The Shooting Show - Stalking Chinese Water Deer

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This week we made the trip South to stalk Chinese Water Deer (CWD) in Bedford on Paul Childerley’s ground. Paul is tied up with a busy shoot programme as his CWD have bred well, and a number will need to be culled, and I've come down to assist. Having made a start, this freed Paul and his team to concentrate on the winged game.
We've decided to offer some intensive DSC 2 witnessing training over the course of the week with the full team, including Graeme and Steve.
We decided to recce the estate the day before any clients arrived in order to assess the deer situation and also allocate some areas of operation and boundaries, so we all know where everyone is at any given time.
First off, I did a quick range check. Paul has an excellent range set up on the estate close to the shoot HQ. After confirming zero, I spent some time glassing across the fields close to the range. It was a nice afternoon, and I could see a group of CWD around three fields away couched and clearly enjoying the sunshine and settled, so I made an approach, using the thick hedges to get closer to them.
All went well, but my problem was a backstop, with the deer in the middle of a large field and there was no safe shot, so I decided to wait and see if they moved or any other deer came into play.
We were bizarrely assisted by a couple of walkers using a footpath a couple of fields way who pushed some deer towards the group we were watching, this lifted our group, moved them closer and some started to move my way. I picked out a young CWD, so I waited and he slowly fed until he had worked into a shallow basin to my left creating a backstop. Once he was in range, it was a relatively easy shot.
Completing a suspended gralloch in the hedgerow and then a short walk back to the larder. All-in-all, a good start to the trip.
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[@regsparkes6507]

It is always informative and enjoyable to watch Chris on these outings. Thanks Peter!

[@TheSpaniel1]

Great film as always, thank you 👍👍

[@franzschmid9079]

Great as usual, thank you!

[@gordon7005]

Great stalk and a clean shot 👍

[@peterbentley3959]

Great stalk great shot Safe back stop is key Blessings1lovepeace

[@Verminterminator]

Great video - Always difficult to get a good backstop on flat ground...

[@robindavis-ham9386]

I have never seen a hunting fashion show before

[@allandobbs7059]

Still think a 22-250 would be better than a 6.5 for these wee animals.🤔🧐

[@markchester7584]

Are you in Bedfordshire or Bedfordshire?

[@paulcallicoat7597]

I'd handload a reduced load if my deer were the size of my dog.When the bullet hit it was like a bomb went off on that little critter. You could step that down to 1800 fps with plenty of power without throwing half the deer in the garbage due to bloodshot.I killed whitetails that were easily twice the size of that deer with a Winchester 25.20 with a 75 grain bullet at 100 yrds.It delivers 300 ft #s of energy at that range and no recoil. For animals of this size the 22 Hornet with a 50 grain bullet @ 2200 fps would fill the bill without worrying so much about backstop as light bullets don't travel as far or carry enough weight to do any serious damage a mile away after passing thru an animal. I'd be surprised if it did pass thru at ranges over 100 yrds.

[@viperlad9588]

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