April sees the beginning of the roebuck season, and as such Chris Dalton warmly welcomes an Australian client with a keen interest in roebuck stalking and management. I have found, having been an outfitter for a long time now, that you…
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The down-under buck
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Stalking getaway with Paul Childerley
Getting a break from the constant demands of being a gamekeeper, Paul Childerley heads out for an evening of much-needed R&R: rifle and roebucks. I set off on a sunny afternoon in May to try my luck on a roebuck and…
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The White Horse buck with Paul Childerley
The rolling hills of Wiltshire provide fertile ground for Paul Childerley to stalk an opportune roebuck. During a Shooter King photo shoot, Mark Bellamy, my fellow ambassador (and model) for the brand, invited me to hunt at one of his…
Tagged with: hills, hunt, mark bellamy, paul childerley, roebuck, spring, wiltshire
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Storm Stalking with Chris Dalton
March is supposed to bring better weather, but when Storm Emma hit in March 2018, Chris Dalton was forced to come up with new stalking plans in a hurry… Last March I had intended to have four days in one…
Tagged with: buck season, calves, chris dalton, cull, deer counts, kinnaird, retention rates, roe, stalking, storm emma, winter
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Unique Double
A South Pacific fallow hunt in New Zealand took an unexpected turn for Thomas Lindy and Jens Kjaer Knudsen. For a couple of years now, I have worked on a project as a photographer for Jens Kjaer Knudsen on his…
Tagged with: animals, atv, Australia, deer, does, fallow buck, fallow rut, farm, hunting, jes kjaer knudsen, marcel powell, national park, New Zealand, north island, red stags, sambar hunting, sci, south pacific, thomas lindy, whanganui national park, wild goats
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First steps in the field
As the opening of the roebuck season draws close, David Barrington Barnes recalls his first ever stalks after the UK’s most beloved deer species. If ever I had any doubts about becoming a deer stalker, these were dispelled by my…
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Paul Childerley heads to Slovenia for the hunt of a lifetime!
Top of the world: Paul Childerley heads to Slovenia for the hunt of a lifetime amid not one but two mountain ranges. It was a true honour to be invited to Slovenia to hunt for a species I had never hunted…
Tagged with: .30-06 calibre, 85 black wolf, chamois, ergonomic pistol grip, foothills, game, hunter, mountain ranges, paul childerley, peter matjastic, rutting, sako, shooting, Slovenia, stock, zeiss
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Hunting in the heat
If you want safari success, says Kevin Thomas, you can’t retreat when the temperature rises – you need to keep hunting through the punishing ‘midday window’ Throughout my hunting career, be it guiding safaris or hunting for myself, I’ve observed…
The French Big Game Hunters
Hunting historian Martin Tulp covers the past hunting adventures of the French big game hunters in Africa
Hard miles
Rudi van Kets relates the story of one of the longest, toughest tracks for a wounded animal he’s ever followed
Tagged with: barking, hunting dogs, piglets, shooting, teamwork, tracking, wild boar, wounded animal
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