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7 Sep 2020

Andy Norris from Viking Arms Visits Fearann Eilean Iarmain

by Scott Mackenzie | posted in: News, Red Deer Stalking | 0

This film from Viking Arms focuses on female Red Deer or Hinds, stalked by our VFT Member Scott MacKenzie guiding Andy Norris using kit from Merkel and Leupold.⛰️🦌

Watch the video here…

Deer Stalking, Fearann Eilean Iarmain, Game Keeping, Iconic Species, Isle of Skye, Leupold, Merkel, Viking Arms
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Perfect weather to blow out the cobwebs. Spending Perfect weather to blow out the cobwebs.

Spending time on the hill watching the hind groups makes you reflect on what has been and what the future holds for them in a changing landscape.

#fieldsports #gamekeeping #deermanagement #landmanagement #scotland #highlands #hebrides #isleofskye
Absolutely loving my New Crispi Futura NXT GTX Boo Absolutely loving my New Crispi Futura NXT GTX Boots 😁.
They stood up to the cold today 🥶.

#deermanagement #gamekeeper #HuntingBoots #scotland #highlands #hebrides #isleofskye #snow
What a fantastic day myself and Orla MacKenzie The What a fantastic day myself and Orla MacKenzie The Gamekeepers Daughter had last Monday.
It's been a while since I've been on a driven day, it brought back lots of memories of when I started out on my Gamekeeping career and spent many wonderful years on a commercial driven shoot, I also understood what I've been missing, the guns, the beaters, the pickers up and the banter, it's what a driven day is all about 😁.

It was great for Orla too, she got to experience another aspect of the varied roles of Keepering.
So, next year we are going to.make the effort to attend more driven days as beaters or part of a picking up team.

A huge thank you to Byron Pace and his parents for opening up there home to us and keeping us fed and watered. A big thank you to everyone on the day that looked after us both, we were made to feel very welcome.Thank you to Ian W. Rae for chauffeuring us around (Orla now wants a Grenadier 😂). And of course a thank you to my boss for making the day happen, it was fantastic 👏. 

#fieldsports #drivenshooting #gamekeeper #mentalhealth #goodfriends
A few beasts from last week. Great days with great A few beasts from last week. Great days with great company.
A cracking start to our season this week. A nice o A cracking start to our season this week.
A nice older chap taken and a Skye Unicorn 🦄. 

The rut for us really brings to light the many years of thoughtful deer management, seeing mature stags in great condition spread throughout the estate is so rewarding.

#deermanagement #scotlandsiconicdeer #highlandsandislands #hebrides #IsleOfSkye #cuidichnafèidh #gamekeeping #reddeer
Cleaning the Haenel ready for next week, I'm sat w Cleaning the Haenel ready for next week, I'm sat with a dram in the gun room reflecting on all the guests that have passed through its doors.
Man, there's been some good craic in here over the years.
Estate gun rooms have been the source of fantastic banter, the three Estates I have had the pleasure to serve on over my 35 years have provided me with many a great tale,,, and jokes,,, heres hopefully to a few more years yet,,, Slainte 🥃🥃🥃.

#isleofskye #hebrides #highlandsandislands #deermanagement #cuidichnafèidh #scotlandsiconicdeer #scotland
A huge shout out to the guys at Viking Arms for so A huge shout out to the guys at Viking Arms for sorting me out with the Leupold compact spotting scope 😁.
The clarity of this scope is amazing, very sharp and just sucks up the light brilliantly.

Got a wee bit of footage of one of our big chaps holding his usual ridge, he has already gathered a fare muckle of Hinds.

#isleofskye #hebrides #highlandsandislands #deermanagement #scotlandsiconicdeer #cuidichnafèidh #fieldsports
A moody sunrise over Beinn Edra #isleofskye #scot A moody sunrise over Beinn Edra

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Fingers crossed 🤞 this weather will continue in Fingers crossed 🤞 this weather will continue into the rut 🦌.

