The Oxbridge blue is much coveted by sporting types. Just try to avoid having proceedings interrupted by a sporting streaker, and your chances of success should be fine. Winning an…
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5 things to add to your hunting bucket list
Here’s a hunting bucket list. Five things that anyone who rides to hounds should endeavour to do before the bucket is inevitably kicked. For those of a more piscatorial bent…
Duck shooting in Argentina, South America
Duck shooting in Argentina in the wake of a hurricane is for wildfolwers who love the wet. A far cry from wildfowling on Lindisfarne. Wildfowlers either grow to love the…
21 best crossbreed dogs
21 best crossbreed dogs for working in the field and at home. Your taste may run to the Downton Abbey gundog, or a labrador when breeding or choosing a puppy.…
Quorn Hunt Gate Jumping Competition
The Quorn hunt gate jumping competition returns for the third year on Friday 27th March 2015 at 6.30pm at Vale View Equestrain Centre, Leicestershire. The season has finished, so now…
April 2015
Change your shooting style – how to make difficult birds seem easy; only girls allowed – ladies-only shooting clubs; garden airguns – 10 of the best for pest control; everybody…
Merkel 65E sidelock 20-bore
The Merkel 65E sidelock is a gun in which I must declare an interst. I had some influence on the specification. About a year ago I was invited by Merkel…
Orkney Unseen naked charity calendar 2015
The Orkney Unseen naked charity calendar 2015 has put the archipelago, just off the north coast of Scotland, in the spotlight. The Orkney inhabitants have laid bare the inner Islander,…
How to save British wildlife – with love, not sentiment
How to save British wildlife. It is one of the biggest challenges facing those who live and work in the countryside. And those who enjoy everything the field can offer,…
Expert guide to pigeon shooting
An expert guide to pigeon shooting is particularly useful when it comes from a team that down the grey grouse in their thousands. But before the advice on telling you…