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Gundog Fieldwork: What equipment do you need for picking-up?

July 29, 2014 by Pippa

Gundog Fieldwork: What equipment do you need for picking-up?

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...]

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Countryfile wants your vote on shooting

July 8, 2014 by Pippa

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...]

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Gundogs and gamekeeping: And So It Begins!

July 7, 2014 by Pippa

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...]

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New kid on the block: it’s time for roe deer to give birth

May 7, 2014 by Pippa

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...]

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Getting into shooting

September 22, 2013 by Pippa

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...]

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Helping out on a shoot

September 21, 2013 by Pippa

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...]

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Getting started with picking up

September 20, 2013 by Pippa

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...]

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The birds are here!

August 8, 2013 by Pippa

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...]

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Rachael’s Journey: beginning fieldwork

March 24, 2013 by Pippa

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...]

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Facing Cover: Part Three

December 16, 2012 by Lucy

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...]

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