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Why eating squirrel can be the ethical option

August 28, 2015 animal ethics, animal rights, animals, chefs, cookery, Country sports, dinner party, eating, environment, ethical carnivore, ethics, field sports, Food, george monbiot, Meat, nature, shooting, squirrel, Uncategorized, wildlife 3 comments
Preparing squirrel to a Nigella recipe.

Preparing squirrel to a Nigella recipe.


In the latest update to The Ethical Carnivore project, I eat grey squirrel killed as part of a programme to protect the red population. Read more

In which I meet my illustrator…

August 7, 2015 animal ethics, animal rights, animals, Books, bushcraft, cookery, Country sports, deer, eating, environment, ethical carnivore, ethics, Farming, field sports, Food, four feathers, game, Meat, nature, roe deer, shooting, tracking, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian, venison Comments Off on In which I meet my illustrator…
Learning to shoot with Chris Wheatley-Hubbard of Four Feathers. Illustration by Sam Goodlet.

Learning to shoot with Chris Wheatley-Hubbard of Four Feathers. Illustration by Sam Goodlet. I like my ‘flippers’, like I could swim away…

The Ethical Carnivore is to be illustrated by Sam Goodlet, a talented artist and a vegan… Read more

Hitting the target – but not how you think – with the BBC & Scottish Field

May 15, 2015 animal ethics, animal rights, animals, arbroath, bbc, cookery, Country sports, deer, eating, environment, ethics, Farming, field sports, Food, game, highlands, Meat, nature, roe deer, scotland, scottish field, shooting, television, trees, vegan, vegetarian, venison One comment
My rifle skills are improving but does that mean I'll make a clean shot?

My rifle skills are improving but does that mean I’ll make a clean shot?

My year spent only eating animals I have killed myself has featured on the BBC and in Scottish Field, leading to some expected ribbing about ‘glamorous’ photos with guns and some unexpected conclusions about the nature of shooting. Read more

The Easter Bunny: Overcoming Watership Down

May 15, 2015 animal ethics, animal rights, animals, Books, Country sports, dinner party, eating, ethics, field sports, Food, game, Meat, nature, rabbit, recipes, scotland, shooting, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian, watership down, wild garlic, wildlife One comment
Rabbit features in much of our childhood literature but it will also feature in the kill to eat diet.

Rabbit features in much of our childhood literature but it will also feature in the kill to eat diet.

I am often asked why I have not eaten more rabbit on this journey. The simple answer is that it takes time to learn to shoot a rabbit properly. There is also the Watership Down problem. Read more

My first shooting season

February 10, 2015 animal ethics, animal rights, animals, birds, Country sports, eating, environment, ethics, Farming, field sports, Food, game, Meat, nature, pheasant, shooting, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife 6 comments
I spent the winter learning about shooting

I spent the winter learning how to shoot

I grew up in the countryside, so it may seem strange to call this my first shooting season. But this is the first time I’ve actually held a gun. Read more

Gregg Wallace didn’t like my vegan shepherd’s pie, so I made a real lamb roast

December 10, 2014 animals, Books, chefs, cookery, eating, environment, ethics, Farming, Food, Gregg Wallace, lamb, Meat, nature, shooting, television, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife Comments Off on Gregg Wallace didn’t like my vegan shepherd’s pie, so I made a real lamb roast

 

Wild soay sheep

Wild soay sheep

This blog is about to get bloody. Sorry, but I did say I was writing a book about only eating animals I have killed myself. This means at some point I will have to kill something. The point is to do it in as humane a way as possible and to educate people about where meat comes from.  Read more

A class bird: Learning how to cook pigeon with MasterChef Natalie Coleman

September 30, 2014 animal ethics, animal rights, Country sports, eating, environment, ethics, Food, Meat, nature, pigeon, shooting, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife Comments Off on A class bird: Learning how to cook pigeon with MasterChef Natalie Coleman
Pan Roasted Pigeon with Orange Braised Lentils, Chicory & Hazlenuts

Pan Roasted Pigeon with Orange Braised Lentils, Chicory & Hazlenuts

If you want to only eat animals you have killed yourself, the traditional place to start is learning to shoot a pigeon. I was fortunate enough to also learn how to cook one with the former winner of MasterChef. Read more

Grouse shooting: The vainglorious 12th

August 25, 2014 animal ethics, animal rights, Country sports, eating, environment, ethics, Food, Grouse, highlands, nature, Rewilding, shooting, trees, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife 6 comments
A walked-up grouse shoot beneath the wind turbines

A walked-up grouse shoot beneath the wind turbines

Since I have pledged to only eat animals I have killed myself, I decide to go grouse shooting on the Glorious 12th and start off the project with a bang. It doesn’t quite go to plan…

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