Shooting pigeons over crops – Fieldsports Ireland, episode 12
Jason Doyle is pigeon-shooting in Ireland in this episode, plus seeing how Ireland’s ICP set and hosted an international clay competition, and he joins gunshop
Jason Doyle is pigeon-shooting in Ireland in this episode, plus seeing how Ireland’s ICP set and hosted an international clay competition, and he joins gunshop
Chris Packham’s Wild Justice group has withdrawn its latest legal action against the Government over the general licences saying it has ‘run out of time’.
Last week, activists hit a small family game farm in Kent. They struck in the middle of the night and released thousands of birds to
Jack Carrington takes pole position in the pigeon hide next to Andy Crow this week. The 13-year-old and his dad are out with Crow, as
Managing Britain’s uplands is more about managing media attacks these days. Bewildered grousemoor keepers and other estate staff are reeling from attacks by Chris Packham
DEFRA’s most vexatious litigant is at it again. Wild Justice is crowdfunding a £40,000 legal bill that will allow its solicitor to write a letter
New visitors to Bisley Shooting Ground at the top end of Bisley Camp will now have to find it using their satnavs. The NRA has
Hunting is so much more than firing the built. Can Ap Bryn goes on a nature ramble that includes boars and bears in order to
Jay Tiernan is a militant vegan, who stamps on badger traps and condones the cutting of wire to release pheasants from game farms. The face
DEFRA secretary Michael Gove has moved from big game hunting supporter to anti hunter. The British government minister writes an article for the 14 July
It’s the battle for who runs the countryside: Dr Mark Avery is part of the Wild Justice group which successfully stopped the general licences, he
Just how tough is your rifle? Paul Childerley takes a brand new Sako 85 Carbonlight, runs over it with an armoured personnel carrier, drags it
Pressure from animal rights activists has scared the NEC Bimingham into banning hunting guides from exhibiting at the Great British Shooting Show in 2020. Please
This month Jason Doyle with a birds eye view shows us his secrets on how he sets out his irresistible pigeon pattern while he waits
While waiting for the sun to finish off the crops why not practice your skills at hide building and decoy patterns to see what
John Griffin gives us his recipe for chorizo venison burgers the way butchers do them on a larger scale. Using the trimmings he saves
Paul Childerley travels to the Sako factory in Finland to find out how the Finns make their advanced carbon rifle stocks. Join him behind the
Austrian optics manufacturer Swarovski has launched a new all-round riflescope to add to its Z8i line. Aimed at the Hunter who might be shooting long-range
For some people it’s all about finding the source of the Nile. In this week’s show, Charlie Jacoby tracks down the source of the pheasants.
The China Hunting Show is underway at the National Convention & Exhibition Centre in Shanghai. The first hunting show in China, 55 exhibitors from all
Sea eagles reintroduced to Scotland are preying on healthy lambs, it has been formally acknowledged for the first time. Crofters have long believed that the
The hatching of hen harrier chicks at nests on a private estate for the second year running “gives hope for the future”, the RSPB has
This week, Cai and Tomo Svetic are hunting game for a long over due dinner date. The game chef jumps on an aeroplane from his
Tim Pilbeam is in Argentina shooting a range of farm pests, including the world’s largest rodent, the capybara, and gigantic Asiatic buffalo. It’s a pest
We know Paul can call in bucks to his clients in his native Bedfordshire (and we give that a go just to make sure he
Where do you put your gun stock on your shoulder? Top Shot Ben Husthwaite explains the mysteries of gun fit, how fitting the shotgun to
As the UK general licences chaos continues, we go to the Netherlands to see how they shoot pest birds there. We join shooters Igor Timmermans
We’re shooting foxes, trapping magpies and then shooting rabbits in this month’s Fieldsports Ireland. Jason Doyle has put together a Stephen Dunbar double bill, as
Five years ago, Julie Wright, a single woman from Slough in Berkshire, had two happy Staffordshire bull terrier crosses, Jack and Homer. Both of them
Charlie Jacoby sits in on the parliamentary committee charged with finding out what went wrong at Natural England to have caused such chaos with the
Summertime for Scottish deerstalkers is a time to make plans. Which deer must be shot – and which will go on to be the fathers
We visit Cheverton Farm on the Isle of Wight, where ravens, crows and other birds have killed 200 lambs in spring 2019. The farm has
New materials are revolutionising rifles. The same carbon technology that’s creating amazing new bicycles, tennis rackets and fishing rods has come to guns. Tim gathers
Top clay shot Ben Husthwaite explains the pre-shot routine: what you need to do to get ready to go shooting. ▶ Smokin’ Targets is sponsored
The UK government may or may not restrict pigeonshooting and other pest control this week. It all depends what we, the shooters, tell them. There
Shooters, farmers and other country people are planning a London March on Saturday 29 June 2019. It starts at 11am at Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park,
The first of the new general licences is not fit for purpose, the second ‘appalling’. That’s what shooting organisations are telling Natural England. The National
Two shooters – the same problem. How do they shoot pest birds legally? Shooter A is a pest controller on a large arable farm in
As the general licences chaos rumbles on, Packham has been on British television at his manipulating worst. Speaking to Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain,
Crow’s out after jackdaws just before the government withdraws the general licences. He has a good day – but he explains what the havoc caused
Here is this week’s news stump: ▶ Sea eagles catch lambs ▶ Packham manipulates the media ▶ Piers Morgan’s anti-hunting crusade ▶ Game meat
Celebrity anti-hunting campaigner Piers Morgan is floored on his own chat show, by a hunter who calmly explains to him how the maths of elephant
There’s a farm with a hoodie problem – the grey crows are nicking the cattle feed, so Jason Doyle is out to stop them, and
There are unconfirmed reports that England’s nuclear power stations have cancelled pest control while Natural England solves the general licences debacle. Under pressure from animal
A petition on the petitions website Change.org, asking the BBC to sack its star presenter Chris Packham, is on course to hit 100,000 signatures in
Heads will roll. MPs furious about the general licences debacle want sackings. Most likely to lose their jobs are Marian Spain, acting chief executive Natural
Scottish deerstalker Niall Rowantree is in New Zealand to deal with a local pest problem. Wallabies and possums, imported from Australia and released, are wreaking
General licences shambles Fcha.nl/generallicences Should gamekeepers be compulsory? ALF kills more pheasants The Times takes on a 27-year-old YouTuber Yorkshire beavers Josh James Kiwi Bushman
The Times of London might once have been called the Thunderer and brought down governments – but now it is engaged in a war of
Magical, mysterious, white deer evoke a reaction wherever they are seen. The classic ‘white hart’ of British myth is an albino red stag or fallow