Ready for the rut.

My three Danish friends are flying into Birmingham for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, accompanied by an assortment of Blaser rifles. They will be here for five days and ten stalks. I will be totally knackered by the second day but their enthusiasm for the hunt will encourage me to persevere. On their last trip they accounted for 55 head of deer, mostly fallow with a few roe and muntjac. That has barely dented the deer population in this neck of the woods.
Received a surprise parcel of goodies this morning. @KevinTidepool, one of my Twitter followers and a sporting goods dealer has sent me an assortment of American deer calls for me to test out on my patch. Not sure how to set about experimenting with 14 different calls but no doubt the Danes will assist. I have only used a Buttalo call in the past and was not too impressed by the results. It was more successful on muntjac than roe.
I have included photos of a hazel stick I cut in the wood this morning. Should make an interesting walking stick next year.