How are your foxes doing, Tony Blair? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 46
youtu.be/NLhWeh0Rk7A In 2004, Tony Blair restricted hunting with hounds because, he said, it was good for the welfare of the fox. Since then, some estimates put UK fox numbers down 40%. Former head of the League Against Cruel Sports Jim Barrington and journalist Richard Negus want to know if Blair was right or wrong. Plus […]
Hunts feel the heat – Fieldsports News, episode 620
Here are the links: Sabs step up attacks on hunts – ITV Is Packham ‘burning car’ for real? – Twitter Antis declare open season on UK country people RSPB lashes out at muirburn – RSPB [PDF] Goose lands on shooter – Facebook Camp Beagle costs £200,000 – Hunts Post Gamedealer faces planning battle – Horsham […]
Gorgeous walked-up ptarmigan over setters in Swedish Lapland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gITICgdFho It’s one of the finest sporting outings a shooter can enjoy. Paul goes walked-up ptarmigan shooting over setters in Swedish Lapland. The birds are beautiful, the other wildlife amazing, the scenery is wild and the nearest beer is two days’ walk, which is why you need a helicopter to get in and out of […]
Fieldsports Britain – Paul’s Arctic ptarmigan hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pgLnmfln5w We have wild sport for you this week. Paul is on the high ground of Swedish Lapland, walking up ptarmigan over setters. It is some of the most magnificent country he has had the pleasure to shoot. Meanwhile, stalking guide John Dodd calls in sika stags for his guest He Li in the spruce […]
Close-quarters sika stags
How do you whistle in a sika stag? It’s the sika rut in North-West Scotland. Deer manager John Dodd takes two guests out to stalk them. The guests have packed their rifles. Both of them are using Blaser R8. If you are planning a similar trip and you pack two other vital accessories for woodland […]
