Hare shooting at night with a rimfire
27 August 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_7MlOTvXXM Part-time gamekeeper Mike Sutton loves to see hares on his patch in North Yorkshire, but their numbers need to be controlled – to reduce
When aggressive, destructive poachers get out of hand, drastic action is needed. The poachers are targeting this farm because it has plenty of hares. Sadly the farmer decides that the only answer is to reduce the number of hares until the poachers lose interest, and Steve McGuigan of Cheshire Wildlife Management is called in to do the job. Plus we look at Steve’s role as an educator for the Countryside Academy, Fieldsports Channel’s initiative to educate youngsters about what really happens in the countryside.
Find out more about Steve’s work at CountrysideAcademy.co.uk
To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 779, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain779
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_7MlOTvXXM Part-time gamekeeper Mike Sutton loves to see hares on his patch in North Yorkshire, but their numbers need to be controlled – to reduce
When aggressive, destructive poachers get out of hand, drastic action is needed. The poachers are targeting this farm because it has plenty of hares. Sadly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjBJ-_9xmlI When Wayne Martin has a catapult in his hands, no small pest or game is safe. He joins Paul Childerley for a mooch around
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0koIQQvX_M by Deborah Hadfield Is there a shake-up heading towards the world of wildlife counting? Since the 1980s, scientists have taken control of the job
BBC celebrity Chris Packham is accusing gamekeepers of “ruthlessly killing” hares on estates across the UK. The TV presenter made the comment in an article
The antis ambushed Scotland’s political process and, in under a week in June 2020, they pushed through a ban on catching or killing mountain hares,