Hunting Show in Vicenza: the first fair of the year - Hunters and hunters protagonists at the hunting event that has now carved out a role of prima donna. And the year of the trade fair opens as best we could. Here is our interested look at the stands
Closing of the hunting season: luckily there are dogs - To console ourselves for the many bitterness caused by the violent anti-hunting offensive by Brambilla & others, the last useful day was spent in the company of small Bretons but great champions. Here's how and where ...
Armourers from Romagna: the double win according to Battaglia - For a gunsmith craftsman who makes quality and refinement his seal, the quality level of the work cannot fall below its maximum possible. Planning and perfect execution must constantly travel together. It is a question of moral principle, of love for one's work, of personal dignity and professional intransigence that are based on the inventiveness and artistic ability of the gunsmith. Of a refined and meticulous gunsmith like Mauro Battaglia
Hunting with the pointing dog: remembering Eva - When a dog leaves us, a world closes forever. It is a dimension populated by dreams and adventures and studded with joys, sorrows, moments forever sculpted in time. It is a big void, only apparently bridgeable, to be faced only by clinging to memories ...
Wood pigeon hunting: better the ancient way or the modern? - A debate that for years has fascinated and often divides the hunting world is on the spread of new hunting systems. There are those who argue that every form of hunting deserves respect and those who feel that some of the modern ones should at least be regulated, even limited. Here we talk about wood pigeon hunting: in flight or stationary. Who are you with?
Hunting reflections: partridge, the bird of Paradise - Partridge hunting is no longer a topical issue for at least forty years. For the elderly it is a memory full of nostalgia, for others a sort of Eldorado longed for and only sometimes glimpsed, for the younger ones a history book hunt. Ultimately, for everyone, this bird is a refuge of the spirit, a paradigm, an elsewhere that no longer exists ...
Woodcock epistles: wintering, dogs and anomalies ... - I will make it short because already from the title you can understand many things: with the variability of the seasons, what rules should be set to keep the dog-loving pleasure of woodcock practice high, certain to be in the bed of correct management parameters? Here is the gist of this "episode"
Hunting and interaction between wild animals: the leopard and the baboon - Starting from a singular encounter between a leopard and a baboon, let's examine the postures and attitudes with which our chamois, roe deer and deer reveal the presence of other wild animals in the eyes of the hunter. The eyes, the postures, the fur, the whistles, the expressions of the animals (all) are an open book on what is happening around. When we can read and code this complex interaction between animals (whether they are of the same or different species), we will understand many aspects of Nature and we will be able to obtain very useful information for hunting.
Hunting abroad: record-breaking Ireland - We went back to Ireland and we did well! A country where nature is still bursting, enchanting landscapes and rich and exciting hunting. That's why we called it a dream last time. But Ireland never ceases to amaze us and after the dream comes the reality that is sometimes even better. This time he went too far, giving us a European record
Hunting abroad: Hawaii, «Aloha» hunter - They are considered the most organized noisy tourism paradise in the world yet Hawaii hides remote landscapes, deep silences, a friendly nature with wild animals free to roam undisturbed. Their capture is not easy among the dense vegetation where the trees are increasingly enveloped by branches, by large leaves, by secret spaces
In the kitchen: Rice flan and teals - I only had a teal, little for a dinner, I could make a terrine, a pate, but I chose a rice flan to serve to my guests in the evening along with the fried mallard breast and the venison carpaccio. All delicate dishes and perfectly in tune with a dinner that manages to give its best from spring onwards with the rising temperature
Famars Rombo: not just engraving ... - A strange land, Valtrompia, which in a few years will be the only custodian in the world of quality artisanal shotguns. There are still extraordinary characters. People who love a well-made shotgun and who work for a true love of art. People for whom a new creation is never a problem, but always a challenge to be faced with passion. You have to go and find them, because they spend their time at the workbench or at the drawing board. Finding them is not always easy, but they are there and they are a guarantee. One of these characters is Remo Salvinelli, author of Famars rifles
Blaser K95 in 7x65R: the past and the present - For over thirty years, the House of Isny has been committed to fundamentally changing the concept of arquebusery rooted in the soul of enthusiasts. He did so by devising very different solutions for rifles and swing-action rifles but with the common denominator of lightness and precision.
The health of our dogs: it's spring for them too - I never understood what sense it makes to start the new year coinciding with winter. Winter is a dead season characterized by a general state in which all life forms are placed in a state of lethargy