In this weeks episode (5) of The fat n Hairy Weekly round up we touch on some emotive subjects this week, still with our jovial laughter and banter, spoken in the velvet tones of The West Country, join The Ole Hedge Creeper (Somerset) and The Countryman (Cornwall) as we bring you latest international news and more from the world of Country Sports, Farming and Agriculture, not forgetting Conservation.

We bring you such subjects as, responsible drinking and some funny stories from a time of being young and impetuous young country boys, the loves, the life and stories of the farm yard, from shearing sheep to cattle stuck in a feeder, big cats of Britain, proper country cooking and more.

We touch on the subject and The Royal Family and this Harry and Megan debacle, one thing is clear here, Our Queen has our Love, Loyalty and Respect, our Sword is hers to command as she will, God Save The Queen.

With hilarious tales of past game fairs and shooting shows, the funny stories that happen behind the scenes, like Big Vernon from Yorkshire sitting Stewart on his knee in a Cumbrian meadow sat around the camp fire, giving him advice on love and how to keep a woman happy, or when Greg (The Countryman) tried to sell raffle tickets to the artist so she could win her own picture back.

So many funny stories and more in this weeks show, pour yourself a glass of something nice, sit in front of the fire in your comfy chair, listen to embers of the fire crack as you listen to two ole West Countrymen chew the fat at the bar in the snug.

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WOW what a Pleasure nay Honor it was for Greg (The Countryman) and myself (The Ole Hedge Creeper) to be able to interview the infamous Jim Shockey , such a fascinating, inspirational man, pour yourself a glass of something nice, sit down and be entertained, inspired and educated with this pod cast, three great Out Doors Men (Countrymen) come together share knowledge, education, comedy, take the Micky out of each other, Jim learns what the word Mucker stands for whilst we have a beer together, click on the pod cast button below to listen in on this awesome pod cast.

Jim Shockey (born 1957) is a Canadian outdoor writer, a professional big game outfitter and television producer and host for many hunting shows. Shockey is the producer and host of Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventures and Jim Shockey's Uncharted on Outdoor Channel[1] and Jim Shockey's The Professionals on Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel.[2] He is a retired member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), serving the rank Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel (HLCol) of the 4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group.[3][4] His hunting adventures have spanned six continents and 50 countries.[5] Shockey has been called by Outdoor Life magazine "the most accomplished big-game hunter of the modern era, having taken arguably the most free-range big game species by any living hunter." They also noted that he is "the most influential celebrity in big-game hunting. 

Below are a series of links buttons, they are all the pod casts we have done up to date, after this article each pod cast will have its own article.

all I will say here is pull up a bar stool, listen to the roaring log fire as it spits and crackles with the old apple tree burning on it, pour yourself a glass of something nice and have a listen, the smell of wood smoke and beer will fill the air, these pod cast will take you back to a time of sitting in the village pub listening in on conversation of proper Countrymen.

Click on the pod cast buttons and be ready to be entertained by the velvet West Country tones of The ole Hedge Creeper (Somerset) and The Countryman (Cornwall) with hilarious stories and tales of old, the adventures, the loves and the losses with some and even more inspiration, education and comedy only a pair of proper West Countrymen can get away with, listen to our VIP international Guests pod casts with tales from far off foreign shores and some closer to home too, learn how Country Sports and Conservation walk hand in hand.

​Arrrrrrr for tiz proper job mucker.

In this interview from the creators of the internationally read The Countryman's Diary, we catch up with none other than our Old Friend Charlie Jacoby of Field Sports Britain, learn how the red carpet was thrown out by The Ole Hedge Creeper  so Charlie could get in the back of the old series 2A land-rover whilst filming pigeon shooting, the dogs did not mind, learn what is the definitive biscuit for dunking, with so many hilarious tales, stories, ethical approach to country sports and more, the loves, the laughs, The CLA Game Fair Ban where I joined in with Charlie and some top British Country Sports names to inspire another publication that music is the international language of the people and more.

Pour yourself a glass or two of something nice, have the tissues ready for you will cry with laughter and be entertained in the West Country Velvet tones of The Ole Hedge Creeper and the Countryman, oh yes and Charlie too.

Well there I was in Hampshire as a guest at the start of the fallow deer cull, I managed to upset a Glaswegian Muntjac Deer that had retired to Hampshire, with no Andrex in my pocket I had no choice to resort to natures own loo paper, the bark on those trees was rough in them Squirrel-less Hampshire Woodlands, ooooo arrrrrr, learn how I got the new knick name of The Ole Hedge Crapper, if I were a lesser man I would of been like a lamb to the slaughter with those Wolves, but as always I came back leading the pack, with more hilarious tales from myself, Greg The Countryman and Rob from Katch It Traps, this pod cast will split your sides from laughing, with some inspirational education thrown in Country Boy style for good measure
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https://anchor.fm/.../Interview-with-Rob-from-Katch-it...

But first I must give a massive shout out to Dean Smallwood of ADG Custom Knives, Dean has finished my very own design of my knife, The Ole Hedge Creepers Muckers Knife, its a Countryman’s/Woodsman’s/Stalkers/ Bush Craft Knife, a razors edge is a dull edge compared to this knife, hand crafted from scratch of the finest materials and designed by an artisan master knife craftsman, this blade holds such a sharp edge, those that know their blades, will know what I mean when I say, it sings when you breath on it, with a Walnut handle for traditional roots, it has full tang and comes in a hand made and hand stitched veg tan leather sheath, I will say if your every going to buy a knife, buy this one, its an investment you can hand down through your generations, if you look after it correctly, buy once, cry once as my Pappy taught me, this is not a cheap Chinese piece of rubbish, this is a hand made quality ENGLISH craftsmanship blade of excellence, if you want one of my knives or any of the vast array of blades from Dean, just go over to The Out Post Shop and click on the knives section of my shop website theoutpostshop.co.uk purchase yourself a piece of English Craftsmanship History, a truly functional working piece of art. ​

Like I say we are there at first light, my apprentice joined me later that morning and who took the photos, Goose and I tucked down in by the old fallen Yew Log in the plantation overlooking the game feeders, I always feed until late spring, not so much for the wild game birds, but to help feed our song birds etc, I will write about all the bird boxes and habitat we have created for nature in another article, but for now know this is why we are here, to deal with the ever growing hoard of these Grey squirrel invaders, the first of these started to show itself within moments of us getting into position, I watched this tree rat come in from quite a distance, he got to the base of the feeder approximately 30 yards away, I took a steady aim from off of my knee, took a breath exhaled and squeezed off the shot, the sound of a cricket ball hitting the hickory is the only way I can describe this perfect head shot, Goose stayed in position on point by my side until I gave him the order to fetch, he had already marked the shot squirrel from our snipers nest against the log, I sent him on, he was in and back out with the squirrel in his chops as silent as a ghost, this young dog really has a passion for retrieving tree rats, the next few hours went on like that until the apprentice turned up, who was shocked how well we had done, I did move positions a couple of times along the log too, I knew I had amassed quite a pile but had not counted, Goose really enjoyed himself too as he had lots of retrieves, what I will say and I have said it before, the Air Arms TX200 in the right hands is a surgical instrument, it shoots as smooth as silk and has a deadly accurate humane dispatch on target, making this rifle the best on the market in my humble opinion, the Air Arms Pro Sport is in second place. ​

Spring Is In The Air (part 2)
By The Ole Hedge Creepers
www.theolehedgecreeper.co.uk
countrymans-diary.co.uk ​