Fieldsports Britain – wild boar and squirrels

Two hunts – two different approaches: Oxfordshire squirrel shooters Des and Keith have worked out how to do their pest control in luxury, with a well-appointed hide and a feed station just yards away. Tim Pilbeam does it the hard way, visiting Pulsar’s night vision and thermal optics factories in the Baltic, learning about the future of hunting and AI, and then taking the latest thermal tech out to try for a Latvian wild boar. Meanwhile, Deborah is in Northern Ireland, looking at the disaster that is the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s firearms licensing, now putting both shooters and the public at risk. We are giving away Game Fair tickets priced at a total of £300, David is on the news stump, and James Marchington puts up for your delectation the best hunting videos on YouTube in Hunting YouTube. It’s all in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain
Here are the links to the individual items in this week’s show:

▶ Squirrels
https://FieldsportsChannel.tv/luxurysquirrels
Find Des on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@predatorprotectionuk

▶ Fieldsports News https://FieldsportsChannel.tv/news
Princess Royal visits BASC HQ – https://basc.org.uk/the-princess-royal-visits-basc-headquarters-in-rossett/
Firearms certificate revocations rise – https://uk.news.yahoo.com/firearm-shotgun-licences-ripped-police-040000998.html?guccounter=1
George Digweed championship win – https://www.facebook.com/100047340602098/posts/pfbid02TGLdmS9xoStkCYrCW4hfppiTtVjzUHKmaqYMnWbwYzh33bR2S35YkXBXPWNPTj6Al/
Nathan Hales wins world cup trap gold– https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02t4xr1we2NeJipb9x7pMhrGpDYi8uT3FFRQVj19Yk145aHRzMZjcpAdefSbS1Fyonl&id=100068551476893
North Yorkshire council considers trail hunting ban – https://www.countryside-alliance.org/resources/news/move-to-ban-trail-hunting-in-north-yorkshire-attacked-by-leading-animal-welfare-campaigner + https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a9cd1dfa-2411-11ee-9959-3da1f328ac3c?shareToken=42db4749dad01551f9a3bc83563fabd6
White Lodge tragedy – https://news.sky.com/story/couple-found-dead-at-shooting-school-named-by-their-families-12922644
MPs want farmers paid for beaver damage – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/386a178c-1fc3-11ee-97d4-77262736e260?shareToken=fbdc5b9821f08c2a7aa4380893b3fc81
Urgent action on Scottish deer management – https://www.scotlink.org/new-report-urges-action-on-deer-management-in-scotlands-rainforest
Carbon ‘goldrush’ sees sporting estates on market for millions – https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbedruedr230004 + https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residential/for-sale/the-rothbury-estate-northumberland-ne65/cho012388737
Longest Burmese python captured in US – https://instagram.com/gladesboys

▶ Pulsar factory
https://FieldsportsChannel.tv/pulsarvision
For more from Pulsar, go to https://www.pulsar-nv.com/
For Pulsar in the UK, visit https://thomasjacks.co.uk
#pulsarvision

▶ Firearms licensing Northern Ireland
https://FieldsportsChannel.tv/psnifirearms

▶ Other links
Scott Country https://www.scottcountry.co.uk
Cluny Country Store https://www.clunycountrystore.co.uk
The Game Fair https://thegamefair.org
Rovince 10% discount https://bit.ly/rovince
Firearms licensing consultation – respond online https://www.homeofficesurveys.homeoffice.gov.uk/s/firearms-licensing
Had problems with newspapers over hunting or shooting? https://www.FieldsportsChannel.tv/trophystoryvictims
Packham case https://FieldsportsChannel.tv/packhamcase

▶ Hunting YouTube
For the films in this week's Hunting YouTube, go to our playlist Hunting YouTube, episode 712: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3KxM9c3T7K8MQLnnf7ltIAbTyGXKyYcw

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