Prince Philip dead at 99: shooting mourns loss of a great countryman
Prince Philip’s death at 99, announced today by Buckingham Palace, brings to a close the life of a great countryman. A keen gameshot throughout his life – with his wife HM the Queen often picking up behind him – he developed the Sandringham shoot into one of the premier wild bird shoots in the country, […]
We’re sending Boris a tonne of letters
Let’s remind the government who their friends are Are you a hunter, shooter or fisher who enjoys your sport in the UK? Please can you write a letter to Boris Johnson to say how much you enjoy it, and what you are looking forward to this season? We want a lot of letters to reach […]
Fieldsports Britain – bucks, bullets and Buddhists
youtu.be/FEm9cfrGDOQ Tim’s after fallow and Tom’s shooting roe. Tim Pilbeam is stalking fallow as the final outing in his grand copper bullet test: 350 deer on the deck and only one runner. Meanwhile, it’s 1st April – the opening of the roebuck season in Britain – and Dartmoor deerstalker Tom Davies is out after cull […]
Green attack on grouse – Fieldsports News, 7 April 2021
Here are the links: Greens con Scots on grouse – Facebook Moss grows better on burnt moors – Science Direct + GWCT + Daily Mirror gets it wrong BASC gives SNP a way out for its disastrous deer policy – BASC Disposable barbecues start Easter wildfires – Facebook + Devon Live If you’re heading out […]
How to shoot loopers, with Sam Green
That difficult target which goes up, around and – well, if you haven’t shot it by then you’re in trouble. Or are you? FITASC world champion Sam Green explains his technique for shooting loopers. For Browning, go to Browning.eu Sam shoots a B525 Ultra XS Read our review on Fieldtester For lessons with Sam Green, […]
1st April roebuck stalking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iclumg4HqCM If you have been itching to get out on the roebucks, 1st April is the day you can do it in the UK. Pro stalker Tom Davies of Dartmoor Deer Services takes his old friend Mike Maslin for a look-around with a rifle to see what’s on his ground, and maybe to shoot one […]
Fallow buck shot with copper
What reaction does Tim Pilbeam get when he shoots deer with non-toxic rounds? Today, he is out after one of the 350 deer he and his team of stalkers are shooting over four months. He is stalking a fallow buck in Sussex. Tim’s copper bullets series Play Play Play Previous Next Our other films with […]
Deer & bullets – Fieldsports Extra #163
How do you tell if a buck is old or young at this time of year? plus the last knockings of Tim Pilbeam’s copper bullet test, the latest on the Buddhists and the rifle range, you can win deerstalking, and Charlie has had an idea. Thanks to Seeland for the prizes Find Dartmoor Deer Services, […]
Trade secrets: choosing steel for knifemaking
Master knifemaker Alan Johnson how to choose the right steel for your knife. He runs Danum Blades in South Yorkshire, the home of British steelmaking, comparable with Solingen in Germany for its knife making heritage. ▶ For Danum Blades’ range of hunting knives, visit DanumBlades.co.uk – prices from £250 of visit its YouTube channelHere is […]
350+ deer shot: the biggest test of non-lead hunting ammunition – Fieldtester, episode 7
youtu.be/ME9wnU8VKZw Do lead alternative bullets kill deer? Do they ‘pencil’? do they perform at range, do they mushroom? In this experiment, 15 stalkers from Sussex to Scotland shoot more than 350 deer and catalogue the results. It is the biggest single field-test of non-lead ammo in the world. They took the shots from 25 metres […]
Debunking the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 41
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6W4w0XYKCE Eduardo Gonçalves brought out three books in 2020 supporting his own Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting and we have found someone who has read them. Charlie Jacoby talks to Jens Ulrik Høgh from the Nordic Safari Club #debunkingcbth Here are the problems with just one of the books: Killing Game – The Extinction […]
Two-day squirrel hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=waFCS9VkFaQ How do you make a noise like a squirrel? Find out as Tom Davies and Ollie Williams head into woodland to carry out a grey squirrel cull. Find Tom on Facebook and Instagram For Ollie, visit CornishSportingAgency.com or Instagram Here are more films with Tom and Ollie:
Fieldsports Britain – dreys and greys
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfR96OdxI4s Squirrels are about to double in number, so Tom Davies and Ollie Williams plan to purge local woodland in FieldsportsBritain this week. They are out after the grey menace in woodland in Devon. Plus we are debunking the Campaign Against Trophy Hunting’s literature with big game hunter Jens Ulrik Høgh and Charlie chats to […]
