January 2, 2011 – 10:09 pm
When it comes to birds, we pride ourselves on offering the extremes. Our quail and woodcock packages in Croatia are no exception. If, as the dog days of summer roll around each year, you contemplate the sorry state of the British summer and rusty shooting skills in the face of the Glorious 12th and beyond, [...]
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Also tagged Croatia, Croatian, dog days, dogs, english pointers, Europe, hunting ground, migratory quail, partridge, pointers, pointers and setters, quail, Shooting, villa by the sea, Walked, woodcock
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October 9, 2010 – 5:01 pm
Two months into the grouse season and we are down to our last three days. From the Outer Hebrides to the Cheviots, the Lammermuirs to the Yorkshire Dales it has been an amazing season for grouse. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged Driven, game birds, grouse, heather, Hebrides, lab, moor, Outer, outer hebrides, pointers, record numbers, Shooting, Walked, Yorkshire, yorkshire dales
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September 23, 2010 – 2:23 pm
As the dog days of summer roll around each year and the grouse begin to take flight over pointers and butts, I am always caught out by the start of the season (the blog was the first casualty of quail, grouse and pheasant, so if you follow me on Twitter @outsidedays and this is out [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged Croatia, dogman, english pointers, english setters, hunting ground, migratory quail, pointers and setters, Shooting, snorkelling gear, Walked
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While the well-heeled twiddle their trigger fingers waiting for the start of the season on the Glorious 12th, you could be pulling the trigger in anger on the Fantastic 1st (of August, of course!), reveling in some of Croatia’s finest quail shooting. And all only a bargain dash from Gatwick or Heathrow. RSS news feed [...]
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Posted in Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged August, Bird, covey, Croatia, Croatian, gatwick, heathrow, Mediterranean, mediterranean shores, pointers, quail, quarry, Shoot, short break
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September 9, 2009 – 7:00 am
Fortunately, excursions to the Outer Hebrides aren’t made or broken by the weather…for dour folk, the Hebrideans are weather optimists: whatever comes next, it won’t be the same twice. Very like the sport. After grouse, the odd snipe or passing plover, and a whatever the collective noun is for 3 salmonid species, we’d stretched FlyBe’s [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged Brown Trout, Fishing, golden eagles, grouse, Hebrides, Lewis, loch, midges, mink, mink trapping, outer hebrides, peregrine, plover, pointers, scottish national heritage, sea eagle, Shooting, snipe, trout, Walked, woodcock
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August 27, 2009 – 7:00 am
I’ve just stopped long enough to reflect on the truly glorious Glorious 12th we had in Yorkshire… I’m in the throes of complex packing for more walked up grouse (this time over pointers, not people) in the Outer Hebrides. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Fishing, Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged fieldsports, FlyBe, grouse, Hampshire, Hebrides, outer hebrides, pointers, Red, Roe, Scotland, spaniel, Test, Wiltshire, Yorkshire
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