A cracking episode of Fieldsports Britain; Andy Crow swaps pigeons for rabbits, there’s some expert knife advice from Emberleaf, and a little session with gundog trainer Gilly Nickols
Andy Crow is on rabbit patrol. After years of low rabbit numbers, they are back on his farm in Kent – and we are hearing reports of booming rabbit numbers in many locations across the UK. He is out with Gary to bring the numbers down and protect his crops. Meanwhile, Gilly Nickols has tips for training a team of gundogs in her summer gundog boot camp series. And how do you choose a knife shape and then keep it sharp? Dean Boyd from Emberleaf has some ideas.
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