Hill stalking checklist
Here's a list of items that one stalker considers essential for a day out on the hill
Do you have your own list that you use? Or do you think there are other items that should be on this list?
Send us an email at editor@sportingshooter.co.uk with your suggestions.
The checklist
- Coat/hat/boots/spare pullover
- Watch
- Knife
- Stick
- Mobile phone (check it's charged up)
- Estate radio (check battery & frequencies)
- Fags & lighter (yes, our man is a smoker!)
- Car/house/ATV keys
- Rifle (check bore, scope, mounts, bipod fitttings, sling fittings)
- Rifle bolt if carried separately
- Rifle sleeve
- Ammo (check correct calibre/bullet weight)
- Earplugs/muffs
- FAC
- Binoculars
- Telescope
- Water bottle
- 'Piece'
- Length of string
- Rubber gloves for gralloch
- Plastic bag or tape to mark carcass
- Wipes/tissues
- Sticking plasters