Wildfire season gets going – Fieldsports News, 31 March 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=98bqSvhCykk Here are the links:Wildfires spread like, well, wildfires – C4PMC + Facebook + Facebook Northern Ireland mulls rabbit dog ban – Countryside Alliance Sheep worrying to carry £40k fine – Police videos on Facebook: 1,2,3 Kidnapped dogs found – Sussex PoliceQuorn Hunt in the soup – ITVColonel David Hancock MBE – DavidHancockonDogs.comIrish deer chief is animal rights […]
Author interview: James Field – ‘Of Hunters and Men’
youtu.be/9hUHxq6ZqA0 Charlie Jacoby talks to James Field, who wrote the book, Of Hunters and Men: Some notes about hunting, Africa, and the future. Buy it on Amazon here:
Pilbeam The Thinker – Fieldsports Extra #162
Pilbeam The Thinker – Fieldsports Extra #162 Roetex slings are at Roetex.com Thanks to Seeland for this week’s prizes How to enter Fieldsports Nation competitions: for members on YouTube, Patreon and Facebook simply comment with your answer in the description below the film. For those of you who joined the Fieldsports Nation direct through our
Deer Act shake-up horror for Scottish sporting estates
Stalking deer for sport in Scotland could be very different in a couple of years time: you may need a licence, you may be able
English government plans lead cartridge ban
England’s government is considering a lead ban. That’s despite a voluntary phase-out by 2025 promised by shooting and countryside organisations last year. According to The
Buddhists try to shut down rifle range
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k__0IrxvxUs by Ben O’Rourke “Change is possible for every single one of us,” says a quote on the Facebook page of Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche,
Roe, rifles and reloading
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMjfbicpoaQ Mark Singlehurst spent lockdown opening a gunshop after covid pressed the pause button on his catering business. It has already had a run of
Venison from field to fork
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNu4Zp-vbwg Do you fancy a culinary outing after Chinese water deer? They are said to be one of the best venisons available. Chef Pascal thinks
Fieldsports Britain – top chef’s hunt-and-feast
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hd-FhXt8Nc We’re after deer with a carving knife in this week’s episode. Chef Pascal wants to shoot and cook a Chinese water deer, and he
Scottish deer law shake-up – Fieldsports News, 24 March 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrWObH-BTXo Here are the links: Scottish government review plans Deer Act reforms – Fieldsports News English government plans lead cartridge ban – Fieldsports News Packham
Government calls for lead ban – Fieldsports Extra #161
Click here for more about the Peltor LEP-200 ear plugs Roetex slings are at Roetex.com or watch our film below – and Geoff’s website is ChilternVenison.co.uk Mark Crudgington’s quick guide to complaining about three lead shot government ‘facts’: ‘50,000- 100,000 Wildfowl die each year due to ingesting pellets lead from used pellets’: the problem with this
Huntstand vs MyHunt/MyFieldsports: battle of the hunting apps
If you are thinking of a hunting app, the two market leaders are Huntstand and MyFieldsports (called MyHunt outside the UK). Huntstand from the USA
Red deer in the year of the pandemic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAsl8Z-0O3U Niall Rowantree tours the Highlands to find out how deer and deerstalkers have fared during the year of the pandemic. The answer is not
Fieldsports Britain – Highland horror stories: what Scotland is doing to its moors and mountains
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEzejz03oFM What’s happened to Scotland’s wild places and its wild deer? Deerstalker Niall Rowantree takes a tour of the Highlands to find out. He visits
Stag shot in water – social media storm
youtu.be/0OCXaIjt0B8 It’s taken four months, but the police have at last agreed that they will bring no charges against the deerstalkers in the Stag-in-Watergate scandal.
How to save eagle falconry in Scotland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf0TiK2QBjM As Scotland bans eagles from catching hares, is there hope for the ancient sport of falconry? Eagle falconer Roy Lupton says he hopes so.
Gamekeepers save the ozone layer – Fieldsports News, 17 March 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_p9sibWHeY Here are the links:Cut carbon: go grouse shooting – Moorland AssociationPackham didn’t fake death threat letter, cops claim – The TimesAngling Trust challenges government
Win a £700 Peltor earplugs – Fieldsports Extra #160
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Shot deer stress
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wbq6eVJQXE Tim Pilbeam’s buddy Tristan wants to find out how animals react to being shot. Tristan is measuring cortisol, to see whether different bullets cause
Best of British: bespoke shooting jackets
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-RxcKlLigI Top military tailor Jonathan Macintyre has a shop in Wellington Barracks, SW1 and, as well as making military uniforms, he makes shooting shooting suits.
