Paul Childerley has a date with a deer which can’t be missed. He booked in to join top game chef and senior lecturer at Westminster Kingsway College, José Souto, on the stage at the 2023 Game Fair at Ragley Hall for a deer butchery demo . No deer, no demo.
One of the issues he will face is the recent wet weather. The crops are yet to be cut so more than likely he won’t be able to take a body shot. He’ll have to take a neck shot, which is not for the inexperienced.
To ensure success, Paul has arranged two roe buck outings, one with José and one with Will Hogan from gunshop J Hogan and Son. Will is now distributing the New Zealand outdoor clothing brand Swazi into the UK and Ireland, and Paul is their latest recruit. He’s working alongside them to develop products to suit the UK and European markets. Plus there’s history with Paul and Will. Both were underkeepers working for Paul’s father, Martin Childerley, who tells us about the young keepers. Plus, Will let’s us know about his “character building” experiences with Childerley senior.
- For more about the Swazi clothing range go to Swazi.co.nz
- Find Paul on Instagram and Facebook
- Buy Jose’s book Venison: The Game Larder from Amazon
More from Paul here:
How gamekeepers use thermal
Keeping their birds alive and well is every gamekeeper’s priority – and the biggest threat to their pheasants, ducks and partridges is foxes. Thermal technology
British Open .410 Championship 2023
youtu.be/6CFe3U7d4Zw It’s Battle of the Gamekeepers at the 2023 .410 British Open Championship. Geoff Garrod from Essex goes up against his squad mate Paul Childerley
Aerial roebuck reaction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhzcGoTOXGM What does a roebuck reaction to the call look like from the sky? Incredibly, we filmed one of four bucks we shoot on this
How to shoot deer when the crops are high
Paul Childerley has a date with a deer which can’t be missed. He booked in to join top game chef and senior lecturer at Westminster
Ultimate .410 cartridge for pigeons, game and clays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5eCvlQiAI Paul Childerley loves a .410 shotgun. Whether it is on a game day or clay shoot, he enjoys the challenge of the smaller calibre,
Long-range Spanish ibex hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WVe0d3yb6s Just as the ibex season is about to close, Paul Childerley heads to southern Spain to hunt the smallest of the Spanish ibex subspecies,
