Deerstalking

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

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.

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