Devon and Cornwall gun licensing fiasco
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRb4PesBZeA At the beginning of 2023, Devon & Cornwall firearms licensing looked like it was getting its act together. Now local shooters say the fiasco
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRb4PesBZeA At the beginning of 2023, Devon & Cornwall firearms licensing looked like it was getting its act together. Now local shooters say the fiasco
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxXBL6di_Ig Here are the links: Shoots face uncertainty over changes to gamebird licensing – DEFRA + BASC Hunter wins copyright case – Fieldsports News Shooter
The Packham Three case is over, and Chris Packham has won against two of them. The judge dismissed the case against the third. A PDF
youtu.be/wR8lowOr-UU An invasion of Wales is underway. Large companies, many of them based in London, are buying up land to use carbon credits. It has
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TP9GJeej08 Here are the links: BASC challenges ‘unlawful’ changes to gamebird release licence – BASC Packham gets RSPCA top job – Daily Mirror Anglers say
At a time when governments spend billions on reducing the amount of carbon that goes into the atmosphere, two organisations are still pumping it out.
youtu.be/t2KpGl58b_A Here are the links: Black panthers exist in UK countryside – Panthera Britannia documentary on AmazonDevon and Cornwall Police promise detailed review – ITV
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0jgoyrSzxs With tiger and leopard attacks on country people out of control, a wildlife conference in India has introduced the topic of hunting tigers. More
youtu.be/w-kOhlsvwSI Deborah Hadfield A rural way of life under threat – politicians are targeting farming, shooting, land management and conservation. The Welsh government is calling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9vvwBrRZJI Here are the links: Tony Blair hunting ban led to catastrophic fox decline – Daily Telegraph New test for firearms laws – BASC Landowners
Here are the links: Welsh Minister attacks shooting Hunters threaten to sue MPs Packham 3 in court Farmers’ fury at lynx plans Beware of anti-fieldsports
youtu.be/HpkdO7pVX00 The world watched the coronation of the new foxhunting, polo-playing, gameshooting and deerstalking king. The coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla at Westminster
youtu.be/GfAMGtM1vBE When animal lovers turn to hate and violence they call it ‘caring’. When Welsh farmer Gareth Wyn Jones posted a film on social media,
Here are the links: Wildfires – www.obantimes.co.uk/2023/04/21/kinloch-moidart-wildfire-under-control/ Botham knocks RSPB for six – www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/23/rspb-contractors-kill-foxes-crows-hide-from-public/ Farmer jailed for river damage – www.fieldsportschannel.tv/river-lugg-battle/ Antis post fake reviews
youtu.be/aRMt2xqTmwQ by Deborah Hadfield Elephants are big, beautiful but bad neighbours. In southern Africa, local people know how dangerous they can be. Award-winning author Sue
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzElH-49dC0 Here are the links: Song protests against new Highland clearances – YouTube YouTube shuts down hunting channel – subscribe to him on YouTube @VerminControlScotland
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8k8d63 Stuart speaks out about YouTube shutting down his channel YouTube has deleted a popular shooting channel. It took down Vermin & Pest Control Scotland,
by Deborah Hadfield The John Muir Trust has culled more than £100,000 worth of deer on a single highland estate. That’s the conclusion of a
www.youtube.com/watch?v=38BcyABAdGM Here are the links: Welsh farmer spotlights raven lamb attack – Facebook Hunts tidy up countryside – Facebook Sauer 100 barrel cracks in 6.5×55
youtu.be/lX62yA-ZKss Broken, badly funded and not fit for purpose: that’s the verdict on the firearms licensing system in England and Wales. But BASC and politicians
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h96ajqqFO8s Here are the links: Antis plan to sabotage the Grand National – Mail on Sunday Police discriminate over hunting links – petition Scottish falconers
youtu.be/VY7bVP888wE by Deborah Hadfield Fieldsports groups say it’s the thin end of a wedge that could extend to the rest of the UK. Wales plans
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKIt_zuzLso Here are the links: World’s largest roebuck shot in England – Harkila Fieldsports groups sound alarm on Scottish grouse moor bill – BASC Charity
