Ferreting and mental health – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 82

Simon Whitehead is a ferreter not a rockstar – but he is a ferreter with a public. He has suffered from the pressure. His new book, Pugs & Drummers, discusses not just ferreting but how ferreting saved his life. He explains it to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2023. For Simon’s new book, visit https://simon-whitehead.com/pugs-and-... For more ways to listen to this, visit https://FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsp... This podcast is brought to you by the British Shooting Show, the UK largest gun show, held at the NEC, Birmingham https://shootingshow.co.uk/ ▶ Sign up for our weekly email newsletter https://FieldsportsChannel.tv/register ▶ Fieldsports Shop http://fieldsports.shop ▶ Take part in nature. Join the Fieldsports Nation https://FieldsportsChannel.tv/membership Why catch rabbits? Rabbit shooting, ferreting and catching rabbits with dogs are legal activities in line with UK animal welfare laws. They are designed to remove rabbits, cute but a major pest, from agricultural land, where they dig up ground causing hazards to livestock and they damage crops. Both ferreting and shooting are more selective than the alternative, poisoning rabbits. Rabbit hunting is also social, involving groups of ferret owners or shooters, who go out at weekends and have little or no representation in other media. Plus rabbit meat is lean, healthy and local sourced. Give it a try.