novice

Hi all, I'm Callum from Liverpool. I've taken an interest in Deer Stalking for a few years now. No FAC, DSC, or experience 😅 We all have to start somewhere. If there is anybody from around here or not far, I'd love to have someone who can point me in the right direction and help me with...

Hi my name is Janka , I am based in Oxfordshire and a complete novice. I am joining because I am a member of Ladies Deer Stalking UK and they suggested this would be a good forum to be part of. I have not shot a deer yet, I am currently taking lessons at a local range shooting with a Blaser...

Hoping for a bit of advice here. I’m looking to get started in Deer Stalking, I’ve never been on a stalk before and I’m on the look out for opportunities. One thing that is confusing me is whether it is better to get out on a stalk catered towards novices or to take a place on a DSC1 course...

Hello everyone. Couldn’t even be called a novice, never been on a shoot before but interested in starting out and getting myself along to learn. South East based, but Yorkshire born and bred and soon to be back up that way.

Hi there, My name is Jordan and I'm completely new to deer stalking. With the impending arrival of my first child, I have spent many months trying to find a way to source more sustainable and ethical meat, and I keep coming across the idea of deer stalking. I love spending time in the wild and...

Hi all, I'm a complete novice, looking to get into stalking. Completed DSC1 and hoping to apply for an FAC soon.

Complete novice looking to experience my first stalk, ideally somewhere in east Anglia, if anybody wants to point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated already tried contacting a couple of companies found on google but you seem to just get brushed off as a newbie and they are...

Hi, I'm a novice stalker hoping to get a bit of advice. I'm going on a guided Muntjac and CWD stalk in March and want to bring back the carcass for the freezer. I live near Chester and wondered if anyone knew any butchers in the area who would take and prepare a carcass for me? Cheers, John

Hi, ive had a bit of a negative response to this same request on FB, mainly from people with bad attitude & not a true reflection of the majority of people I have met in the sport to date. (I find any negativity a tad baffling, when new blood is always important in any industry). Anyway, you...

Hi Everyone I live near Aylesbury, Bucks, and have recently taken to stalking. The original purpose was to find a field sport cheaper than game shooting, although I have quickly discovered that this won't be easy when starting almost from scratch! I have shot game since a boy and enjoy almost...

HI everyone Another 'Novice' question, do you need to wear some sort of 'Snow' type camo on the hill (obviously when it is snowing). There is a very small chance that I might get up to Scotland for a chance to get after some Red, just wondering if its needed and if so, what the more experienced...

Once again I'm looking to learn from the collective wisdom of SD members, please help? I have been looking at the 6.5x55 SWE as an all round calibre (will probably only ever have one stalking rifle) and know this is a bit of a hot potato on SD forum and it is often a lively debate that follows...

Hi guys Some stupid questions regarding these scopes, firstly I'm new to stalking and have yet to purchase my first rifle. I'm looking at a tikka T3 6.5x55 and I'm really keen on this style of scope as all of the estate rifles I've borrow I've found that I'm stretching to look down the scope in...

Hi, can anyone recommend a good book or two for some light reading for a novice dog owner? We will be getting a bitch at 8 weeks old from a friend who is very close and will help out, but want to do some background reading.

Hi SD peeps Does anyone have strong feelings about the use of Hawke Scopes, I have enough budget to get a basic leupold/ziess but am i just paying for the name at the lower end of market?? Hawke Optics UK | Hawke Riflescopes Thanks Bladerunner

Hello everybody, Quick bit of background, Im a 20 year old who has a DSC level 1 and I've just bought my first .243. However I have a problem! In September I'm going into the navy as a mine clearance diver, I was planning on doing a BASC cull week on the Isle of Arran, but that has squashed...

Hi all as I said in the introduction to the forum I'm a novice to deer stalking and have only dipped a toe into what has now become as my wife puts it "an obsession", I'm an Oxfordshire lad through and through and until I was in my early 20's had never seen a rifle let alone picked one up which...

Hi everyone, this site has been recommended to me by a friend. I'm new to stalking (have completed a couple of accompanied stalks recently) but am not new to rifles (7 years in the army) or fields ports (a lifetime of pigeon shooting, rabbiting of all kinds and fly-fishing). I'm just starting...

Hi new to cambridge/newmarket area, and really want to get stalking, i have not had much experience but looking for someone who is keen to take out a novice. I dont have a deer caliber rifle yet however. Would be keen to pay, but working on a budget, or will help in any other way i can to repay...

Hey, just wondering if there's anyone nearby willing to take a novice out.(Perthshire, Fife areas.) I have some experiance with rifles, new to stalking tho. Cheers.