Fallow sign and tips

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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by Stix » 29 Mar 2019, 6:31 pm

So ive just recently got access to a couple of potential fallow properties...

Curious to know How long does this "rut" last...?...& is it best to leave them alone during this time...?
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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by marksman » 29 Mar 2019, 8:28 pm

Stix wrote:So ive just recently got access to a couple of potential fallow properties...

Curious to know How long does this "rut" last...?...& is it best to leave them alone during this time...?


depending on your own area you may get a week maybe 2
but fark no do not leave them alone during this time Stix :wtf:
get the fark out there and get some in the freezer while you can mate :thumbsup:
take time off work what ever but get into it :drinks: man flu season mate :thumbsup:

I'm looking for a particular pure white buck at the moment so not trying to upset them to much
I have seen a few satalights but I want the big one :drinks:

this is a small scrape I found, most hunters would have walked past it I recon

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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by marksman » 29 Mar 2019, 8:35 pm

make sure you have a good set of bino's and look long then when you find them plan your stalk to where you can get a shot in :drinks:
where the arrows are is where I sighted a mob yesterday, they came out and fed for 20 minutes then back into the bush but it would be a good area to stake out for shooting at around 200-300 as long as they are not scared off they will come back again :drinks:

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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by Stix » 30 Mar 2019, 11:06 pm

Thanks Marksman...
So is the rut an easy time to get them then...?

Do they have a 'season' so to speak, where they are easy or hard to get...such as foxes..?

Not sure i can get away too easily to these properties unfortunately..the best of them being a good 3.5 hour drive....and man flu doesn't work when you're strapped for cash & your own boss... :thumbsdown:
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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by TassieTiger » 31 Mar 2019, 3:24 am

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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by Stix » 31 Mar 2019, 9:06 am

Righto...
Thanks Tas... :thumbsup:

Now i wana get out there...

What's peoples opinions on using callers...?
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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by Oldbloke » 31 Mar 2019, 10:16 am

Sooo, rut is normally only 2 weeks. No wonder i keep missing it. I thought it was about 6 weeks. Bloody work, weather or family always delays me. Time to retire me thinks.
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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by marksman » 31 Mar 2019, 5:11 pm

another chill may turn it off but the fallow where I am looking have been croaking for about 2 weeks already
there is no "it will last for this amount of time" and can be different for different areas depending on a lot of different things

calls and rattles (antler's) can be ok at the start of the rut but I have found they dont really work late in the rut for fallow and usually dont attract the monsters only the younger bucks looking to try and make a name for themselves

never use red deer calls when after fallow as they scare the crap out of them :drinks:
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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by Jon79 » 31 Mar 2019, 5:49 pm

went for a look today and found a little mob looking about
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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by Stix » 31 Mar 2019, 6:26 pm

Thanks Marksman... :)

Jon79...did you take one...?

Some very good looking Fallow there...!! The stag in the first pic looks a handsome fellow... :clap: No wonder he's got all them sexy women following him... :lol:

Very pretty animals...wish i was out there...!!
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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by Jon79 » 31 Mar 2019, 6:38 pm

Stix wrote:Thanks Marksman... :)

Jon79...did you take one...?

Some very good looking Fallow there...!! The stag in the first pic looks a handsome fellow... :clap: No wonder he's got all them sexy women following him... :lol:

Very pretty animals...wish i was out there...!!



Nah mate had no rifle with me, was just out looking and had the camera

There’s a mob getting about with a few pure white ones in it i was actually trying to find where they’d moved to
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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by TassieTiger » 31 Mar 2019, 6:52 pm

This was from a couple months ago...was back looking this weekend and nothing.
It’s kicked off down here in Tas. Temps have dropped over the last week (16% today up tablelands) and it’s game on and...working for a living is getting in the way of my living. Bugger.
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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by Oldbloke » 31 Mar 2019, 7:13 pm

TassieTiger wrote:.working for a living is getting in the way of my living. Bugger.


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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by Oldbloke » 31 Mar 2019, 7:35 pm

"went for a look today and found a little mob looking about" jon79

Heaps where you are. :mrgreen:
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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by marksman » 03 Apr 2019, 8:23 am

a nice bush buck in the area

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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by marksman » 06 Apr 2019, 9:43 pm

here's a white one
not the one but a white one

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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by Jon79 » 11 Apr 2019, 9:04 pm

Quick drive for a look about
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Re: Fallow sign and tips

Post by Stix » 11 Apr 2019, 9:54 pm

Unbelievable Jon...

You know a taxidermist mate...?

Or you do a smash-n-grab at the museum so you could upload a fancy pic...

:sarcasm:

Good luck to ya mate...

Ive done a quick scout around a new property & there are deer running all through it...
Even a big grassy area absolutely covered in poopies, but unfortunately other people frequent there & make life difficult.

Ive got to get to know this deer hunting bizo--if i knew their behaviour well, i could perch myself in some shrubbery 100 yds away & pop myself a wee fallow of two...
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