Cock-on for a day of magic and mystery

The four-hour journey southwest gave me plenty of time to think, to daydream in that trance-like motorway state, of hunting ahead. I glanced down at Ben in the passenger footwell of the 110. What was it that gave him such a hunting drive? What was it that made me so driven to hunt?

I know for Ben it is well-calculated breeding and positive exposure. What about my own motivations? The evolution of mankind has an inextricable link to that first successful hunt. It could be argued that it was the beginning of strategy.

“Woodcock seem to have an uncanny ability to find the ‘back door’ and slip out”

There is no doubt that I enjoy the strategy of hunting, that game of hide and seek, of timing and sometimes of a little luck. What I also enjoy about hunting is the places the hunt brings you to and the people you