Shooting Times & Country

My first deer

Remembering the experience that ignited a lifelong passion for stalking

My first-ever block of stalking ground was challenging to say the least; a large and featureless expanse of sitka spruce at the thicket stage, utterly impenetrable with narrow, straight rides devoid of any open areas. The most experienced stalker would struggle to find deer here and struggle I did. Looking back, I spent a lot of time in that

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