Breakdown in Devon & Cornwall gun licensing puts businesses at risk
youtu.be/c-VlnQpCK0Q With police firearms licensing across Devon, Cornwall and Dorset in meltdown, local country and gun shops are having to diversify. Martin and Chris Lamb run the Country Sport Shop in Bovey Tracey, Devon. They have opened ‘The Barbecue Shack‘ to go alongside their business supplying local gamekeepers, shoots and pest controllers. They tell their […]
Shooting loved-up foxes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOR0YqBA9nY Autumn is the time of year when foxes fall in love. And like romantics everywhere, that makes the foxes more than usually visible. Tom Davies from Dartmoor Deer Services is prowling the lanes and country tracks on fox patrol. Tom’s review of the Pulsar Merger To buy them, visit Kitfinder.co.uk/pulsarmerger or Kitfinder.co.uk/pulsarthermion2 For more […]
Dan Thor shoots the ‘bog rabbit’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDF22FZ-lbc Simulated game? It’s competitive battue clayshooting, as Dan Thor and friends take to the field in Hertfordshire for a simulated game day. The clays come thick and fast – as does the banter. For deals on the Miroku MK38, go to Kitfinder.co.uk/mirokumk38 Find Dan on Instagram Instagram.com/dan_thor_shooting Sim day organiser is Steve Reynolds, tel […]
Pheasant sausages – recipe – from Weschenfelder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFaI8_a9Yk Cai Ap Bryn makes delicious pheasant sausages. Watch and learn the recipe here. Ingredients: Pheasant meat mince (including all offcuts) Fatty pork mince Spice/herb mix Sausage tubes (plus you will need a sausage stuffer) Links Get 10% off the following Weschenfelder products: Trespade TC 12 EL ECO Electric mincer (£234 RRP) + Trespade […]
Niall’s Swedish elk adventure
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBxms_rO9NA Take a Scottish wildlife expert to Scandinavia and his imagination runs away with him. Niall Rowantree is elk hunting in Swedish Lapland. While there, he imagines a Scotland with moose roaming free. Plus he gets up close to moose and to the hunt. . For deals on the Blaser R8, go to Kitfinder.co.uk/blaserr8 For […]
Fieldsports Britain – magnificent moose
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dLd3jU-yY Niall Rowantree heads to Swedish Lapland to hunt moose, and toys with the idea of releasing them in Scotland. Well, why not? That’s not all. Back home in Britain, Dan Thor goes on a simulated game day in Hertfordshire, Tom Davies is out after foxes on Dartmoor, Cai Ap Bryn shows how easy it […]
Win a Jack Pyke jacket – Fieldsports Extra #244
Prize draw this week is for a green Jack Pyke Rannock jacket priced at £69.95. Plus Niall predicts the future for Scandinavian wildlife (based on Scotland), Tom Davies runs out of light and Dan Thor can’t count. There is also news about how we would like to turn Fieldsports Channel plc into Fieldsports Channel Ltd. […]
Paul’s Highland stalk of a lifetime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr5U51Q1as8 Paul Childerley has the stag stalking outing of his life – a dream come true. He is going up the hill in the Highlands of Scotland in the most traditional manner possible. It’s the red rut and the stags are holding hinds in this part of Inverness-shire. Tweeds, two-draw scopes and a garron pony […]
Fieldsports Britain – dream stag stalking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjry5Pr8xTk Paul heads up the hill for the stalk of his life. He is in Scotland for the red rut, and he is out to try stag stalking that includes not just the standard Scottish package of fabulous scenery and superb professional stalkers. This time, he gets to use a garron pony to bring his […]
No 10 welcomes shooting supporter – Fieldsports News, 26 October 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrPFJWxvLe0 Here are the links: UK welcomes grouse-shooting prime minister – Countryside Alliance RSPB fresh attack on gamebird releasing – BASC Scottish Hunting With Dogs bill attacked – YouTube Anti claims of ‘hunt havoc’ rubbished – Somerset Live NHS wild venison trial extended – Daily Mail + Countryside Alliance British Shooting’s first #TargetChange days – […]
Speedy sheep – Fieldsports Extra #243
Prize draw this week is for five party packs of airgun pellets from Crackshot and, if you win, you get to choose which five airgun pellets you will get. Plus Charlie talks to member John Buxton about Fieldsports Live, Dominic Boulton from Aim to Sustain explains the human cost of bird flu, Dog & Field […]
Shooting for the blind
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ngwrseOUJw Jason Ford is one of the best target shooters in the UK – and he is blind. He uses new technology to enjoy his sport, which is backed by the National Smallbore Rifle Association. Click here for the NSRA Visually-impaired lad trains as professional hunter:
