James Murray, or Jim as he likes to be known, is a phenomenon. He’s a celebrated actor, a talented artist, a gifted angler and a conservationist and campaigner who is…
THE FIELD
Ratatouille skewers
How to get one of your 'five a day' at a barbecue? Make a vegetable kebab
Smoking wild meat: the secrets to success
How smoking wild meat began Science is a little undecided but somewhere around two million years ago our hominid ancestors started to harness fire. It wasn’t until about a million…
Shooting rabbits with an air rifle
Like many fieldsportsmen, my earliest memories of forays in the field take me back to shooting rabbits on warm summer evenings. I count myself fortunate to have had a grandfather…
The DSC1: vital for anyone serious about stalking
There was a shepherd, a farmer, a welder, a roofer and an ex-huntsman. No, it’s not the beginning of a joke but the attendees who gathered in Clynderwen Community Hall,…
A stalker’s breakfast
The movement of the muntjac buck can first be seen in the half-light. However, we have to wait for the pre-dawn grey to relinquish its grip, finally revealing the verdant…
Spearfishing: a thrilling way to secure a sustainable fish supper
Given my love of fishing, the interactions I have with fish have always been largely inter-dimensional. The inherent boundary between the fish in the water and my presence beside or…
Cold-smoked rainbow trout with roast beets, dill pickles and horseradish crème fraîche
Cold-smoked rainbow trout with roast beets, dill pickles and horseradish crème fraîche You will need: 1 smoking box 1 maze smoker 2 handfuls fine smoking woodchip, such as whisky barrel…
Hot smoked pheasant with celeriac rémoulade, quince mustard and apple dressing
Recipe for hot smoked pheasant You will need 1 large roasting tin 1 medium wire rack (to sit flat inside the tin) 1 handful fine smoking woodchip, such as apple…
How to smoke venison
Roe deer or wild boar can be smoked at home on a gas burner