Deer expert Niall Rowantree discusses Scotland’s four deer species, two aliens and two natives, their natural history and how to manage them. Niall starts with
Deer manager Niall Rowantree is in the larder playing wildlife detective. He’s in the middle of assessing the health of the roe doe he’s just
Paul Childerley has been using the Sako S20 for a month and has shot more than 80 deer with it. It’s time for him to
Cai Ap Bryn and Tim Pilbeam go deerstalking with thermal. They know that it’s amazingly effective – but is it too effective? Join their
Jason Doyle puts the Savage Arms 110 Lightweight Storm through its paces. He takes this rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor up into the Wicklow Hills
As she learns the ways of deer hunting, Carly Coates joins Paul Childerley. They are out after a Chinese water deer buck, a tiny
Cai Ap Bryn is following in the footsteps of William the Conqueror. He is shooting deer in the New Forest, set up by King William
Some fall over. Some run – even though they may both have been shot in the same place. Roy Lupton is out stalking fallow for
The Scottish Government is putting public safety at risk, and wasting tens of thousands of taxpayers’ pounds littering the countryside with fencing. It has shown
Paul Childerley is looking after his ground in Gloucestershire. He was there the other day to shoot roe and ran into muntjac. This time he
How good is the Aimpoint Micro H-2? Let’s find out on a driven hunt, using shotguns on close-range deer and rifles on boar. Aimpoint takes
Paul Childerley has a special call he has not revealed on Fieldsports Channel before. All of his deerstalking friends have their secret techniques, but Paul’s
Carly Coates promised herself she would go back to stalk deer at Glen Etive in Scotland. The estate that featured in the Harry Potter Deathly
The red stags are roaring in Ireland. Jason Doyle is after one – and he is in line for a close encounter. Find out what
The Scottish Government’s desire to ‘rewild’ the Highlands could lead to the biggest deer cull in UK history. Documents seen by Fieldsports Channel viewers suggest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tklVQTZ2U40The UK Deer Track & Recovery Group specialise in just that – from CSI-style investigation of a shot site, to tracking a deer through the
Charlie is out enjoying the Scottish hind cull. German ammunition company RWS, optics manufacturer Swarovski and gunmaker Merkel invite six hunting ‘influencers’ from across Europe
Like hunting bucks? Managing a herd of deer requires subtlety and the ability to make quick decisions – decisions that can have long-lasting effects (as
Roy Lupton is out stalking fallow bucks at the start of the fallow rut. He calls them by clattering fallow antlers together, which draws them
He Li is a target shooter and he has been on a few lowland stalks. This is his first time on the hill in the
What are the best bullets for roebuck? Paul Childerley tries out Gamehead Pro cartridges from ammunition manufacturer Sako after a roebuck in the south-east
Roy Lupton is setting out to make a deer herd healthy. There’s not enough food for these fallow in the South-East of England, so he
Here’s how to hunt feral goats in Scotland. Remember goatgate? The politicians who condemned Scottish deerstalkers for shooting goats were the same politicians who ordered
Tim Pilbeam packs rifle and rucksack, and heads out on his own after red hinds. He has the blessing of deer manager Niall Rowantree. He
Roy Lupton is out after roe deer. With the bucks rutting at the end of July, he calls them in to cull them. Join him
Irish deerstalking legend John Fenton takes Paul Childerley, Jason Doyle and a Sako 85 Carbonlight into the Wicklow Hills to stalk sika. In the latest
Cai Ap Bryn has a roebuck to shoot. Along the way, he is treated to some of the great sights in nature – European brown
Alberto Rizzini made a beautiful film about hunting a Maral stag in Kazakhstan with a Browning Maral rifle. So, what really happened on his trip?
For around three months of the year, red deer are off the shooting menu. Well, that doesn’t mean that Scottish deerstalker Niall Rowantree can hang
Here’s a masterclass on how to skin and butcher a deer. Jason Doyle meets game butcher John Griffin and they talk through the process part
Jason is guiding a friend, Daniel, on his first sika deer. Sika deer were introduced to Co Wicklow in 1860 and quickly became
Jason Doyle grallochs a deer: a sika hind his friend Daniel has just shot. ▶ here to watch Jason and his buddy Daniel stalking and
Paul Childerley guides hunters, new, old, experienced and, in this case, practically vegetarian. Imogen has not only not shot a deer before, she doesn’t even
One of Scotland’s premier tourist attractions is setting fire to Scotland, and that’s causing a problem for deer. The Jacobite steam train sets fire to
When your farm is under attack – you need to get out and deal with it. Andy Crow has a problem with fallow deer
Roy Lupton has his hands on the new Leica Fortis riflescope, which launched at IWA 2019. He takes it out after muntjac deer. ▶ This
Deer manager Niall Rowantree is on his way around Planet Deer, this time talking big red deer, and hunting a giant red stag. He is
Jason Doyle takes Irish friend John Foxton deerstalking in Norfolk with Henry Skeffington. They are after muntjac as a swap hunt. Henry has already come
Lyme disease leaves you at your wits’ end. For deerstalker Tim Pilbeam, who has been living with it for 20 years, he has given up
The red hind cull is underway on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula in Scotland. Niall Rowantree has Robert Sajitz of Blaser to help him shoot his cull
Tim Pilbeam is at Ardnamurchan in Scotland on a hind cull. The animals are on a beach and that’s how Tim has to get on
Will O’Meara and Jason Doyle go on a two-day backpack hunt in the Wicklow Mountains in winter weather conditions. They are after sika as part
Cai Ap Bryn is meeting a man in a car park… Chris Dewbury from rifle, clothing and accessories distributor Blaser Sporting has come along with
Roy Lupton is out to test a theory. Can Continental driven big game hunting work in the UK? He is joined by experts from Swedish
Roy is out with the guys from Jelen Premier, trying to get on to a big old sika stag. They use every calling trick in
Ever looked and a deer and felt hungry? In the latest in his series Rucksack & Rifle, Tim Pilbeam is hunting red stags for their
The steep hills and deep glens of the Dalness Estate in Argyllshire are the setting for Jason Doyle to take his cousin Larry out stalking
Cai Ap Bryn is a hunt swap. He goes to visit Johan Trygve ‘Trigger’ Solheim of the Svanøy Foundation in Norway to go deerstalking. While
Mike Allison from Jelen Premier Wildlife Services is an expert on darting deer. He is the man that Roy Lupton turns to in order to
There are fallow deer munching Crow’s crops. The farm manager from Kent gets out his Blaser R8 and waits out for them, partly because he
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