War and the wolves …
It was the second year of the war. The children who were eight years and more, have understood that war? it is trouble, trouble for everyone. The sale did not matches, salt, kerosene and some other items needed in daily life. But this can be tolerated. From the first days of the war began to come to the funerals of the fathers, brothers, it was an irreparable disaster.Cried close relatives, sympathized with the neighbors, and we, the boys, tried to help these families, to drive away in a herd of cows or meet with the herd and drive it into the yard. In a word, the trouble has rallied all. We, the Read more [...]
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In November, the ducks
Warm weather did not let me rest. It can not be that all the ducks flew to the south! Mallard must certainly linger. And on November 10th, I went to my favorite lake Verestovo.Photo shutterbusterbob / flickr.com At huntsman Viacheslav remained on the banks of lightweight aluminum boat. I decided that I will not swim away, Settle somewhere nearby on the island. It is written, — done. Arriving at the beach, lake, I do not know. It has spread like spring. Bushes in the water, and coastal reeds and sedges perished, and his eyes opened a huge expanse of water. I found a secluded Read more [...]
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Denali
First Alaska Denali National Park was created in 1917 at the top of the Alaska Range, the highest mountain in North America, has received in due time the name of Mount McKinley. Also called first, and the park itself, which now bears the name of an Indian - Denali.Photo by the author First Alaska Denali National Park was created in 1917 at the top of the Alaska Range, the highest mountain in North America, has received in due time the name of Mount McKinley. Also called first, and the park itself, which now bears the name of a Native American — Denali.Russian settlers the Read more [...]
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What is winter?
Winter 2013-2014 in folk superstitionsWinter in the central regions of the European part of Russia (ETR) usually begins in late November, at the podsezon called phenology «pervozime» (from November 27 to December 21). Since December 22 begins «Winter root» (until February 14). February 15 is «fracture of winter»Which lasts until 17 March. And from March 18 begins spring.Folk omens portendSummer rainy — winter snow, frosty. The summer was rainy.If a hot July — to the cold weather in December. July was not particularly hot.Crude summer and warm autumn Read more [...]
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«Leave the cities, stupid people …»
Driving a car on the Tver region, I remembered that line from a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Leningradka led me along the deep forests, which lie under Torzhok. And again and again I became convinced that the beauty of nature can not be compared with any one work of human hands. Photo by Pavel Zhukov We ate in Tver region is not such as in my, Lipetsk, area. In they have some kind of hopeless, hapless, and It grows only in one place, the city park. A here everywhere powerful, real. One can not help catch myself I thought that was about to the Read more [...]
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Shooting on the traction
Shooting Woodcock, depending on the situation, it can be simple, complex and highly complex when fully Hunter feels the lack of shooting skills and knowledge of the basic techniques of shooting in flight. Photo by Sergey Fokin Application fraction smaller than the number 7 is impractical. Smaller numbers will reduce a distance of shooting. The least to be mentioned, is the fraction № 7,5 (2,4 mm, 2.33 mm). Hinges shell fractions of 32 g is usually enough at standard choke, but does not always ensure a comfortable and productive shooting – in the absence of a decent shooting Read more [...]
Hello, capercaillie current!
Camera Lens drew figures of two hunters gradually removed along the track into the forest. Suddenly, one of them stopped and looked at me and shouted - "catch up!", Waving his hand invitingly. Put the camera in its case, he hurried after his friends, who have come off quite forward. Crossed half deep, rapid stream and stood mesmerized by its beauty! Impregnated last year's foliage and the ground thawed dark stream, merrily murmuring, carrying forward the endless mass of water, causing me to hang back and keep balance.Around I felt indescribable aroma of spring came, stirs the Read more [...]
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«A skilled fisherman or Meditation for men»
God has never created a more peaceful and innocent recreation than fishingIllustration from the archives of William D. Trego In late autumn 2006, after the close of the season, longingly fingering filing fishing periodicals, I came across in the weekly «Birds of a feather» Article Tsessarsky of an unknown to me the English fishermen, wrote a famous book about fishing. It was called The Compleat Angler or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation.I immediately began to look for books in translation Internet, but Russian text of nowhere It was found English I Read more [...]
Russian fishing in the Norwegian fjords
In early September, at the invitation of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway, the Council for Tourism of the country and the company Din Tour group of journalists from the four leading Russian hunting and fishing publications and two television stations visited sea fishing. This tour has been organized so that journalists have an idea about the features of fishing in the fjords and the open sea in central and northern Norway. Although Russia is surrounded by seas, sea fishing for a variety of reasons (economic reasons are not the main) for the majority of our compatriots is not available and, Read more [...]
