Deerstalking
The weather forecast for the Friday in question had looked horrible all week – not just rain, but 100% chance of heavy rain. All day. Combine this with a 4am alarm and the excursion wasn’t shaping up to be everything I’d hoped for.
My outing was to hunt something I’d never encountered before – wild lowland red stags. I’ve shot countless park red deer here near my base in Oxfordshire and a number of hinds in Scotland, but never wild lowland reds, which I’d been led to believe were a totally different kettle of fish.
History
The host for my outing was John, deer manager on the Thoresby Estate. Thoresby is located in the Sherwood Forest in north Nottinghamshire and is nestled in between three other country estates. The area is steeped in history and
