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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An Irish fox hunting club has raised money to help keep the Cork Air Ambulance project flying. Ireland’s first charity funded Air Ambulance based in North Cork, has suffered a massive funding shortfall. The helicopter is operated by Irish Community Rapid Response (ICRR) and staffed by National Ambulance Service medical personnel. It ceased service…
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Gold Medal Foxes, First Fish & MORE Lead Threats While the foxes are having Cubs, eggs are hatching and Bees are making Honey ferrets will be coming into season. This annual event means for me a trip to my local vet Anne who has the delightful task of injecting…
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March is an odd month for on the calendar for me as it one which well and truly puts a stop to any proper hunting. With Game Shooting finishing in January, we hold onto February for dear life with many Saturday ferreting days and mid-week lamping sessions heralded as the last of the…
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Beagling In Ireland Dedicated to the Memory of John Shaw Brown Boxing Day 2009 and I was crawling along the dual carriageway in a deep drift of snow in my old van. I was heading about 2.5 hours away to a meet with the Hounds and had been looking forward to it for…
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I missed the first Salmon report by the skin of my teeth last month, but was very pleased to hear The River Lennon in Co Donegal has, for the second time in three years, laid claim to the first wild salmon of the season in Ireland with a fine spring fish of 8lb on…
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Happy New Year! It seems only a flash since I wrote that in 2019 and he we are in 2020 the year of the Rat, a little less exciting than 2019 which was the year of the Salmon. The rat is not all bad, I suppose he is quite a sporting character…
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