Scotland plans huge deer reduction programme
The Scottish Government’s desire to ‘rewild’ the Highlands could lead to the biggest deer cull in UK history. Documents seen by Fieldsports Channel viewers suggest that the Forestry Commission for Scotland is considering a reduction of deer numbers to just 5 per sq km. The idea is thought to come from experiments at the Corrour […]
Swarovski Z8i
by Charlie Jacoby This is the scope offer from one of the big three optics companies. The Z8i is the scope to have if you don’t want the Zeiss V8 or the Leica Magnus. With an 8x magnification, this scope takes your target from 1.7x to 13.3x. It is aimed at both short range driven […]
Swarovski modular ATX spotting scope
by Charlie Jacoby For the big game hunter who likes to see their distant game up close, this is the Swarovski spotting scope to choose. Zoom is from 30x to 70x. This one has the 95mm objective lens. Modular means you can take the headpiece off and replace it. As you would expect from Swaro, […]
Merkel HLX suppressor
Merkel has gone into partnership with military moderator manufacturer B&T to make a moderator for the hunting market. Message from the manufacturer: 200mm long, it has steel baffles, which allows up to 30 consecutive shots without waiting for it to cool. It fits on every barrel with a M15x1 muzzle thread. Merkel claims its moderators […]
Plainsgame Five: nyala, wildebeest, sable, warthog and bushpig – African Hunter, episode 4
We are hunting all over South Africa after five (some) of the country’s most appealing game animals. Eugene Etsabeth of Nonya Safaris in the Limpopo Province is bowhunting a young bull blue wildebeest for the braai. He goes on to guide Swedish hunter Alexandra Hellstrom after nyala with a rifle in a thick, bush hunt. […]
UKDTR – the deer tracking service
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tklVQTZ2U40The UK Deer Track & Recovery Group specialise in just that – from CSI-style investigation of a shot site, to tracking a deer through the undergrowth, to humane dispatch of the animal once found. They offer a free service to stalkers, and will also follow up deer injured on the road. James Marchington joins the […]
Hunting the Scottish hills: Ardnamurchan hind cull
Charlie is out enjoying the Scottish hind cull. German ammunition company RWS, optics manufacturer Swarovski and gunmaker Merkel invite six hunting ‘influencers’ from across Europe to shoot 30 hinds at Ardnamurchan. Niall Rowantree is headstalker on the estate and he explains how management like this keeps the estate going. ▶ To go hillstalking with Niall […]
Fieldsports Britain – Scottish deer cull crisis
We’re hunting red hinds in the hills of Ardnamurchan in Scotland with stalkers from all over Europe. It’s exactly what Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson hate. This week we look at the two-pronged political attack on deerstalking from the SNP and the Tory party. Nicola wants all the deer shot so she can grow trees […]
Scope wars: Zeiss, Swarovski, Leica, Blaser – top riflescope price comparison
Over the £2,000 mark, it gets tribal. Are you red (Leica), green (Swarovski), blue (Zeiss) or brown (Blaser)? All of these are great scopes. If you miss, it’s not their fault. So let’s have a look at that other great divider: price. Best of all scopes with their prices Zeiss Swarovski […]
Boris widens trophy hunting attack to include UK deer
The UK government has widened out its ‘trophy hunting’ consultation to include UK deer. It looks like Boris Johnson now plans to stop overseas stalkers from coming to the UK, as well as Britons going overseas to hunt. A spokesman for UK environment department DEFRA confirms that the new consultation will include deerstalking in the […]
Decoying pigeons over November maize – Crowhow
Andy Crow is on a neighbour’s farm helping to keep wood pigeons off a maize crop. He is sharing a hide with Frederic Hanner, who provides him with Blaser shotguns. It’s a day to build a bag slowly as the pigeons come in. Andy is sponsored by: ▶ Blaser Blaser-Sporting.com or Blaser.de ▶ Gamebore Gamebore.com […]
What’s the best slingshot ammo for squirrels and pigeons?