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Evening walks 👌 #sunsets #walks #walkswithmydo Evening walks 👌

#sunsets #walks #walkswithmydog #outdoorclothing #highlandsandislands #isleofskye #Scotland #hebrides
Fantastic news 😁, #thelastkeeper has won at the Fantastic news 😁, #thelastkeeper has won at the World Film Festival in Cannes for best educational film 👏👏👏

Myself and my family are very proud to have been a part of this journey.
Well done to Tom Opre and all involved 👏 

#films #education #festival #conservation  #deermanagement #scotlandsdeer
Smiling faces all round today 😁, a fabulous fir Smiling faces all round today 😁,
a fabulous first day on our new all weather shelter at Fearann Eilean Iarmain's Clay pigeon shooting ground. 
If you fancy a round of clays whilst your staying on Skye with some expert tuition from Matt of A.C.E Target Sports, Isle of Skye , then book yourselves a slot, you won't be disappointed, check out our first review 😉 

https://www.ace-skye.com/experiences/clay-target-shooting-at-eilean-iarmain/

#claypigeonshooting #targetsports #fieldsports #clayshooting #isleofskye #highlands #hebrides #Islands
MAX & MOLLIE,, 😂😂😂 best of pals, these tw MAX & MOLLIE,,
😂😂😂 best of pals, these two are inseparable 🐶.

 #highlands #dogs #gundogs #workingdogs #pups #puppys #isleofskye #uigbay #hebrides
Jump on over to my YouTube channel (Scott MacKenzi Jump on over to my YouTube channel (Scott MacKenzie Skye Gamekeeper) to watch the full video and see what we thought of the Hikmicro Habrok thermal binoculars.
Thermal technology is not all about fox control, it now plays a big part in deer management, and for me, specifically, deer counts 🦌.
Have a watch, and please feel free to comment 😊 

#deermanagement #deerstalker #iconicbeasts
#scotlandsiconicdeer #saveourdeer #cuidichnafèidh 
#isleofskye #highlandsandislands #hebrides
We thats another Black Grouse Charity Clay pigeon We thats another Black Grouse Charity Clay pigeon shoot done for another year, held at County Clays Dunkeld, its a fantastic event.
This year Orla MacKenzie The Gamekeepers Daughter joined me and was thrown in at the deep end 😂. A huge thank you to Stewart Blair and his team from UHI for looking after her.
Orla did very well for her first Clay shooting event, she did everyone proud 👏 

Lots of money raised for Countryside Learning Scotland and The World Pheasant Association.

A big thank you to The guys at County Clays too, always a pleasure to have a day there.
It was great to catch up with friends I haven't seen for a while too.

Can't wait for next year 😁

#claypigeonshooting #TargetShooting #countrysports #fieldsports
Putting out some new gongs on the zeroing range, m Putting out some new gongs on the zeroing range, many thanks to the guys at Tom's Targets 😁

#shooting #riflerange #gongs
Absolutely love our new cow hide rug from Buckle a Absolutely love our new cow hide rug from Buckle and Hide the I picked up at The National Shooting Show 🐮😁.

It's stunning 😍 

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Well, that's another show under the belt for 2024. Well, that's another show under the belt for 2024.
The National Shooting Show was great, and it was so nice to catch up with everyone under the beautiful Yorkshire sunshine 🌞.

I can'  thank Martin of Mancub prints for the superb embroidery they did on my gillet for the show, absolutely first class 👌.

If you have any printing or embroidery needs, drop Martin a message, just tap on the tag, and it'll take you to his Instagram page.

#embroidery #printing #gamefair #shows
If your heading to The National Shooting Show at t If your heading to The National Shooting Show at the Harrogate event centre this weekend, be sure to pop in on the Best Fox Call stand and take a look at the Crispi Range 😁

#hillslippers #huntingboots #deerstalkinguk
Just days away from the National Shooting Show 202 Just days away from the National Shooting Show 2024 😁.

Looking forward to meeting old friends and making some new ones 😊 

#nationalshootingshow
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