October 19, 2011 – 9:05 pm
The glorious 12th came racing up on me like a steam train, leaving disarray in its wake as I tackled Yorkshire, Croatia, the 19th century and the Sussex downs in rapid succession. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Packages, Stalking, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged black powder, flintlock, grouse, isle of lewis, Mini-driven, partridge, pheasant, quail, Shooting, woodcock, Yorkshire
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January 2, 2011 – 4:58 pm
More famous for their troubled past, the Balkans offer some of Europe’s finest stalking with quarry extending beyond roe and boar to include chamois, mouflon and ibex. The mountains above the Dalamatian coast are home to a huge population of Balkan chamois, and the area has produced world records in recent years. The coast, peninsulas [...]
By Howard
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Also tagged Adriatic Sea, alpine, alpine ibex, balkans, boar, chamois, corsica, Croatia, Croatian, Europe, Mediterranean, mouflon, peninsulas, Roe, Shooting, Stalking, trophies
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The Outside Days Easter Egg Hunt took us a little further afield than normal this year: three intrepid guinea pigs and I spent Easter weekend in Norfolk (much to No.2′s disgust). Keeping an ear to the ground may have left me with a bad back, but it did mean I heard about some fantastic wild [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged duck, ducks, Great, Norfolk, Outside Days, snipe, sport, Wild, wild bird, wild birds, woodcock, woodcock snipe, Yarmouth
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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 [...]
By Howard
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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, pointer, pointers, quail, quarry, short break
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August 27, 2008 – 11:40 am
What better way to start the season than three days spent tramping behind the dogs? Grouse over pointers makes you appreciate the beaters on driven days, and the quarry everyday. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged birds, dogs, Driven, grouse, gun, guns, Highlands, Keeper, late availability, moor, old cock, patience, pointers, Shooting, Walked, Wild
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August 25, 2008 – 11:02 am
Occasionally a plan comes together, and I pack the right equipment to make it happen. The estate we have been shooting grouse over pointers on happens to have the River Spey running right through it. This means three things: the potential for brownies, salmon, and fabulous whiskey. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged brownies, fish, flies, grouse, gun, pointers, River, river spey, salmon, Shooting, whiskey
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Family-friendly Meon Springs provided the perfect setting for Orvis’ Cast and Blast, and the powers that be provided unbelievable weather despite the best efforts of the meteorologists to convice us otherwise. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Events, Fishing
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Also tagged bass, blog, Britain, British, Brown Trout, fish, Fishing, Howard Day, instruction, Itchen, largemouth, novices, Orvis, photography, Press, rainbow trout, Rivers, riverside, salmon, sport, sportspeople, stream, Test, Texas, trout, UK
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March 28, 2008 – 11:03 am
Our peripatetic habits and Blackberry addiction make email (through the form below) the best way to reach us. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us Name Email Subject Message
By Christopher
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Also tagged Alberta, alpine, angler, arapawa, bass, boar, British, Brown Trout, Calgary, Canada, Canadian, Clays, countrywide, duck, elk, falconry, Fallow, fish, Fishing, fly, French, freshwater, Game, goat, grouse, gun, heather, Hebrides, hog, Howard Day, Hunt, instruction, Itchen, Lewis, Lewis Snipe, loch, London, lunch, mailing, moor, moose, mule, Muntjac, novices, Orvis, Outer, package, partridge, pheasant, photographer, quail, rabbit, Red, red stag, Rivers, Rocky Mountains, Roe, Safari, salmon, Scottish, Shooting, Sika, snipe, sport, Sporting, Stalk, Stalking, stream, tahr, team, Test, turkey, UK, USA, varmint, Walked, Walked-up, waterfowl, whitetail, Wild, woodcock, woodland
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March 26, 2008 – 10:29 am
For more than a thousand years, hunting has been a rural institution in France, enmeshed in the maintenance of the landscape. The traditions of ‘la chasse’ have managed populations of boar, deer, hare and rabbits as well as game birds. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Christopher
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Also tagged Bird, boar, chasse, chateau, duck, France, French, Gascogne, gastronomy, mirador, package, partridge
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March 26, 2008 – 10:29 am
Between August and January, driven shooting can take the adventurous gun to fabulous locations all over the British Isles. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Christopher
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Also tagged boar, Britain, British, Driven, duck, grouse, gun, Howard Day, Hunting, Lewis Snipe, novices, package, partridge, pheasant, quail, rabbit, Scottish, Shooting, snipe, sportspeople, team, UK, USA, woodcock
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