Hunting Green Days and Blue Days

After a one season hiatus it was great to see Illaunmore pheasant shoot back again for 2104. Owner Michael Mahnke had some health problems sorted out and it was good to see him in such fine fettle. I have written a lot about this unique island shoot over the years and everything I have said…

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Pheasant Hunting on Illaunmore

The excitement of a day’s shooting still has me struggling to sleep, whether I’m going to be stood on a peg, sat in a pigeon hide or tucked-up in a dyke on the fens. This effect was multiplied somewhat, though, when I discovered that my final day of the 2014/15 hunting season would be on…

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