2024-2025 gameshooting prices and prospects – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 96
youtu.be/jJ-iZ3zqM6o Speaking to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game fair Theatre, Digby Taylor from GunsOnPegs.com announces his new research. It’s the most accurate predictor of prices for gameshooting around. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Win a £129 Orvis backpack – Fieldsports Extra, episode 340
Play Video You can win an slingpack priced at £129 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, kindly donated by Orvis. Plus we talk helicopters with Rob Fenwick of EJ Churchill, fox skinning with Lars Munk of HeartofLapland.com, gun certificates with pest controller Lewis Dedman, the pheasant shooting season with Digby Taylor of GunsOnPegs.com and the market […]
Win a sim day in the North-West – Fieldsports Extra, episode 339
Play Video You can win a day on a simulated game shoot priced at £200 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, kindly donated by LYC Simulated Game Days. Plus we have pest controller Simon Grimmer’s tip for getting through electric fences, Chris Sharp and Peter Glenser KC on Chris’s gun grab case and Fieldsports member Richard […]
How Facebook and Instagram are trying to kill off Olympic shooting
by Charlie Jacoby British Olympic hopeful Courtney Palmer-Jones speaks for all shooters when she complains that Facebook’s restrictions on guns are ‘a form of censorship’. Her interview appears on the BBC website. She is a victim of pointless, virtue-signalling by social media execs, a growing trend that does nothing to keep society safe from nutters […]
Win a shooting flask and cup set – Fieldsports Extra, episode 338
Play Video You can win a shooting flask and cup set, in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, kindly donated by Leicestershire and online gunshop Vale Field & Game. Plus we have which steel cartridges Paul Childerley chooses for duck, how to nymph by Andy Ford, the dangers of wildfires from Richard Bailey, and warnings about social […]
BBC TV presenter bashes Barclays at anti-grouse-shoot protest
www.dailymotion.com/video/x94141m by Charlie Jacoby Chris Packham really doesn’t like UK bank Barclays. “If anyone here is banking with Barclays, then I suggest you stick your head in a bucket of fuel and set fire to it,” he told a crowd, “because you’re burning our planet down and it’s time to put this stuff behind us.” […]
Shadow DEFRA minister tells Zeichner ‘get off the fence’ – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 94
youtu.be/-AFtyCeJvA0 Shadow DEFRA minister Steve Barclay says Daniel Zeichner should ‘get off the fence’ and announce Labour’s plans for the countryside. Plus he warns that even though the DEFRA minister is broadly pro-shooting, he can’t do much to stop Labour bringing in anti-hunting and shooting legislation. Barclay was talking to Fieldsports Channel’s Charlie Jacoby at […]
Win a £220 catapult – Fieldsports Extra, episode 337
Play Video You can win a superb Romany Custom Catapults slingshot or cataplut, priced at £220., in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus its maker Asa Wilson explains how the sport of shooting catapults is a great leveller, top game chef José Souto tells Geoff Garrod why we should all eat game meat, Chris Packham is […]
Amber’s Olympic skeet ‘chip of god’
Britain’s Olympic skeet silver medallist Amber Rutter drew praise for the sporting way she reacted to Olympic officials robbing her of gold. Amber won a silver in skeet in a shoot-off with Chile’s Francisca Crovetto Chadid. With the scores level, she was denied the chance of a gold medal after the referee said she’d missed […]
Thousands of kids get their first shooting experience at Scout jamboree
The BASC clay shooting line was a smash hit at the 2024 international Scout jamboree in Essex. Thousands of excited children grabbed the opportunity to try clay pigeon shooting at the flagship Scouting event in the south of England. Scouts and Guides aged aged from 11 to 18 queued all day, every day, to get […]
Win a leatherbound gamebook – Fieldsports Extra, episode 336
Play Video You can win a beautiful leatherbound gamebook from the Stamford Notebook Company, priced at £67, in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus Cai tries out David’s plucker, Tim Bonner from the Countryside Alliance defends the defence of trailhunting, hundreds of scouts and guides shoot clays in Essex and a former US marine goes deerstalking […]
What to expect from the Labour government – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 92
With a new government in power in Westminster, three people with a stake in the future of fieldsports and the countryside come together to talk to Charlie about what Labour could or even will do – to trail hunting, trophy imports, shooting sports and farming. Speaking at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre at the […]
Win a £199 Ridgeline smock – Fieldsports Extra, episode 335
Play Video You can win a Ridgeline Monsoon smock priced at £199 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we are all about the Game Fair: new members, squirrel problems and the strange affair of the Fieldsports Channel chairs’ gravitational pull… This week’s prizes and other links: For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membership Annual […]
Win a .410 championship entry – Fieldsports Extra, episode 334
Play Video You can win an entry to the .410 championship at EJ Churchill on 26 August 2024 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus Niall can’t help making dog recipe jokes about the Chinese, game farmer David Elliott kind;ly donates 250 birds for us to auction and Charlie’s dad explains how he uses peanuts to […]
Ian Hodge talks clay guns and supporting clayshooters
Ian Hodge Fieldsports supports three clayshooters. Ian talks about that and how the clayshooting market is moving on.
