My new German puppy “Remy” arrived safe and well on Sunday past. He bound from a large van with his tail wagging and looking no worse for wear after his three-day journey. My daughter had blown up balloons and bought “Doggy” cupcakes to welcome him to Ireland and the pair spent the afternoon becoming acquainted.…
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I walked a local duck spot on September 1st with my Harris Hawk, in most circumstances he wouldn’t have the speed for a duck or teal, but the cover surrounding this area would give him a chance and should we get in reasonably close I would be fairly confident of one in…
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August is like New Years Eve for the sporting person, it’s the end of a long summer and 2020 has been particularly long all things considered! I am certainly looking forward to a bit of Autumn, maybe a duck or two and two new arrivals. Firstly, my good lady wife will hopefully have given…
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Its been a long summer for country sports and we have all felt it. No large events, field trials, point to point meetings etc. Now as we enter August we are all looking forward that little bit more to getting back to what we love and seeing the darkness close in a little bit…
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Frosty mornings seem to be less frequent these days than they used to be. Perhaps it is through rose tinted glasses that I look back and seem to recall so many Saturday mornings over a winter when a ferreter could hardly get a spade into the ground to recover a determined ferret. I feel over…
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I was exercising my Teckels and Lurchers on a Tuesday evening a couple of weeks back, we were on the same route we usually take each evening and it consists of the field out the back, through a gate, down a rough track and along the river through a field we call…
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My wife Joanne took the lid from a wash basket in a spare bedroom and set it on the floor. A small Teckel puppy bounded through the door, launched herself onto the lid and stood stock still only for the wag of her tail. Joanne left the room and expected the Teckel…
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Attempted Restrictions on Irish Shooters If you look at the legislation and law around shooting sports in Ireland it is fairly restrictive. From the outset, it appears that this is not case and the general consensus is the law is much the same as Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom, however this…
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A few years back I had a call from a man who had got my number from the huntsman of the Beagle pack I hunt with and he said he was having a serious rabbit problem and could I help him out at all. I said I would be happy to but I wasn’t…
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I found it difficult to concentrate at the best of times, but today was near impossible. Earlier that morning, my father’s friend Vincent and his other shooting partner had been setting up a pigeon hide in the field outside my window. They had left for a couple of hours and when I saw the…
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