In this weeks episode, Mark is culling foxes on a smallholding before the lambing season starts in earnest. You can watch the full episode here: For this job, Mark is using the new InfiRay Rico scope from Scott Country International…
culling
The Shooting Show – Culling Foxes ft. Mark Ripley
Tagged with: culling, field sports, foxes, infiray rico scope, lambing, mark ripley, Scott Country, the shooting show
Posted in News, The Shooting Show
Posted in News, The Shooting Show
Swapping between different rifle scopes – the latest Q&A
Our experts are back to answer more of your questions, including covering fox cubs, camo, and culling. Sporting Rifle experts: Optics: Chris Parkin Target sports journalist and optics reviewerFoxing: Mike Powell Professional gamekeeper and foxing expertLegal: Stuart Farr Lawyer specialising…
Tagged with: ask the experts, camo, Chris Parkin, culling, experts, fox, foxing, game, grouse, legal, mike powell, night vision, optics, partridge, picatinny, qa, ranges, rifle, rifle scopes, riflescope, scopes, sporting rifle, stuart farr
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
The Shooting Show – Night-time lamping
Don’t miss the latest episode of The Shooting Show! Jimmy and Joel are charged with the task of culling a few of the rabbits which are causing damage to the arable crops, a very windy and occasionally wet night is…
Botswana backs elephant culling
The nation, home to an estimated 130,000 elephants, imposed the hunting ban in 2014 but now appears set to reverse it despite pressure from environmentalist groups. The move stems from president Mokgweetsi Masisi, who created a panel to review the…
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…
Tagged with: advice, april fool's day, camouflage, countryside, cull plan, culling, David Barrington Barnes, deer, deer stalker, evening, high seat, morning, permission, richard prior, roe buck season, season, shoot, spinney, spring, stalk, uk, woodland, yearling bucks
Posted in Features, Hunting
Posted in Features, Hunting
Moving on?
Though maligned by some as unsporting, collective deer moving days can be ethical and effective when carried out properly, says David Barrington Barnes
Tagged with: collaboration, culling, deer, harvesting, landowners, management, stalking, teamwork, winter
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
Ask the experts: Collaborative culling?
I’d like to organise a collaborative culling day on my ground this winter. Is it a good idea?
Collaborative culls
If the doe cull seems too much for you to handle, you need to tackle it as a team exercise, says David Barrington Barnes
Tagged with: Countryside Stewardship Scheme, culling, deer damage, Deer Management Plan, doe cull, fallow, Natural England, stalking, winter cull
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Posted in Features
Doe selection
As the deer seasons change, we give you all the advice you need to get the doe cull kicked off successfully this November
The late show
Paul Childerley demonstrates that roe stalking excitement doesn’t end when the rut does, telling the tale of one buck that kept him heading out until the very end of the season
