auquhollie Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Well we decided since it was well past the first we would have an evening out to try and catch up with one of the stags we had been watching for a few weeks now. After going through the gates we dropped off the rover and continued on foot for about 2 mile. After about 50 mins of walking the forrestry track we dropped off down to our right. Withing 20 mins we broke out of the tree's to a veiw like this We continued along the top of the wood untill we spotted a set of Antlers walking through the Bracken. Dropping down we counted 8 or 9 sets walking in single file. At a clearing in the Bracken they all stopped and started to feed on the heather/young grass shoots. Both myself and Andrew belly crawled right into 100 yards and got set up. I singled out a nice six pointer for Andrew and he settled into the shot. 2 mins later and there was a ring out followed by a thud. Andrew had just popped his stag cherry. It was down and the stags just walked off . Me being me racked the bolt and settled down on the nole Andrew was on. I picked out the back stag and dropped him. On reloading another round i dropped another. The stags at this point were still in range but enough was enough. We have a cull to make on this ground and being 3000 acres of woodland is not easy to make. Not during the day anyway. We dont the field Gralloch's and headed out for the argo. We dropped the argo off the trailer and within 25 mins we were back at the motor with 3 stags. This would normally have been a four hour drag with three of them. Its about 1000 yards of steep bank right from the bottom to the top . Ground that the Argo seems to love. Or should i say i love in the argo . Anyway few pics of the Stags. Andrews six pointer. The big lad i shot weighing at 98 KG dressed. Good to see even my wee lad was enjoying himself (once i told him it wasnt rudolph) Well i hope you enjoyed. Me and Andrew certainly did Ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Well we decided since it was well past the first we would have an evening out to try and catch up with one of the stags we had been watching for a few weeks now. After going through the gates we dropped off the rover and continued on foot for about 2 mile. After about 50 mins of walking the forrestry track we dropped off down to our right. Withing 20 mins we broke out of the tree's to a veiw like this We continued along the top of the wood untill we spotted a set of Antlers walking through the Bracken. Dropping down we counted 8 or 9 sets walking in single file. At a clearing in the Bracken they all stopped and started to feed on the heather/young grass shoots. Both myself and Andrew belly crawled right into 100 yards and got set up. I singled out a nice six pointer for Andrew and he settled into the shot. 2 mins later and there was a ring out followed by a thud. Andrew had just popped his stag cherry. It was down and the stags just walked off . Me being me racked the bolt and settled down on the nole Andrew was on. I picked out the back stag and dropped him. On reloading another round i dropped another. The stags at this point were still in range but enough was enough. We have a cull to make on this ground and being 3000 acres of woodland is not easy to make. Not during the day anyway. We dont the field Gralloch's and headed out for the argo. We dropped the argo off the trailer and within 25 mins we were back at the motor with 3 stags. This would normally have been a four hour drag with three of them. Its about 1000 yards of steep bank right from the bottom to the top . Ground that the Argo seems to love. Or should i say i love in the argo . Anyway few pics of the Stags. Andrews six pointer. The big lad i shot weighing at 98 KG dressed. Good to see even my wee lad was enjoying himself (once i told him it wasnt rudolph) Well i hope you enjoyed. Me and Andrew certainly did Ads awesome photos there ads and a nice write up, a gorgeous bit of land there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Verminator Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 nice shooting, nice land, nice heads. well done, also a good read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlestead Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Durris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auquhollie Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Durris? What makes you ask that ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlestead Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Used to shoot on a forrestry syndicate there, looks like were we were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 did you have to drag the beast 2 miles or could you get a vehicle to it easy enough, otherwise thats a long drag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Well done Ads - hope i can manage to get up north this year and shoot my first did you have to drag the beast 2 miles or could you get a vehicle to it easy enough, otherwise thats a long drag Did you not read it all then Spud - he got it out with an Argo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Well done Ads - hope i can manage to get up north this year and shoot my first Did you not read it all then Spud - he got it out with an Argo lol me blind or what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auquhollie Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Used to shoot on a forrestry syndicate there, looks like were we were. Yeah your kind of right. Durris south block. Ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffshrek Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 auquhollie excellent post ,great pictures and some nice big deer. i cringe sometimes (not as ofter as i would like) if i shoot a big fallow buck with the extraction of the beast , before the argo it must of been fun/workout/endurnce test/pain /nightmare to get the animals out .........neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auquhollie Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 I know where your coming from and you wont believe it but we only just bought the Argo two or three days before we shot them . Prior to this it would have been a case of only shooting deer that we could have dragged out either by Quad or manually. The Argo is a very welcome tool that im sure will be put to good use. I am not shy of hard work. Infact i was brought up stalking in the highlands and there was no such things as quads or argocats. It was all by hand and they all came of the hill. Funny thing is back then you never thought anything of it. You just got on with it. Ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest martin Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Great write up that man,and,some good specimens to boot...........Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingzy Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Good write up Ads, and you are right, I remember walking up 4 or 500 feet in with an extreme gradient with 150 lbs on my back. Then put it down for a mile drag and finally ride them out on a push bike..................We used to enjoy a bloody good night in the pub afterwards, but it is all quads and argos now. The furthest drag last year with a hind was 850 yards as there was no way in with any vehicles. Cheers, j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouse Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Interesting write up Ads, amazed that your heather is in bloom, ours is at least 3 weeks off yet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auquhollie Posted July 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Interesting write up Ads, amazed that your heather is in bloom, ours is at least 3 weeks off yet?? No its not in bloom yet. That was an old photo of the ground just to give you an idea of what its like. Wont be long now though, With all this sun were getting. Ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcherman Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Cracking write up there mate and some good shooting it must be nice to have them reds on your permission Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v-max Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Nice one Adam used to get good money for antler in velvet & i know someone who is very good argo driver with plenty experiance of them. The reds are good but only when you got the equipment to handle them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auquhollie Posted July 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 The Argo is certainly the machine for the job. I used them for all the work i done for the commission out on the west coast. To be honest it couldnt have been done in the timescale if we hadnt had it. Ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouse Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 No its not in bloom yet. That was an old photo of the ground just to give you an idea of what its like. Wont be long now though, With all this sun were getting. Ads Just checking, expect others were wondering it was odd too??? Global warming??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrek Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 I need to get some time off work an start chasing some staggies!!!! Reading thats just got me all filled with buck fever now! and i know iv still got another weeks worth of slurry to get rid of yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7X64 Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Hi Ads, Haven't been to Durris in a while, bracken must be some height now. Last time I was up there a saw a few hinds in the valley. They were in the same spot where we spotted them that time I took you up to show you the ground. Had hoped to catch the rut this year but as luck would have it I'm away for 4 weeks over that period. B***er! Hope to get up there at some point this coming week. cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auquhollie Posted July 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Steve, Yeah that was about the same area we shot the three stags. The bracken is right up now but you can still pick out the reds. At least you can see there heads, all you need really . Ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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