Deerstalking

Deerhunter on Strange Ground

Here’s a test for his stalking skills: Tim’s out with a Scottish stalker who simply points him in the right direction and lets him get

On Test: Fox ammo on deer

  Roy Lupton is out in the South of England, testing lead-free ammunition on a fallow buck. Then Roy cuts open the animal to see

Cai’s new hunting ground

Cai Ap Bryn and Johan Trygve ‘Trigger’ Solheim are looking for animals on Cai’s new ground in the South of England. Cai is using trail

Passing your DSC1

How do you learn to hunt deer in the UK? We follow deerstalker Sim Hay as he takes his Deer Stalking Certificate 1 with Mike

Red stag: an emotional hunt

Tim Pilbeam is back in France and gets the opportunity to stalk a large trophy red stag. He is there at the heart of the

On Test: Sako Super Hammerhead

What are the best bullets for whitetail deer? Paul Childerley tries out Super Hammerhead cartridges from ammunition manufacturer Sako on a whitetail hunt in Finland,

#Stagcam – fraying

Stags rub their antlers on trees in behaviour called fraying. We put a camera on the antlers of a red stag during and record it.

On Test: Mauser M12

The Mauser M12 has rapidly become one of the most popular sporting rifles in the UK. We take two versions of it out after roe

Roy calls a fox and a buck

Roy calls a fox and a buck

With the fallow buck rut taking place haphazardly across Roy’s ground, it’s a challenge to call a buck. Roy Lupton has a morning’s stalking, and

Hampshire Macnab

Every area has its own Macnab. In Hampshire, says Keith and Gavin from local sporting agent Glorious Game, it’s a roebuck, a partridge and a

A Year in the Life of Fallow Deer

Human-animal conflicts hit the headlines as Britain becomes more crowded, and there’s no animal in Britain as big or as conflicting as deer, writes Alex

A lad’s first stag

A young stalker is out after a red stag for the first time. He is stalking at the Ardnamurchan with Niall Rowantree of West Highland

Axis Deer Hunt in Argentina

Axis deer are a pest to farmers in northern Argentina. In the latest in his Rucksack & Rifle series, Tim Pilbeam has come from the

Roebuck Rut – how to call them

With the roe rut underway, deer manager Paul Childerley has a great opportunity to take out cull bucks. He shows which calls they respond to,

Calling and shooting bucks

Using a buttolo call, Roy Lupton gets an amazing reaction from roe deer on his ground. It is the start of the roe rut and

A Year in the Life of Red Deer

The wildlife – the scenery – the deerstalking. Over 12 months, we follow wildlife manager Niall Rowantree as he looks after the deer on the

Roebuck Everywhere

A morning walk-around with a rifle at the start of the roebuck season in Somerset reveals how many animals there are to cull for farmer

Early Season Roebuck

Early Season Roebuck

The roebuck stalking season is open. Charlie Jacoby heads to Cumbria with two US hunting TV stars: Larysa Switlyk and Lindsay Christensen. They are out

How to cape deer

Paul Childerley shows how to skin a deer in preparation for a full head mount by a taxidermist. For Sako rifles, go to GMK.co.uk For

Chinese Water Deer Double

Paul Childerley, Cai Ap Bryn and Johan ‘Trigger’ Solheim are stalking the field margins of Bedfordshire in search of Chinese water deer, perhaps the UK’s

Scottish Stalking

It’s time for the Ardnamurchan hind cull. Niall Rowantree is up the hill with Robert Sajitz and Alexandra Baur of Blaser, Sporting Shooter editor Rebecca

Highland hind cull

Niall Rowantree is in the middle of the red hind cull (female red deer) at Ardnamurchan in the Highlands of Scotland. Robert Sajitz from German

How to Call in Fallow Deer

You clatter antlers together – that’s how. Roy Lupton shows the secrets of fallow buck calling during the fallow rut, and brings the deer in

Balmacaan Stalking #2

It is the second part of our deerstalking trip to Balmacaan in Inverness-shire. This time Lionel Neuville and stalker Daniel Logie have a 600-metre stalk

Hunting ‘Scottish Ibex’

Will it be a red stag or a billy goat? ‘Solway Stalker’ Colin Lockerbie offers both on his ground in Dumfried and Galloway. As part

How to do a Suspended Gralloch

Top stalker Paul Childerley shows how he does a suspended gralloch – the easiest and most hygienic way to gralloch a small deer. You need

Crow’s Fat Fallow Cull

The fallow bucks are wreaking havoc on Andy Crow’s crops. He is out to get them with a heavy barrelled Tikka T3 in .243 with

How to call in roebuck

How to call in roebuck

John Tobin has animal magnetism. A lot of it may be to do with the instrument tucked in his pocket – but it’s what he

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