Now there has been some small game hunting. That’s what I wanted to focus on for a while. Partly as ducks and geese hunting is incredibly fun and partly because the dogs have lost some weight and had to recover a bit. When hunting as much as we do, it is probably a good idea to take a little break for recovery’s sake and to keep the joy of the hunt. It has been Nelly who has been taking care of the most part of the retrieving. It’s so nice to have a versatile dog that you can have with you for almost everything. It’s hard to get pictures as we often hunt at dusk. But here are a couple of clips again . …More »

Now in the middle of hunting season it’s difficult to find time to write about all the adventures. But in short, it has been hunting four days a week in average. There has been some tome for in between but it is not as quantitatively or qualitatively as it should.

But I have had time for two hunts abroad and, of course, here at home. It has gone beyond our expectations and the dogs have just been doing fine. But we have been spoiled with great hunting grounds with beautiful wild stocks. …More »

Saturday:
Hunting at Skönabäck. Usually there is always something fun happening and so also this time. We are going to hunt four battues so the dogs have a bit to cover. We know where the deer are, and a suspicion of where the wild boars will be. The first battue is a thick willow forest where find a lot of fallow deer. …More »

Now it is finally rest day. We have been on various adventures for five days in a row, so now we’ll take a break for a few days. It is needed by both the dogs and their master. What have we found? There has been a really mixed bag: Roe deer, red deer, elk, fallow deer, wild boar. Exciting and fun. …More »