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…
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The importance of fieldcraft: Robert Bucknell explains
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Swapping between different rifle scopes – the latest Q&A
Our experts are back to answer more of your questions, including covering fox cubs, camo, and culling. Sporting Rifle experts: Optics: Chris Parkin Target sports journalist and optics reviewerFoxing: Mike Powell Professional gamekeeper and foxing expertLegal: Stuart Farr Lawyer specialising…
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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.…
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The Shooting Show – Professional stalking with Chris Dalton
http://www.theshootingshow.tv http://www.eleyhawkltd.com http://www.ariat.com http://www.basc.org.uk http://www.censdigital.com http://www.shootingshow.co.uk Muntjac and ornamental gardens don’t mix! Chris Dalton and the team are on assignment south of the border in Bedfordshire, trying to manage a muntjac population causing havoc on the estate grounds. See how they get on later in…
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The Shooting Show – high-flying late-season game bird shooting
Gerwyn Jones is going home again – he’s headed to Old Long Mountain near Welshpool in Wales for the first of three days’ driven game shooting. With the season nearly at an end, these birds are strong on the wing…
North York Moors economy benefits from good grouse season
There were over 6,500 days of seasonal employment provided in the North York Moors during the grouse season. The local North York Moors community is reflecting on what has been a successful grouse season (Aug 12 –Dec 10), with most estates having…
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SPONSORED: Collins Nets at the British Shooting Show
Collins Nets will be exhibiting at the British Shooting Show Collins Nets is a family owned and run company specialising in the manufacture and supply of nets and a full range of associated Gamekeeping essentials all of which can be…
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The Shooting Show – small game day in Yorkshire with a new gundog
Welcome to the first Shooting Show of 2020! Cameraman Stuart’s decamped to his local game shoot, which shows that you can get excellent shotgun sport without spending a horrific amount of money. With pheasant, woodcock and snipe potentially on the…
The Shooting Show – wondrous Welsh driven game shooting
Our destination for the day is Llechweddygarth, another Welsh estate that’s in the true premier league of British game shoots. Gerwyn is our gun, and he’s loaded up with Eley Zeniths and ready to go. Let’s see how he fares…
