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Muntjac management with Roy Lupton

Roy Lupton and cameraman David are limping along trying to reduce muntjac numbers to protect habitat and wildlife. Roy needs all his calling and tracking

100th National Coursing Meeting

British coursing enthusiasts are heading west. At the 100th National Coursing Meeting at Clonmel in Ireland, there’s a stake for English-owned dogs. It is attracting

Racster Dingwall trial

In the first case of its kind, former gamekeeper Racster Dingwall pleaded guilty at York Magistrates Court to conspiring to commit wildlife crime. The RSPB

Do British shooters need drug tests?

When Powys police started asking shooters to provide drug tests as part of their shotgun and firearms certificate applications, it sent shockwaves through the world

Rothbury rewilding scandal?

The Wildlife Trusts plan to buy the 9,500-acre Rothbury estate in Northumberland so they can turn it into a haven for wildlife. Writer and scourge

Fishing and foxing in Cumbria

We are back out with Owen Runackles from the Cumbria Country Sports YouTube channel. This time we are after night-time foxes with a .243 fitted

Woodcock capital of Europe

Co Kerry in Ireland is the world’s ultimate woodcock destination. Some stop off and over-winter elsewhere on the way. A lot make it – and

Wild pigs ate my deer

If Scotland doesn’t have a pig problem already, it’s not far off. Until recently Niall Rowantree had never seen a feral pig in the Highlands.

Where did all the deer go?

Helen Tinner is cooking dinner, and she needs a deer for her freezer. She is out near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, with stalking guide

Memories of coursing

Hare coursing – banned by Tony Blair in 2004 – might have been the first victim of the modern culture wars, but its enthusiasts can

Blue shot pheasant shoot

We are on a young farmers’ shoot near Colchester in Essex. Charlie Morton has invited his agri-mates to come and enjoy his family’s pheasant and

Hog hunting in the USA

Hog hunting tactics: equipment and approach for night operations Feral hogs have become one of the most destructive invasive species across the southern United States,

Driven grouse at Bolton Castle

Gamekeeper Paul Childerley is on a busman’s holiday. Usually running his own driven pheasant, partridge and duck shoots in the south of England, today he

Gold medal sika stag

Peter and Mike set off to attempt the first ever Dorset Macnab: Fur, Feather and Bluefin tuna in a day. Storm Amy scuppers their plans,

The Exmoor Game School

Darren Sherwood runs the Exmoor Game School with a mission to bring field-to-fork to the attention of schoolkids across the South-West. After 22 years as

Cigar-smoking hunter

Think Cigar Smoking Hunter and you might imagine an old man in tweed with a box of Havanas. Not this one. He’s a 31-year-old electrician

How deer use fences against hunters

Fences are an obstacle for deer, and an obstruction for deerstalkers. We are in glorious Scottish countryside in the far north of Caithness with François

Greys Lochstyle Team Championship 2025

Teams from around the UK compete for the biggest cash prize in competition flyfishing, the Greys Lochstyle Team Championship, fought on Scotland’s only freshwater lake

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