An Aussie wants to hunt something in the UK. School me up please

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Mungo said:
That’s the one!

You know the full story? That she also shot a domestic sheep?
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Yeah, and also heard her side of it.

Bottom line, there is a mindset that comes out of Hollywood that “ No publicity is bad publicity” and she pretty much embodies that.
 
Dave_45 said:
I would highly recommend booking in with @Hind and Sika he guides in a beautiful place as far north in Scotland as you can go,some cracking stags and the price is fair ,if you have the time I'd wait for the rut next year , drive along the alladale river road and watch and listen to the big boys roaring.
Gets you going for the next morning.
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A great guy to stalk with, and a fantastic mix of Scottish terrain.
 
Mungo said:
What was her explanation for shooting the sheep??
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I believe, and it’s my opinion only, that she thought the guide had this set up and approved. But then again, and this is even more so my opinion only, that had she would have shot a “highland coo” as well if she believed it to be ok!

I think the greatest sin of our modern sporting times is the instant camera and social media. I am certain there was a great deal of moronic things done in the field in days gone by. But damn few of them were photographed and even fewer were shared publicly.
 
CBH Australia said:
G'day from Australia.
I'm new to this forum and mentioned to @AlexD that I would start a thread.

I have been watching some UK stalking on YouTube and I'm interested.

I completed a cull hunt in South Africa and would like to do an affordable hunt in the UK.

Do I need to meet any requirements as a visitor to stalk with a rifle and hunt a Deer species?

My wife enjoys travel and may tag along. For me it would be about the experience of hunting in another country. Maybe I would hunt a Red Deer and export the trophy. I mostly shoot pests or meat I have never had a trophy mounted.

As it is about the experience I would like to be traditional and maybe stay at a manor or on the reserve but I am looking to stretch my budget and see a few sites along the way. The hunting doesn't seem expensive and the deer seem to be in good numbers but I expect travel and accommodation will be the bulk of my expense. That said if I travel that far I would likely want to see part of England, Ireland, Scotland ,Wales if possible given its a long way and they are reasonably close but I have not looked closely at the geography.

Happy to listen let me know what I need to know. I would look for a hire rifle as it's maybe only a day or two hunting.
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Drop me an email southwestdeercontrol@btinternet.com and I'm sure we can sort something out.
Estate rifle available, you will need your own insurance and pass my shoot test, oh and be fairly fit to deal with the Devon terrain!
Cheers
Richard
 
devon deer stalker said:
Drop me an email southwestdeercontrol@btinternet.com and I'm sure we can sort something out.
Estate rifle available, you will need your own insurance and pass my shoot test, oh and be fairly fit to deal with the Devon terrain!
Cheers
Richard
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I can recommend Richard 100% @CBH Australia.
Top guide and has some great ground. Red, fallow and roe.
You will need to be fit but the same again for Scotland.

I’m told he makes the best Pasty in Devon as well🤣🤣🤣🤣

BE
 
big ears said:
I can recommend Richard 100% @CBH Australia.
Top guide and has some great ground. Red, fallow and roe.
You will need to be fit but the same again for Scotland.

I’m told he makes the best Pasty in Devon as well🤣🤣🤣🤣

BE
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Richard has responded to my email.

As for the pasties my mother makes the best home made pasties. Home made pasties are sometimes known as Cornish pasties here because the story goes that Cornish miners ate them for crib.

I'm a ways off from travel but if I book with Richard I will be happy to try the pasty. I know a good pastie when I eat one.
 
Now it's Kernow, so much to learn.

There is a Kernowek Lowender festival in an Aussie town with Welsh heritage. They sell Cornish pasties, must be imported.

Ive been told the family surname is from Wales. They were miners who settled in a mining town in the 1890's before moving to the next mining town to new mines and several families descend from those family members. Then there is me.

My mother's father came from England before WW2, so there is some family history going back.
 
Kernow is Cornish for Cornwall

Cornwall and Devon are countries that share a long border

Both counties are in the far south west of the UK, and their people share a sense of a separate identity from the the rest of the UK

Pasties are popular in both counties - they are a pastry based meat and potato pie that apparently are derived from a practical solution to the difficulty of providing a meal to farm workers and miners in harsh environments

Both peoples like to pretend that the other is a pretender when claiming that the origin of the pastie as theirs

both are equally good

There - I've said it !

Now I'm going to have to have a ''Dobbie moment'' and bash my head against something solid

PS - Not surprising that the pastie springs up anywhere where there are miners

Cornwall hosts one of the oldest and important mining colleges (In Redruth) and its graduates go all over the world
 
CBH Australia said:
Now it's Kernow, so much to learn.

There is a Kernowek Lowender festival in an Aussie town with Welsh heritage. They sell Cornish pasties, must be imported.

Ive been told the family surname is from Wales. They were miners who settled in a mining town in the 1890's before moving to the next mining town to new mines and several families descend from those family members. Then there is me.

My mother's father came from England before WW2, so there is some family history going back.
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The festival you refer to is “Cornish Happiness”.
As John says there was a huge movement of miners from this south West of England to other places around the world. Some enforced others economic migrants.
There is a Cornish mining community in Montana at Bute who proudly display St Pirans cross (the Cornish flag)
Throughout history the rivalry between Devon and Cornwall has been real. During the Civil war between the Roundheads and Cavaliers Cornwallstayed staunchly loyal to the crown. Devon on the other hand……😁

Go back further to Alfred’s time and Cornwall Was known as West Wales showing its Celtic roots with Ireland and wales. My brother in law comes from the valleys in southern wales and his family name (Carne) is a common name here in Cornwall, showing again the links between the two regions. The Cornish language shows similarities with Welsh and ancient Breton (northern France).
I’m intrigued it is a Welsh settlement having a Cornish festival but I suppose considering the history it makes sense.

The South west of England is a special place I do hope you get to see it when you come.

BE
 
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