County Deer Stalking is the UK’s leading RU-vid channel for all things Deer Stalking.
We produce regular short films in a seasonal setting, which contain countless useful hints and tips designed to inform and educate our audience about the thrill of deer stalking, and the environmental necessity of managing deer in the UK.
The advice provided in our films complies with the best practice guidelines for the management of deer and we are committed to the betterment of species through the careful selection of sustainable, wild, free-ranging animals and to the environment via a climate-focused diet and the reduction of CO2.
Candidates who wish to apply for the grant are expected to complete both the theory and practical element of the PDS1 course in order to receive LANTRA Accreditation.
I registered the very next day after it was advertised on the 24th July and I was told it's reached the full capacity of 4700 an I got told there's no more available funding. Has this been revised. Thanks
Please Note. This is NOT the Forestry and Arboriculture fund which is now closed. This is a completely new fund that has been launched by the High Weald. We do not expect places to be available for long, so suggest that you apply right away. Thanks.
Great video Peter & Jonty - appreciate you taking the time to explore Oakland Park. Truly the pinnacle of Andy's career in case that wasn't clear from the video 😆
Amazing, if only we could get various facilities like this from the south to the north, that would certainly help with utilising and promoting our native deer as a renewable resource 👍
Great facility ! I believe the D SC 1 with the game handling component also qualifies for the requirements! The young chap shooting the young buck would benefit from a roesack such a the Napier Predator would help avoid the blood and gore from a shoulder carry or just making a rucksack of the Roe by "Legging" it by cutting the rear tendons and tucking the forefeet through the loops created?!😉
Hi Allan, regrettably, unlike the PDS1 which comes with a LGMH Course, new DSC1's no longer come with a Food Hygiene Certificate, so anyone currently doing DSC1 is not eligible to drop off carcasses until they have passed a LGMHC. As for Jonty's carry method, in truth he's an experienced stalker, but agreed, there is some good kit out there that helps assist with a hygenic extraction. Thanks fro watching.
Hi Allan, thanks for the comment. I was actually carrying the carcass a short distance to where I was going to do the suspended gralloch, not a particular fan of dragging when they're of the weight that can be carried; just out of respect. But I do agree, post gralloch I have used a myriad of roe sacks and I find them particularly helpful, albeit sometimes cumbersome when not in use.
@@deerjonty Yes the Napier is a little expensive for what it is but it is very lightweight and of course can be turned into a “belt kit”when it doesn’t have a deer in it!👌🙂
@@CountydeerstalkingCoUk Hello again ,I did mine in August 2014 many years after starting deer stalking so I could join a Scottish Syndicate .As you know LGMH was included then , so I can take some beasts there if in the area!👏🙂
The enfield has probably killed more deer in new zealand than any other model of rifle. They were used extensively back in the day by cullers and hunters alike.
I passed Florida style theory test and practical I arranged in Poland as only choice in UK is Wales and it wasn't enough people this summer for the course 2nd option is to do practical in France and lastly was Poland however all are the same regulated by EBF European Bowhunting Federation..here it cost 190 Inc BBA membership and theory is 30 plust 30 Nafs membership..and you are good to go..
I wish Ireland would wake up and smell the roses on this too.. On small islands well comparatively speaking, The population density is far greater than on a continent.. Shooting with a rifle here in ireland takes quite a bit of planning.. You cant just walk out into the wild and start pinging off shots.. Theres likley houses no more than a mile away from you anywhere even if you even think it might be remote enough.. Actually in probably 70% of the country side your within walkng distance of several houses under 1 mile.. If bowhunting was legal, you could shoot anywhere, which is ideal for the places I know of that have deer.. . Sombody only got shot in the arm by a stray bullet last year so thats not looking good now is it..
I'm living in Europe on the Czech boarders with Slovakia and its legal in Slovakia and hopefully legalised in the Czech Republic very soon. Iv been hunting deer in the UK since a young man professionally and privately holding the Dm1 and 2 when 1st introduced. I feel bow hunting is just as efficient as a rifle also and people tend to get the deer in closer with bow unlike the pot shots taken at distance with rifles.