Interpol — arms
Photos ZORIN DENU / flickr.com (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) In the minds of people come obvious changes: more and more those of spiritual dictates or the nature of their work before, an armed citizens' — bad idea, and it is now beginning to change their minds. Below is a translation of an article about a new look at the problem of arms of one of the US officials.What to do if terrorists, renouncing attacks against well-protected objects, turning their attention to shopping centers, cinemas and other crowded places, and as a result of attacks on Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, Read more [...]
My Fair IWA
For almost forty years, in Nuremberg in the spring lovers of hunting, fishing, shooting, outdoor recreationFROM Every year on this exhibition there are more beautiful women's faces. They are increasingly among the leaders of weapons, ammunition, and selling autfiterskih firms – exhibitors. In many countries, women appear hunting clubs, Women getting on show more.[mkref = 2358]In Europe, it is certainly the most representative assembly. It happens that our people say that the Moscow exhibition Arms & Hunting is in line with the Nuremberg exhibition, but, in all Read more [...]
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What will be the spring of 2013?
Photos of Marina Fokina PROMISES TO THE PEOPLEAutumn rainy – It will be rainy spring. Autumn was not rainy.If the fall of snow applied early, and early spring. Snow fell in time.If the cold September – in March the snow melts. September was warm.Early snow in the winter – in early spring. Early snow was not.Early Hidden – a long time will not melt. The first thaw showed in the beginning of February, about a month before the usual time.Long icicles – to a long spring. Already in mid-January were long icicles.snowy winter – to the long spring and Read more [...]
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Rainy summer — 2013
What do the people's signsZhuravkova-invariant snowy winter – to the long spring and rainy summer. Winter snow – summer rainy. The winter was snowy.Winter Summer builds. As winter falls summer. Winter warmth – Summer cold. Cold winter – Hot Summer. Winter warm was not, rather, the norm or more colder than normal.If the January cold – July is hot and dry, do not wait until the autumn mushrooms. January was a bit colder than the average of many years.In January, a lot of frequent and long icicles – the harvest will be good. Long icicles were many. Read more [...]
Charity inside
"I live among the living, which also wants to live" -Albert SchweitzerPhoto Nhandler / wikipedia.org Some Russian publications urging readers to listen to a certain sixth sense and be more attentive to our younger brothers. However, not everyone touched by the messages of the problems of urban shelters for stray dogs and deaths from flocks of stray animals.Animals – our older brothers, if the count of the biological age of an animal or plant species is conducted from the perspective of evolutionary development of species on our planet. Propaganda also high-ranking Read more [...]
Bilchany
Notes geologistTaking a turn over the river, the helicopter hovered over the airfield, raised a cloud of thick dust and slowly sank into the crater, invisible from the outside. The camp started a commotion. Despite the multi-day waiting the arrival of the helicopter still was a surprise. Chief of Party Alexander B. Lapin, who has experience of numerous field seasons, knows everything about all types of transport in the north and especially the character of the commanders of the crews of helicopters in the province, gave the command to his deputy for economic part urgently raise ITR to begin preparations Read more [...]
Rifle Martini — Henry in the service of the Empire
Martini - Henry was the first breech-loading rifle made specifically adopted by the universal arming of British infantry. The rifle had extraordinary fame after appeared in the hands of Michael Caine in the epic film "Zulu". Photo from the author's archive Its popularity honored despite the fact that it is used at the front for a relatively short period. Before she had a rifle Snyder, processing dulnozaryadnoy rifled Enfield rifle that was in service during the Russian-Turkish war.The marriage of Friedrich von Martini, a Swiss engineer, develop mechanisms and Alexander Henry, Scottish Read more [...]
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The tenth — jubilee match Spaniels
Tenth All-Russian personal-team competitions spaniels for field and marsh fowl memory B. E. Vagina already become traditional and are held in the floodplain of the Oka River near ohotbazy "Solotcha" since 1993. Although at different times, they were called in different ways, and inter-regional, and interregional, and since 2002 they have been given the status of All-Russian. And it is clear why – such an abundance of bog-field game which rarely meet, and endless fields let you take virtually any number of dogs.Examination of dogs in competition tests carried out according Read more [...]
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Winter fishing thaw
The current warm winter, however, as all winters of recent years, has created around an old abandoned pier an interesting situation: the winter is on the wane, and the pond was covered with only a timid and fragile Ledkov, barely covering the Bay Lake. The current warm winter, however, as all winters of recent years, has created around an old abandoned pier an interesting situation: the winter is on the wane, and the pond was covered with only a timid and fragile Ledkov, barely covering the Bay Lake. The real fishing have probably not be this winter. A half-rotten near the destroyed pier at this Read more [...]
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