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Tracking different deer species w/ Chris Dalton

Posted on June 14, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Chris Dalton returns to Bedford – teaching his client how to track the different deer species. In this article I cast my mind back to some training that I have been doing at Garryloop over the last 12 to 14…

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Sunshine stalking

Posted on April 13, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

David Barrington Barnes admits that British summers may not all be about soaring temperatures, but rain or shine, the key to grassing deer is getting out there. One morning last summer I took out Stuart, an Australian stalker. At home,…

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Stalking kit: The essentials

Posted on April 7, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Whether you’re in need a knife or short on sticks, here’s all the gear you need to stock up on ahead of this year’s rut. Leupold BX-5 Santiam A real top-end set of binos from Leupold, the BX-5s are designed…

Deer stalking in Bedfordshire with Chris Dalton

Posted on March 13, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Chris Dalton is down in the East of England to introduce Chinese water deer stalking to a fellow stalker. A mild winter meant there were far more deer stalking opportunities Credit: Sandra Standbridge / Getty Images Recently I covered a…

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Down the garden path

Posted on January 26, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

More used to the wilds of Scotland, Chris Dalton finds himself stalking muntjac in a rather more domestic setting February, as is tradition, sees me heading south with a team of rifles to help out Paul Childerley with his cull…

Tagged with: Chinese water deer, chris dalton, cwd, domestic, muntjac, rifle, roe, scotland, stalking
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The female of the species

Posted on January 9, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

As another year begins, David Barrington Barnes turns his attentions to fallow doe and red hind. Credit: JMrocek / Getty Images Though New Year’s Day is not a shooting day in Scotland, I like to have a stalk on 1…

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Muntjac Symposium gathers to manage invasive species

Posted on January 7, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Deer experts from all over the UK are gathering at Newcastle University to review the status of the non-native muntjac deer and to plan how to keep the North of England and Scotland free of muntjac. The small, Chinese muntjac…

Tagged with: British Deer Society, deer, muntjac, newcastle university, species, woburn park
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From the Archives: muntjac fever with Jason Doyle

Posted on September 12, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

In this week’s edition of From the Archives, we go back two years and one day, as we asked Jason Doyle what species he’d like to hunt next on the show. Think big, we said. But he did the opposite…

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Thomas Nissen hunts rare deer

Posted on June 21, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

Thomas Nissen feels privileged to accompany two hunters in the pursuit of the lesser-known hog deer, in one of the few areas in the world where you can hunt them free-range. He sees the six points just above the tall…