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Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!

"Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!"

"Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!"

Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!

Well done, you worked hard to get your stag and that's what creates the memories.

Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!

Have a great trip; red deer stalking on the hill in Scotland is a unique experience.

Mainly labs and spaniels (cockers or springers). You'll often see one handler working 4 to 6 dogs, and the level of control even at long distance is really impressive.

Every British driven gameshoot I've been on in my 50 years of involvement with this sport employs dog handlers ('picker-ups") to retrieve wounded birds. The picking up team can easily comprise 20+ dogs on larger days. The picker-ups stand several hundred yards behind the gun line and then use...

A reminder of a special day in 2019. A lot of the moor was affected by a wildfire this summer, so I don't if / when I'll have an opportunity to shoot there again.

And we have just added Teasel to the pack (granddaughter of my wife's lab, and Midge's neice):

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I'll apply for a .375 or similar if/when I book a cape buffalo; I can then demonstrate good reason to the police for owning such a calibre.

Thank you again for all of your replies to my post. The UK police require you to demonstrate good reason for each rifle you wish to acquire, so a dangerous game calibre is probably not feasible until at present, although a cape buffalo has long been on my bucket list. I understand it's also...

Thank you for your responses. As much as I'd like the Sauer 7x64 (very good condition and very lightly used), I think a .30-06 may be more pragmatic, not least because of the wider availability of factory ammunition in the UK and the heavier bullet weights. I'll also check whether a .300winmag...

I live and mainly hunt in the UK for roe deer and red deer. I've also hunted plains game in Namibia and plan to do so again within the next few years. I currently own two Tikka T3X's; a 6.5x55 and a 270win, and am authorised to own a .30-06. I've seen a Sauer 202 for sale in 7x64 and am tempted...