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Hunting the start of the fallow rut
Roy Lupton is out stalking fallow bucks at the start of the fallow rut. He calls…
Fallow herd cull: need to shoot 20 animals
Roy Lupton is setting out to make a deer herd healthy. There’s not enough food for…
Shooting Scotland’s Goats
Here’s how to hunt feral goats in Scotland. Remember goatgate? The politicians who condemned Scottish deerstalkers…
Summer deer management – A Year in the Life of Highland Sport part 2
For around three months of the year, red deer are off the shooting menu. Well, that…
Deer Killer Steam Engine – A Year in the Life of Highland Sport part 1
One of Scotland’s premier tourist attractions is setting fire to Scotland, and that’s causing a problem…
IWA 2019: shooting/hunting kit round-up
2019 was a quiet year for product launches at the European gun trade show IWA. Many…
On Test: Leica Fortis riflescope
Roy Lupton has his hands on the new Leica Fortis riflescope, which launched at IWA 2019.…
Niall Rowantree’s biggest beast
Deer manager Niall Rowantree is on his way around Planet Deer, this time talking big red…
Bullet drop: the maths made easy
How come you shoot up hill and there is less bullet drop than shooting on the…
Calling Sika Stags in the Rut
Roy is out with the guys from Jelen Premier, trying to get on to a big…
Tahr Hunt and Huge Red Stags
Deer manager Niall Rowantree is travelling Planet Deer again, looking at how New Zealand produces monster…
The biggest red stags on the planet
How did New Zealand produce the largest red deer the world has ever seen? In the…
How to use a walking stick as a shooting stick
A good stick and long pockets is all you need – not because you need to…
Muntjac stalking in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire offers some of the best muntjac stalking in the UK. Hunting this deer is an…
Calling and shooting bucks
Using a buttolo call, Roy Lupton gets an amazing reaction from roe deer on his ground.…
#LeicaHunting: at the factory and in the field
Roy Lupton is at the Leica factory, looking at how a top optics company manufactures its…