Fieldsports Britain – Cai’s thermal rabbit hunt
Rabbits are in trouble. Cai Ap Bryn has a thermal scope that he’s trying out on the range, and then on the bunnies. It’s the Pulsar Thermion, and it is devastatingly effective. Plus crows, rooks and jackdaws are piling in to an orchard in Somerset, and Matt Turley is there to shoot them. We […]
Shoots set to boom – Fieldsports News, 8 July 2020
Here are the links Loosened lockdown leads to surge in shoot interest – GunsOnPegs Pheasant poult prices hold, despite lockdown – Fieldsports News Gamekeepers enlisted in Cairngorms capercaillie project – Strathspey Herald Spitting sab victim donates compensation to hunt – Countryside Alliance Science sheds new light on heather burning – Moorland Association Prime minister’s […]
Traps, tricks and terror: how animal rights extremists try to take down gamekeepers
Ben O’Rourke All Darcy Smith wanted was to be a good gamekeeper. After years of dedication and hard work, he ended up at Moscar Estate in northern England’s Peak District. But in early June, 2020, he quit his ‘dream job’. He is one of the latest casualties in the escalating war between the fieldsports […]
On test: Pulsar Thermion lights up the rabbits
Cai Ap Bryn has a rabbit problem. Happily, Thomas Jacks has a new thermal unit that’s refit for shooting rabbits. Cai gives it a go on the range and then takes it out on live rabbits. For the Pulsar Thermion, talk to ThomasJacks.co.uk Click here for all our films with Cai In this film, Cai […]
Best PCP airguns for 2021
It’s the results of our massive airgun questionnaire and thanks to all who took part in to. Our Fieldtester surveys prompted 3,500 reponses, which has given us some of the most comprehensive information about who owns what and what they think of out that the shooting industry has ever seen. 10% of the survey results […]
What’s the outlook for pheasant poult prices?
Demand for pheasant poults has gone down, supply has gone down, prices have gone up a little: coming out of coronavirus lockdown could be a lot worse, says a top game bird vet. Dr Kenny Nutting BVetMed MRCVS of St David’s Game Bird Services, which has practices across the Midlands and south of England, […]