daylight, we were just stalking into a lone buck we spotted when he was pushed along by another buck, he actually ran past us then stopped within 100 yard of us, he was quick to move on into the next field where I managed to get on him when he stopped for a 3rd time, he was hit with a lung shot from 130 yard off the quad stix but again managed to run on to a thickish boundary hedge where managed to find him with the thermal before going back to the motor for the dog.
I had the 3rd the next morning with another mate as a guide and after a few hours of trying finally got on him as he came out of a field to my left and was browsing on a gorse bush, I waited for him turning broadside then hit him with an heart shot from 120 yard off the quad stix, he was another that managed to run but went out of sight round the corner of another hedge, luckily when I got to the shot site there was a decent blood trail and I found him another 40 yards on on the bank of a small wood.
My 4th buck was taken solo on Saturday evening in a Christmas tree plantation, I was able to glass most of the area with the trees not being very tall and then decided to get in position by a dry stone wall 100 yards from the edge of the plantation where the forestry was. After half an hour a pregnant doe appeared and dropped down off the bank into the Christmas trees, it was near on another half hour passing before 3 doe's entered from the top corner shortly followed by a lovely old buck, he came past the 3 doe's, had a bit of a thrash on the trees then slowly moved on adjacent to me, I'd put my hat on the wall to rest my rifle on and just waited for him being broadside before the shot was taken just behind the shoulder from 135 yards and he dropped on the spot.
I didn't realise how good a buck he was until reaching him, he's now been cleaned off and waiting to dry out ready to be scored with a 'possible' gold on the horizon......
(Pic's are a mixture of the ground we were on and enroute).

23/05/2023

📣Calving Season - advice for the public.

To those not familiar with deer behaviour a lonely calf may appear to be abandoned. But, the opposite is true - often they have been hidden for safety by their mothers and just because the mother cannot be seen does not mean they are far away.

Leave calves alone, do not touch them and move away quickly to allow mum to return!

Learn more from The British Deer Society - Official advice page: https://bit.ly/3fufLdx
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03/05/2023

Hi everyone, just to let you all know that the last of the deer were culled on the farm last weekend so the deer farm is no more.
I have now changed the name of my page to Deer Management and from now on will be sharing my experiences with stalking and deer management.
Don't know what the set up is with a page but please feel free to share your experiences with everyone else too.
All I ask is to try keep blood and gore to a minimum and keep posts deer related foremost.
I would also like to take this opportunity in thanking anyone that had any dealings with myself and the farm.

27/04/2023

06/04/2023

In 2021, Petition P-06-1208 was debated by the Senedd to get new laws to protect red squirrel habitat. The petition also highlighted how NRW NW Area had failed to monitor squirrel populations in Newborough and Pentraeth forests on Anglesey. Subsequent research revealed precipitous declines in Newbor...

31/03/2023

Just to let you all know the W⚓️ of a woman has now gone back on her word….😡
After being asked by her if I wanted to take it on, l thought about it and looked into the costs and said yes after about a month, then within 4 days she changed her mind which didn’t really surprise me…
All the deer will now be culled by the end of next month and the fields tacked out to a sheep farmer….
I’d like to take this opportunity in thanking past clients attending the farm, thanks to everyone’s words of support but mostly a big thanks to the one’s that contributed to the go fund me cause that I set up. This has now been closed and the funds put into my account and I’m now ongoing with refunding the donations.
This page will then be closed down….

I feel like walking away and letting her get some f@cker else to cut her grass and do the odd jobbing 😡

09/03/2023

I’ve been given the go-ahead to keep the deer on…
😊

06/03/2023

My offer has gone in 😬🤞