Chronic wasting disease
Chronic Wasting Disease is a highly infectious, fatal disease which has devastated populations of wild and farmed deer in North America.
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
Stalking schemes
BASC currently has four deer stalking schemes in operation – Bowland in Lancashire, Baronscourt (Northern Ireland), East of England (near Newmarket) and Hampshire.Â
High seat maintenance
High seats are an integral part of any stalking ground where there are no natural high points and maintenance is vital.