Tag Archives: snipe

Battle of the Somme: French Wildfowling

Having had so many great guinea pig trips, you can forgive me my audacity when I planned an expedition to explore wildfowling a la francaise and invited a journalist to join me. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us

Lining the Ducks Up for Winter Wild Sport

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 [...]

A Lewis Year: Four Seasons Six Species One Day

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 [...]

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Driven Shooting

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

Walked Up Shooting

The origins of walked-up shooting lie in our prehistory as hunter-gatherers. From quail in Texas to partridge in France, foreign opportunities abound. But some of the best opportunities to pursue a range of winged quarry are to be had in the British Isles. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us

Hebrides

Standing majestically at the northwest edge of Europe, the Outer Hebrides is a 150 mile-long island chain of beaches, moorland and mountain. Lewis, the largest and northernmost of the islands supports thriving populations of grouse, brown trout, red deer, and migratory populations of woodcock, sea trout, and Atlantic salmon. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing [...]

Lewis Snipe & Woodcock

Shooting truly wild birds in a truly wild location is what makes woodcock and snipe over dogs so exciting. It’s a rural myth that woodcock live in the trees: long heather provides cover, making these challenging birds a sporting target when flushed over dogs on the open hill. Besides being home to a resident population, [...]

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