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The Shooting Show – Foxing on Skye and South African blesbuck

Scott Mackenzie, previously seen taking us stalking in Skye, returns to the isle this time with foxes in his sights. Very little of his land is reachable by vehicle, so the old-fashioned method on foot with lamp and rifle is

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The Shooting Show – Skye hinds, venison cookery and Browning X-Bolt

On the isle of Skye, Byron follows stalker Scott Mackenzie as he takes chef Michael Wells out on the hill. Though a regular venison cook for the Eilean Iarmain hotel, Michael has never witnessed a stalk before, so Scott takes

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The Shooting Show — walked-up woodcock and expert varminting

We’re on Scotland’s Black Isle for a woodcock shoot, but we’re not doing things the traditional British way – this is an Italian job, with setters with bleeper collars indicating the presence of this revered bird. This is no grouse

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The Shooting Show – stalking on North Harris and spring-powered pigeon shooting

We’ve gone even further afield this week to North Harris in the Outer Hebrides, where the island’s stalking club gets its DSC1 exam courtesy of the Stalking School. Then land manager Mark takes Byron out stalking in Harris’s breathtaking surroundings.

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The Shooting Show – hind stalking on Skye and rifle set-up

We’ve made the long journey north to the isle of Skye for this week’s show. It’s perfect stalking territory and we’ve sniffed out the one sporting estate on the island, Eilean Iarmain. There we follow professional stalker Scott Mackenzie on

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