Deerstalking in among the Dartmoor trippers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOe9u4AYyKk Tom Davies is working late, deerstalking on Dartmoor. Part of the reason is that it’s August and sunset is later than usual. The other reason is that the number of trippers who come to Dartmoor during the summer season drive the deer to browse in darkness. With a venison order book to fill, it […]
Hen harriers hit new high – Fieldsports News, 23 August 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0caa-iVo-o Here are the links: Hen harrier success on grousemoors – Facebook Scottish Water mealy-mouthed on grouse shooting – The Times Stags under threat from Scottish government – Edward Mountain MSP Cumbria police drug tests shooters – Cumbria Constabulary Trophy ban has ‘less than 10% chance’ of becoming law – Independent Swedes shoot 120 bears […]
South Somerset Ferreters go pigeonshooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq0ZV-q-DCM Jaf Jefferson is a pigeon shooter. You might know him as a ferreter and doyen of the South Somerset Ferreters but today he is in a hide and he has decoys and a shotgun. The only problem is that he is in Somerset. Don’t expect a big bag – but do expect a good […]
Fieldsports Britain – half man, half ferret, all pigeonshooter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TXB3CE_ozI It’s Jaf Jefferson’s day in the pigeon hide. Best-known as a ferreter, Jaf loves the summer sport of decoying, and David joins him to find out why. It’s a story that goes back to Jaf’s grandfather. Meanwhile, Tom Davies is stalking on Dartmoor and avoiding the tourists that are such a feature of Britain’s […]
Cheap and quirky .410s are a blast to shoot
Everyone loves the little .410 – and why wouldn’t you? The guns are quirky and fun to shoot, and they’re cheap as chips. OK the ammo costs a little more than a 12 bore, but who’s counting when you’re smashing clays or controlling pests with a gun that’s so satisfying to own and use? Dan […]
