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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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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First published in EDRD in 2015 Paco It’s been a great autumn, dry and crispy with just enough rain to keep the ground soft, and although a little warmer than I would like it hasn’t been too bad. While I thought I had all those little niggling jobs done round…
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First published in Irish Country Sports & Country Life Magazine Shooting has been there on my shoulder (no pun intended) since I was a child. My earliest memory which I may have written of before was of my father, every young boy (and grown mans if they were honest) hero, coming in the back…
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In contrast to my usual work, I have been doing something a little different the past few weeks and will remain doing so for the next few months. As part of a conservation project, I have been assisting in vermin control on a considerable stretch of ground and have been thoroughly enjoying it. As well…
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I had much sport over the Christmas period, a period when I took a longer than usual holiday just simply to get more squeezed in. I would happily forego any summer holiday for a winter and in particular a Christmas one, it really is for me to quote the song “the most wonderful…
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First published in Irish Country Sports & Country Life Magazine, 2020 I finally reached my destination on a dry and cold winter’s night, met by Julia Szeremeta and Dr Markus Sack and several Teckels at the train station. The journey leading up to this would take an article itself but to cut it short I…
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By the time you read this the season will have opened. August brings Deer and Grouse but for many including myself things aren’t really underway until September. I know many lads who begin to lamp rabbits as soon as the crops are down but I prefer a bit of a chill in the air…
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First published in Irish Country Sports & Country Life, Winter 2019. A beautiful November morning and the only sound I could hear was the rustling of the grass behind me as a 5 month old Teckel “Poppy” (I didn’t name her my wife did) did her best behind me to keep up, she was…
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