Do you shoot lead or steel? 11mm or one of the smaller diameters? We get techie and bring out the ballistic gel, so Wayne Martin can solve the problem of the best ammo for birds and animals. For Wayne’s catapults, go to CattyShack.co.uk Click here for Phill Price’s airgun pellet test on this ballistic gel
Fieldsports Britain – A Mouth full of Meatloaf
Andy Crow is out to stop pigeons hitting a maize crop – and sometimes that means there’s nowhere to put the meatloaf. He is decoying and shooting pigeons with Frederic Hanner on a farm in Kent. Meanwhile, we ask the question: what’s the most effective catapult ammunition for shooting birds and animals? Wayne Martin tests […]
How to buy a gun for shooting pheasants
Gunsmith and gunshop owner Dennis Stepney explains how to choose the right gun to go pheasant and partridge shooting. He shows how to select stock length, which barrel lengths are popular and why, and whether it is necessary to go for a single trigger and an ejector. He explains the pricing of good secondhand […]
Fieldsports Britain – all about shotguns for gameshooting
It’s everything (we reckon) you want to know about shotguns for pheasants, in this week’s show. Jason Doyle takes up Rizzini’s invitation to go shooting in Wiltshire, and finds out about the Italian gunmaker’s spectacular range of sporting guns. Meanwhile, gunsmith and Gunshop owner Dennis Stepney gives his honest appraisal on what to look […]
What the UK election means for hunting and shooting – Fieldsports Channel News, 6 November 2019
Here are the links UK general election and MPs’ lies – Facebook DEFRA hunting tourism consultation – press release – consultation – call for evidence How antis twist the truth about hunting – Facebook DEFRA general licences consultation Cheshire hunt sabs act angry Another ‘missing’ hen harrier turns up The sat tag on one […]
My dog Tawny, by Simon Whitehead – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 21
Top ferreter Simon Whitehead talks about his lurcher Tawny and friends, including ferrets and some hawk action. ‘She is a honest stamp of a dog and that is all can ask of her,’ he says at the Game Fair Theatre 2019. Simon’s website is pakefieldferrets.co.uk For more of our films with Simon, go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/simon-whitehead/ […]
Precision Rifle Series part 2 – Fieldsports Ireland episode 15
The Americans come to Ireland to go shooting. Jason Doyle and his shooting partner Daniel O’Flaherty are back at the 1,000-yard range at Midland National Shooting Centre of Ireland (MNSCI) to take part in an international PRS match, the Guardian Copmpetition, against competitors from across the Atlantic. Plus Jason has had a pair custom […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s rattling in the woods
Roy Lupton is out to thin the fallow bucks this week, and Paul Childerley has new thermal kit for shooting wild boar. It is big game management as Roy takes to the woods of Sussex and weaves his way through clever does and a bobtail fox before finding the rutting stand. Meanwhile, Paul is […]
Fabulous fallow buck cull
Like hunting bucks? Managing a herd of deer requires subtlety and the ability to make quick decisions – decisions that can have long-lasting effects (as well as filling your freezer). Roy Lupton is stalking a fallow buck in the woods of the South of England. It’s the rut and he gets to use techniques including […]
Nightshooting wild boar with thermal
Paul Childerley is in Hungary using thermal imaging kit to track down wild boar at night. He is using the Pulsar Helion to protect blueberries. ▶ For more about Sako, visit Sako.fi ▶ For Sako rifle accessories on Amazon, visit Amzn.to/2ltJeyd ▶ For Sako’s UK distributor, go to GMK.co.uk ▶ Paul wears Shooterking clothing Shooterking.co.uk, […]
Gamekeeper John and the Catapult Show – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 20
Catapults are going global. Presenter of The Catapult show on YouTube, Gamekeeper John, talks about the growth of the sport of slingshots, and shows off his tips and tricks at the Game Fair Theatre 2019. For Gamekeeper John on YouTube, go to www.youtube.com/channel/UCAU8t1RCBuep9KVLb1MxtAg ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets you Fieldsports […]
Hunters ride to the rescue of YouTube’s #TeamTrees
YouTubers from hunting and shooting channels are lending their support to top YouTubers’ efforts to plant 20 million trees. A group of 600 YouTubers including Pewdiepie and Mr Beast have launched an initiative to plant trees under the hashtag #teamtrees. Read the story on The Verge, Mashable and Wired. As well as donations to the […]
The RSPB – Britain’s new gamekeeper?
