Red Stags starting to Rut

Its that very special time of the year for the Countryside of England, Scotland and a large portion of Europe.
The rut of the Red Stags! The unmistakeable sound of these Beasts Roaring through certain select parts of the countryside!
I am not luck enough to live close to a large enough herd Red deer, if you are you are lucky to be around a herd of these deer, consider yourself luck!!
Back home in N.C. if you are luck to be around a rutting White-tail, its more a keen to a Roe, and hunting the Elk, well that is across the country.
We are lucky to have these Great Deer in the UK, like any deer they need managing and long with that comes protection.
Get out and enjoy, the season in Scotland doesn't end until middle of Oct. but here in England.....last of April...

More to summer Sport than Pigeons..

I know I bang on how good the pigeon shooting is here in the UK, and how unique the hunting is....but my first love is fishing...and nothing beats a summers day on the river, the hatch coming off, the fish nabbing these little boys...Must be a genitic thing, my grandfather Jesse Oscar, big fly fisherman, my dad, big fly fisher man, all this brothers, except RALPH, fly fishing....Not that I am saying anything is wrong with bait fishing etc. But if you have not done fly fishing give it a go, if you are struggling to find a place to fish..give us a buzz..

But the Pigeon shooting has been very very good this summer so far...Everyone has loved the days out with more to come...Get out and enjoy the outdoors, a bad day fishing of hunting is far better than a good day at work.....

Spain welcome to our World

I know you are asking the question, what in the world does he mean? Today was a very landmark day in the history of Spain, very similar to what happened here in UK. The northern part of Spain, the government there voted, by a small number but still a win, to ban Bull Fighting, weather you agree of disagree with Bull Fighting. The government has not given the freedom to adults to make that choice.

Very similar to what happened to Fox hunting here in UK, the government took away that decision as humans to make. A few years ago, while in Cordoba, Spain we went to a Bull Fight. The guys in the ring, are not peasants from the local village, or chavs hanging out on the corners, these are the true trained professionals. They actually get paid the same and some more than footballers, but each time they get in the ring, it could be the last! Unlike footballers, don't get me wrong about footballers, but still 3/4 ton Bull vs. a round ball??...oh, and if the bull does get the matador, the matador usually does not survive, if they get the horn in the thigh, but the matador knows that, and it is his decision to go into the ring, not the government. The evening was full of every part of the city, from children that was there with friends, to couples going out on a date, and even a Hill billy tourist wanting to see and be a part of the tradition! Oh, forgot to mention, there was no fighting, no body pissed up, no bad language...and now we could be seeing the thin end of the wedge to something that has been a part of Spain for over a 1000 years.
People of Spain, keep the bull fighting, keep the cured hams, keep the partridge shooting, keep the montinera, keep Spain Spain.....olee!!

Spring Roe buck hunting in SW England

Our Sprig Roe Buck hunting was some of the best to date....Even with the hard winter we had, hard to believe we had a hard winter with the temps we are having now. The Roe Buck hunting guides, said there was plenty of Good Roe Bucks, but the Roe bucks were taking their time cleaning the antlers, due to the cold winter and late spring. But when the Roe bucks did clean their antlers, some excellent trophies where about. The Roe buck hunters from Italy had trip of a life time, with all 3 hunters harvesting some of the best Roe Bucks this spring anywhere in England!

In Scotland they also had some Excellent Roe buck hunting, a bit later than usual, but once the bucks started cleaning the antlers, good sport was to be had. We have heard reports of some estates, just not having any hunting the Roe this spring and would not be harvesting any Roe Bucks till the rut later this summer..

For those hunters that made it out this spring, Well done! Roe Buck hunters that missed the spring hunt..don@ worry, the season doesn't end until 31st of Oct in England, and then the Fallow and Cwd kick off.

Enjoy the summer! thank you for your time. Enjoy the outdoors.

Still doesn't feel like Spring

The clocks have changed, the day light is longer, but its still cold...and the guys in Northern Ireland and Scotland, feel for you.
With these changes has to mean a couple of things:
1. the grass is growing and I will soon need to cut it.
2. Chinese Water Deer, season is ending, and we have had some super bucks this season....I think the best we have ever had.
3. If Chinese Water Deer is ending Roe Bucks is kicking off.
Roe buck season starts the beginning of April, when a large portion of Europe doesn't begin until the first of May...get yourself to the range and get the rifle re-sighted in. With the Roe bucks in Croatia, we are offering Roe buck hunting with Free Wild Boar!!! you still need to harvest a Roe buck, but if a nice Boar decides to say hello...say hello back! Look at the offer on the site, www.Sportingagent.com and then click to the Wild boar section!

When we do get some warm weather, the crops in the fields will grow like mad, the river water will warm up just that little bit, and the big brown trout will come out to play. TIP: small flies, thin leader, and stay hidden in the bushes beside the river, don't stick out like a sore thumb. I know bright colors seem to be trendy, leave them for friday night, keep the drab colors, as if you was going pigeon shooting.
Then with the Ice melting, you can be the springers will be showing....
We all think that when winter is finally over the sport stops....

Here at www.Sportingagent.com things are really getting busy for spring,
So as much as I hate cutting the grass, and hacking back the shrubs, there is still plenty of excellent sport to be had here in UK and Europe.
Thanks!
Bryan Nelson
Sportingagent.com

Spring Wood pigeon shooting and Al Gore

Since December the 14th, we have had winter, not that I am complaining, its good that we are having a proper winter...I know my fuel oil supplier is loving it..I still find it a bit strange that oil and energy prices around the world are dropping except here in UK, where the prices just keep going up and up. And Al Gore, where had he disappeared too?? Probably still flying around the world flogging his book making millions, making the millions, well done to him, the problem is, he think is is better than any of us and that is where it comes un-stuck for me. And then that leads to more tax on anything that we use for heating, travel etc. This so called global warmering is now such a big business, and I don't think its global warming but the earth evolving...But that is enough on how I feel about Global warming and Mr, Gore.

Pigeon shooting, things are starting to heat up, every day that we are not having rain, the birds are feeding like mad, find the right field and you will have a great day of sport, not saying 100's of shots but still a good day out.
A TIP, THESE BIRDS ARE ALL ADULT BIRDS, NOT LIKE THE YOUNG BIRDS THAT YOU GET IN SUMMER SHOOTING, BUILD A GOOD HIDE, GET THE DECOYS OUT EARLY, AND BE PATIENT...THESE BIRDS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN EVERY DECOY PATTERN AROUND.
We have some great guides that would be more than happy you show the tricks.

Right now is great time foe CWD, Muntjac and Fallow...we have around 7 weeks left in the season...Get out there and enjoy it..

Sorry it is short, more later

Shoot straight!