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The Clay is the Thing, Part Three

3rd June 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

Okay, I’ve skirted around the issue long enough, it’s time to tackle the complex subject of lead or forward allowance. To an experienced shooter, it is literally second nature, an unconscious calculation that is already [more…]

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The Clay is the Thing, Part Two

27th May 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

I hope I’ve managed to drag a few readers along from the first part, and for this next exercise, we will take a hypothetical Puffin on a journey from someone who has developed a taste [more…]

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The Clay is the Thing, Part One

13th May 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

A question I am often asked by people when they first find out that I shoot is… Can I have a go? My answer is invariably yes because I believe that the more people who [more…]

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In Praise of Dogs

27th April 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

I’m sure many of you will have seen the occasional pictures I post in the comments that nobody reads, and the articles I have written make reference to them , and one was even about [more…]

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Wildfowling: The voice in the darkness

11th February 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

There is always much excitement in the yard on the first day of the season. It was Saturday the 1st of November, and a big day for the Hall Farm shoot on the edge of [more…]

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Wildfowling: Of possible futures

11th January 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

Sadly, this is the last in my short series about my great passion, and it is also the least satisfying part to write. It is no longer a missive about my personal experiences, but the [more…]

Animals

A Dog’s Life

8th January 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

He was born in the maze of kennels and lean-tos in the back garden of an unassuming end terrace on the outskirts of Aldershot. The house was owned and inhabited by a strange and mysterious [more…]

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Wildfowling: Where it all began

18th December 2020 Columba Palumbus 0

This was harder to write than my previous two wildfowling articles because it’s not easy for me to clearly remember something that happened 25 years ago. I’ve never been one for recording stuff in a [more…]

Animals

Wildfowling: The end of an era

18th November 2020 Columba Palumbus 0

Having made my debut on this marvellous site with an article about my passion, I thought I would follow that article up with a slightly more personal account of a memorable day in my life [more…]

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