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The Shooting Show – Yorkshire roebuck calling in the rut with Debra Carr

In this weeks instalment, cameraman Stuart Wilson follows Debra Carr and her Merkel Helix 30-06 around Yorkshire on a Roebuck calling shooting exercise. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: We are offering a 10% discount on all Field Sports magazine subscriptions. All you need

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Day one w/ Paul Childerley

The date is 1st August, and Paul Childerley is setting out after a roebuck but ends up pursuing an entirely different species of deer… The opening day of the fallow season, 1 August, and I’d arranged to meet my buddy

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Magnificent seven

Mark Ripley takes a charity auction winner for a foxing outing and the pair get more success than they could have imagined

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Mopping up foxes

Anticipating another set of September fox control opportunities, Mike Powell reflects on how the countryside and the foxes that inhabit it have changed over the years

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August endurance

From inclement weather to incessant phone calls, Paul Childerley endures every setback imaginable on a quest to bag a buck in the rut

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Ask the experts: Why are some years better than others in the roe rut?

How do you account for variability in roe rut stalking? Two years ago, I could have called them in from the supermarket car park; last year nothing went right. How do I ensure this year is one of the good ones?

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Roe rut advice: Why turning bucks down is more important than shooting them

David Barrington Barnes says the mark of a true stalker isn’t number of bucks shot. Quite the opposite – it’s the level of restraint shown

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Roe rut stalking tips

The roe rut isn’t always magical – half the time it’s fruitless and frustrating. Dominic Griffith unravels the mystery around this key period in the stalker’s calendar

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Foxes aren’t what they used to be

Foxes are getting cleverer, says foxing expert Robert Bucknell – but so are fox shooters

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Feigning fallow calls

Top stalker Charly Green looks at the theory behind calling fallow bucks during the rut and contends that summoning them may be difficult but is certainly not impossible

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