KINLOCH CASTLE GAME BOOKS -
RUM DEER FOREST
Written from personal first-hand research and illustrated from his photographic archive of the Rum Deer Forest Game Book by George W. Randall, co-founder in July 1996 and former Vice Chairman Kinloch Castle Friends' Association.
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BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION:
Opening page of Kinloch
Castle - Isle of Rum Deer Forest record book.
The Great Hall at Kinloch Castle never fails to impress.
1910 Sep 24th. Sir George Bullough Ardneamh Jac. Macaskill 13 19 6 .303 Finest head killed at Rhum
(average 15 stones 1910)
Weight of heaviest stag 19st. 6-lbs.
However, Mr. (John) Bullough is recorded shooting game birds on four successive days in December 1888 in the Kinloch Castle Isle of Rum Game Book -
Dedication as written on Pedigree of Bullough.
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22 August - 11 September 1900.
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Unidentified. Above doorway from main entrance to the Great Hall.
An enlargement of the above photograph, (taken on the foreshore of Loch Scresort),
was displayed in an oak, glazed frame in the Castle Bistro when re-photographed
by the author in August 1995. It was later moved into the corridor by the Bistro.
Records suggest the gun is Major Lynch who shot a twelve point stag on 8 September 1902, stalker Jimmy Mcaskill (some times spelt MacCaskill).
1910 SEASON
Average clean weight in 1910 15 stones (210-lbs. / 95.3 kgs.)
Weight of heaviest 19 stones 6-lbs. (272-lbs. / 123.3 kgs.)
The Finest Head killed on Rum prior to 1914.
All stags marked as bad heads are specially picked out as bad heads.
Mr. John Kirkwood, M.P.
Conservative M.P. for South East Essex in 1910-12.
Returned in the election for South East Essex with a majority of 1217.
Sir George Bullough, Dibidil, Stalker Donald McGillivray. Clean weight: 16 stone (224-lbs.)
"A fine head on a poor body."
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Antlers of the heaviest stag of 1936 Season.
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1942, 1943 and 1944 SEASONS.
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1 9 5 9 to 1 9 6 7 SEASONS
ANNUAL SUMMARIES ONLY RECORDED
Lady Bullough died on 22 May 1967 aged ninety-eight.
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All deer were shot under supervision of Head Stalker, George Macnaughton.
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AND FINALLY -
and residents of the island.
The bar facilities were first class, a roaring fire added to the camaraderie amongst all sharing their experience of the Isle of Rum !
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED FROM
FIRST-HAND RESEARCH
BY GEORGE W. RANDALL © COPYRIGHT
NOTE: All pages from the RUM DEER FOREST RECORD BOOK
were photographed on conventional film,
digital photography still in the future at the time.
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HOWEVER ... ...
REVIEWED WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL 5 JULY 2024
George W. Randall Research Archive
From Stained Glass Window in Great Hall.
