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Gamekeeper and his JCB WorkMax

Gamekeeper and his JCB WorkMax

It’s July – a busy time of year for keepers – and we’re out with Gary Freegard, gamekeeper on a 4,000-acre shooting estate on the

How to bring up goshawk chicks

How to bring up goshawk chicks

Falconry expert Roy Lupton takes us round his aviaries and shows off his daily routine with goshawk chicks, including diet, care and the latest technological

How to call in foxes

How to call in foxes

With lambs about to arrive in the fields of Sussex, we go foxshooting with Roy Lupton and friends. They show how to bring foxes running

Polaris RZR quadbike review

Polaris RZR quadbike review

Is this the ultimate gamekeeper transport? Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam takes the Polaris range for a burn round the fields. This film first appeared

How to call foxes in daylight

We’re out calling in foxes at night and lamping them – but that’s easy. We’re also out with an expert calling and shooting them by

Hunting British wild boar

Hunting British wild boar

There are thousands of feral and wild boar roaming the British countryside’s darker woods, and shooting them has become an established sport. We review the

Monster rabbiting truck

Monster rabbiting truck

Rabbit shooting with Tim Pilbeam, a man with a dark side. On the surface he is a successful businessman, farmer and family man with a

Canal Game Farm

Canal Game Farm

A thriving game farm that takes great pride in producing pheasant poults, partridge poults (chicks) and mallard growers. Situated five miles south of Ashford in

How to make jesses in falconry

How to make jesses in falconry

Falconers and austringers like to make the thin leather straps used to tether their birds and Roy Lupton is no exception. Here he shows how

Shooting 10 species in a day

Shooting 10 species in a day

Were with eight guns in the Borders of Scotland on or about Britain’s shortest day and after Britain’s biggest bag: snipe, woodcock, pheasant, grouse, mallard,

How to shoot walked-up birds

How to shoot walked-up birds

It’s all very well going roughshooting but the birds never quite do what you expect, bursting from your feet and going away at any angle

Pheasant shooting in Kent

The proof of the pudding is in the eating or, in this case, the shooting. Canal Game Farm’s birds are on shoots all over the

Wildfowling in Cumbria

We’re in the North-West of England on the big, bleak sands of Morecambe Bay (where the Chinese cocklers died) to go wildfowling with Tom Fell

Foxhunting opening meet 2009

It is the opening meet of the Chiddingfold, Leconfield & Cowdray hounds – the Chid & Lec – at Petworth House in Sussex, home of

Stalking red stags at Balmoral

This is a unique film about stalking stags on Prince Charles’s favourite beat at Balmoral, Glen Clova. Invented by the royal family, Balmoral is the

Teaching goshawks to drive

Falconer Roy Lupton’s goshawks are growing up. he needs to get them used to being driven around in a car, so that’s this week’s lesson.

How to call in geese

How to call in geese

Greylags and pinkfeet arrive at one of Scotland’s goosiest locations, Loch Leven. The goose guide with the best shooting on the shores is Des Cochrane.

Death of a Golden Eagle

Here’s how the RSCPA killed a healthy eagle. It’s a shocking story of falconer Roy Lupton’s attempt to save an injured wild golden eagle. Despite

How to shoot woodcock

How to shoot woodcock

Our shooting masterclass at the famous West London Shooting School continues with top instructor Alan Rose explaining how to deal with birds when they’re flying

How to clip pheasants

How to clip pheasants

It’s August at Canal Game and the gang has to fulfil an order for 1,500 pheasants for a Hampshire shoot – but this time the

West Somerset Hunt

Philip Ghazala is a new joint master of the West Somerset Hunt and he has to cope with all the pressures that role brings. This

How to shoot bouncing rabbits

How to shoot bouncing rabbits

Here’s Alan Rose, one of the top clay instructors in the UK, showing how to hit rabbits at the world famous West London Shooting School.

Foxing in Devon

With the pheasant opening day around the corner, gamekeepers are out after foxes and Sporting Rifle expert Mike Powell is no exception. He’s protecting his

White pheasants

Canal Game Farm is producing them for estates all over the country – the white pheasant is (a) a useful marker for other birds or

How to shoot high pheasants

How to shoot high pheasants

How to shoot high pheasants: expert Alan Rose of the West London Shooting School gives his tips and shows the commonest errors – and goes

Game farm – chicks arrive

Game farm – chicks arrive

Some 36,000 partridge chicks are on their way to Canal Game Farm at the end of April. Staff are there to make sure they settle

How to shoot partridge

How to shoot partridge

Alan Rose shows how to hit low partridges when they are comin atcha. Alan works for the world-famous West London Shooting School, once the home

Game farm – hut building

Game farm – hut building

It’s flatpack hell at Canal Game Farm as staff set up the brooder huts. They took them down at the end of last season and

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