Sargent Fulton was clearly something of a legend with a rifle, winning the King's prize at Bisley not once but twice, little known is his inventiveness as a dog trainer. Watch and Weep Bambi Basher, watch and weep.
More soon
Your pal
SBW
From Pathe News 1926
No manbi pamby use of ear protection or fancy shooting attire in the days of Sgt Fulton or his father.
ReplyDeleteMackintosh rain coats, tweed jackets and caps and 40 Players#1 a day was all they needed.
Anon
ReplyDeleteYes they were though, probably deaf at 40 and dead at 50 mind you, but he cut quite a dash while he was doing it!
SBW
In that film clip I think Fulton senior looked well over 50. :)
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ReplyDeleteNot on subject but I felt it worth mentioning
Might I suggest that you review your list of other blogs.
Many of them are either not had new content for over 6 some even longer months or have actually been deleted off the www.
Atb
Wilf
Wilf
ReplyDeleteI know I know as you might have noticed i've not been putting the same amount of time into SBW as i used to.
Just as i'm nearing the end of my plan for Sabotage times, one of my other projects has gone into production and its taking up all my spare capacity.
I've got stacks of half finished posts to get up before the next incarnation of SBW can become front of mind
SBW
Sten
ReplyDeleteTBH I hadn't noticed.
I clocked your post on SD regarding your Sabotage Times article and had to laugh at the mauling the guys on SD gave you over your choice of wording. LOL
I have to comment on your other recent SD post regarding O'Neils Telegraph article. I endorse his main point, that those that hunt with hounds should willingly and boldly state they enjoy the activity, be it the pursuit of deer, fox, hare or mink. But I do object to his use of the old cliched generalisations.
Good luck with the book.
Wilf
Wilf
ReplyDeleteAh SD - home of the pompous, did you notice the bit where wolverine takes a break from making up his own idea of what i'd said and agrees with me before saying he doesn't. He's in the book.
The fox hunting piece was the bleedin' obvious, and the author is i believe a colonial ;-)
SBW
Sten
ReplyDelete"Ah SD - home of the pompous"
It certainly has become a place to see pomposity at large. I have watched it grow and change since its first day on the www. At first there were a decent amount of knowledgeable posters and interesting threads. But over time those posters have either been banned or ceased posting, and the bulk of the threads have become either mundane or inane. Still it makes the current owners a bob or two, 1 way or the other.
There's nothing intrinsically wrong in occasionally stating the obvious. Especially in the press. It helps dissipate some of the BS about hunting. Its a pity that it doesn't happen in the likes of The Guardian more often. I have long given up letting colonials off the hook for their ignorances.
Atb
Wilf
wilf
ReplyDeleteDo you really think the chaps make money from SD?
They have more reliable hosting than most and that costs, their ad rates are low and trade membership is also very low priced. Maybe you know something I don't?
What we really need is an organisation that can actually rebut the bullshit and contextualise hunting. I know the chaps at BASC have their hearts in the right place but they are totally outgunned by the anti's and don't seem to have much of a clue about how to run a media campaign. I'm not currently a member but will rejoin at some point, if I had the time I'd get involved but I can't help but get the sense of a comfortable club run by the BASC team for the Basc team. To make the amount of effort worthwhile it may have to be a new organisation.
I can't be the only person who thinks this, but if you were to look over the SD or Huntinglife you'd be excused for thinking 'what's the point?'
Remember your comment about the film I made with R&R, media savvy kids are interested in telling the story from a new perspective but are routinely ignored or rebuffed by the fieldsports crowd. Who you yourself characterised as ' a suspicious bunch'. A lot of people will assume If we have something to hide it must be bad
Ain't no helping some people.
Worth having a look at what Jackson Landers is doing on the other side of the pond, he's made some real headway getting the locavore hunter message in front of the very audience who are deemed to be inherently 'anti'. He keeps getting asked back so he's doing something right.
Foodie who happens to hunt is a story that get's a lot of traction with the literate public.
If you look over the comments on my SD reposting of the sab times story most readers liked it and said it articulated their feelings, the loudest voices were from people who had to resort to creating strawman arguments so they could tell us they are right, and all they offered as evidence was 'because I say so'.
Uphill struggle really
SBW
Sten
ReplyDelete"Do you really think the chaps make money from SD?
Like I said, they make a bob or two one way or another. If you know what I mean. They sure ain't running out of the goodness of their hearts.....
I totally agree with you regarding the need to have a cohesive and overarching hunting organisation that can muster the organisational, PR and political resources necessary to confront and combat the anti's. I have long held firm to the idea that we should have something along the lines of the French national hunting organisation or the US's NRA. They both have huge political influence along with credible PR resources. I gave up my BASC membership 20 odd years ago.When we split and formed the NGO. I'm hoping now that now theres a new man in the top office at BASC, that things might change for the good. Time will tell.
You're not the only one that holds that view regarding SD and THL.
Hell, 95% of THL's membership can only just about read and write. Let alone provide a conclusive, pertinent argument to support their views. You can guarantee that their lips move whenever they take a breeze thru Nuts or the Daily Star...... on the occasions when they take a break from peddling skunk, poaching or robbing scrap metal.;)
I agree the foodie/hunter line is always a good intro to the none hunting general public as it generally gives them something they can associate with....food!
What they often fail to realise is that the large majority of hunters are also very interested in the meat they consume. In fact its an intrinsic part of their over all hunting experiences. Personally my meat consumption has been heavily game meat oriented for the last 25 years. I've also been able to swap my hunted meat resource for other type of meat supplies from local producers. Which all adds to the appeal.
I liked your Sab Times article. Sure if I felt exceptionally pedantic I could sniff a few times at the wording here and there. But accepting, that there is a target audience that needs to be engaged with that influences their selection, gets one past such matters.
Pomposity often focuses on the minutia, and at times it sits in the proverbial "high seat" over at SD.
Thanks for the heads up on Jackson Landers. I've not come across him before. I'll be sure to take a look see.
Atb
Wilf