What do I need?

A responsible deer stalker should always carry the following in their kit:

• A telescope or binoculars
• A knife of appropriate design – with finger guard, an impervious handle and sheath
• Sterile gloves or hand sanitiser to ensure hygienic carcass handling
• Sufficient ammunition for stalking and any necessary further dispatch
• A hand or head torch, if stalking in the evening, to look for hair or blood signs and to assist with safe gralloching and extraction
• A means of extracting the carcass hygienically
• A bipod or sticks of an appropriate design to aid standing, sitting, kneeling and prone shots
• Means of communication for emergency contact
• A first aid kit