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, game lodge, Johannesburg, Kimberley, kristiana, mourning doves, pigeon, rock, South Africa, veldt, wood pigeons
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February 28, 2010 – 5:00 pm
Subtitle: The Things I Really Need to Know to Make Your Day Work
We start booking shooting for one season before the previous season closes, and are in full swing planning for the season to come by the time March becomes lamb-like.
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By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Events, Packages, Uncategorized, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged booking agent, Driven, driven pheasant, grouse, Hebrides, outer hebrides, pheasant, sporting agent, woodcock
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February 21, 2010 – 3:39 pm
When Britain mothballs game shooting for the season, my attentions turn to sport further afield, and to the next season looming on the horizon – a summer of game clays and fishing for trout and salmon.
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By Howard
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Posted in Corporate Entertainment, Events, Fishing, Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged boar, Brown Trout, Chalkstreams, Clays, covey, Fishing, game clays, game shooting, grayling, pointers, quail, simulated game, trout
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January 13, 2010 – 2:07 pm
As the 2009/10 season draws to a close we have certainly had our share of weather! From shirt sleeves in November to being almost drowned in December to now being frozen, we’ve seen the lot.
Looking for a chance to get away from it all this spring (Dates TBC) ? I am looking for a clutch [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged Argentina, brownies, Cordoba, del fuego, Doves, menendez, northern patagonia, rainbow, Rivers, Sea Trout
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September 14, 2009 – 9:00 am
In the lull between grouse and partridge, No. 2 has taken advantage of my height for a bit of hedge-picking and scrumpying to fill the larder for the coming winter.
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By Howard
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Posted in Uncategorized
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Also tagged Autumn, blackberry jam, chutney, Fruitfulness, partridge, rhubarb, rosehip, Sloe, sloe gin, sloes, syrup, tomato, tomato pickle
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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, pointer, pointers, scottish national heritage, sea eagle, snipe, trout, Walked, woodcock
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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.
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By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Fishing, Packages, Stalking
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Also tagged Avon, devon, Fallow, Game, Itchen, partridge, Roe, sea, Sea Trout, Stalking, Test, trout fishermen, wild birds
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Hospitality is served on an all-you-can-eat platter in Texas. From the classic 50’s diner to roadside cajun dives to the extravagance of homemade EVERYTHING at the lodge, you’ll never stick to that diet in the Lone Star state.
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By Howard
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Posted in Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged Adventures, America, American, bobwhite, bobwhite quail, covey, Dallas, dog, Hunting, partridge, quail, starburst, Texas, USA, Walked-up
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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.
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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, Shoot, 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.
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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, Shoot, whiskey
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