How ecotourists kill wildlife with their cameras

youtu.be/Sx5G1Cn4vho by Ben O’Rourke Ask a wildlife enthusiast how to fund conservation in Africa without hunting tourism, or trophy hunting as some like to call it and they will give you one answer: ecotourism. Most people will picture khaki-dressed Westerners peeking through binoculars at giraffes half a mile away and snapping away on cameras with […]
Breakdown in Devon & Cornwall gun licensing puts businesses at risk

youtu.be/c-VlnQpCK0Q With police firearms licensing across Devon, Cornwall and Dorset in meltdown, local country and gun shops are having to diversify. Martin and Chris Lamb run the Country Sport Shop in Bovey Tracey, Devon. They have opened ‘The Barbecue Shack‘ to go alongside their business supplying local gamekeepers, shoots and pest controllers. They tell their […]
Shooting loved-up foxes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOR0YqBA9nY Autumn is the time of year when foxes fall in love. And like romantics everywhere, that makes the foxes more than usually visible. Tom Davies from Dartmoor Deer Services is prowling the lanes and country tracks on fox patrol. Tom’s review of the Pulsar Merger To buy them, visit Kitfinder.co.uk/pulsarmerger or Kitfinder.co.uk/pulsarthermion2 For more […]
Dan Thor shoots the ‘bog rabbit’

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDF22FZ-lbc Simulated game? It’s competitive battue clayshooting, as Dan Thor and friends take to the field in Hertfordshire for a simulated game day. The clays come thick and fast – as does the banter. For deals on the Miroku MK38, go to Kitfinder.co.uk/mirokumk38 Find Dan on Instagram Instagram.com/dan_thor_shooting Sim day organiser is Steve Reynolds, tel […]
Pheasant sausages – recipe – from Weschenfelder

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFaI8_a9Yk Cai Ap Bryn makes delicious pheasant sausages. Watch and learn the recipe here. Ingredients: Pheasant meat mince (including all offcuts) Fatty pork mince Spice/herb mix Sausage tubes (plus you will need a sausage stuffer) Links Get 10% off the following Weschenfelder products: Trespade TC 12 EL ECO Electric mincer (£234 RRP) + Trespade […]
Niall’s Swedish elk adventure

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBxms_rO9NA Take a Scottish wildlife expert to Scandinavia and his imagination runs away with him. Niall Rowantree is elk hunting in Swedish Lapland. While there, he imagines a Scotland with moose roaming free. Plus he gets up close to moose and to the hunt. . For deals on the Blaser R8, go to Kitfinder.co.uk/blaserr8 For […]
Fieldsports Britain – magnificent moose

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dLd3jU-yY Niall Rowantree heads to Swedish Lapland to hunt moose, and toys with the idea of releasing them in Scotland. Well, why not? That’s not all. Back home in Britain, Dan Thor goes on a simulated game day in Hertfordshire, Tom Davies is out after foxes on Dartmoor, Cai Ap Bryn shows how easy it […]
Three reasons to buy a secondhand PCP airgun

James Head of Crackshot UK says there are plenty of good reasons to buy a secondhand pre-charged pneumatic airgun – and a few traps to watch out for. Let’s start with the positives. Number one: it will be cheaper than buying new. That means you can get more for your budget – a better grade […]