Trophy photos action Has a newspaper or other organisation used photographs, without your permission, of you hunting? You might not be able to get them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU9gRjkxpq0 Here are the links: BBC blames pheasants for adder decline – Countryside Alliance BASC attacks RSPB over muirburn – BASC Scottish islanders reject deer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnh-BGuhOkw Fancy shooting abroad on some of the best ground in the world? And for free? You could win a spot at the AImpoint Academy
youtu.be/EQdeeMsyHEg by Deborah Hadfield Bill Wiggin MP is leading the opposition to a private members’ bill by MP Henry Smith to ban the import of
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xav62AFmZHsWhen sabs hit your shoot, what do you do? That’s what happened when we were out filming a shoot day. Former Metropolitan Police detective Ian
youtu.be/Q8zEiKRmRQA by Deborah Hadfield Game meat, venison and duck are helping a Cornish restaurant fly high. The magazine Condé Nast Traveller voted the Ugly Butterfly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B8tgImcwd0 Here are the links: Shooters on target for medals – British Shooting African countries warn that British trophy ban will backfire – The Times
youtu.be/Wg_zdppx9eg by Deborah Hadfield Would you like a lion in your living room? You won’t be breaking any laws if you do – not even
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd913-UdG7M Here are the links: Ancient hunt to disband – BBC Bluefin tuna CHART programme to continue – Angling Trust Appeal for shooters to lobby
youtu.be/FC7htDJhXDw by Deborah Hadfield Crofters in the Scottish Highlands are asking: ‘Is it a cull too far?’ as the John Muir Trust uses out-of-season licences
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtC-lES94pk Here are the links: Fieldsports groups lobby ministers to protect gun laws – Countryside Alliance Poachers banned from owning dogs – FarmingUK MPs debate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6blO_hSfhOs by Charlie Jacoby In the wild Northern Cape of South Africa, professional hunter Ben-Mari du Plessis is doing all she can to keep her
by Deborah Hadfield Shooters came face to face with firearms licensing officers at the British Shooting Show. Officers from three police forces, Devon & Cornwall,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPt5csr7YxU Here are the links: Call for shotguns to go on FACs – Guardian Police investigate after sab hit by horse – BBC Court rules
youtu.be/UCAqHqCM5yw The government’s new policy of granting gun certificates on production of medical records is penalising people who have lived abroad and don’t have medical
Did you think the 2023 British Shooting Show is only all about shiny, new kit? There’s plenty there for the gun collector, too. Charlie Jacoby
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT5uZchuvGc Here are the links: Avon Vale Hunt incident – BHSA RSPB cash for dog training – Welsh Government BASC fight lead airgun pellet ban
youtu.be/yX-IFKZ6_zI On the hunt in Africa: Ed Sargeant is a Brit and new to hunting in Africa. Guided by trainee professional hunters from the Northern
youtu.be/AKZr3ixPnvY Managing predators is a daily battle for farmers, gamekeepers and landowners. Now the government signals it will recognise this effort and pay shooters for
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC57YSGhcK8 Fieldsports Nation member Dave Hays has a simple mission: to introduce Scout groups to wild game. It’s a way of reconnecting kids with nature
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCdhr_qK9uk Here are the links: Spitting sab convicted of assault – www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11705067/Saboteur-Boxing-Day-hunt-SPITS-woman-vowing-p-graves-riders.html Bird flu spreads to other mammals – www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64474594 Exmoor red deer TB link
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ8Vc2tXZ48 We preview the Great British Shooting Show at the NEC, Birmingham, on 17-19 February 2023. Click here for British Shooting Show tickets Crackshot offer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4MgUB35duE A Scottish estate covered in Fieldsports News has sold for £10.5 million to a rewilding company. Highlands Rewilding bought the Tayvallich Estate in Argyll.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4h9uBaKbd0 Here are the links: EU and UK agree new bird flu trade regs – AimtoSustain Scottish Government licenses hunting – Scottish Gamekeepers Association +
In January 2023, Chris Packham’s lawyer Leigh Day contacted us to say he plans to sue Fieldsports Channel Ltd over a Facebook post and an
Cai Ap Bryn takes part in a boar cull in Gloucestershire that has him waiting out in freezing temperatures but with high reward. It’s all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtIjM6H-hVc by Deborah Hadfield A deer shot in the head is at the centre of the latest clash between the Assynt Crofters’ Trust (ACT) and