Birds kill 200 lambs on a single Isle of Wight farm
We visit Cheverton Farm on the Isle of Wight, where ravens, crows and other birds have killed 200 lambs this spring. The farm has a herd of 1,750 sheep. However,…
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Why push and pull when you can twist? – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
Top clay shot Ben Husthwaite does the hokey-cokey to explain how to shoot clay pigeons better. He says shooters (right-handed) are too keen to use their left hand to push…
On Test: seven different carbon-stock rifles
Gun reviewer Tim Pilbeam has more than £50,000-worth of rifles to test. He looks at the latest carbon rifles from manufacturers including Blaser, Mauser, Sauer, Sako, Browning, Christensen Arms and…
Crow hits the jackdaws – just before Packham’s ban – Crowhow
Andy Crow has one more chance to shoot the jackdaws and keep them off his bean crop. The jackdaws are digging up and eating the young beans. The problem today…
Hunt & Cook: the appetite for game meat
You’d be amazed how many people don’t know the first thing about meat they can shoot for themselves. That’s what makes Cai Ap Bryn’s outdoor cookery courses so attractive. We…
Knife buyer’s guide
Knife maker Phil Siddell explains the three things to look for in a new knife: tang, steel and edge geometry. ▶ Find Phil on Instagram Instagram.com/wellington_blade_works ▶ His new website…
Hooded up for hoodie shooting
Hooded crows (grey crows in Ireland) are coming into a farmer’s shed and stealing cattle feed – but they are wily. In the latest of his Wild Wing Shooting series,…
Deer: from Field to Freezer
Jason is guiding a friend, Daniel, on his first sika deer. Sika deer were introduced to Co Wicklow in 1860 and quickly became the county’s most prolific deer. Daniel is…
Best of British: the shooting suit
Everything you always wanted to know about shooting suits: the tweed, the cut, the options. Charlie Jacoby meets Justin Block of Justin Block Tailoring to find out what the well-dressed…
Marsupial pest hunt
Wallabies are an agricultural pest on New Zealand. They came from Australia, and now it is up to Kiwis to control them. Scottish deerstalker Niall Rowantree goes after the 3ft…
Deer Killer Steam Engine – A Year in the Life of Highland Sport part 1
One of Scotland’s premier tourist attractions is setting fire to Scotland, and that’s causing a problem for deer. The Jacobite steam train sets fire to the hillside, Scottish Natural Heritage…
Roy’s Thermal Foxshoot
Roy Lupton is hunting down the foxes that are feasting on lambs. He is armed with thermal and lamp, and on patrol around a farm in the South-East of England.…
Irish keeper’s day
Jason Doyle and his girlfriend Carly join the Shelton Abbey Shoot in Co Wicklow for the end-of-season keeper’s day, where the gamekeeper gets to thank his beater friends… and it’s…
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Fieldsports Podcasts
Inflatable angry men – Fieldsports Channel Podcast episode 6
David Wright talks about his time up in the highlands with Niall Rowantree and the ways the Scottish government are trying to reduce the amount of lamb attacks from the…