Welcome to Realtree Global Hunting on Team Wild TV. This week we're out with my good
friend Steve Wild as he embarks on his first ever trip to Hungary on his first trip after
roebuck with the guys at Wonderhart. As you guys have no doubt seen, Steve has taken his
fair share of deer over the years he regularly takes fallow.
And red deer off his own ground.
To provide venison for his butcher shop. However, roe deer has been something that has eluded
Steve over the years but hopefully not for much longer.
Hi. Here we are in Hungary at last, just travelled halfway across Europe to get here and we're
shooting roebuck. Today, I'm using the Sauer 101 in .308. Because I've traveled so far
I'm just going to take a test shot into the hay bales over there to make sure everything
is working fine. Then hopefully we're off to get a roebuck down. This is the first time
I've stalked roebuck in all the stalking I've done. The hundreds and hundreds of fallow
I've shot, the hundreds and hundreds of red that I shot, but this is my first time on
roe. I'm really, really excited. So I'm just going to put a shot down the range now, make
sure we're all good to go then it's bingo time hopefully.
Fantastic, smack on. Let's go get them.
As always with roe stalking, it's best to get out in late afternoon until sunset and
be up and out by sunrise. Roe deer tend to bed-up during the hot summer days and this
time of the year in Hungary it can get to forty degrees centigrade. That's pretty hot.
Steve's guide sets him up on sticks in some maize at the edge of a field and begins to
try to call in a deer.
This time of year, the roebuck respond really well to female calls and they'll come bouncing
in to have a look at the action. Steve's like a kid in a sweetshop and he's busting with
excitement for the chance to take out his first roe and helping with the deer management
in these parts. All across the globe, the key to a good healthy deer herd is management
and it's absolutely no different in Hungary. Steve's on strict orders to take out an older
buck, or anything the guide wants taken from the herd.
You see next to these two maize crops with a bit of clear-fell in between, nothing is
showing so I think we're moving on somewhere else. Unfortunately our guide doesn't speak
much english so it's points and nods and winks at the minute but everything seems to be going
great.
In the next field there's some movement and a roe comes meandering towards the pair of
them. Unfortunately, he's only young and he hasn't reached his prime yet. He's spotted
Steve and the guide, he doesn't look that bothered. Being so young, he's unfamiliar
with the dangers of humans but he is a little bit on edge and he's very inquisitive. He
continues to move towards them, and as he feeds away, he gets close enough that Steve
can almost pet him.
That was absolutely fantastic. That were brilliant! Fantastic.
But unfortunately, the little guy's no longer happy with them and starts to bark.
If he's barking, he's going to scare away all the other bucks this evening so they decide
to move on.
Steve's guide takes him to a high seat as the summer sun begins to fade and they have
a go at calling once again.
However there isn't any movement and again they move on.
In the next field, the guide spots something. There's a doe and a faun at the opposite end of the
field and if there is a female roaming these parts, there could easily be a male following
her scent. Steve and the guide get set up in the maize for cover and give out a few calls.
Well there we go. That's all for tonight. Resume play first thing in the morning as
they say. It's been a fantastic experience tonight, first time I've been roebuck stalking
let alone call roebucks and to see that little fella come ten foot right in front of us was
absolutely fantastic. Seen quite a few does with a few calves with them as well so been
a really, really exciting night for myself and look forward to getting back to it in
the morning and these midges are biting like the devil.
It's day two and Steve is out nice and early with his guide. The sun is blazing down and
it's a scorcher of a day. The first port of call is a recently cut field with hay bales
strewn across it providing plenty of cover.
The guide lets out a few calls.
And soon enough there's a roe.
The guide lets out some calls.
And the roebuck seems interested.
The buck is heading towards the guide. All seems well and he seems comfortable then he
stops. He sees the pair of them and makes a run for it. A few gentle calls from the
guide and he stops in his tracks. But he doesn't think the call of a woman is worth the risk,
so he heads off into the thick stuff. Good decision my friend, good decision.
