Fieldsports Britain - Highland horror stories: what Scotland is doing to its moors and mountains

[@jacquesdor50]

The piece about the state of deer management in Scotland is the best I've seen on the Channel, great photography David and Niall's passion for deer and the environment shine through. I wish more policy makers would watch this show.

[@gonzo_the_great1675]

Another excellent piece with Niall. A simple message with a gentle and honest delivery.

[@DAllan-lz3lg]

I could listen to Niall all day. Shame the Scottish government don’t.

[@kwakamonkey]

They listen to no one . Not just on hunting . Sadly some shooters keep putting them back in power .

[@DAllan-lz3lg]

@@kwakamonkey You’re absolutely correct !

[@davidgillies5342]

@@DAllan-lz3lg Try telling Sturgeon she is wrong. Because she is wrong at times. So is Boris as well!!

[@josephcharlesaustin8216]

What a fantastic result for Nail and Fraser. To Many eyes look with the wrong glasses and see what they want to see, Please keep the great info coming, CHEERS

[@ando2279]

One of the best episodes you guys have produced, bringing to the fore the very real issues brought about by Scottish government policies and then furthe compounded by the pandemic. Niall Rowntree should be the voice of the BDS or similar organisation, rather than having to even consider remaining a member.

[@colinjohnston5465]

Always good to see Niall Rowantree back on Fieldsports Channel. Oh Dr Cathy as well of course. Setting aside Roy's personal sport and business, he is 100% correct about blue hares. There are loads on managed grouse moors and virtually none on the moors owned by the public and RSPB. Aligning bits from Roy and Niall's 2 items, as Niall says, we have to get the government and NGOs working with the private sector. It is the private sector, after all, through necessity caused by little better than persecution from the government, that have developed and implemented all the best practices across conservation and land management. Not many laughs tonight but a great episode.

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks Colin - we will get back to work on laughs for next week. / Charlie

[@colinjohnston5465]

@@fieldsportstv don't let David write the gags.

[@fieldsportstv]

@@colinjohnston5465 Knock knock...🤣

[@colinjohnston5465]

@@fieldsportstv 🤨

[@paulm8392]

Excellent show. Best one yet perhaps. Fully agree with Cathy Mayne - this is why I became a hunter and I haven't bought meat from a supermarket for 4 years. Not going to comment on the Scottish deer incident as I was not there and, as with many things in the world, if I am not involved I try hard to reserve my opinions.

[@stephenthomas1129]

Very sobering situation in rural Scotland and how the Scottish Assembly aren’t interested in rural life and people. Niall talks a lot of matter of fact common sense and could have listened to him all day. Have signed the petition.

[@traildogisla]

Excellent work as always. Great to see Neil and Dr Cathy back on. Although I'm down south I have done my share of grouse beating, we always see large numbers of hares and I remember times where the ground seems to wriggle with mice, voles and lizards, we get nothing like that on Dartmoor.

[@davegardner9732]

just wanted to wish niall an fraser all the best i am glad things are going well for the both of them

[@alancross2826]

Another brilliant video, if all the team on FSB were running the countryside wouldnt it be a better place, with comedians like the SNP, just look whats going on at the moment, and Carrie and the Goldsmiths running no.10, not forgetting George Eustaces new boss Mr Packham, devastating country ways, no wonder the country is in turmoil and spare a thought for the fishing industry. Niall and Roy spoke more common sense in half an hour than this lot could in a lifetime. Charlie, it seems never ending with new skullduggery every week, just keep putting it out there. Thanks to you all for your efforts. Regards Alan.

[@friendlyboar2652]

lovely video with knowledgeable folk telling it like it is. Superb.

[@MrJamesb989]

Love this site, feel for the all involved. love listening to Niall, i have learnt so much about stalking.

[@fieldsportstv]

Thank u Elaine. D

[@LaylatheBoxerDog]

I've been dormant a few years from FSB, glad I'm back and watching back, I'd love to know you guys to get my love for guns back and game shooting, keep up the great work chaps!

