You’ve put all that effort into finally getting that trophy of a lifetime, so now you want it to last a lifetime. Mark Brackstone advises on the best methods of preparing prize heads
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BASC Trophy Measuring Service
Dominic Griffith reports on an exciting new trophy measuring alliance between BASC and Sporting Rifle, plus takes an in-depth look at last season’s recorded heads
Roe rut report: John Robson
John Robson Yorkshire Deer Stalking Contact: www.yorkshiredeerstalking.com Signs were good for an early start, with bucks responding in early July. I was hoping as the weather was settled dry and warm the bucks would have some fire in them. However,…
Roe rut report: Chris Dalton
Chris Dalton, South Ayrshire Stalking Contact: 07710 871190, www.ayrstalk.co.uk This year we had a fantastic spring and summer at Garryloop. South Ayrshire was bathed in sunshine from late March and the temperatures in summer were much higher than normal, consequently…
Roe rut report: Dominic Griffith
Dominic Griffith Deer England Contact: 07889 746363, www.deerengland.co.uk Somehow it was inevitable that the settled warm weather that we all enjoyed throughout July would break just in time for the rut! I was not one of those lucky enough to…
Roe rut report: Mark Brackstone
Mark Brackstone Wiltshire Deer Services Contact: 07425 620988 The warm, humid conditions gave near perfect conditions for calling and the rut this year. What was strange was that despite the conditions, the rut in my areas of mid-Wiltshire was later…
Roe rut report: David Virtue
David Virtue, DV Sporting Contact: 07866 901019, www.dvsporting.co.uk The rut was better this year for DV Sporting: bucks coming to the call on several days, and some nice bucks taken. A nice malform head was taken with a Spanish stalker,…
Muntjac management
Simon Barr joins deer specialist Richard Scrope to control the local muntjac population and gets a look at one of the country’s most spectacular trophy rooms on the way
