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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Ghillies and garrons
Amid the hills of Glen Prosen in Angus, a traditional method of red deer extraction is still very much in use We are in an age when many countryside traditions are being lost, and to see Highland ponies carrying red…
Tagged with: angus, countryside, glen prosen, highland, highland stalker, red deer
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Good red deer results in Scotland
Scotland’s upland Deer Management Groups (DMGs) have been assessed for the third time in six years. Representatives of the sector are confident that the review will show good progress and recognise its significant contribution to the environment. Richard Cooke, Chairman…
Tagged with: deer management groups, dmg, national heritage, red deer, scotland, uplands
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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
Tagged with: capstan winch, cull, estate management, forest, glades, red deer, red stag, scotland, sika, South Ayrshire, stag rut, stalking
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The November issue of Sporting Rifle is out now!
The ever-changing seasons always bring something new for the rifleman – and November brings one of the biggest changes of all. Roebucks are no longer in season and roe does have come in – while fallow, sika, red, Chinese water deer and muntjac are all in season in England and Wales too.
Tagged with: 2018, Chinese water deer, fallow deer, muntjac, November, red deer, roe does, sika, sporting rifle, wild boar
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Preparing for the Hill
Are you heading to the Highlands for a rutting stag this autumn? Be warned, says Dominic Griffith – your lowland stalking skills will only take you so far
The best of it
David Barrington Barnes says some of his best memories have been forged on the hill in search of a stag – but wonders if future generations will get the opportunity to do the same
September Spoils
Red, fallow, roe and even muntjac – September presents sporting opportunities like no other month, says David Barrington Barnes
Hinds, camera, action!
Chris Dalton and cameraman decamp to a central Scottish estate with the aim of getting a hind in the larder and the stalk on The Shooting Show
Height of the action
Chris Dalton couldn’t resist the chance to get out with his camera on the picturesque Strone Estate while guiding a regular client on his first Scottish hill stalk
Tagged with: Argyll, Loch Fyne, red deer, scotland, stalking, Strone Estate, the shooting show, Tikka 6.5 x 55
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