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Day Out With The Deerness

Andy and I were just performing a perfect backfill; the spoil was heaped up above the level of the surrounding soil to allow for slight settling. The scene of the dig was then covered with handfuls of...

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A Tribute To Meg

Not being the most patient bloke in the world, I’d decided to take the new bitch out over the fields the minute I got back from South Wales from where I’d collected her. Having had to pull out from...

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Quick Sloe Gin

Sloe Gin – A Countryside Favourite After perfecting a method of producing superb sloe gin in a matter of days, Bill Harriman is happy to share his groundbreaking secret concoction Sloe gin has become...

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How To Build a Larsen Trap

How To Build a Larsen Trap Larsen Trap 1. Firstly you will need to aquire some timber either ready cut or if you are able to cut it yourself all the better. 2. Next you need to cut your timber to size,...

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Woodland Rabbit Snaring

Woodland Breakaway Rabbit Snare Woodland Breakaway Rabbit Snare  When controlling rabbits is woodlands areas the pegged rabbit snare is very affective, and so any trapper knows not every location is...

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Fox Shooting Tales

It was the front end of December, and we’d had one of the worst starts to winter for decades, the temperature had plummeted across the country as low as the minus twenties in some regions,...

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Ferreting, A Lifelong Passion

Well I was about 10 years old the first time I held a ferret and that was it, I knew we were going to be lifelong friends. It was an uncle of mine that owned the ferrets and he was a well known poacher...

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June 2012 Article Competition

We have decided to run an article competition to get fellow hunters writing about there tales and experience’s or sharing there knowledge within the community in the form of a guide. The requirements...

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Hunting Fox with Staffordshire Bull Terriers

Having had or been around working dogs for most of my life, I thought I would put pen to paper in regards to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier and their use in the field. I will try to concentrate only on...

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Buttolo Roe Deer Call

Take the rubber ball in your hand so that the thumb lies in the middle of the top, as illustration A shows. A slight pressure is sufficient to produce the most natural mating calling of the roe. See...

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Hunting and Fieldsport’s Articles Wanted

Seeking Sporting Authors Working Dogs Ferreting Pigeon Shooting Fox Hunting Deer Stalking Trapping Gun Care & Reloading General Country Life & Pastimes Dog Training and Welfare Any other...

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Rat Snaring

What you see here in this illustration is a rat snaring system that I used over a number of years. The snare consists of a 12 inch length of fishing trace wire 65lbs breaking strain. It was brown in...

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Breakaway Rabbit Snare

This new breakaway snare was devised by G.S Waters. It was designed to eliminate woodland deer being accidently foot snared, whilst a trapper is controlling rabbits causing damage to young trees in...

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Quick Snare Securing Methods

Click above image to enlarge. A. Shows an 11″ length of 4mm galvanised wire ( Not High Tensile) B. Wire has been bent into even U shape showing the plan elevation of wire sitting along outside of U...

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The Patterdale Terrier

Solid, smooth and jet black is the a typical patterdale terrier. Such a dark gladiator of a dog is a joy to see, but despite what some may tell us, the patterdale can be thrown in practically any...

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The Lurcher In Field, Fen, Forest and Scrub

New Release “The Lurcher ~ In Field, Fen, Forest and Scrub” Volume One. This hardback book contains interviews with lurcher hunting enthusiasts from around the world including Richard Christian, Colin...

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The Joy of Traps

If you’ve been drawn to this site through a love of guns or dogs you might find a passion for trapping a bit eccentric, or even a bit bizarre. So please allow me, if you will, a couple of hundred words...

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The One That Almost Got Away

The 2013 hunting season started for me in October with archery season. I hunt on family land in a small East Texas town. I faithfully put my Wildgame Innovation Game Cameras out in places I know deer...

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AGE SHALL NOT WEARY HIM

Mike is thirty two and Scott is thirty three which means that their combined years are still a few short of mine so it was hardly surprising that the climb to the small spinney halfway up the fell...

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Sexy Country Mischief

This highly unusual book mixes tales of daring dogs and dedicated hunters with mischievous country sex. Archie’s foxes mingle with the unfathomable fee and the luscious Lila witnesses the death of a...

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