Europe bans lead shot over wetlands
The European government has pushed through a ban on lead shot over wetlands, leaving pro-shooting groups in Brussels and Strasbourg aghast. Shooters in North European countries, especially Scandinavia, point out…
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Planning to go boar hunting? You know how you look at a running boar range and say to yourself or, worse, to your friends, ‘I bet I could build…
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World champion shot Sam Green shows two methods of rabbit shooting. When it’s a quartering target, keep the gun behind it and push through. When the target is square…
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Shooting clays from telehandlers
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An alternative approach to guiding – Fieldsports Channel Podcast, episode 39
Oliver Rampley runs a new kind of guiding – a holistic approach to wildlife where hunting is one part of the story. Find out how he sees the world,…
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