This time of year seems to come around quicker each time. Seven months gone in no time, it does, however, have its compensations. Duck flighting being one. We had been feeding the ponds since the Teal put in an appearance in the last week of August, the traditional Barley being the favoured feed and it [...]
Return to Duck Flighting
Oct 22
East Anglian Adventure
Oct 15
Several years ago I was fortunate enough to receive an invite from a friend for a few days hunting in East Anglia, after making arrangements over the phone I made the trip south with a car full of dogs for a walk out. This was before the ban and a variety of quarry species were [...]
The .410 Calibre
Oct 15
Also known as the “12mm” and the “36 gauge” (but actually 10.41mm or 48 gauge ?)
Always a puzzling question as to why it’s a calibre and not a gauge or bore.
Hopefully this may shed some light on the situation.
The 36gauge was an “artificial” denomination of a .410 bore calibre
Nobody to this date has come up [...]
Forest Deer
Sep 25
My kennels had been causing me grief lately and what had been a slight leak had turned into something far more serious, with the dogs appearing from their house one morning soaked to the skin. I don’t ask much from a kennel really, just something to keep the dogs out of the elements and provide [...]
Swamp
Sep 25
It must have been my lucky day as I got back from a late dinner break to find the entire management of my firm in a meeting that wasn’t scheduled to finish until after my clocking off time. I’m not a genius but it didn’t take me long to work out that if I buggered [...]