Sustainable use is about more than giving hunters what they want, says Byron Pace – it is vital for supporting local communities. Rain is something I am normally all too happy to see stop. We are used to it in…
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Management for survival
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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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SPONSORED: NL Pure from Swarovski
Swarovski Optik opens up a new dimension of wildlife watching. A huge, revolutionary field of view combined with ground-breaking design in premium-class binoculars – the new NL Pure from Swarovski Optik takes your wildlife viewing to the next level. This…
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SPONSORED: Peltor SportTac
The Peltor™ SportTac™ is an intelligent, active hearing protector specially developed for hunters and shooters. It offers active level-dependent protection, which means that protection is scaled up as the frequency of dangerous sound increases. The Peltor™ SportTac™ will attenuate dangerous…
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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Shooting and rural organisations call for transition away from lead ammunition
Leading shooting and rural organisations have today announced they want an end to the use of lead and single-use plastics in shotgun ammunition for live quarry shooting within five years. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), British Game…
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First steps into foxing
Robert Bucknell relates his early days in the foxing world – and gives some invaluable advice on how you can get into the sport today I am extremely lucky in that, being brought up on a farm, the countryside was…
Get ready for the British Shooting Show
The ‘jewel in the crown’ of British shooting shows and game fairs is back – here’s how the show will shape up in 2020. At this year’s British Shooting Show will also be the Great British Shooting Awards! For more…
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Mixed views on wildlife sentences
Scotland’s plans to toughen up on wildlife crime have come under scrutiny at a round-table discussion in Holyrood. Credit: Wikimedia / Klaus with K The proposals, made as part of the Animals and Wildlife (Protections, Penalties and Powers) (Scotland) Bill,…
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Conservation: Facing the future
From the heart of Africa, Byron Pace catches up on the most recent news for wildlife and what that means for the future Never did I think I would find Johannesburg a tranquil place. If it wasn’t for seeing my…
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