Summer, but you would not know it!

It hard to believe this coming weekend is the Game fair. I remember the first time I went to the CLA was outside of Leeds, it was warm and sunny. Looking at the forecast for this weekend looks a bit pants. Very cool, of as Liz would say,"Cold." showers etc. Just like the past 3 weeks. I knew we had summer back in May. We can't control the weather so we need to just get on with it.

Speaking with the fishing guys and girls its been a great summer for the rivers. Plenty of fish entering the rivers and some rivers have had their best summer for many a year. Fingers crossed it can continue until the autumn, the fish not the weather.

Pigeons have started, and Sportingagent.com have some super happy customers. Over the past couple of weeks, thousands of cartridges have been fired with plenty of good sport! We still have a few days for August open.

If you have not looked at Sportingagent.coms Buffalo offer, Please have a look, this buff was shot last week in Tanz. Our partners will be there until Nov. yes it will be the summer, but still amazing hunting...

For those that want to try Deer Hunting, but don't want to take all the courses etc. to see if you like it or not. Let Sportingagent.com help, we supply the guides, we have the land, we have the gun and the deer, you will be out hunting with the guide, shooting the rifle all great fun. For only £230 a day, even includes lunch!

Fingers crossed the weather picks up for this weekend, if not, oh well another jacket.

Look forward to hearing from you soon!

J. Bryan N

Old Time Safaris

You know I am just much in favor of a Lodge Safari as the next hunter, I think it is always great when stay in a more or less a hotel, with pool, restaurant etc., then go out in the morning and evening for a hunt. If all really got down to what we like about hunting its more than just pulling the trigger, its everything. Let me explain, I grew up in the mnts. of NC and 3-4 times a year, me, my dad and some of his friends or family would hike in the mountains. We would go back about 9 miles on a trial/road that was closed off to 4x4's, along this river. We would wet up camp, ie. a tent and camp for 3 nights and fiy fish....because we was so far away from the usual traffic of fishermen that the trout fishing was amazing! Of course the best fishing was the morning and afternoon, so we had the middle of the day was free, that was when we had time to look around, the smells. The nights was totally different, than in a lodge, we wasn't standing around dart board drinking beer, we was setting around a fire telling lies of how the we missed the big one or something like that...
Well this is exaclty what the the Tented Safari in South Africa is all about! The smells, the super dark nights, the great hunting all done on foot straight from the camp, the added bit is unlike my adventures in North Carolina, we have a full staff to cook your meals, build the fires, make sure the beer is cold, you bed is made when you get back...All the usual stuff that a lodge has, but BETTER! Plus our price is only £200 a day, for the PH, food, drink, guide, 3 meals a day, all ground transport, like all of SA, we have a great selection of Plains game...When are we hunting NOW, look,, everyone can do a Lodge hunt, its quite easy, have a hotel staff, have some animals bingo, but Traditional tented Safari...Not thats super Special!

More Great Roe bucks being harvested in England!

Oh, another Gold Medal!!

The rivers of Scotland have said this has been the best Spring for Salmon fishing in YEARS! they thought last year was good, this year has taken the bisquit.

With cover crops starting to peak their heads through the soil, we have to start thinking about driven shooting... hard to believe that we will be Grouse shooting in less than 6 weeks! We have only had 2 days of summer and the thoughts are already for the autumn...

Time to cut loads of wood this summer, not going to run out of wood this year.

We are now into summer, the idea I will update this blog at least twice a week!

GREAT MIDLANDS ROE BUCK

WOW,
One of the guides here at www.Sportingagent.com harvested a Great Roe Buck in the Midlands of England. The gentleman, has taken www.Sportingagent.com customers both deer stalking and Pigeon shooting. I just wanted everyone to see what an excellent Roe Buck! and it was the smaller of the two!!
I am always taken back by the number of people that lover Roe buck hunting. Our Roe buck partners here at www.Sportingagent.com are some of the best in England....

new emil address:

We have changed our email address:
the new address is:
iinfo@Sportingagent.com

We had to change and change quickly..We found out our OLD website host and mangers was doing the dirty on us...So we got out quick, before they could take any more money!! I can tell you who not to go see for a new website...thats for sure.

thanks

Bryan N.
Sportingagent.com

EFP, what the heck?