Foxshooting and a limping fallow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0hrSSow26g Roy Lupton has hold of two new pieces of foxshooting kit. He is out to try them out. He has the InfiRay TD50L Tube night vision scope and the Unique UH35 thermal spotter. They bring him success: five foxes on the ground. For the InfiRay scope and spotter, check out deals on Kitfinder […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s five fox night
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ0LSBrymy8 Roy Lupton is out after foxes and starts with a problem fallow pricket. He goes on from that to have a bumper foxshooting night. We look at woodcock and Wild Justice’s attempt to ban woodcock shooting in England. And how do you shoot targets when you are blind? We ask the National Smallbore Rifle […]
Bird flu spreads – Fieldsports News, 7 September 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIjLEHg58bo Here are the links: Bird flu spreads across UK – DEFRA Antis march on London – Evening Standard Scottish gamekeepers blame conservation industry for capercaillie loss – SGA Antis arrested after pouring milk in shops – ITV Record breaking bluefin tuna in UK – BBC + our film about the old record on YouTube […]
Wild Justice aims at woodcock – Fieldsports Extra #242
Prize draw this week is for a £285 CCTV/trailcam, plus a woodcock guide explains why shooters are the best people to look after the bird, Roy Lupton gets technical on when you can shoot deer, and James Marchington find a new gadget: it’s a whistling device that guides blind shooters on to their targets.This week’s […]
Everything you always wanted to know about F Class
www.youtube.com/watch?v=79UzdIffh-w Head to the home of British shooting, Bisley, to see rifle shooting at its finest. With superlative skill and kit, F Class shooters get to put bullets into a five-inch circle at 1,000 yards. They talk about how they do it. For more on F Class go to GBFClass.com More from the NRA:
Essex pigeonshooting: back with a bang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UtV7d-f8XU Geoff Garrod is back in the pigeon hide, shooting over freshly-drilled wheat. The birds have been absent from his part of Essex all summer. He uses all of his autumn tactics to bring them in. Find instant deals on the Browning Maxus 2 on Kitfinder For info on the Browning Maxus 2, visit Bit.ly/maxus2 […]
Fieldsports Britain – Geoff’s pigeon drought is over
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj4KVFihX2M It’s been a long, sad summer for Geoff Garrod. The reason? No pigeons to shoot. At last they are back, and he is in the hide and happy. Meanwhile, it could be a tough winter for pheasant shooting as bird flu grips the UK countryside. Deborah finds out what shoots and shooters should be […]
Scottish gundog ban fears – Fieldsports News, 12 October 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ZTyyoU7B8 Here are the links: Scottish gundogs could be caught in foxhunting clampdown – The Scottish Farmer Police plan ‘public immunity’ gun licence legal swerve – Andrew Alger’s appeal 100+ antis arrested after London attacks – Twitter Urban Britain is failing wildlife and farming, says Gareth Wyn Jones – Fieldsports News Scottish farmers attack beaver […]
Gareth Wyn Jones – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 68
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRr0vpam8LI Gareth Wyn Jones is the outspoken Welsh hill farmer who starred in the BBC’s The Family Farm. He believes that the disconnection between town and country is driving a wedge between the two communities – and, in this talk, he spells out why. Find Gareth on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook Other ways to listen to […]
Win a £379 rifle accuracy course – Fieldsports Extra #241
Prize draw this week is for a £379 ticket to a rifle accuracy course with Richard Utting of #SharpShootingUK. Richard is a Fieldsports Nation member and runs his excellent courses on miles of beautiful moorland in Co Durham. Plus Geoff Garrod is missing pigeons, Dominic Boulton of the Game Farmers Association has a bird flu […]
The Blaser R8 ‘family tree’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MXo8BnRUDA Cluny Country is a Blaser main dealer. Robbie Shedden explains the various options for the Blaser R8 rifle. Click here for more on Cluny Country’s Blasers More from Cluny Country here:
British gamekeepers supply shooting trucks to Ukraine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEAU6cYf10U The Ukrainian army needs gamekeeping trucks. They are less of a target than military trucks and they have amazing offroad capabilities. Step forward London builder Dmytro Andreichuk. He and his wife are buying up ex hunting vehicles – typically used for lamping foxes on rough ground – and delivering them to the Ukraine. Ipswich […]
