Copper ammunition only I knew the time would come eventually; it just so happened to be a few weeks before my annual trip to stalk fallow in South Lincolnshire. “Oh,…
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How game cookery can lead to better understanding of country sports
We were a few mouthfuls into the meal and the questions started again. “So, only the other day this was trotting around a woodland in Lincolnshire?”, “How close do you…
Pull-away method: why it’s a favourite of this shooting instructor
I was excited to meet Chris Hanks, manager of Lady’s Wood Shooting School and one of the country’s leading shooting instructors. I was keen to glean a particular piece of…
Deerstalking – do you learn best alone or with a guide?
Somewhere between the last mouthful of breakfast and the second spent round of the day, I began pondering quite how much stalking differs when in the company of a guide.…
Are thermal spotters a necessity or a luxury?
An outing with thermal spotters It was a cooler blip in that series of headlining scorchers. As I passed the yard at first light, the combine stood grey and bulky…
Why a stalking syndicate is so important
Some would have you think stalking permissions are to be guarded like bank details. Accounts of falling out and “never again” attempts to manage deer collaboratively are easy to come…
The best trail cams for wildlife monitoring
Four sharp ‘pinks’ from a blackbird and she froze, ears strained, tongue flashing across her nose. Then she was off. A minute later an unfamiliar man lumbered into view, trampling…
The definition of sporting – what does sporting really mean?
Definition of sporting “I’d rather be sporting than just put stuff on the ground,” the end Gun muttered as the horn sounded and his neighbour’s old cocker bumbled over to…
Do shooters ‘go soft’ as they age?
Flicking through the dog-eared pages of an old shooting diary is a pleasant way to spend a spare half an hour. The further back the stories go, the better. Only…