Just a couple of weeks to go until the glorious twelfth! And thoughts are obviously starting to turn to the coming shooting season "What equipment do you need for picking up?" Was a question … [Read more...]
Countryfile wants your vote on shooting
This is just a brief post to spread the word about a poll currently being run by BBC's Countryfile programme The poll asks an important question "Does shooting do more good than harm?" Obviously … [Read more...]
Gundogs and gamekeeping: And So It Begins!
Missing out? Click here to get my new articles delivered to you How quickly the months roll around. It’s July already and we are just settling in the first arrivals for the coming shooting … [Read more...]
New kid on the block: it’s time for roe deer to give birth
This was originally published almost exactly two years ago, on my first blog. As it is that time of year again, I thought it might be a good idea to move it here, and to highlight the risk to these … [Read more...]
Getting into shooting
Many people simply have no contacts at all in the shooting world, but would still love to have a go at this exciting sport. The shooting community is a close-knit one, and to an outsider, it can … [Read more...]
Helping out on a shoot
A whole team of people is involved in putting on a day’s shooting. The beaters, the pickers up, and on larger shoots, loaders. Then there is the gamekeeper, on large shoots several … [Read more...]
Getting started with picking up
Missing out? Click here to get my new articles delivered to you Many people that have a young, newly trained gundog are interested in having a go at picking-up But what does picking-up actually … [Read more...]
The birds are here!
The last of the pheasants arrived on Friday. All of our pens are now stocked once more. The pen repairs and early summer work is done. Rotten posts have been replaced, holes in the fences … [Read more...]
Rachael’s Journey: beginning fieldwork
We have been practising Rachael's new delivery to hand, at home in the garden. I was now ready to take her down to the farm and begin some 'proper' retrieving. We also needed to re-establish a … [Read more...]
Facing Cover: Part Three
What a difference a day makes. I have written previously about my concerns over a young cocker, who was having problems facing cover. We had made some progress. I had got her retrieving game … [Read more...]