Fox mating season is upon us, and seasoned foxer Mike Powell shows you how to make the most of it Credit: mlorenzphotography / Getty Images With one or two exceptions, most forms of live quarry shooting involve seasons. Some of…
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Mike Powell’s tips on dealing with longer days
Credit: Dgwildlife / Getty Images As the year moves on and the days get longer, how do you adapt your foxing tactics to suit the season? Mike Powell has the answers… As time passes and spring moves inexorably into early…
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Posted in Features
The Shooting Show – last-minute roe doe stalk on 30 March
The roebuck season may have begun, but there’s still time for us to bring you a final roe doe stalk from the back end of March. Pete and Stuart are out on the penultimate day of the season, with…
First steps in the field
As the opening of the roebuck season draws close, David Barrington Barnes recalls his first ever stalks after the UK’s most beloved deer species. If ever I had any doubts about becoming a deer stalker, these were dispelled by my…
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Posted in Features, Hunting
Stalking fallow on the first day of the season
Paul Childerley sets out on 1 August with the twin aims of controlling a group of errant fallow bucks and filling the freezer with meat for a barbecue
Video of the week: The monster buck
Itching to get out at the bucks? Let us fuel your anticipation with this roebuck highlight from two years ago…
First-day fallow
Paul Childerley sets out on 1 August with the twin aims of controlling a group of errant fallow bucks and filling the freezer with meat for a barbecue
Reaching New Heights
When foxing season arrives, it brings with it the realisation that I’ll be walking the beat again. I remember an occasion when my five colleagues and I met up early and set off without delay, knowing we had a tiring and full day in front of us.
Head Start
Respected trophy measurer Dominic Griffiths looks forward to a new buck season, and defines the difference between typical and non-typical heads
Opening Day
Editor Pete Carr looks back to last year and his first foray out after an ageing roebuck at the beginning of the season
