Fox and squirrel shooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY8KvExA1K0 It’s a multi-storey job. Roy Lupton is looking for deer and foxes at ground level, squirrels in the trees and feral pigeons under the eaves of farm buildings. To do that, he has a Sako 85 in .25-06 and a Brocock Commander XR air rifle in .22. Aimpoint Acro Aimpoint.comBrocock Commander XR Brocock.co.uk Buy […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s woodland pest control
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyAu4breozo Roy heads for the woods of Sussex armed to the teeth. He has a Sako 85 in case of deer and foxes, and he has a Brocock Commander XR air rifle for squirrels and ferals. Find out what he shoots – and how he avoids bumping into the large numbers of public now rambling […]
How to watch not listen to clay targets, with Sam Green
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SanXirGqSGQ Sam is instructing two shooters on a teal target. One of them needs to lower his hold point to see more of the target, the other is moving too fast, reacting to the sound of the trap not the movement of the clay. Sam teaches them to watch the clay not listen for it, […]
Driven gameshooting cancelled – Fieldsports News, 6 January 2021
Here are the links: Lockdown stops driven shooting in the UK – Fieldsports News ITV News wages war on trailhunting – ITV Antis expose West Country farmers who support hunts – Innocent Badger Vegans mark Christmas by attacking butcher – Fieldsports News Celeb Packham challenges Scottish beaver cull – The Times Police investigate man killed […]
What’s killing off the capercaillie?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMHf83s9U54 by Ben O’Rourke In the 1970s, there were more than 20,000 capercaillie in the UK. “Now there might only be 1,000,” says Ian Coghill, chairman of the Coordinated Upland Partnership. The RSPB goes even further. In 2022, it released figures claiming there were only 542 capercaillie left. The responsibility for that lies at the […]