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks - welcome back. / Charlie

[@LaylatheBoxerDog]

@@fieldsportstv Thanks Charlie, take care

[@waikarimoana]

Good day Charlie, very hard for us too in New Zealand, last year all the overseas hunts were canceled and this year no booking at all for the roar too, all because of the covid 19, but life goes on.Great videos for this week, thumbs up for all and many thanks.Best wishe to all in UK and greetings from Down Under, best regards,, Tony.

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks Tony. / Charlie

[@johnnypp6450]

Another great program ! Thanks

[@jasondoyle6061]

Superb journalism guys!

[@tmac5757]

I agree with Niall with the recovery from COVID-19, it will take at the less three to four years, he is great to listen to, his knowledge and experience as a gamekeeper and wildlife manager have earned a lot of respect from people far and wide.

[@hjvanlent7844]

Hi guys, nice item on the current situation in deer management in Scotland. You're however wrong on the news item of wolves in the Netherlands. There are officially livig wolves in the netherlands for over 2 years now and a couple has already produced pups for the second year in 2020. The short clip of a wolf crossing the road is actually in Germany as one can see by the reflectors along the road. Keep up the good work!

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks 🙂

[@BOOMNutrition]

Great to have Niall back

[@alanbates8106]

So glad I’m a member always a good show keep it going 👍

[@tell000]

A great end to a miss handled situation, all the best Niall,

[@stephenbrown5844]

Yea niall is a fantastic guy. Love seeing his life😁👍💕

[@jeremymoss1117]

Well done Fieldsports and Niall the truth and consequential result at last. It saddens me that the BDS were prepared to comment on the incomplete and biased public story and hide behind their binial comment that they reserve the right to comment - in this case grossly unfairly perhaps they’ll learn a lesson. Unfortunately the dive for the floor and to avoid the flack is an all too common reaction from ‘supporting’ organisations.

[@paddycarr9537]

Great production again. Jack Hargreaves my Boyhood Hero. i Have a DVD Boxset of 'Out of Town'.

[@andreitechnics]

100% its not stopping a problem just shifting it to another sector!!!

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

That's a wedgetail eagle from Downunder 😎😁💯🇦🇺

[@deansmallwood4652]

Excellent episode tonight, a sobering view of the impact Covid has had on the deer and venison trade in the Highlands and the knock on effects in other areas. Such a sinking feeling when the previous ease of lock down and it's results were mentioned. The disgusting behavior of a few brain dead idiots was appalling but, much praise to the Highland stalkers, deer managers and residents for doing their best to clear up after them. All without the help of the furloughed rangers. Once again the true guardians of the countryside are revealed. Our sporting activities will always be open to attack and abuse by some and Fieldsports Britain has been there to present the real story for over a decade in a fair and balanced way, often with joke and humour aplenty. Tonight's episode was serious for good reason and demonstrates the need for the highest quality journalistic content for which Fieldsports Britain has become globally known.

[@benjaminengland2663]

Niall is top of his game was luck as a young lad to spend a couple Christmas holidays with him on one of these trips my older brother shout his first deer it is a dream for me to one day have the opportunity to go and do the same

[@ThisIsSquashby]

Went to buy "Highland Game" branded venison from a supermarket in the Glasgow area a few days ago. I looked out of interest where it was sourced expecting to see a district or even estate detailed. It was sourced from NZ! Unbelievable. Makes me even more frustrated having watched this.

[@RememberBannockburn1314]

Dealt with them once . Never again ! They robbed us in my opinion .

