Fieldsports Britain - Niall deals with Scotland's sika swarm

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4 жыл бұрын

Deer expert Niall Rowantree looks at Scottish red deer and how sika deer are affecting them. He stalks both in order to tell their stories. It's the last in our Aliens & Natives mini series looking at Scotland's four deer species. Plus we have a story about hen harriers on grouse moors. The birds are thriving, which will enrage Chris Packham. H likes it when they are dying so he can blame gamekeepers. It's thanks to gamekeepers they are doing so well.
We have our new survey. This week it's boots. We deliver the results of our survey. And Charlie goes crow shooting on a pig farm in Somerset. David has his usual seat on the News Stump and Charlie's Hunting KZfaq covers the rest of the world of hunting and shooting on KZfaq. It's all in this week's #FieldsportsBritain
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00:53 Sika
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26:01 Hunting boot results in full
Fcha.nl/walkingboots/
Gore-Tex factory film • Inside the Gore-Tex se...
For Fieldtester, visit Fcha.nl/fieldtester and / @fieldtester7655
28:25 Hen harriers
Fcha.nl/hen-harriers-benefit-f...
GWCT www.gwct.org.uk
Moorland Association www.moorlandassociation.org
32:20 Crows
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To go crow shooting with Matt, email matthewturley04@gmail.com
25:05 Pulsar Helion 2 from Scott Country www.scottcountry.co.uk/helion2...
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15:03 Fieldsports News Fcha.nl/news
Greens ban blue hare shooting in Scotland Fcha.nl/greens-hijack-scottish...
Are birdwatchers allowed to disturb nests? www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/...
Natural England toys with wildfowling ban basc.org.uk/basc-challenges-n...
Derbyshire police dismiss hunt sabs ‘exposé’ as nonsense watch/?v=314...
Natural England refuses individual gull licences Fcha.nl/generallicences + / 596908000940885 + www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020... + www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i...
Skint sab ‘media portal’ attacks police again Fcha.nl/how-vegan-terrorists-w...
Suspects caught on camera after swans shot dead in Leeds Fcha.nl/swans-shot-dead-in-lee...
Swedish shooters slam ‘ridiculous’ EU lead legislation / piaclerte
Spanish hunters help capture Rambo / 681567369066672
Africa’s safari tour companies devastated by lockdown www.reuters.com/article/us-he...
Activists arrested after burying deadstock in farm CEO’s garden / 315309889469377 + www.ourquadcities.com/news/na...
Asia’s earliest known arrowheads www.sciencenews.org/article/c...
41:12 Hunting KZfaq
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Пікірлер: 41

@tastefulnude 4 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to get back up on the hill! Great show!

@JohnJohnson-xw5dg 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, and educational comments by Niall

@minchy89 4 жыл бұрын

Been looking forward to 7pm upload all day! :) Great work Fieldsports Channel as always

@GavinM161 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant idea Niall has with the bubbles! Easy to see and last long enough to get a true idea of what the wind is doing in the area.

@dougblease5170 4 жыл бұрын

Hi team- can we get a balanced piece on the future of mountain hare management including their biology, their function in the ecosystem (not just as a pest), modern counting methods and licensing? Maybe some comment from GWCT and SNH? Fantastic piece from Niall yet again, and beautifully filmed.

@ncb2734 4 жыл бұрын

Great show as ever Charlie. Keep up the great work. David too.... 😁

@684ih4 2 жыл бұрын

Great show as always..........but I haven't seen so many ads since I gave up watching telly ten years ago

@kristiangustafson4130 4 жыл бұрын

This is necessary viewing, this show.

@janroclawski331 4 жыл бұрын

Police have made an arrest over swan shootings in Leeds. Although the man as been released pending enquires.

@chrisrouse9384 4 жыл бұрын

They are legal to shoot in new Zealand taste OK to eat

@markandrews6567 4 жыл бұрын

Nice bubble technique.

@johnhutchinson5398 3 жыл бұрын

Steel shot is some lighter weight than lead and it flies faster than lead. And when I’m shooting steel I don’t have to lead the birds as far as I would from lead. I’ve killed ducks and geese with steel out to 70 plus yards using number fours and mostly number two shot. I’ve killed ducks almost a hundred yards high with a three inch Winchester round with number two shot size steel. It’s better for the other birds around than using lead. And lead shot landing in those pig pens can’t be good if a pig picks up some lead shot while it’s rooting in the ground for food. Great videos and glad to see your controlling those crows.

