Deerstalker’s peace offering to dogwalker
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBN1Vp_xbfM If stalking deer in the busy south east of England weren’t hard enough, sometimes you have to contend with dog walkers, either legitimately on your ground, or those who feel they have a right to roam away from designated footpaths. Often it is a friendly affair but sometimes it requires patience, education and venison […]
Fieldsports Britain – get orf my land
Fieldsports Britain – get orf my land www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBWjuWB0Wb8 Cai Ap Bryn deals with a dogwalker while out deerstalking. Nicole Moore gets into wildfowling with Holbeach Wildfowlers in the East and Charlie Byrne is after a black-powder 8-bore goose with Devon Wildfowlers in the West. Anglers are revolting: we join 100 locals led by riverkeepers in […]
Formula 1 boss joins Southern Water protestors
Saj Rahman and Andy Ford Southern Water’s pumping station at Fullerton in Hampshire, on the banks of the River Test, dumps millions of gallons of raw sewage into the UK’s most famous chalkstream. Locals say they’ve had enough. On 18 March 2024, organised by two local riverkeepers, they were joined in a protest of more […]
Servicing your gun: how the pros do it – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 90
www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LCP1DVIcE It’s the job that many of us put off, sometimes for weeks, a few for months, a handful for several seasons. John Spary and Joe Hocking are gunsmiths: the ones who get to clean, check, repair and occasionally pick up the pieces of our guns. They explain what goes into a gun service, plus […]
Spartan Javelin bipod: preview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=08HyzCGrZBE The Spartan Javelin is a modern take on the bipod for your rifle. Ryan Charlton of distributors Highland Outdoors explains that it’s lightweight, slips in a pocket, adjustable, and with its magnetic attachment system it’s quick and easy to deploy. Find out more at Highland Outdoors
How to get into wildfowling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI4p6S2LUaI Starting out in wildfowling is easy. Clubs all over the UK are keen to meet you, take you out and show you what the sport is all about. In this film, Holbeach Wildfowlers take Nicole Moore as a guest to their ground on the Wash. Meanwhile, Charlie Byrne buys a day with the Devon […]
Poachers dump dead hares at village shop – Fieldsports News, 20 March 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUB8gYHYVy8 Here are the links: Dead hares horror – Daily Mail Bans head back to parliaments – Fieldsports News Botswana economy faces ‘crisis’ – New Zimbabwe British shooting is worth a billion – BASC Eat Game triumph for school – Queen’s College Hatfield House hunt hits back – Welwyn Hatfield Times Wild Trout Trust auction […]
Grousemoor licensing set to become law in Scotland
Grousemoor licensing and a partial muirban ban have passed their latest stage in the Scottish Parliament. The Wildlife Management & Muirburn Bill looks like it will pass later in the week. The reaction from the Countryside Alliance is that it is not what shoots want but they can work with it. MSPs who brought forward […]