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Welcome to my Wildscribbler Blog. This blog is about hunting, shooting and wildlife photography. I make no apologies for helping farmers...
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woodscorcher
- Aug 27, 2022
- 3 min
Revisiting The Spring-Powered Air Rifle
Late summer through to autumn is always a prime period for grey squirrel control in a ‘normal’ year. This year, after a five month...
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woodscorcher
- Aug 6, 2022
- 3 min
Drought, Dust Devils & Lazy Shooting
As all of you will know, conditions haven't been great for shooting this summer. But where there's a will, there's a way. More on that...
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woodscorcher
- Jul 4, 2022
- 3 min
A Summer Sortie
A Summer Sortie A fortnight-long tussle with Covid saw me back in the fields and woods with renewed vigour. Fredrich Nietzsche once said...
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woodscorcher
- Jun 5, 2022
- 3 min
Bruce Lee and the Magpie
One of the countrysports magazines I subscribe too (I can’t remember which) mentioned that readers were reporting strange behaviour by...
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woodscorcher
- Jun 1, 2022
- 5 min
Muntjacs, Marmite and Meat
The verdant luxury of the early summer wood is a delight to the senses. Bracken fronds stand at shoulder height (when you’re my size)....
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woodscorcher
- May 23, 2022
- 3 min
A Renegade Roe
I always drive slowly into land I’m about to hunt over. So that I can just scan around and look for anything out of the ordinary. I...
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woodscorcher
- May 15, 2022
- 5 min
Green, Grey and Red
Swinging the motor into the long concrete drive, I was disappointed to watch the cock pheasant scuttle into cover. A rude greeting. Does...
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woodscorcher
- May 8, 2022
- 3 min
Pests, Petrichor and Geosmin
As I loaded my hunting kit into the car I could barely smell it. When I climbed out of the car with a verdant wood on one side and a...
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woodscorcher
- May 4, 2022
- 3 min
Breeding Season
As we draw into May, natures breeding season is in full swing. Some creatures will have done the deed long ago. The screaming winter...
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woodscorcher
- Apr 26, 2022
- 5 min
Buzzards and Bushy-Tails
The spring sunshine was deceiving. As I screwed on the sound moderator, the bitter easterly warned me to add shooting mitts and a camo...
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woodscorcher
- Apr 17, 2022
- 4 min
Mustelids and Murder
Captivated by the soundscape around me on this sunny Spring morning I didn’t notice the presence of trouble. Pacing slowly down the...
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