Parts of Lincolnshire have a lot of fallow. They hide up on antis’ land and feast on nearby farmers’ crops. DEFRA is now issuing night licences for local deer managers to bring down numbers. Luke Butel and Mark Singlehurst of Vale Field & Game show how they carry out a night-shooting exercise on a herd of fallow that’s crossing their ground in order to feed. Plus Luke shows how he reloads his .243 cartridges with 87-grain V-Max bullets in order to do the job.
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Weeding out mutant deer
Kevin Copeland needs to reduce the fallow deer population on his patch of East Sussex, and especially a mutant strain that is throwing up murder bucks. Once Kevin has a deer on the ground, his friend Graham Payne steps in with his stalking horse – Tyson the cob, who is
Muntjac management with Roy Lupton
Roy Lupton and cameraman David are limping along trying to reduce muntjac numbers to protect habitat and wildlife. Roy needs all his calling and tracking skills to put three muntys in the bag. To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 848, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain848 More with Roy Lupton here:
‘I shot a deer in a police station’
Deer manager Paul Symons gets an unusual request: there’s a deer in distress at a Plymouth police station, and please can he come and deal with it? Devon & Cornwall Constabulary and the RSPCA are getting it right on deer RTAs. When they find a deer that’s been involved in
Niall Rowantree’s copper bullet choice for uplands and lowlands
Professional deer manager Niall Rowantree has shot more deer than most people have had hot dinners – In this interview during the red hind cull Niall explains which Hornady rounds he trusts every day of the year. With Niall now having to also look at feral pig control, he reminds
Where did all the deer go?
Helen Tinner is cooking dinner, and she needs a deer for her freezer. She is out near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, with stalking guide Andrew Johnson. Andrew knows the ground well and is confident of finding deer – but things are not going to plan. The deer are not
Buying and setting up a deer rifle
John Myhill has a dream – a dream to go deerstalking with a stylish ‘kipplauf’ rifle. Here’s how he bought one, prepared it and took it out for the first time. For Purdey, go to Purdey.com, and watch our film about their new shop here: YouTube.com/watch?v=MhC-ilEN3Sc For Rifleman Firearms, go
