Duchy College pheasant shoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpS3u8-ooxE Meet the young gamekeepers on the gamekeeping course at Duchy College in Cornwall as they put on a shoot day. They have picked one of their number, Henry Roberts, as shoot captain – which means he gets the blame for anything that goes wrong. Nah… it’s a great driven day. For more about gamekeeping […]
Europe’s hunters send Ukraine relief – Fieldsports News, 9 March 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipoEJkVjDY Here are the links: Shooters across Europe support Ukraine – Fieldsports News Fundraising for family of dead gamekeeper in Northamptonshire – GoFundMe Vinnie backs new YouTube channel – YouTube ‘Corporate’ forests in Scotland cause inequality – Guardian Sab convicted for attacking vehicle with two young children inside at Leicestershire hunt – Leicester Mercury + […]
Driven vs stalking deer – which is more effective?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ58dYRzS6A Roy Lupton is out on a ‘deer move day’ in the South of England. He is also out on an ordinary stalking day. So, which is better? Find out in this film. The deer move day is to cull fallow on a farm in Sussex. The stalking day is for muntjac in Hampshire. For […]
Shooters across Europe support Ukraine
by Deborah Hadfield Shooters from across Europe are supporting refugees. The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation is mobilising its members and partners to help people who are taking refuge in Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania. Local hunting associations are setting up food distribution centres near the borders. The CIC is donating game meat, equipment, […]
Fieldsports Britain – fast-moving muntjac hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR9pGYoszfE Roy is after muntjac and fallow, one of them on the move and one of them stalked. He is using skill and Aimpoint sights on a ‘deer move day’ and a traditional walk-and-stalk day. Find out which he recommends. Plus Charlie is on a pheasant shooter run by gamekeeping students. And news correspondent Deborah […]
Zac Goldsmith’s back-door ban on hunting trophies
by Deborah Hadfield Shooters say Boris Johnson and Lord Zac Goldsmith are being sneaky about trying to introduce a ban on the import and export of hunting trophies to the UK. They claim the politicians are stalking hunting trophies from two different directions. Boris and Zac are trying to get the animals abroad bill through […]
Cheap Holland & Hollands – are they worth it?
Diggory Hadoke of VintageGuns.co.uk looks at the cheapest Holland & Hollands on the secondhand market. Are they worth buying? Are they true Holland & Hollands? There’s a pair of 20-bore H&H ‘No 3 Grade’ guns coming up at Holts Auctioneers on 21 March 2022. They are single trigger, hand-detachable, back-action, sidelock ejectors (serial no 26417 […]