Tories pledge to keep trail hunting – Fieldsports News, 12 June 2024
Here are the links: Election manifestos for the countryside Manifesto.Conservatives.com and LibDems.org.uk/manifesto Labour to ban snares and trail hunting Labour.org.uk Surrey poachers caught on camera Surrey.Police.uk New pheasant release rules BASC and Gov.uk ‘Real Springwatch’ curlew success Facebook.com/peakdistrictmoorlandgroup Elephant tramples and kills villager IFAW.org Managed African game gives best value WRSA.co.za NZ hunters file advertising […]
Geoff Garrod builds a pigeon pattern from scratch
Pigeon shooting can be hard enough before the crops ripen, without added problems like not having any decoys. Essex gamekeeper Geoff Garrod isn’t going to let a little thing like that stop him. He has done his reconnaissance, and he reckons he can set up a hide beside this rape field and build a decoy […]
Game meat goes mass market
Stalker John Prince is setting up a massive game meat processing plant just off the M4 motorway. It’s called Oakland Park, it opens in August 2024, and it could revolutionise the UK game market. The idea is that you will simply drop off what you’ve shot and get a fair price for it. The meat […]
Zeiss LRP long-range scopes for target and hunting
Robin Shedden of Cluny Country reviews the Zeiss LRP range – illuminated reticle riflescopes that are great for both hunting and target shooting. They are designed for long range shooting, although equally good at 100 yards, and even have parallax adjustment down to 15 metres. Optically they are the equivalent of the V series of […]
Fieldsports Britain – Decoying without decoys
How do you decoy pigeons when you don’t have any decoys? Geoff Garrod sets out empty-handed to build a bag from scratch. Plus a new game meat processing plant is set to revolutionise the way we sell what we shoot. We go behind the scenes to see how it will work for the UK’s deer […]
Terry Doe’s Airgun Academy
Terry Doe is the acknowledged master of airgun shooting, and in this new series he is passing on the skills, tips and techniques developed over a lifetime of hunting and competing. Hawke Optics HawkeOptics.com PreciHoleSports PreciHoleSports.com For details of Webley and RTI air rifles, and GPO scopes, go to www.highlandoutdoors.co.uk/ Terry’s rules for shooting safely […]