The date is 1st August, and Paul Childerley is setting out after a roebuck but ends up pursuing an entirely different species of deer… The opening day of the fallow season, 1 August, and I’d arranged to meet my buddy…
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The Shooting Show – post-rut roebuck in Yorkshire
The rut may be over but there’s plenty of stalking action yet to he had. Presenter Pete is out on home turf after a cull buck – but, despite plenty of does and followers making an appearance, bucks are strangely…
Calling and culling
Credit: David Babos / 500px / Getty Images The rut can be a time to grass bucks that have eluded you all year, says David Barrington Barnes, but this makes good sense and restraint all the more important. I remember…
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The Shooting Show – evening and morning Chinese water deer stalk
In one final instalment of Chris Dalton’s trip down south with a team of rifles in tow, he has a double outing at Chinese water deer planned with guest gun Ric. We’re mainly after cull beasts, but Ric has said…
The Shooting Show: From The Archives
It’s Throwback Thursday and we’re looking back to exactly three years ago today, as we take another look in the Shooting Show archives and turn back time to 27th June 2016. Presenter Pete is out again on his ground, with…
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Will O’Meara’s new target shooting discipline
Will O’Meara discovers a discipline of target shooting that has real benefits for hunters – and even uses hunting kit The hunting season here in Ireland drew to a close at the end of February, so while deer hunters in…
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Rounds for roe
Get a load of this excellent stalking ammunition, all available in .243. Lapua Hunting Cartridges Loaded with Naturalis, Mega or FMJ bullets, Lapua’s hunting cartridges are varied and versatile enough that you’ll always have the ammunition required for any…
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The Shooting Show – three muntjac in a row with Chris Dalton
Chris Dalton has joined up with Paul Childerley for a week’s sport down south, taking a team of guest stalkers and swapping his usual red and sika for a more diminutive deer species. After an initial blank at the…
Storm Stalking with Chris Dalton
March is supposed to bring better weather, but when Storm Emma hit in March 2018, Chris Dalton was forced to come up with new stalking plans in a hurry… Last March I had intended to have four days in one…
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The Shooting Show – roe doe stalk with the Purdey BAR rifle, PLUS Wicked Lights torch on test
We’re out on the range with something very special: A Purdey bolt-action rifle, possibly the ultimate in London-made rifle craftsmanship. Stuart Wilson and Nigel Musto have set out the gongs ready to test it at increasing ranges – but before…
