BASC goes behind the new gun tax proposal – interview
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9azqs6 ‘Rural communities face steep ‘gun tax’ rise to boost police budgets’: That’s the headline in the Daily Telegraph, prompting fears among gun owners that they will be asked to pay for public safety. BASC’s Christopher Graffius (interview above) allays those fears. He says: “All we have is one article in the Telegraph and it […]
Win a Katie Hargreaves print – Fieldsports Extra, episode 355
You can win a bird print by Katie Hargreaves in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have interviews with a Slovak pheasant shooting host, a South African taxidermy company boss and a professional hunter who is now in a wheelchair. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup […]
Future of deer with Niall Rowantree and Prof Rory Putman – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 102
youtu.be/1gSl6iHEEyM Deerstalker and wildlife manager Niall Rowantree talks to deer biologist Professor Rory Putman about the remarkable sika deer, as part of our filming of the Year in the Life of Sika. Rory explains why sika are so successful when reds struggle, how their range is increasing and why they are so difficult, in fact […]
Win £179-worth of Isotunes hearing protection – Fieldsports Extra, episode 354
You can win IsoTunes Caliber hearing protection priced at £179 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have the additional prize of a signed copy of Professor Rory Putman’s book, British Deer & Their Management. Ian Hodge says why puts a Fieldsports membership countertop display in his shop, and James Westbrook explains what’s up with […]
How to get fishing on the NHS – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 101
youtu.be/7a-YD0HXNCo Podcast this week is from the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, back in July 2024. It’s an interview with David Lyons, an angler who suffered from depression and successfully persuaded the NHS to prescribe him fishing. He runs the charity Tackling Minds, which takes fellow-sufferers fishing. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Win Browning goodies – Fieldsports Extra, episode 353
You can win Browning goodies including its Ars Mechanica coffee-table book in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have Terry Doe on his aches and pains, George Lawrence on his favourite duck for the table, Tim Shayle of Countryman Sports in Gloucester on how he and other local shooters forced a U-turn out of local […]
Win gundog training vests – Fieldsports Extra, episode 352
You can win one of two gundog traiing vests in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have Cai Ap Bryn on the grey streak in his hair, and shoot owner Geoff Sayers explains the novel way he funds the Carswell Coastal Shoot in South Devon. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance […]
Win a £250 Jackal Medical kit – Fieldsports Extra, episode 351
You can win a Bleeding Control Kit from Jackal Medical, priced at £250 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have more from a gun grab vicitim in South Wales, Tim Pilbeam explains his deerstalking training and we’re at the London farmer’s protest. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual […]
Win a Danum Blades rifle sling – Fieldsports Extra, episode 350
You can win a beautifully handmade rifle sling from Danum Blades in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a buffalo stories, Cai Ap Bryn on cooking geese, Ollie Wiliams on how much lead to give high pheasants, John McLaurin from SCI on the Trump presidential election victory and a load of Kiwis shouting ‘Hello […]
Woodcock – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 100
Andrew Hoodless of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is a woodcock specialist. He explains the difference between migratory birds, resident breeding birds, and why they are not actually that endangered at all – despite what the anti-shooters like to claim. Andrew talks to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. Other ways […]
£1,450 defibrillator week#2 – Fieldsports Extra, episode 349
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup membership at £80 per person hereFieldsports Competitions is at FieldsportsCompetitions.co.ukNeed to talk to Layla on our FAB advice line? legal@fieldsportschannel.tv or call/WhatsApp +447902508789Farming Britain on YouTube + Instagram + FacebookHad […]
Win a £1,450 defibrillator for your shoot – Fieldsports Extra, episode 348
You can win a defibrillator from WEL Medical priced at £1,450 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have Sir Johnny Scott on the troubles facing shooting if trailhunting falls, a young lad, Zach Turner, is raising money for the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust and Alan Johnson from Danum Blades answers that knife-sharpening question from Vivian […]
How IFAW kills people with elephants – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 99
This is the story about Kasungu National Park, as told by Mike Labuschagne, who has been working there as a ranger for more than 30 years. He used to have funding from the US-based animal rights organisation IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, to help the elephants of Kasungu in Malawi. Now he believes that IFAW should be charged with the murder of local people for wilfully releasing 263 elephants into the area, which can’t support them. “It was completely unprepared to receive them,” he says.
