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- Councils pay to get rid of ‘rare’ seagullsBen O’Rourke In the ancient ballad Scarborough Fair, a man tells his ex-girlfriend, who lives in the North Yorkshire town, to complete some impo...
- Best rifle moderators 2020Moderators, suppressors, silencers – they are becoming more and more popular worldwide as countries relax their restrictions on them. So which ones are the Fi...
- TV News grouseshooting contempt – Fieldsports News, 23 September 2020Here are the links: Channel 4 News targets moor managers in rule-breaking report – YouTube Channel 4 complaints: Ofcom and Channel 4 – we want to complain t...
- Giant London fox shotVermin controllers have shot an unusually large fox on a south London golf course. Ross Vanner sends in this picture of the 27lb animal next to a smaller fox. H...
- Northern Irish council signs off red squirrel death warrantCouncillors at Ards North Down Borough Council are to let grey squirrels breed, even though that will lead to the extinction of local red squirrels. They turned...
- Packham and sabs step up action as badger culls beginBBC TV host Chris Packham has iscriticising the government for extending its badger culling. The celebrity describes the decision as “devastating”, insistin...
- Torches on testAs tech hits the lamping market, the fox and rabbitshooters who prefer lamping to night vision and thermal now attach torches to their scopes. You find your ani...
- Foxshooter protects sheep and pheasantsDorset foxshooter David Pomeroy has two jobs tonight. There’s a farm on the Dorset downs that milks sheep, and he is out token the foxes down there, an...
- On test: Pulsar Digex N450 night vision scope on foxesIn a world of thermal, Roy Lupton tries out a night vision scope. He takes the Pulsar Digex N450 night vision scope out after foxes. Find out how he…
- What does ‘ballistic tip’ mean?Ballistic is a much over-used word. You may associate it with nuclear weapons. The word is pointlessly used to describe long-range missiles with nuclear ...
- Fieldsports Britain – Foxshooting like a MinionWe’re all about fox shooting this week. Roy Lupton is out to test new night vision on foxes in Kent, filmed by David. Meanwhile, Charlie joins one of o...
- Why are target bullets longer than hunting bullets?What’s the difference between target and hunting rounds? Sako Cartridges’ Aki Suvilahti says the biggest difference is in the manufacturing process. ...
- Exmoor pigeons
- UK gun licence medical-check scandalBen O’Rourke Five years ago, Tim Newcombe was working for three farmers and a school, clearing their land of pests. Now he has no licence to sho...
- Deer photographer at workCameraman Carlos Carubia is out in the New Forest after deer. He enlists the help of local deer hunter Elliot Pidgley who calls in the animals and, together, th...