Pictures of the moor/glen

[Jock Scot]

The rescue teams on the ground are I think all part time volunteers and they go out in all weathers and very effective they are too. Added to that the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and the coastguard helecopters are on full time alert. They rely on the idiots, the unwary and the unlucky to give them real practice. Without all these brave and skilled men and women the hills would take a dreadful toll. Take today for instance, the helecopter/s were out three times in just my bit of Scotland. Once for a broken leg, once for a heart attack and once because some people got lost(surprise surprise they had no map). And that is on a still,sunny, warm summers day!

[Mark E.]

Well, as far as laws and regulations go, I am not so up on the current ones...I got an invite about 10 years ago to a driven grouse /pheasant junkit, 3 weeks. Rented guns of course, lodging and the works. Alas, work and family kept me stateside, or I would have been away in a heartbeat.

I have hunted birds with muzzleloading shotguns here, in kilt, knee breeks, and traditional American field materials-we have some murderous brambles, and the "new guy" always has to rootle out the birds shot over the messes. I have a sincere appreciation for guides, who know the territory. I have also ridden horseback in a kilt-not something I care to repeat. Guaranteed a Scot of the 18th century would have made up with rubber Wellingtons and Barbour without second thought. Britches, too, I'd bet, when optioned with only a horse as transportation.

Are bows now illegal as well? I would have thought that traditional bows would have been the last to go...

For a clearer explaination-perhaps I should have said I wanted to back up my choice of colors/materials with both historical accuracy as well as have them usable in modern times-it is only a wealthy sort who has clothing specific to a singular purpose and none other.

Thank you, by the way, for the pictures-and the updates of laws. On a side note...Do any of the tartans officially labeled "hunting tartans" due to their coloring as it is applied to an accepted tartan design have any historical precedence? I hunt deer here in the Midwest United States in a "ghillie suit"...something that originated, at least by name, from Scotland/Wales... Or are they simply nuances of folk wanting something different to call their own?