Deer

[SealDriver]

(29 November 2012, 23:18)Highlander Wrote: We have deer coming out of our ears here, I would love to go stalking, but dont have the gun to do so,.... Sealdriver, your mention about the ease at which you can get second hand rifles,.... how legally?,... and as NR said... we do have to be careful,... stalking = poaching here

Hi Highlander,
Well to start off I would contact a local deer manager/stalker in your area or someone from either the 'British Deer Society' or the Scottish Deer Commission and ask about deer stalking and the Deer Management Courses available in your area. When I started I didn't have a rifle and had to borrow one from the course instructor for the shooting part of the test. Also contact the police and tell them you want a Firearms Licence for deer stalking. As you mentioned where you are there are plenty of deer so it shouldn't be too difficult to obtain one.

You can get good second hand rifles through websites such as 'Guntrader', personnally I'd go for a lower end of the price range rifle like a Browning, Savage, Tikka, CZ or Howa. Plenty good for a beginner at around £400 to £500. Your scope is going to cost you about £300 if you get something like a Leopold fixed magnification. It all seems very expensive, but you buy when you can, scrimp and save like I did....I'm not a rich man by no means. If you join a local range or shooting club you can do a great deal of marksmanship training at various distances and meet some top people who generally have the same views about nature and the world we live in, many are also Preppers.


If folks are interested I will do so articles on here about Deer and the FAC process.

And yes this is all legal and the Police are usually very good, being a Prepper isn't a crime yet and legally taking deer for food is a very good reason to own a firearm....saying that even if you can't afford a rifle you can go out with a stalker, use his rifle and still shoot deer.