[@Uduwerage]

I happen to have the privilege of living exactly where, Robbie manages in East Sutherland, and I can confirm the devastation that thoughtless visitors leave behind when they visit this area of outstanding beauty. I can also see with my own eyes how all flavours of politicians poorly defend the countryside. The Highlands is simply fast becoming a ‘get rich quick’ area for those erecting further windfarms that remain idle for up to 50% of the time, rather than encouraging genuine economic develop for this area that is partially dependent upon field sports that assist in making the essential animal management cost-effective. The pandemic and the resultant lack of paying guests has seriously impacted upon the ability of many estates to conduct the essential cull of the Red Deer herds.

[@shadetreemech290]

The politicians seem to be doing just fine through out all of this. When that changes things here will change.

[@andybannon7680]

Crazy I’m sure the consumption in Scotland is 1/100th the consumption here in the United States

[@markcoyle9644]

Neil rowntree is a good man..

[@allandobbs7059]

Very poignant piece on the plight of the highland communities and indeed rural areas through out the UK !Governments just don’t seem interested. Concerning the “Watergate” deer affair I still think the video was ill advised and it wasn’t made clear that the animal was in fact already wounded..It almost seemed those concerned ,were having a “Lark” shooting the Stag in the water!Hope lessons are indeed learned!

[@doomfathertm8771]

After firing my dead mates ashes from my gun, think I'd be buying me a new set of cleaning rod attachments

[@brett76544]

It makes me sad to see what is happening in Scotland with all types of hunting and is reflecting what I was able to hear going to an anti hunters meeting. I guess they did not know I was a hunter and I was on one list and have gone to a few other meetings like that. People from the entire Northeast of the US. Call cops on hunters, file complaints, and go for judicial changes if they can not get laws changed.

[@prestigecub177]

Peltor lep-200 your doing an excellent job with the show keep up the good work

[@denisrailey777]

German vid of a naked man chasing a pig with his satchel is amazing.Lol.

[@diesel92kj1]

If you want to stay in the UK after this government's insane restrictions on hunting & this past year of 2020 you deserve to see all this go with the wind.

[@8asw8]

regarding the packham news story: did the police really think him stupid enough to write that letter himself, if it was forged?

[@robbertd4482]

Why are they planting trees in what appears to be an area that didn't originally have trees (being peaty marshy ground)? Surely that's not the best place??

[@Mac-pi4cy]

There would have been tree cover there originally. They have gone ovet time due to over grazing by livestock such as sheep and cattle and by artificially high numbers of deer maintained for sporting purposes.Red deer are naturally a woodland species so the balance is wrong somewhere in the system..

[@graegor0884]

have signed the petition, tragic it is even necessary

[@user-ju7dx8mu6d]

It is sad to see wildlife suffering from the same problem the world over, namely rural policy that is controlled by ignorant and indifferent urbanites. In British Columbia elk (our version of red deer) love to eat outplanted seedlings that were raised in nurseries. The soft growing conditions in the nursery make the seedlings very palatable for a few years after outplanting. Trees planted in an area that has been deforested for so long might benefit from mycorrhizal inoculation.

[@Edgunsuk]

Petition signed Roy.

[@MilitairesSans]

Those butchers looked cold

[@nathan1459]

The canniest of the buggers went into town or to the New World in The Clearances/Industrial Revolution and what have you. These communities are shooting based economies, absolutely ZERO resilience, brittle. This is bloody madness. I wish every poor sod involved in the stag trade all the very best.

[@JohnWilson-os5wy]

That's the thing I don't like about walkers ,they just don't care were they walk and it can be devastating to wild life.

[@darkiee69]

Petition signed.

[@timrobinson2984]

do white hares ,indirectly ,affect grouse by any chance,

[@antoanto5301]

Jack Hargreaves was a living God!

[@AhmadAli-fg5ve]

Peltor LEP-200

[@daveberry9922]

dont forget about poor old megan, lol

[@afronemo]

😢

[@gantengmubazir7954]

👌👍☕💪😉

[@johnstacy7902]

You need sub titles for them Scotchmen

[@nathan1459]

It's 'Scotsmen' I think you'll find, but fair point mate!