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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleQuick 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...
View ArticleHow 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,...
View ArticleWoodland 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...
View ArticleFox 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,...
View ArticleFerreting, 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...
View ArticleJune 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...
View ArticleHunting 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...
View ArticleButtolo 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...
View ArticleHunting 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...
View ArticleRat 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...
View ArticleBreakaway 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...
View ArticleQuick 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleAGE 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...
View ArticleSexy 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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