Lancashire roebuck stalk

Bergara ambassador Lewis Macfarlane has spotted a roebuck he wants to cull on his trail camera. It’s a ‘murder buck’ - its antlers have no tines, so in the rut it is likely to injure or even kill other bucks. It’s a lovely sunny morning to be out on this beautiful estate in Lancashire - but will our target buck be in his usual spot around the feeder?
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There are reportedly more than two million red, roe, fallow, sika, muntjac and Chinese water deer in Britain’s countryside and semi-urban areas, the highest level for 1,000 years. Numbers have doubled since 1999, according to the Deer Initiative, the UK government’s deer agency.
Deer are an attractive and an important part of our wildlife. However, they have no natural predator in the UK so numbers must be sensibly and strategically managed to keep them in balance with their habitat and to prevent damage to crops, trees, woodland flora, gardens and other wildlife.
Deer cause £4.5 million-worth (Forestry Commission Scotland) of damage to plantations and other commercial woodlands in Scotland. Crop damage is estimated at £4.3m a year according to DEFRA, with the greatest damage on cereal crops in east and south-west England.
More than 8,000 hectares (Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology) of woodland with SSI status is currently in ‘unfavourable’ or ‘recovering’ condition due to deer impacts such as browsing and fraying. Deer can also influence the variety of wildlife in woodlands and other habitats by altering structural and plant species diversity. According to the University of East Anglia’s Dr Paul Dolman, that has resulted in a 50% decline in woodland bird numbers where deer are present, impacting particularly on nightingales, blackcaps, chiffchaffs and warblers.
Deer are susceptible to Bovine TB and may be responsible for the transmission of TB to cattle. They are also the likely driver behind the UK’s increasing tick population (Scharlemann et al 2008).
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[@ddoherty5956]

@Fieldsports Channel Hi Charlie/David just saw an artical in "The National" by Xander Elliards regarding your mate Chris Packham messing with Wagamamma because they are using farmed Salmon. I thought you could contCt him and ask why fish farms are worse than Halal butchery, because I've never heard him speak against it!

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks for this. 20p says he won't answer that question. / Charlie

[@ddoherty5956]

@@fieldsportstv I think he charges rather more than that🤣 might also how comes it's ok for his partner to make her living exploiting animals in a zoo?🤣🤣🤣 The man is such a grifter.

[@PedroSanchezAlvarado]

Muy excelente lances de cazeria amigos

[@ammcknockiter]

That rifle sling looks ace what is it

[@lewismacoutdoors]

It’s the Niggeloh Titan 2 👍

[@stephenoshea1166]

I bought a bergara b14 last year in 243 for roe and fox, mine says made in Spain, one in video says USA, interesting stuff, must be manufactured in both parts of the world.

[@lewismacoutdoors]

Mine, the one in the video, says made in Spain 👍
Some of the US market Premier Series will say “Lawrenceville, GA” on them as they are made there 👍

[@sniperkota]

Nice post

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[@narva8474]

I'm guessing you are a Tikka fan.

[@PedroSanchezAlvarado]

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