Sporting Rifle

Stalking test

Being a professional stalker involves a lot more than just pulling a trigger. As Chris Dalton well knows, at various times you may need to be landscape manager, hunting guide, performance coach, technical expert, chauffeur, host and more besides… and that was never truer than during a four-day trip to their Kinnaird estate in Perthshire, with red hind the main quarry on the list. Chris wouldn’t just be stalking – he’d be with two Irish guests, Padraig and Killian, both of whom were looking to complete their DSC Level 2 and needed to get the witnessed stalks. At the same time, Chris was trying to film for The Shooting Show, all without compromising the stalks or the witnessing. So that’s enough

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