My roe doe hunting season in Scotland So far it has been a good roe doe hunting season here in Scotland. I think I got five so far and it is more or less the same as last season. It is now almost mid February and although the season is open until end of March, [...]

“Woodland Stalking” by Peter Carne is one of the “how to” books. It briefly describes six British deer species, but really concentrates on equipment, law, training, ground preparation etc. There is also a chapter treating about obtaining stalking I found particularly interesting just after I moved to the UK explaining legal aspects, types of sporting [...]

Introduction I have been looking for a new small caliber rifle for quite some time. Limited budget meant limited options. I had a free slot on my FAC for a .223 Rem, but would have gone for 1:1 variation if any interesting .222 or .22-250 appeared. I had my heart set on CZ 527 Ebony [...]

Richard Prior is a known expert on roe deer and his “The Roe Deer: Conservation of a Native Species” is a must for any roe stalker. This is a proper deer monography, but is well written and easy to read. The book is divided in three parts. The first part deals with usual topics such [...]

Winter roe deer stalking in Scotland I find roe deer stalking in Scotland at this time of year a bit of hit and miss. It is quite difficult for me to go out any other time but weekends, as it is still dark at 8am and already dark at 5pm, so can’t really squeeze in [...]

“Deer Stalking and Management” by Lewis Potter is quite new deer stalking book first published in 2008. It looks really good with a roebuck photo on front cover. Pictures by Brian Phipps are really good and there are plenty of them inside the book. Author starts with describing all six UK deer species. As I [...]

I come from the country where use of sound moderators is prohibited, so once I got my UK firearms certificate I bought a rifle with a sound moderator. I had initial objections as if it might be unsporting/unethical, but they all were gone after the first shot with a moderated rifle. Firstly, a sound moderator [...]

I have not been out since I got a fox on New Year’s day… We have had a few days of strong winds and quite a lot of wind damage in Central Belt area. When I was out last weekend I found out our bit suffered badly from the wind. There had been areas severely [...]