Driven pheasants – Roy goes on a shoot day in Hampshire
He’s good at hunting with his rifle, but what’s Roy like on pheasants with a shotgun? Home to writer Jane Austen, the pretty village of Steventon in Hampshire also has a good pheasant shoot. They ask Roy along to try out a day, and we follow him with a camera. For more about the Steventon […]
Gundog training tips – how to retrieve on the other side of a wall
A bird lands out of sight of your dog and you are flying blind. Here are top gundog trainer Ricky Moloney’s training tips with real-life examples Ricky Moloney runs Ribblesdale Labradors. This series on gundog training tips is brought to you by Skinners Petfoods, maker of the Field & Trial range of gundog feeds. Visit […]
Unluckiest Fox in the Quarry
Cats famously have nine lives. Foxes are not so lucky, especially not this one, who is ignoring the advice of his friends the crows. This must be the unluckiest fox there was. Not a pleasant way to go – poor animal. This first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 166. To watch the whole show go […]
Fieldsports Britain : Driven pheasant shooting + gundog training
We’ve got birds, birds and bird dogs this week. Roy Lupton is on a driven shoot in Hampshire. We’re so used to see him shooting foxes and deer, can he handle a shotgun on birds too? And when a disabled clay shooter said he wanted to go on a driven pheasant day, we stepped up […]
