In this week’s episode, Mark is out after foxes at a local zoo to protect some exotic animals as well as thinning out some foxes on a nearby farm. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: We are offering a 10% discount on all Field…
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Tikka T1X rifle review
Stuart Wilson gets to grips with the Tikka T1X and discovers rimfire excellence concealed in a centrefire disguise Rimfires, particularly the .22LR variety are probably my most-used and most-loved guns. A mooch around your ground with a decent .22LR slung…
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Using thermal night vision for foxing
After a quiet year on the foxes, Robert Bucknell has been itching for the chance to deal with some unwelcome guests on his patch Credit: Jamie_Hall / Getty Images This month I really can’t top the fox story I read…
Tagged with: fox, foxes, foxing, keeper, night vision, robert bucknell, thermal
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The importance of fieldcraft: Robert Bucknell explains
Robert Bucknell explains the importance of fieldcraft and looks at the skills new foxers will need to acquire You can go for weeks feeling pretty sure there are no foxes around, and then suddenly the hairs on the back of…
Tagged with: countryside, farm, Fieldcraft, fox, foxers, foxes, foxing, gun, livestock, partridge, rabbits, rifle, rifle shooting, robert bucknell, thermal, wildlife
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The Shooting Show – Protecting Pheasants with Mark Ripley and the Wraith HD
In this week’s episode, we join Mark as he heads out after one or two foxes that have been taking pheasant poults from a nearby wood on a local game shoot. SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: We are offering a 10% discount on…
Tagged with: field sports, foxes, game, magazine, mark ripley, pheasants, shoot, the shooting show, wraith hd
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The Shooting Show – South Ayrshire for the start of the roe doe season
We are out in South Ayrshire for the latest episode of The Shooting Show as we approach the start of the roe doe season. It is towards the end of my cull but I wanted to check one of the…
Tagged with: cull, foxes, roe doe, shoot, South Ayrshire, stalk, the shooting show
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Posted in News, The Shooting Show
Fox hunting with Mark Ripley
Some foxes manage to defy the odds, much to the frustration of seasoned shooters. Mark Ripley tries to take his chances with one particular adversary. Anyone who regularly undertakes fox-control duties, particularly on farms, will have at some point come…
Tagged with: binoculars, farmhouse, farms, fox, fox control, fox hunting, foxes, hunting, lens, mark ripley, night scope, optics, pulsar, rifle, scope, Scott Country, shooters
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The Shooting Show – Mark Ripley’s Foxing Bonanza with Sightmark Wraith HD
In this week’s episode we’re out foxing with Mark Ripley, who is on a farm that has been overrun with semi-urban foxes! SUBSCRIPTION OFFER: We are offering a 10% discount on all Field Sports magazine subscriptions. All you need to…
Tagged with: field sports, foxes, foxing, mark ripley, sightmark wraith, subscription, the shooting show, urban
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Advice for young shooters from Robert Bucknell
Robert Bucknell continues his foxing patrol, and offers advice for shooters missing out on this year’s game fairs. Regular readers will know that we’ve pretty much cleared our ground of foxes, and our neighbouring farms keep on top of theirs…
Thermal imagers in foxing
Having successfully kept his fox numbers down, Robert Bucknell explores the other applications of thermal imagers and foxing kit. Credit: aaprophoto / Getty Images As I write this in early July, we still have very few foxes about the place.…
Tagged with: countryside, fox, foxes, foxing, gamekeeper, GWCT, kit, lockdown, muntjac, partridge, robert bucknell, thermal, thermal imagers, wildlife
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