Category: Hunting Event

  • A Shooter’s Education: Civilian Service Rifle?

    A Shooter’s Education: Civilian Service Rifle?

    I’ve been expanding the range of my shooting lately [ber-boom], trying my hand at a few new disciplines, I’ve shot some short range Gallery Rifle where pistol calibers and .22LR are shot in what used to be pistol competitions before they were banned [for the most part – we’ll come to that later]. I’ve tried…

  • Old England,Bisley And The Queen’s Prize

    This BBC film from the 80’s has everything, a blast of history, some very old posh people, and Brian Glover! Yeah that Brian Glover, the teacher from Kes! Many times I’ve been told that Bisley is in a time-warp, and this film backs that up. The place still looks exactly the same. Wandering around you’ll…

  • I Heart Cabins

    I Heart Cabins

    If the above makes perfect sense to you, I can warmly recommend CabinPorn.com Where I found love. Real enduring love. 200 year old Bushwhacker on the outside Austere minimalism on the inside.   It’s in Switzerland, so I’d shoot 10.3×60, you know, just because I could.  Keep well  More soon Your pal SBW PS for scale…

  • Fullbore At Bisley

    I’m posting some new stories and some retellings of past adventures on Steemit This morning its a piece about my new-found enthusiasm for target shooting, at 1000 yards. Yep over half a mile with open sights. Story is HERE Keep well and thanks for reading Your pal SBW

  • Book Review: Tracking the Major

    Book Review: Tracking the Major

    The blogger known as the Bambi Basher and myself have a sort of yule-ish end-of-year catch-up tradition. Last year we stalked the Highlands. This year our December catch up was to return to its regular venue. Holts host their bi-annual london auctions – it’s the nearest thing to an American gun show central london has to…

  • Book Review: A Fly Rod Of Your Own

    Book Review: A Fly Rod Of Your Own

    John Gierach still has it. The original trout bum is back for his 21st book, and for me his laconic storytelling style never gets old. Whereas he was once young and keen he’s now older and wider. Still bouncing along over dirt tracks and bumping down in small planes to reach the trout others only…

  • More Bisley: 5.56mm at 100m

    More Bisley: 5.56mm at 100m

    Most of the time my target shooting looks like this, 22LR at an indoor 25m range with varying degrees of success, some weeks I even make it down there twice, some weeks not so much.  Once the weather warms up my club rents out target at Bisley – the national shooting ground and we gather…

  • Sturgills Strike Fast on TN Youth Turkey Hunt

    Sturgills Strike Fast on TN Youth Turkey Hunt

    Bowhunt or Die team member Josh Sturgill hit the woods this weekend with his son, Hunter, for the the TN youth turkey hunt. This hunt provides a great opportunity for kids across the state to get the first shot at a gobbler before the regular season opens the following weekend. Here’s a report on the hunt…

  • Breaking Down Indoor Target Archery

    Breaking Down Indoor Target Archery

    What is indoor target archery? How do you play the game? How is the gear different from bowhunting equipment?  These are a few of the questions that bowhunters often ask when they start to think about shooting paper instead of animals.  So let’s take a look at the various aspects of indoor archery along with this…

  • Turkey Grand Slam: Which Turkey Subspecies is the Toughest?

    Turkey Grand Slam: Which Turkey Subspecies is the Toughest?

    Turkey hunters love the pursuit of gobbling turkeys. It really doesn’t matter where in the country the game takes place, they simply want to hear birds gobble, use their calls, and play the game one more time. And the great thing about turkey hunting is that opportunities abound throughout the U.S. with affordable options making…