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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Homekill hunter skills
Scott Cartwright is a professional slaughterman and butcher who also happens to be a hunter with a venison business. He believes the loss of small local abattoirs in the UK has created a gap in the market, which could be filled by hunters using their talents to help small producers.
What to do with deer skins
Matt Bailey runs deer skin specialist Bay Tine Tannery from a barn in Devon. He takes in skins from local deerstalkers, and uses vegetable tannins to turn them into a range of leather goods. He explains the process – it’s a handy guide to how to tan your own deer
Tim’s thermal deerstalking journey
Tim Pilbeam heads out with the ThermTec Oryx thermal scope to see how it performs outside of its typical night-time role. Guided by experienced local stalkers, we set out on a series of outings in the South East, hoping to take a fallow buck before the end of the season.
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
