Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast The Country Gent Podcast: Fishing, Shooting, Whisky, Style, History, Wealth & Rural Affairs

In part 2 of episode 71, Rob talks about his latest purchase and how it's highly to make him the epitome of cool, Nick shares some of his favourite game cookery books, and we try a nice but very expensive Scotch whisky.

In episode 71 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Sam Thompson, a head keeper on a Scottish Highland sporting estate. We discuss how an estate like he works on operates, red deer as a species, and his views on rewilding.

Part 2 of episode 70.

In episode 70 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is professional dog trainer and gundog enthusiast Georgia Selby. Georgia shares some great information about training dogs and shares some great tales from her days in the field when out beating.

You can learn more about Georgia's training methods and services at the following places:

https://trailsfortailsdogtraining.com/

https://northandsouthgundogs.newzenler.com/

In episode 69 of The Country Gent Podcast, Rob aims to put right the blank he suffered on the river three years ago when recording an 'on the bank' feature for the podcast. Does he succeed? Listen now to find out.

In episode 68 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Dr Robert Thomas, a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University whose work centres around conservation and land use. It's safe to say that Rob is not pro-shooting but is keen to ensure that the issue of raptor persecution is solved and puts forward some ideas of how that can be achieved.

In episode 57 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Steve Caple who tells us all about his life as a rural pest controller and gives us some insight into the methods used by the poachers of yesteryear.

In episode 66 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Simon Grace who tells us all about what he's doing to defend fieldsports to ensure that it has a future.

In episode 65 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Jeff Spitler, the first American guest we've had on the show who educates us on all things hunting in the US.

In episode 64 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is the one and only Tim Maddams.

In episode 63 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest Shaun Porter talks to us about gear and shares some ideas for Black Friday and Christmas.

In episode 62 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is gun fit and grouse shooting expert Adam Calvert.

In episode 61 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is salmon angler Lucinda Ewin. Also on the show, we hear about Nick's recent trip stalking stags in Scotland and we try an 11 year old single malt whisky.

In episode 60 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Nigel 'Fennel' Hudson. We discuss his background in angling, his deep passion for the countryside and how the Wild Carp Trust came to exist.

Angling for wild strains of carp that are much closer genetically to the old strains that existed centuries ago is probably an arm of the sport that many carp anglers aren't aware of. All is revealed though in this hugely insightful episode.

In episode 59 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Alan Johnson of Danum Blades.

In episode 58 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Garry Doolan of BASC.

Also on the show, we try a sherried 15 year old Speyside whisky and get a bit of help doing so.

Oh and potatoes? All will be revealed...

In episode 57 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Liam Stokes, Chief Exec of the British Game Alliance.

Liam tells us all about the reasons why he took on the role, what his plans are for it and also gives us some insight into his time at DEFRA.

Also on the show, we cover the latest news in fieldsports and try a 20 year old single malt from an undisclosed Orkney distillery.

In episode 56 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guests are Robbie Kröger of Blood Origins and Shaun Porter of Global Outdoors. Robbie and Shaun recently collaborated on a project so we learn all about that plus we find out more about the background of Blood Origins and how Robbie is trying to help the hunting community with its messaging.

Also on the show, we cover the latest news in fieldsports including what looks to be the end of wildfowling on the Humber and we try a Gordon & MacPhail bottling of a 2005 sherry cask finish Macallan.

In episode 55 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is former multiple British & European Smallbore side by side champion and Head of Operations at Holts Auctioneers, Simon Reinhold. We discuss steel shot, old English side by sides and modern game shooting.

Also on the show, we welcome back Tim Roberts of Whisky Online to taste with us another fantastic whisky from Alistair Walkers Infrequent Flyers range.

In this episode, our guest is fly tyer and Semperfli pro team member Phillipa Hake. With some lockdown easing on the horizon, we discuss our plans for the coming week and we also taste the Benromach 15.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, we speak with the British Game Alliance and a Yorkshire based gamekeeper to find out about the impact of COVID-19 on the 2020/21 game shooting season.

Also on the show, we try another fantastic whisky from the Infrequent Flyers range.

In episode 52 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Pete Tyjas of the brilliant Fly Culture Magazine. Pete tells us about his life in fly fishing, the background to starting the magazine and what it takes to put such a high quality publication together.

Also on the show, Rob and Nick share their top lockdown tips, we do our first remote whisky tasting and we cover the latest news in fieldsports.

In episode 51 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is David Thompson of Driven Sporting who tells us all about life in the gun trade. Also on the show we taste an amazing whisky from an undisclosed distillery in Speyside and we give our views on the recently announced lead ban for game shooting.