The sponsored clayshooters are:
Lee Johns
Barny Jackson
Denzil Grose
Sea Angling Classic 2024
It’s all the action from the 2024 Sea Angling Classic, an international fishing event combining a major sea angling competition, conservation, and environmental initiatives, education, and research, while introducing a whole new generation to the sport of angling. It took place from Wednesday to Sunday, 20-23 June 2024, out of Premier Marina Port Solent, and offered the largest prize table of any event of its kind in the UK – worth in excess of £100,000 including a fabulous fully rigged Extreme 646 Game King boat and SBS trailer. Find out who won it…
Police grab air rifles from pest controller and charge him
Professional pest controller Daniel Maddock has lost the tools of his trade and denied, for the moment at least, permission to own another. After applying for a firearms certificate in January 2024, because his boss wanted him to start taking on deer management jobs, he had a home visit by two officers from Police Scotland. He thought they were there to assess his security. Instead, they had come to charge him for ‘lying’ on his medical records.
Fieldsports Britain – gun grab Scotland
Scottish pest controller Daniel Maddock expected the police wanted to check his gun security. Imagine his surprise when they charged him with lying on his certificate application, because they appear to have muddled the work ‘physiotherapy’ with ‘psychotherapy’. He tells his story. We are at the Sea Angling Classic 2024, the richest prize in UK sport fishing, plus Ian Hodge talks clay guns, and Terry Doe is out to teach James Marchington how to shoot his airgun straighter. David has the news on the news stump, We are raffling Hoddy’s dogfood, and James brings you the best hunting videos on YouTube in Hunting YouTube. It’s all in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain
NatureScot’s ‘grousemoor portal’ opens – Fieldsports News, 17 July 2024
Scottish government begins moorland licensing scheme – Nature.Scot
Starmer government drops trail-hunting and trophy imports ban – no mention in King’s Speech – Westminster government
17-year-old wins DTL world champs – CPSA results
Hunting Kind fires up morale for hound sports – HuntingKind.com
Arms co buys clayground – Newark Advertiser
Anti attacks on Aussie duckhunters on the rise – Victoria Game Management Authority + Weekly Times Now
Dutch wolves attack dog and child – NOS.nl + RTL.nl + Instagram + Euractiv.com
Cull response to bear attacks – NDTV.com + BBC + YouTube
Angler hits drone – Telegram
Win Scribehound subs – Fieldsports Extra, episode 333
Play Video You can win one of two subscriptions to Scribehound in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus I visit the Hunting Kind conference about how to tackle Labour over hounds, terriers, ferrets and falcons. Gun grab victim Daniel Maddock says how the firearms licensing system let him down, Andrew Venables from WMS Firearms Training fires […]
Win Game Fair tickets – Fieldsports Extra, episode 332
Play Video You can win one of five pairs of Game Fair tickets in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we talk to Katie Langston who runs a women’s deerstalking group, Richard Bailey about the Real Springwatch, and Jaf Jefferson about using centrefire rounds on squirrels. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance […]
Win Jack Pyke Tundra shirts – Fieldsports Extra, episode 331
Play Video You can win one of three Jack Pyke Tundra shirts priced at £30 each in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we go behind the scenes of this week’s Fieldsports Britain with Dan Thor, Terry Doe, James Marchington and, off camera, Dan Chart. And Dries van Coller from South Africa want totake the trophy […]
FAB 3: latest work of the Fieldsports Advice Bureau
Layla McGuigan from the FAB Fieldsports Advice Bureau says what she has been advising members who are battling police firearms departments against certificate revocations and renewal refusals. To get access to Layla’s advice, become a Fieldsports member and fund our fight for fieldsports in the media. You can join: on our website (also with insurance) […]
Win Discovery Optics airgun scopes – Fieldsports Extra, episode 330
Play Video You can win one of three airgun scopes from Discovery Optics priced at £60 each in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have the latest on Spanish gunmaker Bergara, long-range rimfire advice from Robert Bucknell, our tame legal rottweiler Layla says what’s going on in her world, and sushi Florida fish. . This […]
Hunting and shooting in the UK 2024 election manifestos
Farmer and former MP Neil Parish and Charlie Jacoby discuss the 2024 election manifestos from Labour, the Conservatives, the LibDems, Reform and the Greens, and what they mean for country sports. All five political parties make commitments that affect hunting, shooting, gun or dog ownership. Here’s the rundown: Languishing at number 5 is the Green […]