Guns are latest victim of Brexit border brawls
www.youtube.com/watch?v=INTg99oyVKE Predictions of doom and gloom have been hitting the headlines since the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016. How many of
Fieldsports Britain – hunted deer get stressy
It’s the science behind hunting and shooting this week, as we look at stress in deer plus we have a barney over whether lead shot
Yorkshire buzzard: was it shot? – Fieldsports News, 10 March 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8ESYdtbpu4 Here are the links:Police drop charges over ‘buzzard’ shoot – Yorkshire PostNational Trust slammed for deer cull – National TrustSGA seeks signatures for online
Anglers fight back against ‘hopeless’ DEFRA
Fish Legal and the Angling Trust are taking DEFRA and the Environment Agency to court over river pollution for a second time. Together with the
Win a tailored shooting jacket – Fieldsports Extra #159
▶ For more about the Ridgeline Monsoon jacket, go to Fcha.nl/ridgelinemonsoon▶ Jonathan Macintyre of JM Clean Cut Tailoring www.jmcleancuttailoring.com/▶ Fieldsports Channel ladies gilets fieldsports.shop/product/fieldsports-channel-gilet/ ▶ How to enter Fieldsports Nation competitions: for members on YouTube, Patreon and Facebook simply comment with your answer in the description below the film. For those of you who joined
Bergara Premier Ridgeback rifle – review
youtu.be/6ZyTpZLMLaEWhen you’re serious about your shooting, you need a special kind of rifle – and that’s what you get with the Bergara Premier Ridgeback, says
Ridgeline Ascent soft shell jacket – review
youtu.be/jDQJY6IQQH8 Soft shell is a great fabric for hunting – it’s light, comfortable to wear, and it’s quiet, so there’s no noise as you brush
Ridgeline Evolution smock – review
youtu.be/UIyXSYCXyGw When you’re out in all weathers, you need something that will keep you warm and dry, but is also breathable so you aren’t soaked
Ridgeline Torrent III jacket
youtu.be/rJgc6BkdPcQ Nigel Winkle from distributor Highland Outdoors explains why he sells the Ridgeline Torrent III smock. This hunting jacket is part of the classic range.
Ridgeline Grizzly III jacket – review
youtu.be/9oTy0_cL0Yw If you go deerstalking, or just spend time out in the woods, the new Ridgeline Grizzly II jacket could be your ideal outer layer.
Ridgeline Pintail Explorer II smock – review
youtu.be/xvU4ICBX6uM Ridgeline’s Pintail Explorer smock became a firm favourite with stalkers and bushcrafters. It’s light and warm, very quiet to wear, and you can stuff
Kahles Helia 3.5-18x50i – review
youtu.be/X3Bz3wsUMdg If you’re looking for a top quality scope without paying for all the bells and whistles, Fieldtester’s Tim Pilbeam reckons you should look at
Fieldsports Britain – how to blow a pigeon
Here’s a skill you never knew you needed. Tim Pilbeam shoots the feral doves – his mate Roy sexes them by blowing on their breast
Nicked airguns selling on WhatsApp – Fieldsports News, 3 March 2021
youtu.be/QyRgSAyGkIA Here are the links:Webley Nemesis airguns stolen – Fieldsports NewsMountain hare law victimises birds of prey, says falconer – Facebook and Scottish Parliament petitionWildlife
The story of zinc bullets
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhKNwWxKzxU Who makes zinc bullets? What are they used for and how long have they been around? Firearms expert Andrew Venables answers these questions and
On test: Daystate Wolverine R
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbMZTaW-SME Tim Pilbeam has his hands on the new Daystate Wolverine R, and he puts it through its paces on feral pigeons in a local
Trade Secrets: how one stalker set up a lockdown venison business
For Geoff’s business, go to www.chilternvenison.co.ukHere’s Geoff’s checklist for a venison supply business in England:DSC1, though that may be about to change to DSC2 becoming the requisite for the Trained Hunter Exemption.Geoff is happy to send you his HACCP in exchange for a small donation to GWCT, Macmillan or RNLI. He produced it with the
