stalking

Stalking for me is about the whole experience; the art of getting as close to these majestic amazing animals as possible without them knowing you are there. 

The latest lockdown has been devastating for shooting and with the latest restrictions where I live requiring you to go no more than 5 miles beyond your council area and only exercise outdoors with one other person, it has put a very early end to my winter game shooting.

Thankfully I live in a massive council area which is the gateway to the Scottish Highlands where I go Stalking. With foreign clients prevented from coming and Deer needing to be culled, this has left some very welcome and cheap opportunities for me in place of my other Shooting.

Since Thermal imaging has become more and more popular over the past decade, so has the requirement for it for the modern Deer Stalker.

When I first began Deer Stalking 7 years ago, the idea of taking a Thermal Imaging Monocular would not even have crossed my mind as I saw it purely for a tool to be used for night time vermin control. Nowadays I won't leave the house for a Stalk without one. I consider it to be as useful as my Binoculars.

An Honest Review: HIK Vision Vulkan 15mm 35mK Smart Thermal Monocular (by Digby Taylor)

[All words and imagery are copyrighted to Digby Taylor of Guns On Pegs: https://shoothub.gunsonpegs.com/]

Being what some might call a traditionalist, and certainly a ‘hobbyist’ when it comes to stalking, the idea of utilising a Thermal Spotter for a weekend’s Stalking in the Highlands had never really crossed my mind. With the usual price of a half-decent bit of kit being north of £1,500, I didn’t have many plans to change that.

With my other hat on however as the Shoot Account Manager at GunsOnPegs - dealing mainly with estate owners and keepers - when offered the opportunity to review the