History of the Highland pony, the stalking ‘garron’
Ruaridh Ormiston’s family have been working with Highland ponies for more than 150 years. As he prepares to showcase this hardy pony’s historical significance at the Royal Highland Show 2024, he explains how stalkers use it. For example, his great-great-grandfather was a professional salmon fisherman and he used a Highland pony to transport his catch […]
Win quad sticks priced at £120 – Fieldsports Extram episode 329
Play Video You can win a set of quad sticks from Best Fox Call priced at £120 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have cultural outreach from BASC and Maasai tribespeople, an unhappy Welsh shooter let down by his insurance (not ours), a ranting former MP who spells out how a Labour government will […]
Win £110-worth of Swatcom kit – Fieldsports Extra, episode 328
Play Video You can win pair of Swatcom passive hearing protection and a bag priced at £110 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a happy FAIR raffle winner, Geoff Garrod talks crops for pigeon shooting and, when it comes to low prices for venison, gamedealer Alan Hayward says ‘quality will out’. This week’s […]
Win £124 wellies – Fieldsports Extra, episode 327
Play Video You can win pair of Field Master boots from Gateway1 Footgear priced at £124 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a gun-grab story with a happy ending and the latest from Layla the lawyer about the work of our F A B Fieldsports Advice Bureau. This week’s prizes and other links:How […]
Election ’24 with Neil Parish – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 91
Election ’24 with Neil Parish FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 91 youtu.be/aPAySfyRhV4 Former MP Neil Parish looks at the likely outcomes from the 2024 UK general election, including which MPs will make it, which won’t, what to expect from a Labour government (if it wins), and what you can do to limit the damage. For Neil’s own […]
Win a £98 squirrel feeder – Fieldsports Extra, episode 326
Play Video You can win a squirrel feeder from Keith’s High Seats priced at £98 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus James Schneider is out to get a big black boar, Niall Rowantree discusses his forthcoming sika deer filming project and Tim Bonner says how we should approach the UK general election. This week’s prizes […]
Win a £110 steel fox target – Fieldsports Extra, episode 325
Play Video You can win a steel fox target and stand from Tom’s Targets priced at £110 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we chat to our Fieldsports Advice Bureau supremo Layla McGuigan on what the police are trying to do to certificate holders, straight-talkingYorkshire keeper Frank Croft says why he doesn’t like Chris Packham, […]
Win a deer print – all six species – Fieldsports Extra, episode 324
Play Video You can win a deer print by Katie Hargeaves priced at £75 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we chat to Steve McGuigan of Countryside Academy, Ed Swales of Hunting Kind and @skyegamekeeper Scott Mackenzie. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade here Halston […]
Win a £250 simulated game day at Halston Hall – Fieldsports Extra, episode 323
Play Video You can win a peg on a sim day at Halston Hall in Shropshire in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we chat to crow-shooter George Lawrence, gun-grab victim Lewis Dedman and the CPSA chief executive Iain Parker. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade […]
Win a £200 Discovery Optics riflescope – Fieldsports Extra, episode 322
Play Video You can win a £200 Discovery Optics riflescope in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a labrador retrieving a muntjac, Roy talks about his new beard, Helen Tinner discusses shooting photography and recipes, member Steven Houston says why a ‘predator shadow’ means Natural England won’t let him plant woodland, and there’s the […]
Natural England stops woodland planting on a shoot
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8xpdr4 While it’s OK to plant trees in some places, it seems it’s not OK when you are planning to shoot in your wood. That’s what Steven Houston found when he applied to plant small copses on his land in Cumbria. Steven hoped to host small shoots on his farm by planting trees to provide […]
Win National Shooting Show tickets – Fieldsports Extra, episode 321
Play Video You can win one of five pairs of tickets to the National Shooting Show on 11-12 May 2024 in Harrogate (we’ll be there). Plus we have more on our insurance – legal + public liability. Two hunting pundits, Dries van Coller and Ben Cassidy, say why their continents are best for wildlife, and […]
Press release: hunting YouTube channel offers insurance
It’s a first. A YouTube channel now offers its viewers insurance. FieldsportsChannel covers its viewers if they have an accident with a gun, or covers their legal battle if the police come to seize their guns. The insurance is available to its supporters’ club, the Fieldsports Nation. FieldsportsChannel, which has 350,000 subscribers on YouTube, specialises […]
