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2 weeks ago Lizzie Bowring

4th october 2019 Official Report. Tottingworth farm shop and cafe. Halley Rd, Broad Oak, Heathfield TN21 8TG, Sussex Tottingworth Farm...

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Controlling Squirrels and a trip down memory lane.

1 month ago Kevin Harper

Since its introduction the Grey Squirrel has done very well in the UK and easily outnumbers the native Red Squirrel...

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Chris Packham NOT!! Anti shooting?

2 months ago David Tulloch

Bird Fair interview with Chris Packham by Charlie Jacoby from Fieldsports Channel, brings forward revelations that Chris "has never been...

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SO It’s The Glorious 12th ??

2 months ago David Tulloch

Grouse Shooters on a Moor in Yorkshire (The Independant) The Glorious 12th traditionally marks the start of the Game shooting...

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Deer Stalking Advice for those on a Budget.

8 months ago David Tulloch

Shooting over the years has become more and more expensive and with many people taking up stalking at a later...

Zeiss Victory HT 2.5-10×50 Rifle scope Review

9 months ago David Tulloch

Probably the best lowlight scope I have ever had the pleasure to use, Check out my review here https://fieldsportsscotland.co.uk/reviews/zeiss-victory-ht-2-5-10x50-rifle-scope

Deer Syndicates Available

9 months ago David Tulloch

This is an Update as more property has come on the market today. Available Syndicate Places All starting the 1st...

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Zeiss Victory HT 10×54 Review is Now Available

10 months ago David Tulloch

Check out the review page for the Zeiss Victory Binocular review. These excellent binos really impressed the hell out of...

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Facebook is Against Hunters.

1 year ago David Tulloch

Over the last 7 to 14 days Facebook has went global on all hunting groups. Have you noticed your favourite...

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Deer Management, Pest control and Guided hunts

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Pulsar Trail with LRF review I did a while ago got quite a bit of attention, as the night season for predator control has been in full swing for the last month or so I thought I would highlight it a bit more . The Trail itself has been out a long while now and is a fantastic thermal rifle scope but adding a powerful laser range finder to it has made it fantastic. I didnt find it hard to zero and the functions are easy to use. I think LRF's in all NV weapon scopes should be a must and Pulsar are definitely leading the way in this. Ranging distance at night can be a nightmare even if you know your ground well. #pulsar #trail #lrf @thomasjacksltd …

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Zeiss Victory RF review is now published catch it here https://fieldsportsscotland.co.uk/reviews/zeiss-victory-rf-binoculars-review One of my most extensive reviews yet. #zeissoptics #zeissvictoryrf #binoculars #huntinfishinlovingeveryday …

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The Zeiss Victor RF binoculars review is ready and will be published soon on fieldsportsscotland.com @zeisshunting_eu #zeissoptics #zeissvictoryrf @zeissgroup @zeiss_adam …

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Some more deer to add to the larder . Operations are going on all over and work is commencing . Its all about the hunt. #huntinfishinlovingeveryday …

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Sunrise yesterday morning Roe stalking 3 taken within the first hour of light . Beautiful morning. We manage a lot of land and deal with around 60 stalkers on a daily basis. We very quickly and clearly see who are the most talented and those we need to spend more time on. Woodland stalking is and will always be challenging. Woodland deer don't behave the same as hill or park deer, they are more illusive and take advantage of the cover to conceal themselves, feeding is more speradic taking advantage of breaks in the weather to feed in sheltered rides and glades. Often woodland deer use the little paths they have established 2 or three tree layers in from the wood edge, making it easier for them to spot you before you spot them. Patience and planning is the key in forest stalking. Plan where you want to go and expect to sit for 3 to 4 hours before deciding to go elsewhere, when moving through the wood from one bit to the next you have to stay slow and hidden using the cover and walking the tree edge. In the wood wind is your friend, a strong wind conceals your sound but above the trees the wind can be blowing one way but on the ground in the rides it could change in a heartbeat, it is for this reason that sitting up in the right place is key and just waiting. Woodland stalking is not for everyone, it has some different rules than hill stalking. You cannot stalk what you cannot see so blundering through a woodland is counter productive as each twig break you make can cause that dreaded alarm call from a deer. Like any hunting knowing your ground is key, but, in woodland stalking it is less about knowing boundaries and back stops its more about knowing your deer movements. Listen to those on the ground, watch traffic signs, think of the time of year it is and ask what that particular species will be doing. Don't just walk by a wallow and acknowledge it take a look at the ground, how many deer are using it? What species is using it? Has it been used in the last few days or is it an old one? Look for tracks, what drection is it going? Is coming from the wood or too the wood? Are they frequent or old? Its all important. #deer …

