Fieldsports Britain – Gareth’s mixed bag
Outspoken Welsh farmer Gareth Wyn Jones enjoys making a mixed bag on a small family farm shoot in Herefordshire. In Essex, Robert Bucknell fits a thermal sight to his Hushpower .410 to shoot rats around his pheasant feeders. We’re launching a brand new show, Farming Britain. Plus, do hunting bans actually help wildlife? Charlie Jacoby […]
Thermal on .410 is just the job for rats
Essex farmer Robert Bucknell has a problem with rats around his pheasant feeders. He doesn’t like to use poison in case it harms the owls. But he has a plan. He’s fitted a HIK Micro Thunder thermal scope to his Hushpower .410 shotgun. If he waits up in the warmth of his truck at dusk, […]
More squirrels than pheasants on farm shoot with Gareth Wyn Jones
Welsh farmer Gareth Wyn Jones is invited to join a pheasant day on a small family farm shoot in Herefordshire. Things don’t go to plan, and Gareth ends up with more squirrels than pheasants. No matter – it’s a lovely day out with family and friends, and that’s what really counts. Find out about Browning […]
Did RSPB warden stomp a skua? – Fieldsports News, 31 January 2024
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How Tony Blair failed Exmoor’s deer
Charlie Pye-Smith leads a panel in Dulverton on Exmoor to talk about how successive Westminster governments, starting with Tony Blair’s government in 2004, have failed the moor’s iconic deer. For Charlie Pye-Smith’s book, Rural Wrongs, visit RSSurtees.com/product/ruralwrongs/ To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 740, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain740 More on hunting with hounds here:
