Adrian Dangar

Adrian Dangar

Adrian Dangar was Master of the Spooners, Sinnington and Quorn Hunts during a 17-year career as an amateur huntsman.

He launched Wild & Exotic Ltd in 2000 to arrange riding safaris, fieldsports and bespoke travel around the world and has caught fish on 6 different continents. He divides his time between pursuing salmon and stags on the west coast of Scotland and home in North Yorkshire where he manages the local roe population and enjoys the countryside, nature and all field sports. He wrote his first article for The Field in 1983 and has been contributing ever since.

He is the author of four books and serves on the MFHA committee and on the board of the BHSA.

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Studley Royal

  • June 30, 2026

Hunting has the famous coverts of Cream Gorse, John Ball and Ranksborough Gorse to name but a few of many historic landmarks whose name quickens the pulse of thrusters throughout…

  • August 18, 2023

My visit to the northern Pennines begins with a magical mystery tour of a grouse moor in Upper Teesdale that is home to a staggering variety of birdlife including the…

A thick, broken coat is thehallmark of a Welsh foxhound

  • June 17, 2023

For many hunting enthusiasts a visit to the Wales & Border Counties Hound Show at the Royal Welsh Showground on the last Thursday in June is a highlight of summer.…

Huntsman's diaries

  • January 11, 2021

Adrian Dangar’s new book is a limited edition of his comprehensive, pre-ban hunting diaries. Through these huntsman’s diaries, here he relives thrilling runs and his most treasured hunting memories. For…