Credit: Richard Spiller / EyeEm / Getty Images In between foxing outings, Robert Bucknell remarks on how to get the most out of thermal imaging and how this technology has opened up a whole new world. Once again there’s little…
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The heat of the night
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The night shift
Credit: Dgwildlife / Getty Images With lamb attacks increasing, Mark Ripley and two fellow shooters plan to hit the foxes hard over one long night… As was usual for the springtime, my shooting mate Gary and I were busy on…
The allotment buck
Credit: JMrocek / Getty Images Editor-in-chief Pete Carr looks at the unpredictable month of April in roe stalking terms and relates an April stalking anecdote from the beginning of the 2018 season The first day of April may be a…
Tagged with: allotment buck, bucks, peter carr, road traffic accidents, roe stalking, Stuart Wilson, the shooting show
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Ask the experts
Our team of experts solves five more of your burning questions, from calibres to cleaning Technique Q: I’m looking to buy a new sling. Are there any special types I should look at? I’ve seen one with a kind of…
Tagged with: .17 Hornet, .260 rem, 223, ask the experts, calibre, centrefire, firearms certificate, foxes, foxing, legal, mark ripley, nightforce, nv, pard 007 nv, rabbits, rifle, Sightmark, sling, smallholding, sporting rifles, technique
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Having a positive environmental impact
Giving some thought to where you take the 4×4 is just one way you can reduce your footprint Shooters pride themselves as being custodians of the environment, and that means a lot more than just shooting the right animals, says…
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Fast foxing with Mike Powell
Patrolling the fields to keep the lambs safe, Mike Powell experiences a number of quickfire foxing encounters – and a bonus buck too. As the year drifted into May, reports started coming in of foxes taking poultry. The growing cubs…
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The off-season with David Barrington Barnes
The off-season for fallow is short, but it provides plenty of opportunities for the stalker to get ahead of the game, says David Barrington Barnes. It’s only in May, June and July – the close season for fallow deer –…
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Hungary buck fever
Daryl Crimp finds himself praying to the goddess Diana on a four-day roebuck hunt in Hungary. We bobbed along in a frozen ocean. A golden sea of sunflowers bordered by a foamy swathe of maize. The troughs and gullies were…
Tagged with: afterhunt, buck, Daryl Crimp, deer, diana, Hungary, New Zealand, ph, rifle, roebuck hunt, roland koller, stalking
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Tipping the scales with David Barrington Barnes
David Barrington Barnes considers how the odds are stacked against firearms certificate holders on a number of issues, from mental health to domestic disputes. A couple of months ago, I promised to revisit this topic and I will start by…
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Hot pursuit with Thomas Nissen
Tracking buffalo in the dense West African bush isn’t easy. Thomas Nissen endures one hunt that lasts more than five hours. The print of a lion foot in the red sand of the track is not particularly clear. As we…
Tagged with: antelope, big game, buffalo, burkina faso, elephants, hunt, lion, omaru peka, savanna buffalo, thomas nissen, tracker, west african bush
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