We are delighted to officially announce that Outside Days will be hosting the Countryside Alliance‘s Shooting Lodge at the 2011 CLA Game Fair at Blenheim Palace Friday July 22nd to Sunday July 24th. Howard, No.2, Tony and the team will be around all weekend to share their latest tales of daring do and big fish. [...]
January 2, 2011 – 4:13 pm
For nearly 200 years hunters have been making the pilgrimage to Africa in pursuit of plains game. As cheap flights have accordioned the globe into a compact number of hours in the air, sport that was once the preserve of the adventurer, the diplomat and the colonial bon viveur has become more accessible. Whether your [...]
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Also tagged African Plains, antelope, bon viveur, Botswana, budgets, diplomat, Gemsbok, great white hunter, Hunting, impala, morning, Mozambique, Namibia, plains game, Safari, South Africa, south africa namibia, Springbok, Stalking, wildebeast
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Each year, I collect a team of guinea pigs who put aside common sense, regular mealtimes and British tea in favour of adventure in more or less civilised corners of the globe. This year, we got our shots and headed for South Africa in pursuit of a heady mixture of bird shooting, plains game stalking and fishing.
By Howard
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Posted in Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged Christiana, decoys, diamond mines, Doves, game lodge, Johannesburg, Kimberley, kristiana, mourning doves, pigeon, rock, Shooting, South Africa, veldt, wood pigeons
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October 27, 2009 – 7:45 am
The downside of the CLA Game Fair is that the most interesting people always seem to cross your path when you are juggling other commitments. When Matt McHugh introduced me to director and producer Nick Reygaert, I had my hands full of Orvis gear. Only later when I logged on to his website and read [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Events, Fishing
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Also tagged CLA, cla game fair, festival, film festival, fly fishing, Fly Rise, Gin-Clear, Nick Reygaert, Orvis, salmon
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All of us get those irritating phone calls at dinner time asking for a donation to a worthy cause, or bristle at the 1000s of trees felled to make the envelopes and paper for begging letters that come through the door. I don’t know about you, but in this climate of penny counting, I am [...]
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Atlantic, atlantic salmon, central Europe, CLA, Conservancy, Conservation, conservation trust, donation, Fair, fisherman, game and wildlife, game conservancy trust, GWCT, Project, recovery, research, salmon, salmon numbers, salmon recovery, science, Trust, Wild, wild salmon, wildlife, wildlife conservation, wildlife management techniques
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Many of you have shot simulated game, whether I’m the one flinging clays over your head, or you’ve tried it with somebody else. We’ve just trialled a new venue and format for these fun out of season days, and can now offer 4 species simulated game days from spring next year. RSS news feed Newsletter [...]
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Posted in Corporate Entertainment, Driven Shooting, Events
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Also tagged Driven, duck, game days, grouse, hospitality, landscape, new forest, partridge, pheasant, pond, Sim Species, simulated game
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Ascot week has been patchy to say the least, and not just when it comes to the horses I backed. Traditionally the week when wild partridge hatch, the weather for Ascot was considered to be an indicator of the success of the rearing season and therefore the shooting season. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Fishing, Packages, Stalking
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Also tagged Avon, devon, Fallow, Itchen, partridge, Roe, sea, Sea Trout, Shooting, Stalking, Test, trout fishermen, wild birds
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I hate to shop. My wife is an expert. I love fieldsports and gatherings of what the Americans call ‘likeminded individuals’. Each year, Number Two takes advantage of this and uses the CLA Game Fair to kit me out from top to toe for the coming season. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact [...]
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Also tagged CLA, clumber, Fair, fieldsports, John Bye, sport, Sporting, stockings, tweeds, woodcock, year
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The closed season in Austria meant that the only stalking I was able to do was with a camera…sporting Tevas, red shorts and a blue fleece enhanced the challenge. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Posted in Packages, Stalking
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Also tagged alpine, alpine ibex, Austria, Austrian, black grouse, chamois, gemse, grouse, highseat, hill, hirsch, hutte, marmoset, Murmeltier, Red, reh, Roe, scree slopes, sea, sport, Sporting, Stalk, Stalking, Steinbok, Tirol, Tirolean
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As you stand on your peg waiting for the high bird of the day to glide over you (and hopefully fall at your feet), stop to consider the commitment and effort of the keeper who got it there. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
