Robert Bucknell’s foxshooting diary

When it comes to fox control Robert Bucknell wrote the book – literally. In this series he runs through the foxshooter’s year, month by month, explaining fox natural history and behaviour at each stage of the year, and how you can use this knowledge to give you an edge controlling foxes to protect vulnerable livestock, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Pheasant eggs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvZKuoF_cLY This week it’s bring-your-kids-to-work day, so the show is presented by Ed Jacoby, and Hector Wright is on the Fieldsports Channel news stump. In this week’s episode part-time gamekeeper Kevin Copeland enlists his young daughter’s help collecting pheasant eggs as the rearing season gets under way. Plus reinventing the clay pigeon – we exclusively […]
Collecting pheasant eggs for a new season

Spring is here, and across the country preparations are underway for the season ahead. For part-time keeper Kevin Copeland, this year is about more than just rearing pheasants — it’s about passing something on. With his daughter Esme by his side, egg collecting has become part of their daily routine, a chance to learn, connect, […]
CIC general assembly, Vienna 2026

The CIC general assembly in Vienna, 2026, is a talking shop for the world’s hunters. Plus it included a service in St Stephen’s Cathedral, by kind permission of the Cardinal. CIC, the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation, is the global authority on biodiversity protection and hunting. For more see the website CIC-wildlife.org/ For […]
Attenborough attacks pheasant shooting – Fieldsports News, 22 April 2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IplcitP8yoo This week it’s bring-your-kids-to-work day, so David’s son Hector is on the Fieldsports Channel news stump. Here are the links: BBC parrots anti-shooting propaganda – BBC iplayer (42mins) Tool to contact Scottish election candidates – BASC The Times glorifies handguns – The Times Guardian newspaper supports trophy hunting – The Guardian UK YouTuber gets strike […]
New clays, new cartridges and the cost of shooting

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7xAYcDON2g As the 2026 clay season kicks off we are at the West Kent Shooting School with Alex Levett-Scrivener from cartridge distributor Shooting Star and ground owner Gillian Lynch – finding out about the cost of cartridges, strategies to keep a clay ground busy, and the new Newr brand of clay targets including the ‘disco […]