And just like that the season is upon us. Even if you don’t make an appearance on the 1ST it is pleasant knowing that its back to the winter routine which I found myself almost unknowingly slipping back into the last couple of weeks. I didn’t bother going out on the 1st day…
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By the time you read this, the duck season will be open. It’s a duck season a little different in Ireland this year what with a few changes in legislation that have caused some discontent within the shooting community. A ban on lead shot on wetlands is now in force, with a steel shot…
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I have often liked the proverb of the Chinese Farmer and it came to mind a few weeks back when I had a situation that the story applied to very well. The point of the story (you can look it up online) is that nothing is either good or bad luck. What initially appears bad…
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There are people in our lives who come and go, some leave a mark and others leave a rather large imprint and memories that we carry forever. Mr Philip Lawton who was a man who left a rather large imprint on me. We first met through the Irish Game Fair some 13 or…
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I had serviced the trapline, replaced food and water for the call birds and bagged up any dispatched birds for collection by a local falconer. The air was warm and still and as my new gadget of a 12v kettle boiled the water for coffee on the back of the pick up I caught…
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This month will see the voting time will arrive in Northern Ireland on 18th May, now is the time to make Country Sports heard. I won’t need to remind readers of the attack on country sports by the Alliance Parties John Blair with his attempt to introduce a private members bill to ban virtually anything…
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An excerpt from – Hunting Life, Moments of Truth. By Peter P Ryan Up Close and Personal FOR FOUR DAYS WE CIRCLED water looking for the right spoor. Buffalo hunting is a bit like sex and religion, in that ‘right’ means a lot of things to a lot of people . In…
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Saint Patricks day heralds the end of the Gun packs season in my local area. They have a mixed pack of hounds and many of these too are mixed with hound spaniel crosses, harrier beagle crosses and many others, if it hunts its welcome! The club hunt various areas locally throughout the winter…
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It seems to be an all-too-common occurrence at this time of year and it has happened again, A river in Crumlin, County Antrim in Northern Ireland has been suspected to have been poisoned with slurry. The latest of several incidents in the area, the local angling club arrived to find over 30 dead fish on…
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Happy New Year, 2023 is here and the season is running out fast with Game shooting already gone. On Monday past we began to get some snow which increased throughout the day and by the time the light faded that evening we were well and truly covered in. I put any plans for Tuesday…
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