BASC rejects Packham attack on shooting
Shooting organisation BASC has hit back at BBC TV presenter Chris Packham’s attack on shooters and gamekeepers. BASC spokesman Garry Doolan says it is ‘ludicrous’
Shooting organisation BASC has hit back at BBC TV presenter Chris Packham’s attack on shooters and gamekeepers. BASC spokesman Garry Doolan says it is ‘ludicrous’
youtu.be/uMGxpOal-IYHow much damage can you do to a rifle before it blows up? We take a .243, .270 and a .308, and we do terrible
youtu.be/NLhWeh0Rk7A In 2004, Tony Blair restricted hunting with hounds because, he said, it was good for the welfare of the fox. Since then, some estimates
Here are the links: Sabs step up attacks on hunts – ITV Is Packham ‘burning car’ for real? – Twitter Antis declare open season on
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pgLnmfln5w We have wild sport for you this week. Paul is on the high ground of Swedish Lapland, walking up ptarmigan over setters. It is
Swarovski has moved into the thermal market. Its new TM35 is an add-on that mounts on the front of your scope, and doubles up as
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS2J_pw09NI You can’t win an election without winning rural seats. That’s Sir Keir Starmer’s credo. The man he has appointed to shadow the countryside is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt1Bq2V0YVY Autumn is a tough time for stags. Both red stags and sika stags are trying to hold hinds. In Scotland, the reds are roaring
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oho8J69_q-k Here are the links: Sabs buzz bricks at hunters – Facebook Police ask for opinions about gun licensing – APCCS Wild Justice’s pheasant season
youtu.be/-aVyy8LYXZw Gun-Lok is a pair of 12-bore sized security locks that fit into the chambers of your gun like snap-caps. A unique key allows you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPWXitRd1Ww Here are the links:Labour Party ‘too urban’ admits politician – Countryside Alliance Shoots optimistic for the game season – GWCTSGA names Young Gamekeeper of the
youtu.be/9Kaa4PSOeA8 Instagram star Dan Thor is out shooting early season partridges in glorious weather at The Grange Shoot in Essex. He’s brought along two Instagram
“We need to be moving away from this convenience idea, moving away from going to a supermarket and buying asparagus all year round, etc,” says
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8K77nJA6ls Adam Henson talks about Jeremy Clarkson, BBC Countryfile and the importance of game meat. Country Food Trust ambassador Adam and CFT chief executive Tim
youtu.be/TeeZc_C0Zxw Here are the links:Leaked Hunting Office webinar used in court against Master of Foxhounds – Guardian + YouTube‘Time-wasting’ council tries to stop trail hunts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOl_GwNbNJ0 You know how they shoot geese out of coffin hides in Sweden and the USA? With geese hitting the farm he manages in Kent,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdLBkjrmHtg Here are the links:RSPB agrees to target predators in seabird ‘rescue’ – RSPBBig shops are donating to animal rights extremists – FacebookWildfire pollution kills
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IcMNcTRXqc Roy has a team of keen young foxers, a lamp and a rifle. He introduces them to old-school foxshooting, lamping the animals on ground
Brody Woollard, a 20-year-old junior shot, fought his way to winning the coveted British Open Sporting Championship at EJ Churchill’s Swinton Shooting Ground near Masham
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpYZ6QC_cpE Here are the links:Burglars steal guns: is there a Guntrader leak link? – Fieldsports NewsNational Trust members to vote on trail-hunting ban – The
youtu.be/r0TBHg2X84g by Ben O’Rourke In 2010, stoats mysteriously turned up on Orkney, perhaps as stowaways on lorries carrying hay for farmers to feed their cattle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq_5yy1i3mA September means wildfowling. Charlie heads to one of the homes of the sport, the River Kent Estuary in Cumbria, managed for wildfowl by the
James Marchington Mark Winser has won the coveted Essex Masters trophy for the fourth time. He shot a tremendous score of 195 ex-200 on Monday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMZOzIjkL1E This week, how to take a bunny from hopping outside its hole to becoming a delicious bruschetta, cooked over an open fire. Johnny Muston
Ben O’Rourke Thieves are targeting gun-owners and police say a link with the Guntrader leak cannot be ruled out. A Newton-on-Trent home was burgled in
