The Hunting Ground Blog

GunsOnPegs is super-sizing its stand at this year’s CLA Game Fair. The award-winning website is showcasing the event’s first ever double decker stand, comprising of a 2,500 sq ft balcony overlooking both Gunmakers’ Row and the main ring. The upstairs bar will be a hive of activity and open to all GunsOnPegs members, making it a great place for people to socialize, shop and compete to win exclusive prizes!

www.gunsonpegs.com

Tory plans for a free vote on scrapping the foxhunting ban are to go ahead, despite opposition from many Liberal Democrat MPs. In a further sign of the new Government’s intentions, it emerged that the Agriculture Minister Jim Paice had also been made Minister for Hunting and Shooting – the first time country sports have had a dedicated minister for decades.

Back In 1910 a group of English Academics and psychics got together and concluded that a new Messiah was needed to deliver humanity from chaos. Rather than wait around for another virgin birth they decided to take drastic action, they would create their own Messiah who would bring peace and justice to the world.

A new breed of shooting show called Bisley Live is being held at the National Shooting Centre in Surrey from 30 September until 2 October 2011, which will give visitors the opportunity to test fire the latest rifles, shotguns and air rifles from the leading manufacturers.

The Purdey Awards for Game and Conservation announced today that it is inviting entries from across the UK for its 2011 awards which will be held in November in Central London.

The Government’s “Big Society” idea could mean anti-hunt monitors are given the job of policing the controversial ban on hunting in the West, because police cuts mean officers will no longer be able to tackle wildlife crime. That is the view of the head of the League Against Cruel Sports, which has dozens of monitors keeping watch on hunts across the region, from Exmoor to the Cotswolds.

It seems that our media has recently fallen victim to a rather ridiculous hoax involving “urban fox hunting.” Footage was leaked onto the Internet showing a group of men chasing a fox across Victoria Park after it had been drugged with the powerful sedative xanax and then, upon capture, knocking it for six with a cricket bat.

The Hunting Ground. Net went to London today with 7 hampers full of goodies from our advertisers, and had meetings with the following Editors from the following magazines:

A fantastic chance to win a beautiful made to measure Hunting Coat.

Cosmetics firm Lush has had its anti-hunting campaign banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The Lush campaign was, as the ASA has found, based on misleading and inaccurate claims. On some matters it has only itself to blame for working with an extreme organisation like the Hunt Saboteurs Association that has a long history of inaccuracy and exaggeration.

(courtesy of the Countryside Alliance Facebook Page)