Win a Rodger McPhail book – Fieldsports Extra, episode 347
You can win a book by wildlife artist Rodger McPhail priced at £35 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a Countryside Academy outing with Steve McGuigan, Paul Childerley discusses the magic of deerstalking, an African anti-poaching ranger, Mike Labuschagne, lays it on the line about IFAW, and Charlie gets photobombed by pigs. This […]
Win a Le Chameau wallet – Fieldsports Extra, episode 346
You can win a Le Chameau wallet in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, kindly donated by West Country Guns. Plus we have completely mucked up foxshooting with Roy Lupton, father-and-son rivalry between Ollie Williams and his dad, and Ian Gregory gets political advice from Neil Parish. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance […]
Win a Browning bag – Fieldsports Extra, episode 345
You can win a duffle bag / backpack priced at £85 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, kindly donated by Browning. Plus we have reaction to our series a Year in the Life of Sika, Tim Pilbeam says why deerstalking is difficult, Chris Packham is in trouble again, and member Jon Wright from Wrights of Frinton […]
Labour lord plans new trophy imports bill
The trophy imports bill may be back. In an interview with former MP Henry Smith on GBNews, Nigel Farage revealed that the UK Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill will appear in front of the House of Lords during the week of 7 October 2024. Former MP John Spellar, now Lord Spellar, plans to use his […]
Princess Royal visits gun company
HRH the Princess Royal enjoyed a tour of Yorkshire-based gun and shooting kit distributor Viking Arms. During the visit on Tuesday 1 October 2024, the Princess officially opened Viking Arms’ new warehouse, toured the company’s facilities, and met with staff members to learn about guns and shooting. Viking chief executive Sam Macarthur (left) and HRH […]
Win more colour changing targets – Fieldsports Extra, episode 344
You can win two more sets of colour-changing targets in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, kindly donated by DA Targets. Plus we have the first instalment in our major new series with Niall Rowantree, a Year in the Life of Sika, and a chat with deerstalking doyen Winston Churchill. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership […]
Win fieldsports fashion – Fieldsports Extra, episode 343
You can win a tee-shirt and a hoodie from Flint Clothing – a fashion brand dedicated to hunting, shooting and fishing . Plus we have the latest on FieldsportsCompetitions.co.uk, Simon Grimmer has a top tip for roe and muntjac stalkers, Paul Stewart takes Dan Hill stalking in Dumfriesshire, and David bumps into the legend that […]
Win a £150 shooting lesson for two – Fieldsports Extra, episode 342
You can win a shooting lesson for two at Barbury Shooting School. Plus we introduce FieldsportsCompetitions.co.uk, we have Dutch gunshop owner Jacob Konter on what has happened to shooting in his country, news editor Andy Ford makes the case for fishing on Fieldsports Channel, former MP Neil Parish describes the new EFRA committee of MPs, […]
Win colour-changing targets – Fieldsports Extra, episode 341
You can win colour-changing targets in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, kindly donated by DA Targets. Plus Dan Thor talks hedgerow pigeon flappers, member Tony Orton explains how to get young people into shooting, and what happened when DEFRA tried and failed to ban pheasant release with Sir Jim Paice. This week’s prizes and other links:For […]
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
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 for guns […]
Win a sim day in the North-West – Fieldsports Extra, episode 339
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 Taylor says […]
How Facebook and Instagram are trying to kill off 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
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 media from […]
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
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 campaigning against […]
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
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 in the […]
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
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 members can […]
Win a .410 championship entry – Fieldsports Extra, episode 334
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 attract owls. […]
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
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 a drilling […]
Win Game Fair tickets – Fieldsports Extra, episode 332
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 go to […]
Win Jack Pyke Tundra shirts – Fieldsports Extra, episode 331
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 out of […]
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
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 week’s prizes […]
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
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 behave if […]
Win £110-worth of Swatcom kit – Fieldsports Extra, episode 328
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 prizes and […]
