Field Sports
Clay pigeon shoot will be a (double) barrel of fun
The Borders Branch of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is organising a clay shoot next month. This will take place on Sunday, April 10, at Bisley at Braidwood near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders – and those interested can register a team of four to take part at the six-stand, 60-clay flush shoot. Bisley at…
Read MoreCasting call to get more women angling
Salmon fishing may be thought of as a male domain, but the couple behind Meikleour Fishings are keen to bring more women on board. Yet, during the 1920s, women anglers established three British salmon records that have not been beaten – and two of them took place on the Tay. More recently, there has been…
Read MoreNew gamekeeper training courses to take place
New accredited training programmes for gamekeepers across the country are being held in Scotland this spring. In 2021 and in response to the increased importance of best practice and the British Game Assurance (BGA) Scheme, St David’s Game Bird Services devised a new, accredited, Gamekeeper Training Programme to help Gamekeepers, across the country, to maintain…
Read MoreJim Murray and Sarah Parish to open River Deveron salmon season
The River Deveron District Salmon Fishery Board (RDevDSFB) and the Deveron, Bogie and Isla Rivers Charitable Trust (DBIT) have announced the opening date for the Deveron salmon season. It will take place in association with The Deveron Single Malt Whisky, owned by Bacardi. The Morison Trophy will be presented at the opening ceremony on Friday,…
Read MoreCAMPAIGN MILESTONE AND WHISKY BOOST TO SAVE DEE SALMON
The River Dee is delighted to announce it has passed the quarter-million milestone in its campaign to plant a million trees to save its threatened salmon from the lethal effects of rising water temperatures. Marking the start of the river’s salmon-fishing season, the Burn o’ Bennie Distillery in Banchory has also announced the sale of…
Read MoreGleneagles resumes salmon fishing for the year
Salmon fishing is underway on the River Tay at Gleneagles for 2022. The Gleneagles Hotel offers bespoke salmon fishing lessons for those who have never fished before – and 95% of the guests who have fished with the hotel over the past three years have little or no experience of casting a rod. Additionally, according…
Read MoreGrouse shooting season underway with Glorious 12th
The annual grouse shooting season got underway yesterday with rural communities urging: ‘support moorland life.’ Newly published research shows that moorland management is sustainable and delivers a host of environmental, social and economic benefits and that alternative land uses would not produce better results. Rural businesses across Scotland have been writing to members of the…
Read MoreSurviving in a storm on a Scottish island
Could a posse of shooting writers survive being unexpectedly stranded on remote Taransay during a hurricane with no food or shelter for three days? I unwittingly took part in a hunting trip with a surprising twist. Not to overstate matters, but it changed my life. I had signed up to go red stag stalking on…
Read MoreNew initiative makes it easier to fish in lockdown
The Scottish salmon fishing season begins today, February 1. Angling clubs, charities and a fishery board have come together to remove barriers for angling enthusiasts and those curious to know more about fishing this year in the Forth basin as a pilot project to reinvigorate some of Scotland’s best loved rivers is launched. With preparations…
Read MoreMinister appalled by abuse of gamekeepers
SCOTLAND’S new rural affairs minister has condemned “the abuse and unfair harassment” of gamekeepers and their families. In a letter to the British Association for Shooting & Conservation (BASC), Ben Macpherson said he was “appalled to hear of the experiences” reported by Scotland’s gamekeepers. Almost two thirds of keepers have experienced abusive behaviour, according to…
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