February 4, 2012 – 10:30 am
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
By Howard
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Posted in Events, Packages, Press, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged bag, british style, decoys, ducks, ducks and geese, evening flight, France, French, geese, grey partridge, hutte, journalist, partridge, snipe, Walked, Walked-up, wetlands
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January 23, 2011 – 7:03 pm
My passion for wild birds in wild places has led many of you astray. While it’s a stretch to call parts of Norfolk wild, the woodcock that flock there to avoid the winter cold had me dragging out my windproofs and the guinea pigs for a couple of walked up days earlier this month. RSS [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged consecutive shots, left and right, migratory, Norfolk, passion, scenery, wild bird, wild birds, wild places, woodcock
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Well, its finally happened. After years of leg-pulling, stick-giving, and micky-taking at my beloved clients’ expense, one of you has finally gotten your own back. And oh so publicly, too. Talented satirical cartoonist Andy Sipson got his revenge with an image on his Facebook page. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Corporate Entertainment, Driven Shooting, Events, Fishing, Packages, Stalking, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged Andy, cartoonist, cartoons, character sketch, commissioning process, Facebook, Outside Days, personality, sense of humour, spaniel
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August 15, 2009 – 6:31 am
One of the best kept secrets of the country/sporting show circuit, Hamptworth Country Fayre is a little gem, showcasing all that is best about the countryside. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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 [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Events
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Also tagged CLA, clumber, Fair, fieldsports, Game, John Bye, sport, 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
By Howard
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Posted in Packages, Stalking
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Also tagged alpine, alpine ibex, Austria, Austrian, black grouse, chamois, Game, gemse, grouse, highseat, hill, hirsch, hutte, marmoset, Murmeltier, Red, reh, Roe, scree slopes, sea, sport, Stalk, Stalking, Steinbok, Tirol, Tirolean
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Despite the perception of Texas being populated by longhorn cattle, cowboys and cacti, when we arrived East Texas was just drying out from a flood. Ranch manager cum wildlife biologist Zach Willeford and Mike, a Texas Parks and Wildlife ranger, awaited us with weapons at the ready. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Packages, Stalking, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged Adventures, British, fly, gun, highseat, Howard Day, largemouth, Press, quail, Safari, Shooting, Stalk, Texas, turkey, UK, USA, Walked-up, woodland
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Every year I try to add at least one new package to our repetoire. With the exchange rate in our favour, and the welcome mat out at friends’, it seemed only right to sample Texas. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages, Stalking, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged America, bass, Cabellas, camo, Dallas, David Hillier, Elliot, exchange, Jeremy Mason, Martin, Mongolia, nothing, Outer, package, Peru, Pigs, RealTree, sale, Shooting, stalker, taiman, Texas, vermin, year
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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, Shoot, Shooting, Sika, snipe, sport, 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 – 10:28 am
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
By Christopher
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Also tagged Bird, British, countrywide, Driven, duck, France, Game, grouse, gun, Hebrides, Howard Day, Hunt, instruction, MacNab, New Zealand, novices, partridge, pheasant, quail, quarry, Shoot, Shooting, snipe, Southern Counties, sport, team, UK, USA, Walked, Walked-up, woodcock, woodland
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