After the success of the 1st edition and subsequent reprint, I've updated the book to keep it current; it's due out March 2026.
Changes include:
Updated legislation re deer seasons and bullet weights in Scotland
Updated and simplified chapter 8, Registering as a food business
A discussion of thermal and digital scopes and how they relate to stalking & night culling
Dogs and deer stalking
The popular inspection and disease section has been expanded, with a member on here supplying an image I’ve used for liver White Spot Disease (thank you @tikkathreebarrels!).
All of these changes bring the book up to speed, there's (hopefully) no outdated information!
For those not familiar with the original book, there are no descriptions of misty hills or sun dappled coppices. It’s a thoroughly practical book, with much discussion of events after the shot to the larder.
I’ve been very honest about the whole stalking experience, such that I believe the novice would come away from reading the 160 pages and have a well rounded, realistic view of deer stalking from start to finish in the UK.
There are some kind comments after the post of the original book here, if you are fairly new to SD and wanted opinions from other stalkers on this forum about the utility of the book.
It can be pre ordered via Crowood press Complete Deer Stalker | The Crowood Press
Changes include:
Updated legislation re deer seasons and bullet weights in Scotland
Updated and simplified chapter 8, Registering as a food business
A discussion of thermal and digital scopes and how they relate to stalking & night culling
Dogs and deer stalking
The popular inspection and disease section has been expanded, with a member on here supplying an image I’ve used for liver White Spot Disease (thank you @tikkathreebarrels!).
All of these changes bring the book up to speed, there's (hopefully) no outdated information!
For those not familiar with the original book, there are no descriptions of misty hills or sun dappled coppices. It’s a thoroughly practical book, with much discussion of events after the shot to the larder.
I’ve been very honest about the whole stalking experience, such that I believe the novice would come away from reading the 160 pages and have a well rounded, realistic view of deer stalking from start to finish in the UK.
There are some kind comments after the post of the original book here, if you are fairly new to SD and wanted opinions from other stalkers on this forum about the utility of the book.
It can be pre ordered via Crowood press Complete Deer Stalker | The Crowood Press
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Tried and failed to make payment using 3 different cards over 2 days on my iPad for this book using their payment system - it shouldn’t be that difficult! Anyone else encountered issues?
