A few months ago Tom from @Chiltern Sporting put a post up about offering a free stalk and some training for a beginner that doesn’t have easy access to stalking.
I was lucky enough to be able to take part in this.
The experience was fantastic, Tom was really knowledgeable, a great mentor and took me through everything really well. I would really recommend him. I’m a younger guy who’s not from a rural background but everything was explained really well and clearly, and I feel like I have learnt a tremendous amount and it has set me up well for my upcoming DSC1.
We met up at mid day, went through a practice shoot with some great tuition, was given a lesson on Roe and general deer ecology and behaviour, followed by a good few hours of stalking. Tom regularly stopped to point out things such as tracks, droppings; explaining what everything was, stalking techniques and a few good stories/ previous experiences. It didn’t take us long to find a good few Roe, a clear shot didn’t present it self but it provided us a good opportunity to observe the deer and their behaviour, and practice stalking. Again Tom explained everything as we went. After a few hours I was fortunate enough to get a good shot and a lesson on the follow up, gralloch, inspection etc was given which was excellent.
I wanted to post this up to say a massive thanks, and to bring attention to people doing good work!
This was my second outing and had certainly given me the bug for it!
I was lucky enough to be able to take part in this.
The experience was fantastic, Tom was really knowledgeable, a great mentor and took me through everything really well. I would really recommend him. I’m a younger guy who’s not from a rural background but everything was explained really well and clearly, and I feel like I have learnt a tremendous amount and it has set me up well for my upcoming DSC1.
We met up at mid day, went through a practice shoot with some great tuition, was given a lesson on Roe and general deer ecology and behaviour, followed by a good few hours of stalking. Tom regularly stopped to point out things such as tracks, droppings; explaining what everything was, stalking techniques and a few good stories/ previous experiences. It didn’t take us long to find a good few Roe, a clear shot didn’t present it self but it provided us a good opportunity to observe the deer and their behaviour, and practice stalking. Again Tom explained everything as we went. After a few hours I was fortunate enough to get a good shot and a lesson on the follow up, gralloch, inspection etc was given which was excellent.
I wanted to post this up to say a massive thanks, and to bring attention to people doing good work!
This was my second outing and had certainly given me the bug for it!
