Fieldsports Britain - black is back

[@scottwalker7269]

Spot on. Brilliant piece on elephants in Africa. A lot of people don’t want to hear the difficult truth.

[@waikarimoana]

Great contents on this week's videos and great footage, thanks to the team, thumbs up for all the videos and greetings from New Zealand.

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks Tony

[@jackdaw3160]

With the rat retirement there is a opening for Mr packman. He could at last be useful

[@BBob1]

Excellent show this week Charlie. Especially the South African story. My 2021/22 shoot season is booked and payed for, can't wait.

[@TheMomanslm]

Love this channel. They share so much information and present news not seen elsewhere.

[@stewartfrerotte7227]

Great show again. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

[@timjw5704]

Thanks to all the team. Great as usual

[@davidbetts480]

Hello Charlie, I have totally agreed with this, most people just do not understand at all.

[@theashbys8863]

Awesome as always thanks for all your hard work and awesome vids

[@simoncole6864]

So, save the elephant at the cost of all the other wildlife and farmers in the area ? How blinkered can you get ?

[@TheHikuky]

Very good report on elephants and the need for a proper valance ,disappointing some of the faces found here .

[@daveelliot8569]

Part of the problem with elephants is that their migration routes have been closed. Many moons ago there was a program to translocate elephants from the Kruger Park to areas where they were scarce. Now bear in mind the state of most of Africas' roads, only two elephant per truck at an average speed of 20kph, that means they are in the truck for days, they have to be fed and watered and often sedated. It cost mega bucks to transport one family group 500k, where is that money to come from? Forget the "charities" little if any of the donations arrive where it's needed, most goes on "admin", advertisements, and the rest into somebodys' back pocket. To maintain diversity they have to be culled.

[@myparceltape1169]

I have been shown the remains of trees after elephants used them for food and scratching posts. Then I was shown a stand of African Ebony and told that elephants still avoid them because they still associate them with the humans who used to live there (about 90 years ago). However, you are probably more aware of the general changes.

[@gazpal]

Great set of articles as always

[@pbp6741]

Just to clarify. The judge’s analogy was that in the same way a Swiss Army knife is a multifunction utility device so too are AR-15 pattern rifles multipurpose utility tools.

[@tmac5757]

Another great show. A bloody good eye opener for all those do gooders and anti trophy hunters out, they should actually go over to Africa and see what is really happening.

[@alanflint5418]

Great show as always. The vegan anti’s marching outside the Cannabis store pretty well sums up their mindset😂.

[@benjamindaniels6642]

Why does Packham need to get involved, he wasn't even born in the countryside!

[@robsharp7913]

Superb show! Can this go out on the bbc as the real Countryfile?

[@dave_724]

I’ve shot just under a 1000 in two months on two dairy farms since the first week of may where you have maize clamps you will always have crows I normally flight them into a clamp or sitty tree you’ll often shoot more in summer then winter

[@dave_724]

@Pete graham netting doesn’t work even if a clamp is covered they will still come in for other feeds or peck the heavier green sheets until there’s a hole in them or feed from the feed in the feed passages this time of year they spend most of there time picking young maize plants out the field after they’ve had an easy meal at first light

[@tombramall2578]

As an ‘uneducated’ dairy farmer I would still like to reassure Pete Graham that nets and bird scorers just do not work. We are inundated with crows and after 2 years of avoiding shooting because of the noise my village neighbours have decided enough is enough. The banal comment of ‘lust for death’ is offensive and inaccurate. People should refrain from making comments on subjects they know so little about.

[@dave_724]

@@tombramall2578 used bird nets all winter last year and bird scarers which don’t work after a week there’s a lot more to managing corvid problems on dairy farms shooting is a continues job especially at this time of year at the moment there hammering maize ground and still consistently plaguing both farms I shoot on of which I’ve worked on both

[@guy1234484]

@Pete graham Ah, Mr Graham! I see you and your bad grammar have returned to troll the latest episode of Fieldsports Britain. Couldn’t resist, eh?

[@TheMomanslm]

Funny how "educated" people offer "solutions" without real world experience. Their solutions offer short term success at best but almost always long term decimation of what they intend to protect. They decry hunting as immoral because they say so. Many like hunting. It is enjoyable. There is nothing wrong with enjoying your sport. Antis hate you and hate that you enjoy hunting but they wreck wildlife and livestock at every opportunity.

[@myparceltape1169]

Elephants will find it difficult to cross a sharp sided deep moad, I think. Are there not traces of such defending areas in Northern Nigeria? They would have been created before any visitors arrived from Europe.

[@ryanjones6959]

Love this

[@winstonchurchill6506]

Dropping from the sky like council covid inspectors

[@timrobinson2984]

keep those killing videos coming they are great for my students, the slow mo shots are the best ,

[@darkiee69]

The Packham petition was started 2 years ago.

[@danp6755]

Charlie, will the book for Boris be available for purchase- could be an extra bonus for the field sports nation?

[@fieldsportstv]

Yes it will 🙂

[@jamesturner7728]

Stop the TV license

[@anthonymagill3714]

Yip and the MP will be able to claim it as expenses but the rest of us just have to pay

[@stevecobb6001]

Celebs jumping on the 'band wagon' without doing any research just to be 'COOL' oh my how disappointing!

[@Primer595]

First a moan. Sorry. Tom Davis miss-hit a lot of those crows. Either get a bit more sleep Tom, get a bit closer or use heavier shot. It does not look good to antis or shooters seeing shot crows falling still alive. Gamekeepers are 'country custodians' and 'shoots' provide them with the practical workplace to protect the wider countryside, from vandals and vermin, that destroy the wider flora and fauna. It is a necessary business and pragmatically it must earn its keep. The only present viable solution is game shooting. This activity provides an edible by product, while gaining the wider benefits of wildlife and habitat protection. Money provided by game shooters pays the wages of these 'country custodians". Game keepers are not simply armchair conservationists, but dedicated and sincere working folk. We need these committed individuals and the commercial shoots that empower them to benefit the ecology and the economy of our country. Their input is vital at this difficult time in history.

[@markhuskey6757]

Sadly, what’s going on in Krueger National Park is indicative of what happens when hunting is banned.

[@MrPh30]

If Packham had cared as much about animals as he cares about money and fame he would have achieved good things done that would have helped people and rural lands,now its just a poor acted show just done to " keep up the chirade" .

[@robertskene5136]

where is the link for the hunting you tube clips???

[@fieldsportstv]

Hi Robert - it's in the description and you should see an on-screen link, too. / Charlie

[@robertskene5136]

Thanks Charlie, Found it, unfortunately I am using an old tiny screen steam powered tablet. Loving the show and keep up the good work👍

[@markswain5021]

Where are Roy and Andy crow lately! .

[@fieldsportstv]

Farming and rearing raptors - back soon. / Charlie

[@slomo1562]

I've seen recent commercials regarding Africa's elephants becoming extinct. The lies continue.

[@hookemups6710]

you can kill a midge but not an elephant.. whats the difference?

[@myparceltape1169]

The midges are here!

[@markhuskey6757]

#SACKPACKHAM

[@edwardpockett4862]

Rooks mate not fucking crows ,

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks for this. These were crows + one rook. / Charlie

[@edwardpockett4862]

Look I see what you shot are crows, but the big flocks are rooks that you're calling crows on farms !