The RSPB wants to get a job as the nation’s gamekeeper. It looks like it wants to get rid of all the other gamekeepers, too. At its AGM on Saturday 26 October 2019, Kevin Cox, chair ofthe RSPB Council announced that the organisation would be reviewing its policy on game bird shooting and ‘associated […]
Jack Pyke’s driven game day – it’s Crowhow
Andy Crow is on form for his pheasant shoot day in Bedfordshire – and he is joined by Jason Doyle, David Wright, and Charlie Jacoby among others. Above all, pheasant shooting has to be fun, and Crow makes it fun. Andy is sponsored by: ▶ Blaser Blaser-Sporting.com or Blaser.de ▶ Gamebore Gamebore.com ▶ Vario Ear […]
Fieldsports Britain – fabulous pheasants among friends
You can’t beat the banter on a shoot day. Andy Crow, Jason Doyle and Charlie Jacoby head to Bedfordshire for the Jack Pyke pheasant shoot at Paul Childerley’s place. Expect laughter, tears, and watch David shoot (with commentary from Crow). That’s the fun part of this week’s show. David is on the News Stump and […]
Want to save giraffes? Buy them
Anti-hunters are good at whingeing about hunting tourism, which provides most of the money for wildlife conservation in the developing world. But will they put their hands in their pockets to save giraffes by buying them, in the same way that hunters do? That’s the challenge from the Nordic Safari Club. NSC communications officer Jens […]
Is a Midland Game Fair rescue underway?
One of the companies connected with the organisers of the Midland Game Fair may be saved by its lenders or investors in a ‘pre-pack administration’. Meanwhile, creditors are worried they will receive no payment for providing services to the show and other country shows, which include the Lowther Show, Highclere Country Show, Sussex Country Show […]
Intelligence officer on how to deal with antis – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 19
This is our chat with a former police intelligence officer, who was in charge of researching animal rights activists. He explains their organisation, and how to use the system to get back at them. He refers to two websites: ▶ WhatDoTheyKnow for making FOI requests ▶ Bite Back which is the antis’ online brag board […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy clatters his antlers
It’s the best way to get a reaction from a rutting fallow buck at this time of year. Roy Lupton takes a pair of old antlers into the woods of the South-East of England and bangs them together to see what bucks are about. We also bring you top advice on how to deal with […]
Hunting the start of the fallow rut
Roy Lupton is out stalking fallow bucks at the start of the fallow rut. He calls them by clattering fallow antlers together, which draws them out of their woodland hideaways. Find out how he gets on. ▶ Click here for more about the Leica Fortis scope ▶ Click here for all of our films with […]
Copper’s top tips for hitting back at hunt/shoot sabs
We are not helpless when antis attack our shoots, our hunts or our birds and animals. A former police intelligence officer offers his armoury of advice: ASBOs, small claims, trespass laws and even the Vagrancy Act. ▶ For the 45-minute podcast version of this film, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast19/ Ian refers to two websites: ▶ WhatDoTheyKnow for […]
Liverpool’s attack on shooting sports – Fieldsports Channel News, 16 October 2019
Here are the items Mayor of Liverpool attacks shooting sports – Fieldsports News Boris Johnson wants to ban hunting tourism – Fcha.nl/boris Stop Chris Packham in Yorkshire – Contact Simon Grace via Facebook Buzzard found shot in North Yorkshire – police press release Angus Glens estate for sale – The Courier newspaper Antis want Duke of Kent ban – Daily Record […]
Boris Johnson’s hunting ban
UK prime minister Boris Johnson plans hunting bans that threaten all shooting sports. His first move, with DEFRA minister, animal rights activist and fellow old Etonian Zac Goldsmith is to try to end overseas ‘hunting tourism’ by UK citizens. In the Queen’s speech in October 2019, Johnson confirmed his plans to put an end to […]
Shooting hero Rachel Carrie – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 18
Vegetarians and the climate change movement: shouldn’t they be hunting? With climate change at the top of the agenda and vegetarians arguing that meat-based agriculture is part of the problem, some say vegetarian diets are actually doing more harm than good. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, Rachel Carrie explores the options. Click here for […]
Mayor’s hunting show ban – Fieldsports Channel News, 9 October 2019
Here are the links British Shooting Show ban – Fieldsports News Antis won’t save black rhino – Facebook Zac Goldsmith to drive through foreign hunting tourism ban – Parliament TV Animal rights activists his abattoirs Antis ‘pre-beat’ game shoots – Facebook Grousemoors good, says science – PDF Anti-shooting doctors refuse to approve gun licences […]
The Chinese try Scottish deerstalking – and they love it
