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A deerstalker. A deerstalker is a type of cap that is typically worn in rural areas, often for hunting, especially deer stalking.Because of the cap's popular association with the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, [1] it has become stereotypical headgear for a detective, especially in comical drawings or cartoons along with farcical plays and films.
Scottish deer stalker glassing the surroundings with a telescope. Deer stalking, or simply stalking, is a British term for the stealthy pursuit of deer on foot to hunt for venison, for leisure, as trophies, or to control their numbers [1] as part of wildlife management, just as with rabbiting and boar hunting.
MacQueen of Pall a' Chrocain was a legendary Highland deer stalker popularly believed to have slain the last wolf in Scotland in 1743. The scene of the incident was Darnaway Forest in the province of Morayshire.
Deer hunting is hunting deer for meat and sport, and, formerly, for producing buckskin hides, an activity which dates back tens of thousands of years. Venison, the name for deer meat, is a nutritious and natural food source of animal protein that can be obtained through deer hunting. There are many different types of deer around the world that ...
Deer stalking, a British term for the stealthy hunting of deer without hounds or horses Chernobyl stalking , making illegal visits to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site Stalked: Murder in Slow Motion , a 2019 British crime documentary narrated by Kym Marsh
In his deer-stalking career of over 60 years, Lloyd killed more than 5,000 Scottish highland red deer stags, the vast majority of them with rifles built by his company. Lloyd's wife Evadne (“Bobby”, the longest-serving governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company in its history) keenly supported him in his business and helped him to source ...
The Deer Stealer is an 1823 oil painting by the English artist James Ward. Combining landscape and genre painting , it depicts a poacher in a wooded scene accompanied by a white horse and a dead deer . [ 1 ]
The standard model featured a walnut stock and a barrel band similar to the Ruger 10/22 and the M1 Carbine, but using a solid top receiver. [2] The front sight was a gold bead and the rear sight was a folding leaf-type.