Unfortunate circumstances means there has to be a quick change of plan for Chris Dalton as he stalks red hinds at Kinnaird You can plan all you like… It’s funny how the best laid plans in stalking often don’t materialise…
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Having a positive environmental impact
Shooters pride themselves as being custodians of the environment, and that means a lot more than just shooting the right animals, says Peter Carr Giving some thought to where you take the 4×4 is just one way you can reduce…
Tagged with: 4x4, animals, atv, basc, cameroon, Eley Hawk, environment, environmental impact, footprint, humankind, hunting, limbe, nature, peter carr, plastic, pro eco wad, quarry, shooters, shooting, stalking
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Posted in Conservation, Features
Don’t miss the latest Ask the Experts
Our experts are back to answer more of your questions – covering lamping, licensing and more Got a question? Contact: ollie.harvey@futurenet.com or post your question to: Sporting Rifle, Future, Quay House,The Ambury,Bath BA1 1UA. Your Sporting Rifle experts Foxing: Mike Powell…
Tagged with: ask the experts, David Barrington Barnes, deer, FAC, firearms, foxing, lamping, law, led light, licensing, mark ripley, mike powell, quarry, scope, shooting, shotgun, shotgun certificate, sporting rifle, stalking
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Stalking in the New Zealand Alps
After a lifetime of training, it’s now time for Daryl Crimp’s son Daniel to take his fledgling flight in New Zealand’s Southern Alps The looks on the faces of those milling about the jetty at Lake Rotoroa were uniform: mild…
Tagged with: browning x-bolt, Daryl Crimp, fallow, hunt, hunting, New Zealand, rifle, skull, stag, stalker, stalking, thermals, training
Posted in Features, Hunting
Posted in Features, Hunting
30 Kit bag essentials
Check out the ultimate kit list – with 30 essential accessories for stalking in 2021 1 – Lady Gabby Jacket The Lady Gabby jacket is the female version of Deerhunter’s award-winning Pro Gamekeeper jacket. This jacket is the answer to…
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Posted in Products
A guide to field foxing
As we move through the busy winter period, foxing aficionado Mike Powell presents his various fox control methods A heavy snowfall often means the stalking rifle is left in the cabinet, but for those of us with time-sapping work commitments,…
Tagged with: countryside, field foxing, fox, fox control, foxing, guide to field foxing, mike powell, rifle, shooting, stalking, stalking rifle, winter
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Posted in Features, Hunting
Winter time stalking
As Thomas Nissen follows a team of hunters through the Latvian wilderness, he experiences more than just one kind of game The terrain is covered with a thin layer of snow and the temperature has dropped to minus 14 degrees,…
The Shooting Show – First Hinds
This week we are on the hill stalking hinds early in the season. Ordinarily, after the stags rut, I like to leave the hill to rest a while before starting on the hind to allow the deer some recovery time…
Are deer management targets achievable without thermals?
This article originally appeared on our sister publication, Gun Trade News In his first column for GTN, Dr Al Gabriel, BASC council member, molecular biologist at Newcastle University and keen deer stalker, wonders whether thermals are really a good thing,…
Tagged with: basc, binoculars, deer, deer management, deer stalker, game, kit, lowland, night vision, shooting, shot, stalk, stalking, target, thermals
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Posted in Features
Top tips for quarry calling
David Barrington Barnes recalls the lessons learned from previous outings and explores the art of calling for quarry. Where are many good reasons for the great enjoyment that deerstalkers derive from their pursuit of deer. High among them are the…