@82dicky 4 жыл бұрын

Great show. Would love to see a “field test” on dog food. Be good to get an unbiased and unsponsored review. Real time use and results.

@frechwieoskar8052 4 жыл бұрын

Unbiased and unpayed? So may not here..

@nathanmillington7051 4 жыл бұрын

Top quality

@ayeright7404 4 жыл бұрын

Everybody loves bubbles

@thegodfather_8455 3 жыл бұрын

The same interbreeding that is occuring with the sika and red deer happened in the state's between red wolves and coyotes, it drove the red wolves to the edge of extinction, and know only a few "pure" animals remain

@doomfathertm8771 4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to know how to get involved in all this kind of game shooting this channel covers. I'm stuck going to my local range and I'd love other options

@fieldsportstv 4 жыл бұрын

Hi - thanks for this. People at the range should have contacts. Ask around. / Charlie

@GavinM161 4 жыл бұрын

Start as a beater and work your way up. There'll be at least one Beaters' Day in the season (well perhaps not this one due to COVID-19) and you may get the opportunity of some pigeon/corvid control during the summer. Start here - nobs.org.uk

@tiputipu777 4 жыл бұрын

Do you guys have full chokes on the shotguns if you can get over 50 yard kills? The shotgun I use has a semi choke and my wifes father says that it is as tight as normal full chokes but I cant really get anything past 35 meters.

@fieldsportstv 4 жыл бұрын

Hi - thanks for this. Matt uses half choke and Nigel is on a quarter. / Charlie

@highhillsbighogs8728 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t manage the sika cull them out if you want to see what happens look at the NZ herds that where once red and now a mix of sika and hybrid and if your lucky the odd red

@BradLang113 4 жыл бұрын

If I may ask Charlie, what ever happened with George digweed? I loved watching him shoot aha

@fieldsportstv 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. He is going strong and now has his own KZfaq channel kzfaq.info/love/-ooQUnkq4n8DIxF0DVeZuQ - we made a series of films with him for his club and I hope he will run those out. / Charlie

@CheJoffre 4 жыл бұрын

Who makes those deerstalkers? :)

@derekvaughan898 4 жыл бұрын

Che, Capo e

@pim1234 4 жыл бұрын

why is that bird in a cage in the middle of the field ?

@fieldsportstv 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. It's a Larsen trap. Magpies are territorial. The cage has two compartments and the captive magpie in one will attract other. / Charlie

@pim1234 4 жыл бұрын

@@fieldsportstv Although I am pro-hunting, and a clay shooter, I hate traps.

@juleswhicker 4 жыл бұрын

@@pim1234 I know what you mean. It took me a while to come round to seeing how they fit in, too. I think the place to start is with recognising that if you're serious about protecting vulnerable species by controlling predator numbers, traps are essential, not optional. It's obvious when you think about it: they work 24/7, almost never miss, and never get distacted by their phones. No expensive lessons or kit is required, either: just read the relevant guidance, then place, set, check and clear your traps responsibly in accordance with the law. In results terms, trapping hours knock shooting hours into a cocked hat, especially with sly or stealthy species such as magpies and stoats. There's really no downside with kill traps like the Fenn, WCS tube or Goodnature designs: when properly set all are reliably selective and consistently deliver very quick humane kills. Live catch traps are harder to get your head round because of the potential distress to target species prior to and at the point of despatch. However, live catch designs exist to ensure selectivity -for example, when targeting grey squirrels in areas with red squirrel populations- and for that reason are also the only type of trap permissable for use on avian species. As trapping is essential to effective management, therefore, we have to do the best we can for the target species. This means visiting traps frequently, ensuring that call birds are well cared for and that despatch is carried out in the most humane way possible. The bottom line is that trapping is not sport, nor is it something one does for fun. Instead the rewards lie in the results, and in seeing vulnerable species thrive due to the reduction in predator pressure achieved through effective trapping.

@juleswhicker 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure why the squirrel thing got struck out - not my doing!