For the 50th episode of the podcast we bring you a bumper edition with two guests. The first is Joe Clark, Whisky Director of Spirit of Yorkshire distillery who tells us all about the first single malt whisky to be produced on Yorkshire soil (of course, we get to taste it!) The second is the guest who kicked the podcast off in 2017, Gareth Dockerty from BASC. It was very fitting to have Gareth back for the 50th episode and to try Yorkshire’s first whisky. Also on the show, Rob and Nick announce something big…

Links mentioned in the episode:

Red Stag Media | Spirit of Yorkshire | George Monbiot’s article

In episode 49 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Jason Doyle, the face of YouTube programme Fieldsports Ireland. We discuss his background and how he got into fieldsports, what the scene looks like in Ireland, his move to Yorkshire and how the planning and filming process works for the channel.

Also on the show, we try our first Irish whisky, the Connemara Peated Single Malt.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Justin Nicholson. Born in the UK, Justin now lives in Denmark and is the France country manager for Deerhunter. We chat about his hunting in both Denmark and France and the merits of a European style hunting license.

In episode 47 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is carp fishing legend Julian Cundiff. Jules tells us all about the early days of his carp fishing career, the story of his monster PB and what his fishing looks like now that he’s retired.

In episode 46 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guests are The Somerset Hunters. We discuss their life in fieldsports, how they got into it and what it looks like now, their Instagram account and the thought process behind it plus some of the challenges facing the shooting community.

Also on the show, we cover some of the latest news and try the Laphroaig Four Oak.

In episode 45 of The Country Gent Podcast, we welcome back Shaun Porter for part 2.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Shaun Porter of Global Outdoors. Shaun tells us all about his adventures in Africa, Australia, Alaska and his epic trip to the American deep south.

Also on the show, we try the Balvenie 14 Year Old Carribbean Cask and Rob's muntjac stalk has finally happened - was he successful?

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Carlos from Jackal's Old Country Blood where we discuss working dogs and in particular different types of terrier and bull breed.

Also on the show, we tase another fantastic Scotch whisky from Islay.

In episode 42 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Yorkshire based shoot owner and wildfowler Richard Bays. Also on the show, we taste an English whisky and bring you more British history with Alan.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Peter Arfield of Bakewell Fly Fishing. Also on the show, we taste a Welsh single malt and bring you the next part of the latest history feature with Alan.

In episode 40 of The Country Gent Podcast, we bring you a game shooting special with the legend that is Dave Carrie. We also taste a game bird themed whisky and have a great prize courtesy of the Shooting Times.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is the fascinating James McKay. James is a zoologist, an author, a ferreter, falconer, animal nut and out and out countryman.

Also on the show, we bring you another two whisky tastings and the next part of the latest history feature.

In this episode, our guest is Jim Stewart - MD of Longthorne Gunmakers. We also bring you our regular whisky and history features.

In this episode (recorded at The Northern Shooting Show), our guest is Duncan Thomas of BASC - the British Association for Shooting and Conservation. Duncan gives us an update on the general license situation plus we hear all about his background and how he ended up in his role at BASC. We also bring you the regular whisky and history features.

In episode 36 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is fieldsports photographer and author Matt Limb OBE.

In episode 35 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Yorkshire based fly fishing guide and Hardy ProTeam member Stuart Minnikin. We also bring you two whisky tastings along with the regular history feature.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, we welcome back Robert Everitt of Hull Cartridge for a Q&A session. We also taste the Lagavulin 16 Scotch whisky and learn about Simon de Montford in the history feature.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Matt Cross - freelance fieldsports journalist and Shooting Times contributor.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Steven McGonigal - professional rabbit catcher and longnetter in Ireland.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, we welcome back the legend that is Simon Whitehead. Simon tells us about the challenges he faces as somebody who makes a living from controlling rabbits and why he's having to diversify to survive. We also talk about his DNA Film Festival win last year and his plans for this year plus we discuss the issues currently affecting hares in the UK.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Robert Everitt of Hull Cartridge. We also bring you two whisky tastings and a history feature.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Tom Adams, Managing Director of the British Game Alliance. We also taste an award winning yet budget whisky and Alan tells us more about the Vikings.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is animal welfare consultant Jim Barrington.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Liam Stokes - Head of Campaigns at The Countryside Alliance.

In episode 26 of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Andrew Gilruth of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust who tells us all about the Trust's new book The Knowledge: Every Gun's Guide to Conservation.

In this episode of The Country Gent Podcast, our guest is Diggory Hadoke - big game hunter and vintage gun expert.