January 30, 2011 – 9:47 pm
Before you start shaking your head about the cost of foreign travel (never mind sporting holidays) and cleaning your weapons in preparation for mothballing, have a look at Outside Days out of season sporting breaks. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Fishing, Misc, Packages, Stalking, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged antelope, Argentina, Croatia, decoying, Doves, Flyfishing, Gemsbok, Mongolia, Outside Days, partridge, pointers and setters, quail, River, Sea Trout, Shooting, South Africa, stalker, trout, wildebeast, woodcock
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Ok so I found myself in Dallas, TX with a couple of days to spare. Having fished for stripers on the eastern seaboard with very little to show for it, I couldn’t resist going to see these landlocked fish. At least I knew where they would be. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged America, American, bass, boat, clouser minnow, Dallas, fish, Fishing, fly, flyfisherman, Lake Texoma, Oklahoma, reservoir, Steve Hollensed, striped bass, striper, stripers, surface action, UK
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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. 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 Adventures, America, American, bobwhite, bobwhite quail, covey, Dallas, dog, Hunting, partridge, quail, Shooting, starburst, USA, Walked-up
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I didn’t think the Talco boys could improve on the outrageousness that was last year’s waterlogged varmint hunt, but once again they pulled it out of the bag Texas-style. Imagine a howdah, the canopied elephant saddle of colonial India and Africa, made for a 4×4, add camo, and you get the varmint vee-hicle. RSS news [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Packages, Stalking
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Also tagged hog, howdah, Hunt, jack rabbit, possum, rabbit, racoon, skunk, Talco, Texan, texas wildlife, Texas-style, varmint, varmint hunt, wild boar
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At the tail end of February, I found myself back in the hallowed halls of Cabelas and Bass Pro with clients, kitting ourselves out for a Texas adventure. Lets be clear about Texas: everything’s bigger, badder, and that little bit more unpredictable. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged America, bait, bass, bass pro, Cabelas, fish, lake, Lake Texoma, striped bass, stripers
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Well, its like this. I was bored, the sun was shining, my friend had left his lab with me for the weekend, and sitting in the shed was the portable hide I purchased on my trip to Texas. So how better to occupy everybody than with an hour or two at the pigeons? RSS news [...]
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, Shoot, sport, sportspeople, stream, Test, trout, UK
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Over a beer or three in Texas, I confessed to headkeeper Martin Broad that I’d never shot Britain’s smallest deer, the non-native Muntjac. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Stalking
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Also tagged blog, Country, Fallow, Howard Day, Hunting, Muntjac, quarry, Red, Roe, Sika, sport, Stalking, UK
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Orvis hosted its annual Open Day on the River Test at Kimbridge. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Events, Fishing
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Also tagged accommodation, bass, Fishing, freshwater, Howard Day, individuals, instruction, largemouth, novices, Orvis, Press, Rivers, Southern Counties, sport, stream, Test, UK, USA, wilderness
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On our last full day in Texas, we joined guides Steve and Rob and ESPN journalist Lynn Burkhead in a pair of bass boats on Lake Fork. At an impressive 27,264 acres, Lake Fork is in three counties. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged accommodation, bass, boat, Cabelas, ESPN, fish, fishery, Fishing, fluff, fly, Flyfishing, Helios, journalist, lake, Lake Fork, largemouth, lunch, Lynn Burkhead, Orvis, record, USA, water
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