Epistles woodcock: weapons, beams and ammunition - This was not the correct wording of the expression of what by now in its short form has become synonymous with correct equipment for the most daring missions ... Nothing particular in this case: "only" what is needed to accompany a can stationary throughout the season, with one eye on the rifle, and the other on the cartridge department with which to arm it
The future of hunting, between critical issues and prospects: the "photovoltaic" pheasant - Relations with agriculture still rather cumbersome, duels between political alignments that are often unproductive for technically correct hunting planning, distorted information in the media and poor social acceptance for the figure of the hunter of whom, however, little is known
Diana and the wood pigeon Act 2: a wild, a story - In the first act we examined the magazines of the decade 1980-1990, in the second act, the articles from 1991 to 2000 are the protagonists. Although we may have read a lot and learned the same, we must be struck by the evolution of the treatments on the wood pigeon . Quantitative evolution since the quality on Diana had never been questioned
Tales of hunting: the best month - When my father passed away and I continued his work and I still went hunting and fishing where we went together, were it not for some of my personal sporting and working successes and the public and private assignments obtained thanks to a purely individual commitment, I was inclined to think I was his clone; even it sometimes seems to me that the time I lived after him and without him is less beautiful and less important and that the charm of his incisive role still prevails on my basic secondary nature, like someone on a glider brought to a height that is no longer able to disengage from tow and continue to fly only because supported and without the thrill of flying
Photo hunting: the evolution of digiscoping - It seems centuries ago that a hunter thought of combining a terrestrial observation telescope with a digital camera. Today, digiscoping is always based on the tools already supplied to hunters - binoculars and the long -, but it does so with new technologies and with a quality difficult to imagine in the recent past: from the new universal adapters to RAW; from affordable compact cameras of the latest generation to digital SLRs and high resolution camcorders
In the kitchen: wood pigeons with new wine - I left for woodcocks I found myself with a wood pigeon in the game bag and now I'm here to cook it for you
Hunting abroad: Crimea, the year of the ransom - The ransom. This is the meaning of the hunting year just spent in Crimea, one of the places that are now part of the collective imagination of woodcock hunters
Hunting abroad: the sweet Albion - WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HUNTING, IT IS DEFINITELY NOT "PERFIDA", THE OPPORTUNITIES OF HUNTING IN ENGLAND ARE INFINITE AND AT ANY PERIOD OF THE YEAR
NEW GUNS. HUNTING JEWEL - BENELLI PRESENTED THE NEW ARGO E AIR RIFLE
Gustav Fükert in Weipert: Central European drilling of high lineage - The aesthetic class codified by English rifles in the years between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is a teacher beyond any doubt, but the Central European aesthetic research takes on a high-ranking value, especially when it is applied to the mixed shotgun technique
Rizzini Express: Round Body - If you are looking for an elegant double-barreled over-under that will accompany you on your hunting trips for many years, this Rizzini is for you
Zeiss Duralyt 2-8 x 42: a universal spotting scope for all hunts - To conclude our overview of Zeiss Duralyt scopes, today we consider the third in the series, the intermediate model the Duralyt 2-8 x 42
Handcrafted blades: Dario Quartini's «Bamboo» - Simple but refined knives, with a really usable damask. And with the noble origin of a fifteenth-century mallet, the oldest in the world still in operation
Hunting breeds: indefatigable springer spaniel - Among the many "whys", many of which are known and numerous of which are hidden in who knows what folds of the psyche of each of us, which lead to choosing a springer spaniel to go hunting there is certainly one: the one consisting of the incredible and almost satanic passion with which this dog leads us to shoot. And this struck those who chose him as a hunting companion and also those who, like me, despite having used and using other dogs - Irish setters and pointers - in some way doting on the springer spaniel.
Hunting breeds: a matter of ear - One of the elements that most characterize chase hunting is certainly the symphony of voices that dogs emit while pursuing the wild. There is no hound worthy of this name who does not care about the quality of this issue, and equally does not care for its interpretation, knowing full well that from this can derive a sovereign help to achieve the goal.