Before I start I would like to say I am not a big fan of feeding deer and wild boar. The area I shoot wild boar in Poland is a mixture of forestry and farmland (40:60) and there is plenty
Category: Deer Stalking Blog
Deer Stalking and wild boar hunting blog. All about the art of deer stalking, rifle target shooting, reloading, load development, deer management and fox control.
5-pointer shot from the high seat
Stalking farmland is so much different from my usual Scottish forestry block hunting. Farmland is so much more pleasing to the eye and to be perfectly honest, much more exciting… Whereas forestry stalking is usually close range with very few
Young cull roebuck. Spiker still in velvet.
After shooting a wild boar on the spring rape filed there was no point going out there again. I decided to drive around to see what was grown where and find some new location with ideally both pigs and roe,
One of the spring rape wild boar
After a week stalking with my father-in-law we came to my parents. My dad was out stalking a few days earlier and saw a nice sounder of wild boar feeding on a spring rape field. So I was out the
New deer stalking leases 2012-2013. Forestry Commission Scotland.
Forestry Commission Scotland have 19 areas available for deer control in South and South West. There are a few within quite a short distance from Glasgow. Some look like may have some potential, some look just small and expensive, but
The Lowlander. Deer stalking jacket – review.
I had been looking for a new summer jacket for some time when a friend of mine showed me his new jacket – the Lowlander made by Thistle, Scotland I decided to have one. After not much deliberation I bought
Second wild boar in 2012. Hunting in Poland.
After taking first boar and shooting one roebuck (the one with nasal bot fly infestation…) I concentrated on taking another wild boar. This time my dad wanted to get one to make some sausages. He wanted a small 25-30kg pig,
Nasal bot fly infestation in roe deer
I always say people are missing out not boiling out their trophies themselves… 😆 This post is really a follow up. In my previous post I mentioned a buck I missed with the first shot, but he never ran away,
First Polish roebuck 2012. Roe deer hunting in Poland.
After having a go at wild boar and taking a nice yearling male, me and my father-in-law decided to have a look and find a decent roebuck. We went to another area, which was mainly mature forestry. Not the best