The ultimate challenge

I have spent a significant part of my shooting career north of the border roaming the Highlands with rod, rifle or gun in pursuit of Scottish game. As a sporting destination, Scotland really has no equal, certainly in Europe, for variety of sport and uniqueness, especially where hill stag stalking and red grouse shooting are concerned. Even the Scottish form of salmon fishing is particularly traditional, with a tweed-clad ghillie, specific flies and casting techniques. It is that sporting tradition, complete with the Highland welcome extended to all – even the ‘auld sassenach enemy’ – that makes Scotland a special destination for the roving Nimrod.

Achieving a Macnab – the taking of a salmon, stag and a brace of grouse on the same day – is the height of sporting achievement in this land. I tried on many occasions to complete one, but for many years across all my attempts, at least one of the elements required remained elusive. Murphy’s law