Hastings: Of Magik, Fishing, the Call of the Wild and Social Engineering Hello Steemians, here’s the sorry tale of how I was lead astray first; by my friend sharing his passion for sea fishing with me,

Fullbore Target Rifle at Bisley Overlooked by the iconic Bisley clock tower Stickledown range consists of 50 targets from 800, to 900, 1000, then 1100 yards. The Bisley Camp National Shooting ground is

“Always there has been an adventure just around the corner--and the world is still full of corners.” Roy Chapman Andrews As long as Ive been able to read I've been inspired by adventure writing. As a young-un

   And that's how the week ended, pretty much. Ever the 'Highland Professional' the Ghillie made sure everyone goes home with a fitness-appropriate stalk under his belt, and at least one withering

 The week races by, we are either on the hill, or drying out in the cottage. The last couple of days we all spend together further up the glen, where we are stalking in twenty minute sessions from

  We clamber into the Landrover, it's been raised up on significantly bigger wheels in a conspiracy to make all but the tallest sport feel as unfit as he really is. The Ghillie fires up the

   A Hunter’s Birthday     “...one must have a good pair of legs. If automobiles, elevators, and general laziness have not ruined your powers of locomotion, you may follow the

We  We sight a group of Hinds and follow the Ghillie trying to cross some dead ground towards them. Rounding the hillside I stand up in an involuntary attempt to make the searing pain in my back ease

   It’s decided we’ll skip the zeroing the rifles part of the morning’s plans. That’s worth repeating ‘It’s decided we’ll skip the zeroing the rifles part of the morning’s plans.’  We pile

  Meet ‘The Ghillie”    We’re up before dawn, over coffee Little Tim says he'll take the opportunity for a day’s rest at the cottage. I set to, frying a mountain of meat products for breakfast.

For the visitor, as with everything sporting on these islands, there is a kind of historical theatre on offer for them that want’s it. But it’s a hell of a price. You can go to estates where the Stags

~ Deer Hunting In Scotland: A Week on the Hinds. ============================================== One of the great Hunting trips that hunters all over the world have heard of is Highland Stalking, as the

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