Robert Bucknell explains the importance of fieldcraft and looks at the skills new foxers will need to acquire You can go for weeks feeling pretty sure there are no foxes around, and then suddenly the hairs on the back of…
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The importance of fieldcraft: Robert Bucknell explains
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Foxing w/ Mark Ripley
With the same pesky fox causing chaos on Mark Ripley’s shooting ground, he is determined to overcome his arch foxing nemesis. Credit: James Warwick / Image Bank / Getty Images A voicemail from a farmer first thing in the morning…
SPONSORED: Real World Hunting International
Conservation is at the heart of everything RWI do. It’s a well-known fact that game farms are leading the way for sustainable hunting, and Olivewoods is no exception to this. Olivewoods Game Farm is located 1-hour north-east of Port Elizabeth…
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Advice for young shooters from Robert Bucknell
Robert Bucknell continues his foxing patrol, and offers advice for shooters missing out on this year’s game fairs. Regular readers will know that we’ve pretty much cleared our ground of foxes, and our neighbouring farms keep on top of theirs…
Fallow shots w/ David Barrington Barnes
David Barrington Barnes recalls some of his finest fallow shots at stunning Iken in Sussex. Credit: Flickr / tomline43 The quarter century that has come and gone since I first enjoyedIken stalking in September 1995 has passed in a flash.…
Interview: Expert riflesmith Andrew Evans-Hendrick
Riflecraft’s head riflesmith and director, Andrew Evans-Hendrick shares the past, present and future of the customisation specialists. How many years have you been a custom rifle builder? Riflecraft Ltd was started to fill a gap in the then commercial rifle…
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Red stag stalking with Chris Dalton
In Ayrshire, Chris Dalton takes an apprentice on the trail of elusive red stags. Credit: Catherine Clark/www.cjdolfinphotography.co.uk / Getty Images Of all the stalking I do these days by far the most enjoyable is when I am working with newcomers…
Hunting in the Eastern Cape
Joe Barton of ATN gets the chance to use the company’s state-of-the-art scopes on a safari trip to the Eastern Cape, courtesy of RWI. Want to book your own hunt at Olivewoods? Contact Real World Hunting on 01432 800445 or…
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SPONSORED: RWI’s ‘Mars’ 7 day hunting package
If you’re looking for a new experience in the game hunting world then this could be exactly what you are looking for! For all the info you need, just visit: https://realworldhuntingtrips.com/ RWI’s most popular Trophy Hunt package is the ‘Mars’…
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First steps into foxing
Robert Bucknell relates his early days in the foxing world – and gives some invaluable advice on how you can get into the sport today I am extremely lucky in that, being brought up on a farm, the countryside was…