He Li is a target shooter and he has been on a few lowland stalks. This is his first time on the hill in the Highlands of Scotland. It is the red deer rut and he is looking for a stag, guided by professional deerstalker John Dodd. ▶ To go stalking with John, visit ProHuntLtd.co.uk […]
Chamois with Swarovski
The beautiful mountains around Swarovski’s optics factory are alive with chamois. The numbers are large enough that they need to be managed. Albert has worked as a professioanl hunter for Swarovski for decades. He takes professional deerstalker Darren Phizacklea out to try for one. Plus Darren gets to try out Swarovski’s new dS riflescope. Click […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting High in the Hills
Two kinds of hunting in this week’s show: professional stalker Phiz Phizacklea is out in the Austrian Alps after chamois. Meanwhile, a newcomer to deerstalking tries his luck with pro stalker John Dodd in the Highlands of Scotland after a red stag. In Austria, here are plenty of animals – the problem for Phiz is […]
British Shooting Show Liverpool banned
First it was hunting tourism they didn’t like, now it’s legal gun ownership. After successfully banning the British Shooting Show Liverpool from taking place in 2020, the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, made it his mission to ban gun shows and game fairs across the UK. Announced last week, the British Shooting Liverpool was […]
Wet weather sika stalking – Fieldsports Ireland episode 14
The best way to test hunting kit is to use it in the worst weather. Jason Doyle takes to the hills in a downpour to try out a trio of American tools for his new series, Stalking Success Ireland. He has a Savage Arms 110 High Country in .270 with Hornady ammunition and a bag […]
Jeremy Wade faces his River Monsters – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 17
Jeremy Wade’s series River Monsters has crossed the divide. It appeals to anglers and non-anglers alike. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, he talks about his new book: How to Think Like a Fish. Jeremy’s website is JeremyWade.co.uk To buy his book, visit Amzn.to/2KUyp25 ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets you […]
Majestic Swedish Moose Hunt
Tim Pilbeam is on the hunt of a lifetime. He is after Swedish elk, doing it with some of Sweden’s leading elk experts, a helicopter, three kinds of elkhound, and all of it backed by Aimpoint and 3M Peltor. ▶ Aimpoint is at aimpoint.com ▶ 3M Peltor is at www.3m.com
Fieldsports Britain – Outstanding Helicopter Elk Hunt
In this week’s show we’re flying into the wilds of northern Sweden to hunt elk. We join ‘moose virgin’ Tim Pilbeam as he trains at the Aimpoint Academy before joining seasoned moose hunter Jens Kjaer Knudsen for a trip of a lifetime. Using three different breeds of elk hound, we experience four seasons in a […]
‘Ban hunting tourism,’ says Boris – Fieldsports News, 2 October 2019
In this week’s news: Boris Johnson cracks down on hunting tourism – The Times Two British Shooting Shows in 2020 ShootingShow.co.uk Antis frightening hunters – Facebook Animal rights grabs Extinction Rebellion – website Arsonists hit ‘farmer of the year’ – Farmers’ Weekly Belvoir Hunt keeps its Boxing Day meet – Grantham Journal EBay bans […]
Great shooting court cases – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 16
Barrister and former BASC chairman Peter Glenser QC is one of the best people to end up next to on a shoot lunch. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, Peter regales with tales from the front line of guns and shooting jurisprudence. For more about BASC, go to BASC.org.uk ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just […]
670-metre shot on an impala – African Hunter episode 3
True South African wildlife management in this month’s African Hunter. Eugene Etsabeth from Nonya Safaris in Limpopo Province, South Africa, shows off proper long-rangeshooting. He tries a 670-metre shot on an impala, using a custom Howa 6.5 Creedmoor and Lapua scope. He also has a problem with a sterile bull red hartebeest – and he […]
Sako Gamehead Pro on test on deer
What are the best bullets for roebuck? Paul Childerley tries out Gamehead Pro cartridges from ammunition manufacturer Sako after a roebuck in the south-east of England, plus he visits the Sako factory in Finland to see how they are made. It is the latest in his Stalking Success series. The Gamehead cartridge is Sako’s […]
Foxshooters go partridge shooting
What happens when a load of precision dark-ops fox shooters put on tweed and a tie to go on a driven partridge day? That’s what a team from the FoxstoppersUK Facebook group did at a shoot in Derbyshire. We went along to see how they did. ▶ For FoxstoppersUK on Facebook, go to Facebook.com/groups/1301339626588471/ ▶ […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roebuck Bullet Test
Paul brings his new bullets home from the Sako factory to try them out on British roebuck. He has a cull buck to take in the south-east of England and the Sako Gamehead Pro could be just the job. Meanwhile, the partridge shooting season is underway. In an unusual twist, Charlie joins a group of […]