E.F.P.
European Firearms Passport...
Most of us living in the Uk have never heard of an EFP, for any hunter to come to UK or any hunter to go to a country with in the EU, it is a required document. For hunters traveling across EU it is a have to have, not a would like to have. In short it is a (currently free) booklet that you can get from your local police for all you firearms, rifle and shotguns, my advise would be to get your EFP, even if you are not planning on traveling, but you never know, when someone says,"Lets to to x Wild boar hunt!" If you have your EFP, you are 90% of the way there for have the right documents to hunt those WILD BOAR, plus its free so hurry!!

Roe buck stalking UPDATE:
With the beginning of April a bit cool the bucks only showed themselves, very quickly. But as the temps have increased, the Roe bucks have started showing themselves. And we all know what happens when you the deer stand in the fields a bit longer...More are harvested, so I would say, started a bit slow, but has got better as the month has progressed...So much so, I saw the pics of a cracken Roe buck shot yesterday, proper tall etc.

Pigeons:
I would say maybe another week of spring shooting and that will be it till summer. With spring here so quick, it is more like late May than late April. Of course the pigeons have other things on there minds, plus they can get all the food they need from the trees. I know the warm weather is not the best for the pigeons, I must say, I was fed up with the cold weather and am loving the warmth...Watch out hose pipe ban!

thanks,

Bryan N

UK Game Fair in USA

We all know that the CLA Game fair is massive, for a lot of people the highlight of the summer and the run up to game season. I was reading some information from USA, where they have decided to have a UK style Game fair in Georgia, with the focus on "Upland Game" hunting or as we know Game shooting. The fair is set to happen in late September, which can be super hot, but I guess its better than super cold. I grew up in the South East of America, and we had nothing like the game fairs, ya we had a sportsman's show, but that was more about bass boats. I don't know why the Game fairs have not made it to USA, I think part of it was because, the boys in the states from time to time, have tried to do this and go over the top with indoor arenas, cost, glossy advertising, cost, so the price to get in is high, and usually on a friday. So no weekend traffic or families. The CLA isn't the cheapest day out, or the most cost effective form of having a tent in a field, but all in all, it is a great way to spend a weekend. Plenty for the fishing person, dog trainer, foodie, clay shooter, game shooter, keeper, etc. etc.
So fingers crossed, they boys from the Deep South will have a great event this summer!

ROE BUCKS ROE BUCKS...
We are coming to the end of the CWD season, and the next event is the UK Roe Buck season.
We Roe buck hunt in most places of the Uk that offer good stalking from Dorset and Somerset to East Riding, Norfolk and Oxford. The hunters from the east come to England, as we have some great quality, but our Roe buck prices are some of the best in Europe. What will cost you over £2500 in Europe, you can get for 1/2 the price .
ROE BUCK STALKING IN ENGLAND
If you are looking for a great day of Roe buck stalking

UK Game Far

2011, What will it be like

Now that the Game season has finished and estates are checking to see how they have done. What do you think 2001 will bring???
What I think, hmmmm...first I think that the new Governments aganda doesn't have "Stop all shooting" is not part of their agenda. I could be wrong, but I don't seem to have the conversations as I did a few years ago. So fingers crossed the government isn't going to close it down, maybe inflation, on some shoots, yes it will. Will there always be people wanting to go shooting...the answer is YES!
What will gun control look like? Will it change? Do you care if it does? Being from USA, where there is little if any gun control. I am in favor of some gun control, yes I know guns don@t kill people, people kill people. I think if you are a gun owner you do release some of your freedoms, let me explain. Lets say you own a .308 for deer, boar and South Africa, and you come across a dandy of a gun, let say a .30-06, the guns is something special, it was used by Teddy Roosevelt or something. I would have to sell my .308 then I could get the 30-.06. The police would say I needed to because I already posses a weapon that is used for deer, boar etc. So why would I want something similar...Maybe because I want to have it? It is an investment tool? Etc. Etc. Its getting harder and harder to have a couple of guns that can do the same job... Lets be hones, the people who own rifles etc. go deer hunting are not the chavs, that think they are 10 ft tall and bullet proof. These are in the whole very respectable people that love hunting.

So if I look into the crystal ball, I would think Driven hunting will increase in price, almost has to. I would see deer stalking staying about level. Fishing will stay about the same, as long as estate don@t try to squeeze the extra cash out of the fishermen. I will always say, I love the sport and everything thing in it.
so everyone, keep shooting, stalking and Fishing.....

Bryan Nelson