Fieldsports Britain – how gamekeepers run the countryside

When Geoff Garrod started gamekeeping in the 1970s, techniques were different. Today he is a wildlife guardian as much as a ‘pheasant presenter’. He looks back over his Keepers Diary DVDs, which he made 15 years ago, to show where gamekeeping is today, and what it does for the countryside. Meanwhile, Taras from the UKraine is back with an update. The Kyiv gunshop owner is using his kit and his skills to fight the Russians, and he tells how. And Josh McKeown from Braces of Bristol explains how to use quad sticks for rifleshooting. We are giving away a camo suit from LeafySuits.com. David is on the news stump and Charlie has the best of YouTube on Hunting YouTube. It’s more from your weekly #FieldsportsBritain

Here are the links to the individual items in this week’s show:

▶ Gamekeeper’s Diary: 15 years on
https://Fcha.nl/keepersdiary1
For the Browning Maxus 2, visit https://bit.ly/maxus2
For Jack Pyke, go to https://jackpyke.co.uk
For Eley’s cartridges, visit https://bit.ly/eleyhawk
For Geoff’s original Keepers Diary DVDs, visit https://bit.ly/keepers-diary

▶ Fieldsports News https://Fcha.nl/news
Sabs face trial over Boxing Day hunt clash – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-61095087
Peak District gamekeepers reject blue hare study - https:Fcha.nl/peakdistricthares
Welsh anglers convicted after two decades of illegal fishing – https://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/news/20044976.20-000-fines-costs-river-teifi-poachers/
Foxhunting supporter confronts Northern Irish politician – https://www.facebook.com/caireland.org/videos/720242875818642/
Cairngorms’ anti-wildlife plan protest – https://www.facebook.com/events/695099538507941
Hunting stands smashed – https://www.facebook.com/AnimalLiberationPressOffic/photos/a.512044365548911/5107091149377520/
Irish deer RTA success – http://wdai.ie/
Court revokes ban on turtle dove hunting in Malta– https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/court-provisionally-upholds-request-to-stop-hunting-for-turtle-dove.948010
US hunters dismiss fears over wolf numbers – https://www.npr.org/2022/04/13/1092366933/a-record-number-of-yellowstone-wolves-have-been-killed-conservationists-are-worr?t=1650199640938
Hunters shoot two African elephants – https://www.facebook.com/game.animals/posts/5150857978268787
Rabid fox bites nine people in US capital – https://twitter.com/RepBera/status/1511723347025055753?cxt=HHwWksC-of2X3PopAAAA
Alligator under citizens’ arrest – https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/04/13/gator-arrested-after-walking-across-parking-lot-in-naples/

▶ Ukraine gunshop
https://Fcha.nl/tarasupdate
For our original story about Taras, visit https://Fcha.nl/taras

▶ How to shoot off sticks
https://Fcha.nl/blasershootingsticks
For the Blaser sticks (£280), visit https://bit.ly/blasersticks
Braces of Bristol https://www.bracesofbristol.com

▶ Other links
Big Garden Pestwatch: email your entries to [email protected]
Northern Shooting Show tickets https://bit.ly/nss22
For the Fieldsports Extra competition prize, visit https://LeafySuits.com

▶ Hunting YouTube
For the films in this week's Hunting YouTube, go to our playlist Hunting YouTube, episode 647: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKfS1d7bmRE&list=PL3KxM9c3T7K-moGPu03L_5sgoMdYNp-LV

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