Win a sim game day priced at £250 – Fieldsports Extra, episode 320
Play Video You can win a day on a simulated game shoot on the Dorset/Somerset border. Patson Hill Farm usually charges £252 per gun and we have one up for grabs. Date for you to decide with the organisers of the day., Plus our insurance package is out – legal + public liability – and […]
Mitchells’ three-day country sporting sale, April 2024
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8wv8sk Diggory Hadoke of VintageGuns.co.uk talks to Charlie Jacoby about Mitchell’s three-day Country Sporting Sale on 17-19 April 2024 in Cockermouth, Cumbria. They discuss the joy of The-Saleroom.com and the future of gun sales at local and regional auctioneers. Click here for the lots they talk about. More auctions chats here:
Win pheasant and stag cushions and tablemats – Fieldsports Extra, episode 319
Play Video You can win homeware including a tablemat and coaster set for four and two cushions, all from artist Sami Tutch and together priced at more than £150. Plus we have Ollie Williams talking about his heritage, Robert Bucknell on fencing and we have the man behind the Countryside Academy, Steve McGuigan. This week’s […]
Gun trade honours its own in London Proof House ceremony
The Worshipful Company of Gunmakers has issued new certificates honouring the work of the UK’s top gunmakers. In the first ceremony of its kind, held at the London Proof House, the master and officers of the Gunmakers, which received its royal charter in 1637, handed out certificates to the cream of British gunmaking. In one […]
Win a deer-sighting gadget – Fieldsports Extra, episode 318
Play Video You can win a gadget that will help you shoot the right animal. Called the Lost Scoute, it’s priced at £65. Plus we have Tim Pilbeam talking about cartridge innovation, the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers honours the cream of the gunmaking world, and Rifleman Firearms pushes the boat out for rimfire shooters. This […]
Win Stalking Show tickets – Fieldsports Extra, episode 317
Play Video You can win tickets to the Stalking Show, which takes place on 13-14 April 2024 at Staffordshire Showground. Plus we have Dan Thor getting hot while out decoying pigeons, and Niall Rowantree has an appeal to anyone interested in Scottish deer. This week’s prizes and other links:Tom’s Targets Stalking Show tickets Need legal help with […]
Deerstalker’s peace offering to dogwalker
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBN1Vp_xbfM If stalking deer in the busy south east of England weren’t hard enough, sometimes you have to contend with dog walkers, either legitimately on your ground, or those who feel they have a right to roam away from designated footpaths. Often it is a friendly affair but sometimes it requires patience, education and venison […]
Fieldsports Britain – get orf my land
Fieldsports Britain – get orf my land www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBWjuWB0Wb8 Cai Ap Bryn deals with a dogwalker while out deerstalking. Nicole Moore gets into wildfowling with Holbeach Wildfowlers in the East and Charlie Byrne is after a black-powder 8-bore goose with Devon Wildfowlers in the West. Anglers are revolting: we join 100 locals led by riverkeepers in […]
Formula 1 boss joins Southern Water protestors
Saj Rahman and Andy Ford Southern Water’s pumping station at Fullerton in Hampshire, on the banks of the River Test, dumps millions of gallons of raw sewage into the UK’s most famous chalkstream. Locals say they’ve had enough. On 18 March 2024, organised by two local riverkeepers, they were joined in a protest of more […]
Servicing your gun: how the pros do it – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 90
www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LCP1DVIcE It’s the job that many of us put off, sometimes for weeks, a few for months, a handful for several seasons. John Spary and Joe Hocking are gunsmiths: the ones who get to clean, check, repair and occasionally pick up the pieces of our guns. They explain what goes into a gun service, plus […]
Spartan Javelin bipod: preview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=08HyzCGrZBE The Spartan Javelin is a modern take on the bipod for your rifle. Ryan Charlton of distributors Highland Outdoors explains that it’s lightweight, slips in a pocket, adjustable, and with its magnetic attachment system it’s quick and easy to deploy. Find out more at Highland Outdoors
How to get into wildfowling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI4p6S2LUaI Starting out in wildfowling is easy. Clubs all over the UK are keen to meet you, take you out and show you what the sport is all about. In this film, Holbeach Wildfowlers take Nicole Moore as a guest to their ground on the Wash. Meanwhile, Charlie Byrne buys a day with the Devon […]