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Saw a stag was a lovely beast but wrong side of the fence was gutted but hey thats how it goes. The Tikka T3 with the Zeiss Conquest V4 has become a bit of a celeb over the last few months as I have had hundreds of people ask about both the rifle and scope. So here is the set up Tikka T3 270 rifle on its own was £900 new stainless and synthetic. Housed on it is a stalon W145 moderator cost was £350 . Bipod is cheap knock off nothing special at £30 Sling was $11 from Dicks in Jackson Tennessee when we were over two years ago. The scope is the Zeiss Conquest V4 6-24×50 ASV with ZMOA reticle, and that cost me £575 from @rmacleod in Tain . This set up is a a pure workhorse, it takes abuse daily and is out every day in all weather and gets cleaned probably not as much as it should but it has accounted for around 30 different people getting their very first deer. . #zeiss #tikkat3 #tikka …

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Doe and her kid feeding another morning spying . #deerstalking #huntinfishinlovingeveryday …

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One of the hardest things about writing reviews is when you have a lot to say about a product specually one that is hard to send back and enjoyed using. The Zeiss Victory RF binos have been in my grubby paws for over two months and writing a review on my personal experience with them is almost impossible to slimline and thats just my own experience. From accurate as hell Laser rangefinder that works through glass and in rain, if you can see it you can range it out to 1000m and beyond to the ballistic indicator telling you how many clicks or Moa etc you need for that shot. The milultiple rifle set up you can install in conjunction with the app the feel and balance in your hand it is so difficult to reduce the review to not being a full on Novel. Even this Instagram post is starting to become an essay and I have not even managed space to note the references. Anyways lets just say review is work in progress and brain us just not engaging but that is to the testament of how much I liked the product and how it is helped to account for a lot and I mean alot of deer being spotted in locations many binos just fail. #zeissoptics #zeissvictoryrf #zeisshunting #binoculars …

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Sitting watching hinds in lowlight . On the absolute edge of darkness tonight I still had 150yrds of visibility through the Zeiss Conquest V4 6-24×50 Nothing shot tonight but it was me and my second oldest out for a couple of hours last light #lowlight #zeissconquestv4 …

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These two pictures are taken within seconds of each other. First one is a picture of a deer sitting just in the long grass through the Pulsar Helion XQ38F thermal monocular, you can see the deer whatever it is lying out of the wind. Second picture is what the phone can , the binoculars are not much better and the spotting scope even at 60x mag cannot see the derr lying there. The first picture looks shootable but the range is 498yrds looking at the second picture part from the fact you cannot see the deer you can also see all the obstacles that is in front of the deer, even after a half hour watching this beast I cannot see it let alone tell its sex, species or condition. The thermal is a fantastic tool for spotting animals in terrain like this, just another tool in the box. #pulsarhelion …

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One of the things that is hard to do is zero your digital nightvision during the day. Whether it is a Yukon Photon or Pulsat N455 many night hunters resort to duct tape to get the job done as shootnc are sometimes hard to use on anything other than a white backinging We have made these two inch self adhesive targets white target with center black 1 inch dot to get that more accurate zero. #nightvision #pulsar #target …

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Somewhere over a rainbow way up high, theres a kand that I heard of once in a lullaby, If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow who oh why cant I? I live in a land of rainbows but theres never a pot of gold. …

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First real hard frost this season this will really help the rut #redstagrut …