Steve is out again that afternoon but with it being such a warm day, the deer are hot
and bothered before he even gets there. So as soon as they see a human, they ain't planning
on sticking around. The guide explains that the heat makes the deer uncomfortable and
they don't respond well to the calls.
Luckily, the weather on day three is a lot cooler and there's an early morning mist in
the air. With the previous day being so hot, the deer would have been laid up and now they'll
be out looking for food and females. In the very first field there's a nice buck skipping
across the field between the two plots of maize. However, he isn't sticking around and
doesn't respond to the call.
Steve moves a little further down the field and into position behind a hay bale. The guide
lets out some calls. There's a young buck who looks interested to start with but he
soon bucks out. The guide changes the calls and Steve glasses down the field. There are
another two deer at the end of the field but these are does and that's not what Steve's
here for. He's been carrying the Sauer 101 for three days now and dying to test its capabilities
on Hungarian roebucks. But the only thing he has managed to shoot at so far is a giant
hay bale.
The sun is rising and the mist is getting thicker as the guys continue on the search
for a good management buck. There's plenty of young bucks around.
And even a few bunnies, but nothing that needs managing. Man, it's beginning to feel like
a really long day. As the mist begins to lift, the guide brings Steve back to the field that
he saw movement in the previous day. Steve sets up in the maize with his guide and after
a few calls, a roe doe comes trotting into the field.
Then, she legs it.
A buck comes from nowhere to chase her around. But he's not interested in a call of another
doe when he's got one in his sights and soon enough they disappear into the maize. The
day now is in full flow, the mist has lifted and the sun is beaming down. It's almost time
to call it a day but the guide has one more field to try. Once again, Steve gets set up
in the maize. The guide calls, and they wait.
Not much appears to be moving, then a roebuck emerges to the right. He almost darts away
but the call stops him in his tracks. Just enough time for Wildy to get him in his sights.
He fires, and the buck turns to leg it. Looks like a good shot but the buck still escapes
out of the field. Wildy's eager to get after it, just incase he has to take another shot
at it. Him and the guide make their way down the field but as soon as they reach the maize
at the end, it's clear the buck is hit hard and couldn't have gone far. They move through
the maize and they haven't got far before the find the fallen game. A sense of excitement
is overpowered by a feeling of relief in Steve as he finds his very first roebuck dead in
the maize.
With Hungary having some amazing traditions in regards to hunting. Steve's guide is keen
to share with him their way of celebrating the fallen game. A leaf in the mouth of the
deer is for his last meal. A leaf on the wound and the third dipped in the animal's blood
for Steve to celebrate his hunt.
Okay, as you saw we were still on the end of the maize. He came out, he was eighty yards
I think on the rangefinder before he ran and then he just went out a bit like that. I took
a shot, just behind the shoulder.
Absolutely smack on. He went as if he hadn't been touched and to be honest I doubted myself
but as soon as we got to the maize where he went in you could see the massive blood trail.
Really, really chuffed, my first roebuck. He's about six years old, so they say. It's
going backwards so perfect one to take out. Chuffed to bits you wouldn't believe it.
Sauer 101 in .308 has done its thing again. I can't believe it didn't knock it off its
feet but hey, they're a big, strong animal right. Good stuff, chuffed to bits.
It's been really hard work for the last three days.
But Steve has seen plenty of deer.
And has eventually managed to get his first roebuck.
However, it's not over yet and as soon as the guys get their buck back to base there's
more tradition to partake in and Tamas ensures that Steve gets the full Hungarian treatment.
With it being Steve's first ever roebuck, it's tradition in these parts for Steve to
bend over his fallen game and for the other roe hunters present to celebrate his hunt
with him and to slap his backside with a stick. Now, Steve Wild is an accomplished Hungarian
roebuck hunter. To book your own Hungarian hunting trip of a lifetime visit wonderhart.co.uk
and for information on the Sauer 101 visit gardlands.co.uk.com.
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Steve's over the moon with having this young roebuck within such close proximity.