Gundog training tips – Teaching the blind retrieve
When game lands out of sight, it takes a lot of faith in you for a gundog to go off and look for it. Here’s how to get to that point, according to Skinners expert Howard Kirby of Mullenscote Gundogs. For more from Howard, visit www.mullenscote.co.uk/ This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain episode 192. […]
Pigeon & Peas – from field to fork
Mark Gilchrist and wood pigeons have something in common – it’s not speed or agility, the ability to breed all year round, or muscle bound legs… it’s their love of peas. As a result Mark has two things to do today – protect the farmers pea crop from hungry pigeons and create a quick tasty […]
Police rod-licence patrol on British rivers
Today we are out with officers from Kent police and the Environnment Agency on a joint operation in north Kent looking for people without a rod licence or who are poaching fish. The shooting fishing and hunting community has to work closely with the police. Firearm licences, rod licenses and hunting within the law bring […]
Fieldsports Britain – Pigeon shooting perfection + recipe
Peas means pigeons, both on the farm and on the plate. Mark Gilchrist is out after pigeons that are devastating a farmer’s pea crop – and there is a special poetry in the way the Sporting Shooter chef cooks up pigeon breast on a pea puree. He also gets to have a good rant about […]
