Tales of Adventure and Misadventure in the Irish Countryside
Moving from home in the suburbs of Dublin to a run-down Midlands cottage with a tribe of mice at the age of eighteen was an interesting experience
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A Question of Balance
How 'efficient' is your fieldsport? Is it all about hope, anticipation, disappointment, enjoyment .... or just about bag size?
A Year of Fishing Memories: Reflecting on 2023
Reflecting upon the past twelve months proves to be far more challenging than expected with many casts into varied waters. Many memories made and shared with friends at the waters edge.
Ditch Beach, Find Farm: Exploring Jamaica's Agricultural Heart
The easiest thing to do on holiday in Jamaica is lie on beaches, drink rum cocktails, and buy overpriced Bob Marley merchandise. But beyond the all-inclusive resorts lies a vibrant rural culture (and Bob Marley was a farmer).
Exploring the Attic: Mousetraps, Memories, and Magazine Archives
If the past is indeed a foreign country, then the farmhouse attic is the portal, and an old magazine is my passport.
Driven Shooting is a Team Sport... or it Should Be
Why do some guns still behave like tweedy Marie Antoinettes?
Predator Control: What the Conservation Industry REALLY Thinks
We are cursed with a conservation industry who are so terrified that they might lose potential income, that they risk facilitating the end of legal predator control. Such an outcome must be resisted
The Pro and Cons of Remote B&Bing
Mary says "Try Central London!"
The Secret World of Picker Uppers: Behind the Scenes of a Serious Job
What is picking up? many think it is just a jolly day out with your dogs but this is a serious job on any shoot day - learn all about the art of picking up.
Five Trends We Really Haven't Enjoyed This Season
For all its traditions, game shooting has always moved with the times, and not always for the better...
Diversification in the Middle of Dartmoor
A Letter to the Duke of Cornwall, Setting Fire to a Pile of Logs, Ford Fiestas and Hermes Scarves
Hunting - intentional or reckless?
Scottish falconers are pilloried while cat owners get off 'Scot-free'.Why is the Scottish Parliament prepared to flout its own discrimination laws in its prejudice against hunting?