Editor Pete Carr looks back to last year and his first foray out after an ageing roebuck at the beginning of the season
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Something in the Night
Shooting deer as darkness falls – can it be licensed, and is it ethically acceptable? David Barrington Barnes looks into this practice and anticipates the start of the roebuck season
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…
Video of the week: The monster buck
Itching to get out at the bucks? Let us fuel your anticipation with this roebuck highlight from two years ago…
Fortuitous June
June may not be regarded as the best month for roebuck stalking, but editor Pete Carr says it’s still worth a punt as results can often be surprising
Best Buck
Editor Pete Carr forgot some sage advice, but a recent experience brought back a colleague’s knowledge, resulting in the successful stalk of an unusual but wary roebuck
Bucking the Trend
Don’t just head out on 1 April and shoot the best buck you have – put in a proper roebuck management plan as you do with the does, says Chris Dalton
Third time lucky
Maureen Virtue tries for a quality roebuck that has evaded her for nearly three seasons, professional stalking guide husband David and young daughter Georgia at her side
Ready for the Roe
With the roebuck season well under way, you’ve got to be confident in your shooting skills. Helena Douglas spends a day at WMS Firearms Training to find out how to prepare and what factors to consider before pulling the trigger
Opening day
Editor Pete Carr looks back to last year and his first foray out after an ageing roebuck at the beginning of the season