Those saying it's not efficient enough and a rifle kills with kinetic energy need to better understand how a rifle kills. The visual aspects differ from rifle to bow however, they both kill by blood loss and lack of oxygen to the brain resulting in death. The rifle may look like it knocks the deer over stone dead but it actually doesn't, the deer is knocked over by the energy transfer but it dies from bloodloss. The only exception is a rifle shot which destroys the brain that is the only shot placement causing an instant death. The Bow and the rifle are directly comparible when measuring bloodloss. As with both the person behind the weapon is most likely the weakest link.
Howdy Team 😁 I'd love to see bowhunting legalised in the U.K.😋, the nah-sayers can just stay at home in their cotten-wool bubbles 🙄 But with a Labour government about to take the reins of power ("it would appear😬"), who are more worried about getting dudes in dresses into biological women's spaces.............. I'm very sorry to say, I can't see it happening 😢 and I'm absolutely guttered to be the one to have to point that out 😒 I'm a Kiwi and when I'm living in NZ, I live, breathe and wet-dream Bow-Hunting 😋 I just moved back to Cambridge for a bit, brought me bow with me (just for the range, not for hunting🤨) and I can't even find a club within a reasonable distance that I can go to for practice 🙄 Its always either, 60lb is too much, range finding bow sights ain't allowed, Carbon arrows ain't allowed or I've even had "We just don't allow anything that even looks like a hunting bow on our range AT ALL!" So getting folks trained up to standard in some areas may be your first challenge 😬 Bow hunters argue over broad heads..... like you pomes argue over football teams or beer 🤣 If they ever do make it legal......... and that's a big "IF"! And you decide ya wanna hunter Deer with a bow 😋 Than hunt Rabbits and Hares 🐇 😉 I'm not pulling ya leg 😉 some of the best training you can do for putting an arrow through a deers lungs..... is to hunt rabbits and Hares 😜 Trust me 😁
I’ve witnessed how hunting in europe by “experienced” bow hunters and each time been dissatisfied with the humaneness of it. Wild Boar, Mouflons, Red stag, Fallow..
Bow hunting is a great way of hunting. It’s more challenging and as every other form of hunting, training and ethics should be considered. I don’t agree to register the bows as firearms. This will cause problem to the archery in total. A bow hunting certification/ examination is more viable.
The margin of error in bow hunting is far higher than using a rifle, and that gives a greater chance of injuring the deer instead of a clean kill. I would suggest that only the top 25% of bow hunters are professional enough and experienced enough to ensure not only that a good shot is taken, but more importantly, that an 'iffy' shot is declined. Put the two things together and you get a recipe for disaster by the "dead is dead" brigade. In the hands of a highly trained hunter with good self discipline there is an arguement for bow hunting... it's the majority of others I worry about.
There is no political will in this country to reintroduce bow hunting. Like hand guns, i cant see it coming back. the labour government, who will be in power next week, are going ahead with bans on trail hunting and snares. Sadly this is wishful thinking.
I heard recently that parliament is trying to pass a bill that will ban broadhead arrows. This pushes the idea of the return of bowhunting even further away.
This is exactly why highly organised, trained and certificated hunting licences are required, the hunter needs to prove that they are competent with the correct equipment with a firm understanding of skill and ethicacy.
@@simoncooper6939 we've all seen videos from the US of wounded animals from competent archers (Fresh Tracks etc) due to miscalculation of range by just a couple of yards. There's a much higher chance of a wounded animal with a bow and anyone who says otherwise is simply trying to justify something they know not to be true.
I'm a bowhunter from the U.S. I have heard many arguments for and against bowhunting in the UK. What I wonder about is the use of catapults for small game and birds. If this is legal, why would anyone appose the use of archery equipment for small game?
Unfortunately the education level around bow hunting in the UK is extremely low, a major barrier to legalisation. Would love nothing more than to legally be able to bow hunt in the UK.
what happens when a quick follow up shot is needed at more that arrow distances, there is no need for archery hunting that I can see, will it cure the over population of Deer, No, will it increase the number of wounded animals, absolutely, the rifle superseeded the bow hundreds of years ago, long may it stay illegal
