Fieldsports Britain – Bunnies are Back
Andy Crow is on rabbit patrol. After years of low rabbit numbers, they are back on his farm in Kent – and we are hearing
Andy Crow is on rabbit patrol. After years of low rabbit numbers, they are back on his farm in Kent – and we are hearing
Here’s hunting in South Africa’s Limpopo Province. Johan von Staden of Cruiser Safaris takes a client out after ‘the grey ghost of Africa’, the Kudu.
Foxhunters are delighted. A small group of antis held the biggest anti-hunting march London has seen. Around 5,000 people marched through the West End and
It’s all about vegans this week. Andy Crow is shooting pigeons over the crops on his farm, so we can keep British vegans fed. Meanwhile,
“There was no argument about it. It was just done.” So says the pheasant hatchery owner who has just lost 60,000 birds. With bird flu
Bird flu is on the rise. It was found in Norfolk in early June 2017. DEFRA confirms that H5N8 avian flu is in a small
There is a new hunting, shooting and fishing TV channel on Amazon in Germany. Amazon Prime members can now get high-quality hunting/shooting/angling documentaries and programmes
Australia is considering a shark cull after the death of a teenage surfer. Laeticia Brouwer was on a family holiday at Kelp Beds in the
Bikers and bears don’t mix. Dušan Vinžík was biking with his buddy in Slovakia when a Eurasian brown bear dashes out at them. It looks
US clothing company Kuiu has announced the six winners of its hunting film competition. Winner of the top prize is Jay Park of 5IY who
Forget the Antiques Roadshow – it’s the Guntiques Roadshow and it is taking place at this year’s Game Fair, at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire on
A Lyme disease sufferer gets her husband to sting her with bees 30 times a week as she believes it helps with her symptoms. Ingrid
It looks like Eastbourne residents are taking the law into their own hands. A local wildlife rescue outfit reports that person or persons baited a road
This video shows exactly what it is like to be chased by an otter. Passer-by Rory MacPherson from Lockerbie stopped to take a photo –
A driver has told of her terror as a deer smashed through her windscreen and landed on her 10-year-old daughter’s lap. The incident happened in
In News this week: Vinnie Jones signs for Eley Hawk Ltd www.eleyhawkltd.com/media-events/press-releases/vinnie-jones-joins-eley-hawk-as-a-brand-ambassador Bee stings help Lyme disease sufferers The Game Fair gets the ‘Guntiques Roadshow’.
What does it take to be one of best gundogs in the world? They gather at Cawdor Castle in Inverness-shire for the Skinners World Cup
Richard Leonard is out with his airgun and specialising in starlings in this week’s AirHeads. Pied and glossy starlings are in his sights, because of
Six-year-old from Fife goes foxshooting: www.thesun.co.uk/news/3503540/girl-6-dreams-of-shooting-foxes-and-regularly-goes-hunting-with-her-dad-who-keeps-gun-in-family-home/ New Zealand duck season: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFfuLyiZt3U American NRA: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RxWLZWUW9A News is sponsored by Percussion www.percussion-europe.com
A coalition of hunting, shooting, fishing and even anti-hunters are lined up against the proposed London-Birmingham rail link HS2. In our film, Martin Salter from
What does it take to shoot a roebuck? If you are Andy Crow, it takes ‘roehow’. He is out helping with a local deer cull.
Police arrested a man in New York for allegedly killing a squirrel with a crossbow after it gave him a ‘dirty look’. Jonathan Mangia, 27,
Fencing land is a better way of protecting it from deer than managing local deer populations. That’s the conclusion of a University of Kentucky deer
A gang of us head to France where gun company Browning has laid on all its latest products – shotguns and rifles – and a
President Trump speaks to the National Rifle Association in Atlanta: watch the full speech. It’s the first time a sitting US president has spoken at
How to shoot and cook rabbit. Cai Ap Bryn sets up a delicious barbecue with the help of a rimfire and a special ginger beer
Andy Crow is climbing trees to put out his pigeon decoys. It is all part of his strategy shooting pigeons that are coming in to
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And finally, the Femmes Fatales don’t just shoot. We have filmed the glamorous British all-women group enjoying gameshooting. Here is one of their number, stuntwoman
A Facebook post has led to two convictions for poaching in the USA. David Maxfield Jr and Allen Boal from Oregon, USA, have lost their
What’s your favourite hunting film? The Kuiu Film Festival is underway, with voting in six categories until the end of April. The US clothing company
Maltese hunters voluntarily did not hunt turtle doves this spring, with poachers facing large fines. The island’s hunters won a referendum on hunting two years
Aimpoint has developed a new sight for a shotgun. Does it make you too good to miss? We are off to a clayground ‘laboratory’ in
We are at the big event that starts the British clayshooting season. The Essex Masters 2017 takes place in glorious sunshine. Find out how the
It’s tipped as an Olympic sport – combining running and shooting, Target Sprint is picking up pace among athletics and target airgun clubs up and
Toys get more regulation than guns. That, says the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, is why guns should be more restricted. It has brought out
The quiet world of British deerstalking is shattered by the arrival of two noisy American deerhunters this week. Larysa Switlyk from US TV show Larysa
Masked officers from the RSPB have intruded on a Scottish estate looking for an eagle. The estate found it, and filmed it healthy and flying – but still
The seagull menace on Britain’s coastal resorts is getting out of hand. After being attacked by gulls in Eastbourne, we look at the options for
Gulls divebomb David and our young reporter Alex as they brave the mean streets of Eastbourne carrying burgers. These birds are a menace! So what’s
Find out about different positions – different shooting positions that is – in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain. Dom Holtam, Keith Poyser and a local farmer called
You will have to start a running race by shouting ‘bang’. The EU wants to force member states to ban or license blank firing pistols.
It is the poor man’s elephant hunt. Dassies or rock hyrax are one of Africa’s unsung sporting quarry. These little animal’s closest relative is the
The deadly combo Rich Leonard and Jamie Chandler are out with their airguns in both hemispheres. Rich is targeting doves and guinea-fowl, while Jamie is
Want to know how caveman hunted? The creators of Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run reckon they have cracked it. Eddie Redmayne, the voice of
In a single day, Paul Childerley stalks and shoots eight deer from four of the six British deer species. Starting at dawn, he is after
Two hunting YouTube stars have been nicked for poaching. Ricky Mills, aged 37, and Jimmy Duncan, 25, make the Hunting in the Sticks show, that
Russians are taking a robust view of their wolf population. An MP in the Yakutia region, home to 12,000 wolves, is backing a plan to
An international plan to make beaver trapping more humane is to have a knock-on effect to UK stoat traps. Bureaucrats started work 20 years ago
A shooter has saved a deer tangled in netting. Colin Asquith from Yorkshire freed the roebuck and posted the video on Facebook, saying: “My good
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