The Mountain Rifle
A couple of decades later with that harsh lesson burned into my memory, let’s look at what aspects of a rifle would be desirable in a mountain gun.
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Food for Thought
Our oceans and forests offer some of the best hunting and fishing in the world. However, we have native herbs and fungi that are also first-class edibles.
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Dry-Ageing Bags – Part One
Dry ageing is a process that’s been used for many decades to enhance the flavour of meat in a safe, protected environment.
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Firearms Maintenance Tips and Tricks: Part One – the Bolt-Action Rifle
Winter is a great time to do some of those ‘rainy day’ jobs – much-needed maintenance and inspection of your valuable hunting gear to make sure it performs as it should once the weather warms up a bit.
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How to Hunt Post-Rut Stags
Hunting red stags from February to September is the main driver, for some, to get out in the hills and enjoy their time away from the urban jungle.
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What Do Deer Eat?
We all have our favourite food, and deer are no different. You might be thinking, “What exactly do our four-legged friends eat, and where do they find it?” You might also be thinking, “Find their food and find them!”
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The 40th Anniversary of the Klinkhåmer Special
Those first casts, I’ll never forget. A lot has happened since then, and my Klinks have been floating in many rivers, drifting through the roughest rapids and the smoothest currents all over the globe.
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Firearms Maintenance Tips and Tricks: Part One – the Shotgun
“How many last-minute shotgun repairs have you had this week, Jim?” I was at my local gun store picking up some last -minute replacements to my badly aged decoy spread prior to the grand Opening of duck shooting season.
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Drinking Safely on the Go
When heading off on an outdoor mission, there are a couple of things always first to mind and essential for survival: food and water. A
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Sika Stalking Tactics
From a young age, I was very privileged in getting time in the outdoors; like a lot of us, I started off with the usual rabbit and possum hunting.
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Hunting Calibres – When is enough sometimes not enough?
The age-old debate of knockdown vs placement still rages on in internet forums and gun-store debates with all manner of myths and half-truths persisting amongst the followers of both sides of the argument.
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A New Dog Handler’s Journey – Prologue to Our Dog Training Series
When the initial idea to get a Labrador and train it to be hunting dog was tabled, I can honestly say I had absolutely no idea what that journey would look like.
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