Deerstalking

Tim Pilbeam is Seeking Sika

Tim Pilbeam is Seeking Sika

In the latest of our Rucksack & Rifle series, Tim Pilbeam is in Inverness-shire with Lachie Smith looking for a sika stag. It is autumn

Roebuck stalking in Inverness-shire

Roebuck stalking in Inverness-shire

Creeping up on roebuck in Scotland, were out with top deerstalker Lachie Smith. He looks after some ground near the Monadhliath Hills – scrubby, lumpy

Fallow and Fox Shooting Combo

Fallow and Fox Shooting Combo

Fallow bucks are in season and foxes are easy to shoot. Andy Crow hosts Dominic Holtam from Sporting Shooter and long-range shooting specialist Ulf Lindroth

Roy Calls in the Bucks

Roy Calls in the Bucks

It’s a long hot afternoon after roebucks. Roy is calling them in, looking for the right cull animal to shoot. He discusses technique, both for

Simulated fallow herd shoot

Culling deer in a herd? Paul Childerley has had a good idea (take cover!). The professional deer manager from the south of England wants a

Summer Roebuck Stalk

Summer Roebuck Stalk

What do you do with too many roebucks? Go out to cull them. Paul Childerlety is on a management hunt in the lovely Oxfordshire countryside.

Crow’s Deer Cull

Andy Crow needs to get the fallow deer off his crops if he is to save them. There are only a few days of the

Chinese Water Deer Under Attack

Professional deer manager Paul Childerley is out shooting corvids when he comes across a dead deer. What has happened to it? Paul turns forensic detective

Roy’s on the Roe Does

Roy’s on the Roe Does

Roy Lupton is hunting roe does. At this time of year, the cull gets easier because they congregate on the few areas where the crops

How to gralloch a deer

How to gralloch a deer

We’re at the Norwegian Red Deer Centre. Cai Ap Bryn is on the island of Svanøy helping with their cull programme. Managing director Johan Trygve

Girls who gut

Girls who gut

Sculptor Jenna Gearing is a deerstalker and a dab hand at the gralloch. In this film, she is out after a roe doe in the

Michaela’s Stag

Michaela’s Stag

Michaela Fialova is hunting stags in Hungary, some of the finest hunting country in the world. There are huge numbers of deer on the estate,

Cai goes Reindeer Stalking

Cai goes Reindeer Stalking

Cai Ap Bryn is in Norway for the first day of the reindeer hunting season. He scales high mountains and comes upon a huge herd.

Are the Roe Rutting?

Are the Roe Rutting?

Has the roe rut started yet? Deerstalkers in the UK are getting excited about the annual roe rut at the end of July, when the

Deerhunter Adopts Baby Deer

Deerhunter Adopts Baby Deer

Has Roy Lupton gone soft? The noted deerstalker has adopted a fallow fawn. He says why, and how he hopes to train the deer to

Roebuck hunting in Croatia

Roebuck hunting in Croatia

Tim Pilbeam is off on his first outing in our new series Rucksack & Rifle. He is stalking roebuck in Croatia. This film was first

Michaelka: Czech Roebuck

Michaelka: Czech Roebuck

She’s the Czech Republic’s best know shooting star. Michaela Fialová, known as Michaelka, specialises in annoying anti hunters with her exploits all over the world.

Buck Fever

Buck Fever

Thomas Lindy Nissen is out with a hunter in Denmark. They are after a roebuck… and buck fever sets in when he takes the shot.

Crow Stalks Roe

Crow Stalks Roe

Andy Crow is after a roebuck this week. He has all the gear… but no darn deer, until a doe turns up. Will she have

Wolf Attack in Kent?

Wolf Attack in Kent?

Something did this to a roe deer carcass in Kent in less than 15 minutes. A friend of Roy Lupton was stalking, shot a buck

How to avoid Lyme Disease

How to avoid Lyme Disease

Deerstalkers are hit hard by Lyme Disease. It’s an illness that can change your life, and it is carried by ticks. We go out after

Stalking 15ft from a buck

David Carsten Pedersen of Scandinavian hunting magazine Min Jakt is hunting deer in the south of England on the #passionforhunting Variety Tour. He is out

Gamekeeper vs Metal Detector

So what went wrong with this hunting trip? Well, gamekeeper Phil (Phil by name, Phil by nature) catches up with the miscreant gamekeeper who spooks

Hind Cull Help

Hind Cull Help

Sporting Rifle expert Tim Pilbeam wants a hill-stalking warm-up. He is going to Scotland to take part in the hind cull and needs to make

Stalking Chinese Water Deer

Stalking Chinese Water Deer

It’s a bad day to be a Chinese water deer in Bedfordshire. It is the opening day of the CWD seasona and the Variety Tour

Fallow for the Freezer

Fallow for the Freezer

Roy Lupton loves the fallow rut – and goes armed with antlers and call to try and get a rise out of the bucks. This

Deer Stalker vs Dog Walker

Deer Stalker vs Dog Walker

Roy’s an experienced dog walker handler – he’s had plenty of practice. On our latest fallow deer cull outing there are “herds of hounds” about

How to Hunt Muntjac

How to Hunt Muntjac

One of the world’s top experts on muntjac takes Roy Lupton out to stalk a muntie buck in Suffolk. Graham is about to bring out

Hampshire Medal Roebucks

Hampshire Medal Roebucks

Come to where you will find some of the world’s best roebuck heads. First cousin to the white tail, find out how the English produce

Holland & Holland – deerstalkers’ course

Holland & Holland Deerstalkers course

Judging the distance between you and your target can be difficult, Holland & Holland instructors use carefully-positioned deer silhouettes to get you thinking about safe

Last buck of the rut

Last buck of the rut

Roy has been saving this roebuck until last. His cull programme has gone well, but he wanted to wait until the end of the roe

Roy’s Roe Rut

Roy’s Roe Rut

Roy Lupton is out after bucks in the rut – but this job is more than waiting for a gold medal head to walk into

How to produce great roebuck

How to produce great roebuck

Steve Pymm runs the deerstalking at Greystoke Castle in Cumbria and on surrounding estates. Over the last ten years he has put in the hours

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