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ce7yCnA9jE Here are the links:Guntrader leak goes graphic – Fieldsports NewsScottish government authorises deer massacre – The TimesBotham hits DEFRA plan with prawn jibe –
World champion shot Sam Green explains how to approach a clay target on a stand, how to work out how to shoot it, what to do with your feet, your body and your gun. It’s the complete package.For more about coaching with Sam Green, go to Facebook.com/samgreenshooting – and, if you are a member of […]
youtu.be/-s_FJP3iE04 The English government says it plans a gun licensing review in the wake of the August 2021 Plymouth shootings. Ben O’Rourke asks Christopher Graffius
Tim is surveying a new block of ground for deerstalking. He counted 250 fallow on the land – and he wonders how the British deerstalking
It’s got better since 1 February 2020 when Brexit threw it into doubt. Research by the SCI’s UK chapter reveals that most European countries only
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifxns1fmq4U Here are the links:Travelling with guns gets easier – Fieldsports News + film courtesy of EurotunnelScotland unveils plans to dismantle grouseshooting – Scottish Government
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez8tNhHPkzA Is YouTube still on the prowl for airgun channels or does it hav an over-active algorithm? In July 2021, it deleted Replica Airguns, a
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D6bKdfx7rA We have seen non-lead ammunition work in a range of fullbore rifles, but does it work in rimfires? Tim Pilbeam tries out lead-free bullets
youtu.be/BIZPLf4S2ZI How damaging is steel to a new shotgun barrel? We put 10,000 steel shells (Eley-Hawk Eco Wad) through a Yildiz Steel Sporter 12-bore at
Here are the links: Plymouth shootings shock nation – BASC Do satellite trackers kill birds? FedEx stops firearms distribution worldwide – SIFA Trophy ban consultation
youtu.be/NWHNlQRPm00 Paul Childerley is suffering from stalker stress. He is not sure he has hit his roebuck cleanly, so he sets out to track it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUVu2SOMsaA Roy gets the best reaction to a roe call in all of his 30 years’ deerstalking. It’s the roe deer rut and the bucks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNRtSwFKxeU Antis have been trying it on in the run up to the Glorious Twelfth 2021. They claim that nearly half the Cairngorms is made
youtu.be/27S0DGoar34 Here are the links:Solicitors swoop on Guntrader victims in bid to cash in on leak – Fieldsports News + Fieldsports News follow-upUniversity releases landmark
youtu.be/rb-EfO3D9G0 Lord Botham talks to Charlie Jacoby about grouseshooting, cricket and the meaning of life at the 2021 Game Fair. The interview takes place in
The Browning Maxus semi-auto has become a firmly established favourite, particularly with pigeon shooters, wildfowlers and gamekeepers. It handles well, shoots smoothly, and cycles reliably
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2yX8n1X3Hc Roy sets out to stalk a roebuck – and the day is a lot more successful than he hopes. Find out what happens. Meanwhile,
The different traditions in Northern Ireland sliced communities apart from the 1960s to the 1990s. As the world works to heal these sectarian divides, there’s
youtu.be/cjNOO0VVtbg Here are the links:Grouse count down but money for merlins – GWCTDAERA cancels general licences consultation – FacebookShooting team wins single medal – Fieldsports
GB’s team of Matt Coward-Holley and Kirsty Hegarty shot a great score of 143 in the qualification rounds for the Trap Mixed Teams event at
Great Britain’s Seonaid McIntosh finished the 50m Rifle 3P Women in 14th place with a score of 1167-55x in Tokyo today.British Shooting commented “We’re so
youtu.be/ZXUVjkMjTig Peter Wilson and Matt French are two of the most decorated athletes who have shot for Team GB. Recorded with interviewer Charlie Jacoby at
Photo: British Shooting GB’s Matt Coward-Holley has won bronze in the Men’s Trap at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Matt, 26, from Chelmsford, shot brilliantly
youtu.be/UvMGyI-nWAE As our top shooting athletes compete in Tokyo, the next generation of potential shooting Olympians are training at the British Shooting Summer Camp at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPzsool6v9E “It’s a bit weird, but personally I’d love this country to have a sustainable wolf population,” Ian Coghill tells me after spending several minutes
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