Bullet speed, drag and distance, with #SharpShootingUK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB4vdUreHoU Ballistics apps are amazing. They are, says Richard Utting of SharpShootingUK, perfect. When it comes to shooting a 600-yard crow, we know all the numbers but one. We can feed all the information we need into our ballistics app. But we have to estimate down-range wind speed and direction. He gives a taste of […]
Venison jerky – recipe – from Weschenfelder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfoL17-mlCw Cai Ap Bryn makes delicious venison jerky. Watch and learn the recipe here. Ingredients: Venison Soy sauce Worcester sauce Garlic Brown sugar Get 10% off Atacama Pro Dehydrator. Use discount code FS10 at checkout. Offer valid until 31 October 2022. Bit.ly/profooddehydrator Click here for more from Weschenfelder For more from Cai, visit GameandFlames.com
Thieving foxes in the crosshairs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2IxpJ5EF_I Foxes are stealing cake from the mouths of sheep. Down on the farm in Dorset, foxshooter David Pomeroy has an unusual problem. The farm milks ewes and feeds them on cake while they are milking. Local foxes are sneaking in and taking the cake. David has his rifle, night vision and Pulsar Accolade II […]
Fieldsports Britain – cakesnatching foxes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pziEGd1JYxQ Foxshooting, gamekeepers’ vehicles, rifle accuracy, bird flu, a venison recipe and the story of a rifle – it’s a truly packed programme this week. Dorset foxshooter David Pomeroy has to deal with foxes that are stealing the sheep’s cake. Richard Utting from #SharpShootingUK explains how to shoot straighter (given that you shoot straight anyway). […]
How animal rights extremists conned the world with Cecil
The Cecil the lion story was simply a fundraiser for a Zimbabwean NGO. That’s the conclusion of big game hunter Ron Thomson, who has spoken up about the story to Fieldsports News. He calls out the lies during the 2015 scandal, including the revelation that the lion was enticed out of Hwange National Park in […]
Win £170 of night vision kit – Fieldsports Extra #240
You can win £170-worth of night vision kit from Mileseey. Plus members unite to provide us with Fieldsports Britain this week, including David Pomeroy foxshooting in Dorset, James Bendall coordinating our bird flu coverage and Richard Davis introducing us to a scheme to provide the Ukraine front line with foxshooting vehicles… not for shooting foxes.This […]
Replacing the regulator in a faulty PCP airgun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmtOJuXEDME Your PCP airgun making a funny sound, and shots not going where you put them? It could be the regulator. It’s especially a problem with the BSA R10. Never fear – Huma is here. Huma makes a replacement regulator. James Head from South-Devon airgun centre Crackshot explains what it’s for and shows how to […]
Decoying: how to turn the pigeon tide in your favour
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAGAtNLhO0 You know the pigeons are there. You set up your hide, you put out the decoys, you stack up the cartridges – but no pigeons. What do you do? Dan Thor is in Essex showing his strategy for turning a pigeon no-show into a pigeon showtime. For Browning and Miroku shotguns visit Browning.eu For […]
Fieldsports Britain – pigeon shooting banter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVIGCCOKCSU How to turn a pigeon shooting problem into a success story. Dan Thor is decoying pigeons on crops in Essex. It doesn’t start well but, with characteristic banter, it gets better. Meanwhile, a barrister warns that government underfunding of police firearms licensing is going to lead to more mass shootings. And James Head shows […]
Cornwall Council kicks out anti hunting ban – Fieldsports News, 28 September 2022
youtu.be/8wOi9m3R1Kg Here are the links: Antis fail to ban trail hunting on Cornish council land – Countryside Alliance Trail hunting ban remains on NRW land – Countryside Alliance Farmer furious after antis leave rubbish – Farmers Weekly Osprey chicks fledged at Scottish estate – Scottish Land & Estates Antis vandalise Norfolk pheasant release pens – […]
Win £100 of gundog training kit – Fieldsports Extra #239
You can win £100-worth of gundog training kit from Dog & Field, plus it’s the last few days of the Baileys discount, Ian Jensen warns about the future of firearms licensing and Dan Thor discusses doughnuts.This week’s prizes and other links:For Rifleman Firearms, go to Bit.ly/riflemanfirearms Dog & Field prize Bit.ly/dogandfield Ursula Von Der Leyen pony Baileys […]
Hunting ‘rare’ capercaillie with a Blaser drilling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDp6t3Kgo_s Niall Rowantree is in Swedish Lapland to shoot capercaillie over Finnish spitz. Plus he tries out a Blaser D99 drilling in 7×57, and he looks at why the RSPB has failed to reintroduce the capercaillie to Scotland where, in Sweden, they hunt and eat them for lunch. For the Blaser D99, visit Blaser.de […]
