mdwest
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Sitting in the lounge in Dublin preparing to fly back home,so this might not get finished for another day or two… but thought I’d go on and get started now.
Pre-covid I managed to win an auction at DSC for a sika stag hunt in Ireland with Celtic Field Sports. A few months later the rona put a halt on everything…so we just managed to be able to pull the hunt off this year…
CFS is a family operation…over the next couple of years I worked with David, his wife Lisa, and his daughter Jessica at different times to coordinate and plan everything from possible additional hunts (they also offer fallow, red stag, ibex, some great wing shooting options, and a handful of other things as well) to additional touring activities…
Ultimately what we settled on was the sika.. and if time allowed to try for a fallow as well (we only had 3 hunting days.. so while possible, certainly not a guarantee).. then we’d spend 3 days touring Dublin, Cork, a couple of castles, and the cliffs of moher…
Flights were uneventful and easy.. and I have to give American credit… the Admirals lounge in DFW is very nice and comfortable..
Pick up and transport to the lodge was also uneventful and easy.. we were met at the airport by our driver and arrived at the lodge less than 90 minutes later… the lodge is nestled in a quiet corner of County Kildare…the drive from Dublin is beautiful and post card quaint..
Upon arrival we were advised that the weather forecast for the week was dismal with pretty strong rains and wind expected all week, so while not typical for hunters to go immediately to the field on arrival day, David wanted to get us out as quickly as possible to take advantage of as much time as we could get with reasonable weather conditions… so, after a very nice lunch,we met our sika guide, John, and headed afield…
More to follow after arriving home
Pre-covid I managed to win an auction at DSC for a sika stag hunt in Ireland with Celtic Field Sports. A few months later the rona put a halt on everything…so we just managed to be able to pull the hunt off this year…
CFS is a family operation…over the next couple of years I worked with David, his wife Lisa, and his daughter Jessica at different times to coordinate and plan everything from possible additional hunts (they also offer fallow, red stag, ibex, some great wing shooting options, and a handful of other things as well) to additional touring activities…
Ultimately what we settled on was the sika.. and if time allowed to try for a fallow as well (we only had 3 hunting days.. so while possible, certainly not a guarantee).. then we’d spend 3 days touring Dublin, Cork, a couple of castles, and the cliffs of moher…
Flights were uneventful and easy.. and I have to give American credit… the Admirals lounge in DFW is very nice and comfortable..
Pick up and transport to the lodge was also uneventful and easy.. we were met at the airport by our driver and arrived at the lodge less than 90 minutes later… the lodge is nestled in a quiet corner of County Kildare…the drive from Dublin is beautiful and post card quaint..
Upon arrival we were advised that the weather forecast for the week was dismal with pretty strong rains and wind expected all week, so while not typical for hunters to go immediately to the field on arrival day, David wanted to get us out as quickly as possible to take advantage of as much time as we could get with reasonable weather conditions… so, after a very nice lunch,we met our sika guide, John, and headed afield…
More to follow after arriving home
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