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- Crow shoot: big day over applesMatt Turley is back – and this time he is shooting crows, rooks and jackdaws over an orchard. He is protecting the apple crop from the birds with decoy...
- Traps, tricks and terror: how animal rights extremists try to take down gamekeepersBen O’Rourke All Darcy Smith wanted was to be a good gamekeeper. After years of dedication and hard work, he ended up at Moscar Estate in northern Engl...
- On test: Pulsar Thermion lights up the rabbitsCai Ap Bryn has a rabbit problem. Happily, Thomas Jacks has a new thermal unit that’s refit for shooting rabbits. Cai gives it a go on the range and then…
- What’s the outlook for pheasant poult prices?Demand for pheasant poults has gone down, supply has gone down, prices have gone up a little: coming out of coronavirus lockdown could be a lot worse, sa...
- Mirror starts hate campaign against hunting national treasureLegendary British gunmaker Paul Roberts had more than 1,000 hate messages and death threats after the Mirror.co.uk whipped up its readers against him. The onlin...
- Shooting seagulls: how Natural England has got it wrongIt’s a sunny Friday afternoon in the sleepy seaside town of Hunstanton, Norfolk. With the end of the coronavirus lockdown in sight, families are...
- Best shotgun chokes for pigeon shooting, by Andy CrowIt’s a lovely afternoon’s pigeon shooting. Some birds are close – some are far away. So how does a pigeon shooting expert like Andy Crow choose his...
- Best hunting binocularsIt’s our Fieldtester binoculars survey. We sent out the survey during coronavirus lockdown and got more than 3,500 responses. Of these, we had over 600...
- Countryfile’s ‘race hate’ charge against country people – Fieldsports News, 1 July 2020Here are the links: BBC Countryfile accuses countryside of racism – Fieldsports News British venison survey from the NGO – click here Media attacks o...
- Stock dove or woodpigeon? Andy Crow’s guideCrow is shooting pigeons over a bean crop. His big problem today are the stock doves. Even though they outnumber the woodpigeons ten-to-one, they are pro...
- BBC Countryfile accuses countryside of racismThe BBC has come under fire for suggesting non-whites are not welcome in the countryside. A report on its flagship TV show Countryfile says that blacks, Asians ...
- Swarovski bets on field of view with NL Pure binosForget light transmission, forget ease-of-use – they are last year’s optic USPs. Swarovski’s three new binocular launches pushes a new boundary: it’s al...
- Animal rights vandals smash Brighton butchers ‘in memory’ of dead Canadian activistCanadian activist Regan Russell was killed by a truck full of pigs on its way to Fearmans Pork slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario on June 19. The 65-year-old...
- Chris Packham and the ‘hen harrier 300’When Chris Packham criticises grouseshooting, the BBC reports what he says. In the absence of balance, we expose three fibs the anti grouseshooters like ...
- Best shotgun – we survey 1,300 shooters to find outGot your shotgun licence? Want to buy a shotgun? Baffled by the choice? Here is what the viewers of Fieldsports Channel shoot. We put our Fieldtester survey in ...