Last day - last doe
 

Another deer season ended for me and I got a doe fawn on the last trip.

Third drive of the day. Thick clouds, no wind, 6 inches of snow, temperatures circling around freeezing point. My brothers SGP barked away with a deer in a reed laden alder area. Then nothing was heard until I noticed a shade in the far edge of my vision behind me. A single deer stopped, not ten yards from me but on the wrong side of the land border. It stopped and listened to my brother, who at the time was investigating if the dog would listen to some new names he came up with as the dog would not return to him.

Then the deer turned and went straight at the direction of my yelling brother. It took both barrels at 30 yardsbut still got into a windfall where it stayed until the hound caught up with it.
The season ended with a bang.

By the way. How do you like our long tailed SGPs?

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Great job!!!

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Congrats on the deer.

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Congrats!!! Should be good eating.

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Thank you.There will be a few great dinners here.

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Good deal 3D, is that a fallow or do they have whitetails in Sweden?:)

Good looking dog too.

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Many thanks!Yes we have fallow deer and red deer as well but none of them where I hunt. This is a female roe deer born 2005 in may-june. White tails were introduced into Finland 1934 and every now and then rumour has that one comes into Sweden but thats about it.

Ill tell my brother to praise the dog!

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3D, I should have known that was a roe by its size!!! I am hoping to make it to europe in the next year or two to do some roe stalking, but it is so privatised in England it is difficult to find a place to hunt!

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Hey nice deer that was about the same size as the first deer i ever shot. Congrats

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3D, one more question, what did you shoot itwith?

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It is not always easy to tell the difference when they arent spotted. I often see fallows when I drive, but to be sure of which deer it is, isnot easy if one does not see a whole herd.

The shooting part is a bit ambarrassing because I misread the first hit and gave the deer a second barrel of shots at quartering away angle. The weapon is a O/U Browning GTI and the shots were 1 1/4 Oz Rottweils in US3.

My tip to hunting roe in Europeis to go to former eastern block. Baltic states or Poland would be nearest to me and Ive had friends go there and have only heard good things. They have large forrests and not a lot of hunting pressure. They are members in the EU and are striving hard to make their market economies going.They try to accomodate but does not always know what westerners want.Americans are popular and isnt Poland evena NATO member? Or almost at least?
Im thinking of going boar hunting there.

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Thanks 3D, I will look into Poland!

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Congrats.

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hey, i saw you were from sweden and there's a new guy in the youth forum. he's got a thread up called "sweden'' lol go figure. he doesnt know english that well and i thought you could talk to him bout your country or somthing. it's cool how he says "amerikan'';)