Hunting blogs
Before 2023
- Unboxing Review: Heym SR30Missing from the round up of European Sporting Rifles was the rifle I actually bought with my own money, the SR30 by Heym. Which in case you were wondering rhym...
- European Sporting Rifles - 21st CenturyWhether its who has; the rarest pressing of a record - released in Kingston in '58 and deleted in the same week. A pair of sports shoes so 'limited' they were o...
- Wild Garlic Recipes: RamsonKrautThis is the easiest one yet. 1. Vigorously chop your wild garlic 2. Sprinkle with salt 3. Leave it for an hour or so - it'll start to give up liquid 4. At this...
- Wild Garlic Recipe: KimchiIt's that time again! The Northern Monkey and myself are afield in search of, I know this sounds unlikely, vegetables. Our perennial favourite is Wild Garlic...
- Squirrel Hunting In The UK Pt1Pests: Invasive and Domestic "When the buffalo are gone, we will hunt mice,...for we are hunters, and we want our freedom." Chief Sitting Bull: Warrior / Philos...
- Felt Recoil Test: Sauer 404 XT v's XTCThe OMR A reader of this blog, who became a real-life pal, and I have been having a long [few years now] conversation about rifle stock design and in the sprit ...
- As Seen At The Gun Show: Holt's Of LondonYeah yeah been a while I know, life. Life, I tell you, it keeps getting in the way. The Bambi Basher and I used to make it a habit to visit the Holt's December ...
- Unboxing Review: Helikon-Tex Raider 20L Day PackWith the excuse provided by my long postponed return to the classroom I 'urgently needed' a new pack. It needed to be a little wider than the 5.11 Tactical Rush...
- On This Day 8th September 1880 WDM Bell Was BornWDM 'Karamojo' Bell. Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell. Unremarkable looking fella, born with balls of steel. His first book: The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter...
- Review: The New Zealand Wilderness HunterOver the course of this blog I've been in email correspondence with a few readers and ever so often these connections result in something new and unexpected. A...
- FireSpark Ferro Rod ReviewI do like a ferro rod; if I didn't keep losing them I would say that they provide a lifetime of sparks, and of course give you a nice bushcrafty feeling when yo...
- Bushcraft Napalm And How To Make ItQuite a few of you probably pride yourselves on your skills with fire by friction, and I salute you for you dedication. This stuff is for the times when you act...
- Choosing A Pack Frame - For Heavy LoadsPack frames are not a new idea, here's a recreation of the wood and hide pack Oetzi the iceman was carrying when he met his end on that alpine pass. When I deci...
- Unboxing Review: Hunter Balmoral WelliesHunter 'Balmoral' Wellies. Zip Sides, aka 'Technical' Wellies. Like all english people I've had a few pairs of welly's over the years, from 'paddingtons' the re...
- Review: Helikon Backblast Shooting Mat & Bisley: 600 Yards On Century.With the weather scheduled to be warming up the [even] older boys at the club were levering themselves out of their armchairs and waddling down to Bisley to put...