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03/05/2026

Roe deer Coursing Championships…

I have a couple of things lined up for 2027 but nothing excites me more than this. My lips remain sealed until I’ve been and photographed it.

It’s legal in the country it’s held and they allow the roe 400 yards law. They’re wanting to grow it exponentially to be an event that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the National Meeting / Kings cup. They’ve a big population so no reason they could not achieve that.

Keep your eyes open 👀

13/04/2026

10/04/2026

There’s a couple more action shots on the Instagram but otherwise this is the final post from my trip to America in 2026! Lots of action shots retained for the book!

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10/04/2026

I liked how these lads did it.

We were hunting on big hunting ranches. The bobcats and coyotes predate on the deer fawn (hogs too occasionally). But the hogs also eat the food left for the deer and cause considerable damage to fences, so they need culling.

We would drive deer feeder to deer feeder, water to water (drought) and every time we stopped the dogs would disembark, sniff about and either load back up or catch a hog. We weren’t missing.

By 11pm we had caught 7 hogs and called it a night.

09/04/2026

Black Mouth Cur

08/04/2026

I think there’s likely a spot, somewhere in Northern Texas. A spot where a man could own sighthounds and have flat enough ground to run coyotes. A spot where a man still has plenty of hogs for an Alano to work. A spot close enough to cat country to justify a hound or two.

07/04/2026

Final bit of hunting in America was these cool gents who took us out with around 8 hours notice having never met either of us. Quality night out!

Hog hunting, with Pitbulls and Black Mouth Curs

06/04/2026

We had just called it a day on bobcat hunting when we rounded a corner and seen a load of dogs in the field. As we approached we realised they were coursing.
Jumped out the car and introduced myself to both Willie (82) and Abel (84). Willie can’t walk, so he sits at the car and watches the coursing comfortably. Abel can walk, but he can’t see very well. Between them, they’re my favourite hunting team I’ve ever met. Abel flushes the hare, the dogs go off chasing, he walks back to the car and asks Willie if they caught it and about how the course went.
I only walked maybe a mile at most with Abel but I loved every moment of it. He told me about his life, his dogs, the difference between each of his dogs.
He liked coursing that particular patch as it has plenty of places for the hares to escape.

Whilst walking with Abel, he told me he had previously had a stroke, couldn’t see very well and was walking with two metal knees. Abel said “I believe my day is marked, and I’m ready for it. I’ve hunted dogs for 84 years and I still love every single day of it. I see the good in every day and I enjoy every day I live”.

When we got back to the car, Abel was told the hare got away! One of the guys said “man that was a dark Jack rabbit, I’ve never seen one that dark”.
“Those are the faster ones” replied Abel.

When I grow up, I want to be Abel…

05/04/2026

Unless the ground looks like this, I don’t want to hear that the ‘scents burnt up’.