As the Chinese water deer season looms once again, Paul Childerley reflects on two stalks for two almost totally different CWD bucks
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Forest fortune
Chris Dalton has to negotiate some testing re-stock forestry on the hunt for red deer – and finds that getting out is going to be harder than getting in
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Roe debut
During what’s usually a quiet period for roe, Chris Dalton breaks the silence by embarking on a guided stalk with the editor’s wife, Debs
The doe imperative
Editor-in-chief Pete Carr considers the selection and methods behind the doe cull and the importance of achieving the right ratio on one’s stalking ground
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Winter work – the doe cull
The season for roe and fallow does is shorter than that for the bucks and is necessarily further shortened through days lost to bad weather and the pressures of game shooting.
Tagged with: cull, culling, deer cull, doe, Dominic Griffith, fallow, fallow deer, roe and fallow, roe doe, winter
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Expert tips for planning CWD stalks
The Chinese water deer season is here. Here’s how Bedfordshire keeper Paul Childerley controls this diminutive deer…
May management
Paul Childerley emphasises the virtue of selflessness as he makes the snap decision to turn down a trophy buck in favour of a cull candidate on a May stalk
Operation Roe Doe
Pete Carr takes radical action to achieve his cull in the Angus Glens and explains which deer dogs are best for this type of work
Cull Planning
Respected stalker Mark Brackstone shares his methods of cull evaluation and his unique system of data recording when managing the roe in his area of Wiltshire
Beware of the Turncoats
Trophy measurer Dominic Griffith discusses the best ways to identify suitable cull bucks, but there’s always a few exceptions to the rules
