Deer Management

England only I’m afraid 🤷‍♂️🫤

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Taken 100’s of fallow on a deer farm where I work but yesterday got my chance to take my 1st wild buck.
I got setup in a smallish field tight into an hedgeline and could see deer in the surrounding woodland on 2 sides, they seemed to be walking by until later on when 2 does jumped the fence at the top and were grazing away unaware I was there, they then both started looking over to my right when a young malformed buck came out of the cover, he had no antler on 1 side and a long spike on the other with a small tine half way up which was still part covered in velvet. He walked on towards the doe’s so I waited for him standing broadside then took the shot into his lungs, he stood motionless for a split second then made a run for it then jumped the fence out of sight. I reloaded, waited a short while then headed up to the edge of the wood, had a scan through the thermal and could see him lying still about 50 yards in. I retrieved him into the field to do the gralloch (forgot how heavy they were🥵)then the drag was pretty easy down to the bottom where the gate way was.
A good 1 to take out of the system I’d say….

Sako 308 S20 Hunter using Sierra 165gr TGK home loads.