Sporting Shooter

Sporting Shooter Episode 8

jamesmarchington — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:48:32 +0000

This episode we go crow shooting in Scotland, lamping foxes with Robert Bucknell, and visit the UK launch of a new dog-and-gun sport called BanGo.

Sporting Shooter Episode 7

jamesmarchington — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:24:57 +0000

After a bit of a gap, we’re back with a real cracker - this month we take five youngsters inland goose decoying in Aberdeenshire, plus we talk to top foxshooter Robert Bucknell about big cats roaming the British countryside.

Sporting Shooter Episode 6

jamesmarchington — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:08:14 +0000

This month we visit a pheasant shoot near Salisbury in Wiltshire to meet Doug Titt, the winner of our Beater of the Year Award for ‘06-07. We also talk to Mark Elliott of NOBs, and visit the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s partridge demonstration project at Royston with Dr Stephen Tapper.

Sporting Shooter Episode 5

jamesmarchington — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:09:10 +0000

This month’s episode includes an interview with Grant (’Hedgey’) from NOBs, plus an update on Foot & Mouth and shooting - plus James gets a call from the cops about a ‘firearms incident’. The music on this podcast is by The Pubcrawlers at www.podsafeaudio.com

Sporting Shooter Episode 4

jamesmarchington — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:00:41 +0000

This episode we’re shooting pigeons near Liverpool, with John and Mark from decoying.co.uk. We talk to Chips Hardy, author of ‘Each Day a Small Victory’, we take some beginners shooting at West London Shooting School, and we talk to Charles Bull of justcartridges.com about the rising cost of cartridges. The music is ‘All for me Grog’ by The Pubcrawlers at www.podsafeaudio.com

Sporting Shooter Episode 3

jamesmarchington — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:21:01 +0000

In episode 3, we talk to Nick Kester about falconry at the Falconry Festival near Reading. We also discuss the cancellation of the CLA Game Fair and other effects of the recent bad weather. And we announce the winner of the Sporting Shooter Beater of the Year Award. Music by The Pubcrawlers at podsafeaudio.com.

Sporting Shooter Episode 2

jamesmarchington — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:17:41 +0000

In episode 2, I report from the Game Conservancy Scottish Fair. We meet Alan Stewart, the Tayside Police ‘Wildlife Detective’, who turns out to be a keen shooter and enthusiastic about gamekeepers. We also hear from BASC Scotland’s James Scott on game licences and general licences, Alistair Rutherford on marketing Scotland’s country sports to tourists, and Adam Smith on ticks and prospects for this year’s grouse season.

Sporting Shooter Episode 1

jamesmarchington — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:56:24 +0000

This is our very first podcast, featuring an interview with Ashley Boon who is defending the Lake District’s native red squirrels by trapping and shooting the invading grey squirrels. It also features an interview with a pest controller on the Isle of Skye - who thinks he and his dad might just have been the very first people to use the technique of lamping foxes at night.