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Recently I have put a lot of faith in Zeiss products . Here on this Tikka T3x CTR 6.5 Creedmoor is the fantastic V6 . Now there is no thrills with this scop except the illuminated dot reticle but that feature in itself is well thought out with a very positive push and pull activation turret with dimmer. Crystal clear high transmission image means that even in poor light its fantastic. This model is the 2-12×50 ASV with turret afjustment after zero good to over 900yrds for a hunting scope that is phenomenal. I also own the V4 6-24×50 and that is housed on my Tikka T3 .270 with the zero lock turret allowing me to exceed distances of over 1200yrds. Now this scope is being sold for £575 in some shops. I have to say Zeiss scopes on top of the Tikkas are a great hunting combination as well as the additional Stalon moderators on each rifle I cannot complain about their performance. Both rifles have taken a lot of stags this season both in my hands and in guests hands. If your looking at your first stalking set up or just looking for a work horse then you cannot go wrong with Zeiss glass on Tikka. #tikkat3 #zeissoptics #zeissconquestv4 #zeissconquestv6 #stalking …

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Follow on from previous post. To a real hunter every animal culled is a trophy, the hunt is what they desire. The long walk and the endless hours of waiting and spying, the crawling for 100' of meters through the stench of wet peat and soil, wading knee deep in the foul smell of swamp, walking on ground that seems like your floating at every step, lying in wait for that perfect shot while water runs up your belly and down your waste band of your trousers as you lie prone in a hole, the insect bites, cuts, bruises and after the kill that long hard drag back all of this is what the real hunter desires. Watching the spectacular shows that narure provides in front of you from breathtaking sunrises to storm clous formations. Listening to the eerie sounds of a roaring rutting red stags in the distance or the spine chilling whistles of a Sika in the fading hours. The purple heather and the smell of a pine forest while hearing the long trees creak and crack in even the sleightedt of breezes. That all is the real hunters trophy. The succulent taste of real unadulterated meat, culled, processed and prepared all by hand making you know where that meat is from and far far healthier for you than other farmed red meats. That is the real trophy. Sitting down in an evening reminising with your friends or family of the amazing day you had or sharing your solo experience on social media for likeminded people. Now THAT's the real trophy. Before you judge us hunters look at your own life and tell me what your trophy is. Taking an animal is as serious to us as it is to you. When we take an animal it is rarely aware we are there, it is at its calmest most relaxed it can be and when the time has come for it to be culled it is treated with the utmost respect and taken in the most humane way as possible. And in the end that is our biggest trophy #answeringthecritics #stalking #realtrophyhunting …

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It seems this picture has offended some on Facebook. Unfortunately I cannot reply to posts or messages as I am banned because I posted a pup for sale but for some reason if I post here it still posts on my page. So here goes. Out of the 100 or so deer we saw and could have shot over the 3 days last weekend we shot 3 and all were worthy cull beasts if the management plan asked for that but it does not. Our plans are to keep a good head if deer at a sustainable level plus protect trees. This stag although the perception is that it is a trophy it probably would have only one more winter left in him. He was well over ten years with no lower back and only 5 lower front teeth, so taking this old boy probably stopped him from starving to death. The way deer eat they rip the grass and in emergencies they do the same with barks of trees or gorse etc so having no teeth would have made it nigh on impossible to feed on tougher times. Deer don't take in fluids in general the same way other mammals do, much of their hydration is from the grass they eat so being unable to eat will not just starve them it will dehydrate them killing them faster. We saw this lad thrashing the last bit of uncomfortable velvet from the tips of his antlers and although at first glanse he looked healthy I could also see that he was finding his nose irratable as it looked like he was rubbing his nose and face on stone, after culled it was easy to see the maggot like creatures that is Nasal Bot Fly. Unlike the majority of estates we don't promote trophy hunting, we don't manage our deer to produce trophies. Our guests oay for the hire of the location and if needed our guidance nothing extra. This stag even with his problems would have fetched £1000 on some sporting estates and that would have been just for him, there would have been a day fee and shot fee along with that. What our guests paid for was the chance to shoot more than one deer a day, transport back and forward from their hotel , first and last light stalks, accompanied guidance and use of a rifle, all for less than £500 plus VAT per day per person with NO hidden trophy or shot fees. #deerthetruth #answeringthecritics #stalking …

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Getting your first deer is always a huge thing but when your first deer is a Royal stag then you just cannot get better than that. Well done that man.. #redstag …

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