Mike Powell has no option but to mop up a vixen and her litter after they take to raiding a (very) nearby chicken coop Credit: wrangel / Getty Images These days I am not a great enthusiast of shooting lactating…
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Good things come to those who wait
Waiting out after a fox can be dull or chilly work, but as Mike Powell has learned, it can also be remarkably effective – particularly for problem animals
The Shooting Show – last of the summer pigeons
With the summer crop stubbles about to disappear, Geoff takes the opportunity for some last-minute pigeon control. But he’s cut it finer than he thought and the field is literally being ploughed while he’s there… Bringing in the birds is…
The Shooting Show – shooting pigeons by the M11 PLUS Midland Game Fair highlights
Geoff Garrod sets up in a classic field-edge location for a day at the pigeons. But there’s a twist: This field edge borders a busy motorway. With safe shooting directions and quarry retrieval to think of, Geoff’s got a lot…
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NEW: The Shooting Show – maize crop pigeons with Geoff Garrod
Geoff’s back for episode 171 of The Shooting Show. The gamekeeping legend is out on his own, setting up in the middle of a maize crop overlooking rape stubbles to take on the winged menace plaguing the crops. But he’s made…
Raise me up
Perched high up and cosy in his new fox box, Robert Bucknell is accompanied by James Marchington as he tries to get fox shooting footage for The Shooting Show
A foxing home from home
Think a hide is just a few poles and some netting? Think again – Robert Bucknell visits a hide that delivers the ultimate in luxury for night-time fox shooting
