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
When it comes to birds, we pride ourselves on offering the extremes. Our quail and woodcock packages in Croatia are no exception. If, as the dog days of summer roll around each year, you contemplate the sorry state of the British summer and rusty shooting skills in the face of the Glorious 12th and beyond, [...]
Two months into the grouse season and we are down to our last three days. From the Outer Hebrides to the Cheviots, the Lammermuirs to the Yorkshire Dales it has been an amazing season for grouse. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
As the dog days of summer roll around each year and the grouse begin to take flight over pointers and butts, I am always caught out by the start of the season (the blog was the first casualty of quail, grouse and pheasant, so if you follow me on Twitter @outsidedays and this is out [...]
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 [...]
My erstwhile fishing buddy Tony and I grabbed a day off between walked up days on the grouse moor to fish one of Yorkshire’s premiere rivers, the Wharfe. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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
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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
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 [...]
