Chris Packham’s Trojan Truce – Fieldsports News, 5 August 2020
Here are the links: Packham tries to split shooters over grouse Hedgehog numbers halve but not because of habitat loss – GWCT Dog thefts continue after lockdown. For the…
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Corvid Patrol
Fieldsports Nation member Alex Sorisi so liked the look of Matt Turley’s crow shooting set-up, he asked if he and his sister would have a go. We asked Matt…
On Test: Aimpoint Acro + roebuck stalking
You have a buck in your scope at 200 yards, and you call it in to 50 metres. It’s time for the Aimpoint Acro to swing into action. The…
On test: Pulsar Helion 2 XP50 thermal spotter
Rabbit shooting just got easier, as Andy Crow finds out. The Pulsar Helion 2 makes nighttime ‘like daylight’ says Mrs Crow, so when Andy is out shooting, he can…
Rabbit shoot: rain stops play
Poor Matt Turley. You invite a team of guns to come and shoot rabbits – and the bunnies don’t want to play. They don’t like to come out when…
Deer Box launch: venison from woodland to your freezer
It’s a haunch launch. Deer Box promises to post your frozen boxes of venison for your freezer. The brainchild of Ben Heath and restaurateur Mike Robinson, it aims to…
Pigeon Harvest Festival
Andy Crow has cut a couple of crops, so it’s time to set up for a pigeon shooting day on the stubbles. He puts friends and family in hides…
Crow shoot: big day over apples
Matt Turley is back – and this time he is shooting crows, rooks and jackdaws over an orchard. He is protecting the apple crop from the birds with decoys.…
On test: Pulsar Thermion lights up the rabbits
Cai Ap Bryn has a rabbit problem. Happily, Thomas Jacks has a new thermal unit that’s refit for shooting rabbits. Cai gives it a go on the range and then…
Stock dove or woodpigeon? Andy Crow’s guide
Crow is shooting pigeons over a bean crop. His big problem today are the stock doves. Even though they outnumber the woodpigeons ten-to-one, they are protected. So how can…
Crow shoot: 180-bird day
Matt Turley and Nigel White know how to put on a good day. It’s 100-200 birds and it only costs £20 for the day. Matt looks after corvid control…
Family day on the pigeons – it’s Crowhow
With the pigeons pouring into Andy Crow’s pea crop, it’s time to use local resources. That means members of the Crow family on lockdown are pressed into service, including…
A fox and her cubs – shoot or don’t shoot?
Jaf Jefferson takes his night vision out shooting. He is protecting a farmers’ lambs from hungry foxes. But when he comes across a vixen and her cubs, what does…
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Scotland’s hare ban madness – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 37
The antis ambushed Scotland’s political process and, in under a week in June 2020, they pushed through a ban on catching or killing mountain hares, likely to come into force…
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