perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 I say fair play to the CMW. It puts our sport on to the shelves of newsagents everywhere and I'll bet there's many's a child buys and reads it and that can only be good. IMO anyone who's looking for graphic photos or stories of every last detail are not doing enough hunting. The CMW is what it is. its just about what got me into countrysports,seeing it in the local shop.it used to be a good read back pre-internet days when seeing a mink in a trap was pure porn for me and the odd fox snaring article was well worth reading 3 or 4 times!...when I was running about with my snares made from bike brake cable and carl brake line crimps 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ratbuster 807 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 I like to read the CMW because it gives me a inside view about most country-sports in your country. A lot of the way country-sports were, have gone, but to me it still is an interesting read about these activities which are totally forbidden in my country. Hunting with dogs in any way other than retrieving e.d is totally forbidden, even the possession of the humble catapult is a Section One offence, let alone shooting a rabbit with it ....., using an air-rifle or a .410 shotgun on quarry is a no go area, a.s.o. When I'm over in the UK I buy them, and I get sometimes backissues sent over from friends who had a subscription, I know a lot is crap, or old wine in new bottles, but it still keeps me connected ! Wish we had the situation locally which would justify having such type of magazine..... Airgun magazines went the same way, when I started having a subscription to Airgun World in 1977 it opened a totally new world for me. When I stopped buying the magazine in the late 90's it was all gone, partly due the internet and the innovations were already done in the years before e.g. the rise of the pcp air rifle in the 80's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fat-Ferret 857 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Some headcases tried to have newsagents to not only put country sports magazines on the top shelf but to stop stocking them completely.... And now, even worse, Mayfair, playboy and those old reliables are still on the top shelf and covered with a big white sticker!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,231 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 I used to get it back in 83-84 if I remember right,,so it's over 30 years old,,,, I liked it cos of lloydy's White flat cap,,,,lol Was a good read back then ,,,lloyd on lurchers,,,and Garry hoskers articles were personal favourites ....as soon as I read about this place called the dales,,,that was it,,we headed north... And what do we have now,,,,some young up start called Darcy........ 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,675 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 I used to get it back in 83-84 if I remember right,,so it's over 30 years old,,,, I liked it cos of lloydy's White flat cap,,,,lol Was a good read back then ,,,lloyd on lurchers,,,and Garry hoskers articles were personal favourites ....as soon as I read about this place called the dales,,,that was it,,we headed north... And what do we have now,,,,some young up start called Darcy........ Daergi always used to write good articles,and there was a scottish pest controller who had a little bedlington whippet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,231 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Pesters pen that was,,,,was his name George ,,,might of been hog,,,not sure 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,675 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 George Hogg rings a bell mate,therenwas also PC Alec Brown who was a copper from derbyshire?Manchester? who retired and went on to run a candle shop in wales i think? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,675 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 And Howard G Glynn,who used to write on ferreting and les white. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,231 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 What was the other bloke who lived up in Newcastle or Northumbria ,,,hunted round the dunes on the beach ect,,,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MR TEA POT 1,287 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Sammy Vaughan that rings a bell,wasn't he the guy who ferreted sand dunes......I don't get it anymore used to be a good read but not no more... Same as Earth dog running dog that's gone downhill abit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,482 Posted January 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Love it or loath it thirty years a good kick of the ball . all those names are familiar suppose old age caught up with them ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 I used to get it back in 83-84 if I remember right,,so it's over 30 years old,,,, I liked it cos of lloydy's White flat cap,,,,lol Was a good read back then ,,,lloyd on lurchers,,,and Garry hoskers articles were personal favourites ....as soon as I read about this place called the dales,,,that was it,,we headed north... And what do we have now,,,,some young up start called Darcy........ about right there! i started shooting in 1980 and im fairly sure it was about around then as well . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,675 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 What was the other bloke who lived up in Newcastle or Northumbria ,,,hunted round the dunes on the beach ect,,,, Les white used to hunt in northumberland,did he live in ashington?He used to ferret around hexam but might have went along the coast to the dunes? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MR TEA POT 1,287 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 I thought it was sammy Vaughan,I read one article about when he had a dig he used to roll out a sheet of plastic,and put sand on there then when he finished he used to just pull the sheet back over the hole. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,262 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Used to subscribe to it when I lived in the u.k. then got the odd copy sent to me. I then heard there was an article written about The French Game Fair, so I had to get hold of a copy, anyway, contacted the countrymans weekly and they sent me a copy as a gift, kindly. Was pretty disgusted to read that the author of the article wrote the words that "digging to terriers is not yet banned in France"...... not yet banned, (or very very similar words). I can feel my hands tightening at just remembering reading the article by the article, I might have to dig it out and post on here. An anti attitude. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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