Fieldsports Britain – shooting the world’s biggest grouse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=50j800QOEoM The world’s biggest grouse, capercaillie, were abundant in Scotland within living memory. Since then, a combination of hopeless management by the RSPB and a change in climate has wiped them out. Niall Rowantree goes to Swedish Lapland where they are doing well – so well that the locals hunt and eat them. He finds […]
HM Queen’s sporting gun salute – Fieldsports News, 21 September 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AUCgsLwyT4 Here are the links: HM Queen’s funeral gun salute – Facebook + Twitter Police face criminal investigation over Plymouth shooting – Independent Office for Police Conduct Police whistleblower sacked over gun claims – Employment Tribunals [PDF] Lord Goldsmith sacked as environment minister – Guardian Packham firebombing ‘hit job’ claims – Mirror Countryside Alliance Awards open […]
Useful crow decoy – Fieldsports Extra #238
We look at the Prime Minister’s contribution to corvid shooting, and you can still win a £560 Athlon scope, kindly donated by Rifleman Firearms. Plus Niall Rowantree talks about capercaillie and Cai Ap Bryn and Mat Coombe discuss this year’s Cornish spearfishing festival.This week’s prizes and other links:For Rifleman Firearms, go to Bit.ly/riflemanfirearms Baileys Shooting […]
Rural Devolution Bill
Rural Devolution Bill
Background The highest levels of government started to discuss rural devolution in the 2010s. In 2017, Liz Truss backed English counties’ call for ‘radical’ rural devolution. A report by Oxford Economics called Understanding County Economies, commissioned by the County Councils Network, said that providing counties with full devolution of public spending and tax raising powers […]
Walked-up grouse over German wirehaired pointers and a bracco Italiano
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfX3Ka8_5Y Malin Hewins has brought together members of the German Wirehaired Pointer Club, plus friends (including a bracco Italiano), to pick up on a walked-up grouse day designed specifically for them. It’s on moorland above Edale in Derbyshire, beautifully organised by the Edale Estate. We see hundreds of grouse, shoot a few and all the […]
Fieldsports Britain – muntjac surprise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCLVU-L4Kk8 A muntjac takes Helen Tinner by surprise. She is out stalking deer on the Le Strange Shoot in North Norfolk with her new Browning X-bolt. Meanwhile, Charlie joins a group of unusual dog owners at Edale in the Peak District for a walked-up grouse day, especially designed for German wirehaired pointers and even a […]
Countryside mourns Queen – Fieldsports News, 14 September 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKmpo0iJa20 Here are the links: Balmoral gamekeepers carry Queen’s coffin – Fieldsports News Anglers consider legal action over pollution – Glos Live Anti-hunting Goldsmith family hangs on in government – DEFRA English farmers allowed to kill beavers – DEFRA Shooter Amber Hill wins gold in Cyprus – British Shooting Eat Game Awards calling for entries […]
Air rifle range opens
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNXD32mgqeU Rifleman Firearms in Somerset, UK, has opened a sparkly new airgun range. Here is how they do it. The building, which opened in February 2019, has five firing lanes and includes 500 metres of rail for the targets to run on. WARNING: This item includes a sweet little girl saying how much she likes […]
Win a £600 scope – Fieldsports Extra #237
Win a £560 Athlon scope, kindly donated by Rifleman Firearms, ideal for varminting and not bad for deer. Plus we have a laughing deerstalker in Helen Tinner, a couple of Northern Irish politicians, and Fieldsports Nation member Lloyd Birch talks walked-up grouse.This week’s prizes and other links:HM The Queen tributeBuy the Odepro KL62 flashlight on
Charity clay shoot raises £135,000 for GWCT
Bushbeaters’ Ball 2022 The annual Charity Clay Shoot at Warter Priory Estate in East Yorkshire has raised an incredible £135,000 for the Game and Wildlife
What will Liz Truss do for the countryside? – Fieldsports News, 7 September 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHCHHk5hNgI Here are the links: What the new PM will do for the countryside – Twitter Government consultation on firearms – Home Office NSRA opposes
Ollie Williams hunts Mandela’s favourite: blesbok
If it’s good enough for Nelson Mandela, it’s good enough for Ollie Williams. He is stalking blesbok in Africa with the trainee professional hunters from
Caroline Bedell on the value of shooting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 67
youtu.be/X93ipWbnihU UK shooting and countryside groups are joining forces to commission new research into the economic, environmental and social value of shooting. BASC, Countryside Alliance,
