ACCOMPANIED DEER STALKING
For a complete experience, you could follow up a range day with deer stalking at dusk either on foot or from a high seat . As with all our services, you will need to show that you have the appropriate firearms license and experience. With access to a number of estates in Bucks, Berks, Suffolk and Somerset, we can arrange stalking opportunities for fallow, roe & muntjac deer.
DEER STALKING
Entering a quiet woodland on foot before dawn and stalking deer in their natural habitat tests your skills not just at shooting but at moving quietly and stealthily.
This results in a much richer, broader experience of the life of our woodland, nothing should know you are there, so nothing hides. The cool mof the morning, the bird-song, foxes and badgers are all there to be experienced.
THE VANTAGE POINT
If stalking on foot is not for you, we can offer high seats in strategic locations where you can use your binoculars and thermal imaging equipment to survey the area and prepare your shot quietly when the opportunity arises.
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THE SEASONS
Honouring the seasons is part and parcel of the discipline and tradition of deer stalking. During certain summer months, does may not be targeted, so as to avoid potentially orphaning youngsters, at other times Bucks are out of season, to allow them to develop . Before you go out it is important to understand which animals you may stalk and how they can be identified by their antlers, coats, size and colour and how to distinguish un-antlered males from females.
THE SEASONS
THE VANTAGE POINT
One of the main reasons for deer stalking is to protect woodlands or crops. This is particularly the case where an area has been replanted with saplings after having been cleared due to ash die back or a similar arboreal disease. After dusk when human activity is at a minimum the deer come out of cover into these more open areas to feed. High seats offer a vantage point over such areas and can afford a shooter the opportunity to target several deer in an evening or morning outing.
Roe, Fallow and Muntjac deer are found in abundance in the woodland and out on open fields in the farmlands we have access to.
Protecting the woodland and valuable farm lands of the British countryside has always been an important part of the role for the deer stalker. To ensure that new growth comes through to build and maintain a healthy ecosystem and biodiversity, damage needs to be limited.
