Sabs go ‘militia’ at Kent hunt
Hunt sabs in balaclavas frightened women and children at the Ashford Valley Tickham Hunt in Kent. Police were called to Hole Park, Rolvenden, after masked hunt saboteurs approached two female riders, one an 11-year-old girl riding her pony, and a 22-year-old. The saboteurs, dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, shouted at the riders in what […]
How to stop firearms licensing fees hike
The Home Office is proposing a massive and unjustified hike in firearms licensing fees for approved shooting clubs, museums and those dealing in prohibited weapons in a consultation which ends on 9 March. BASC is calling on all shooters in England, Wales and Scotland to email to firearmsconsultations@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk objecting to the proposals before 9 March. […]
Farmers call for Packham probe
BBC TV presenter Chris Packham’s impartiality is in question again after he called for a weedkiller ban. The NFU wants clarification from the BBC about his role after Packham called for a ban on glyphosate. The Springwatch host used Twitter to promote a link that has a petition to ban the weedkiller and critics the […]
Coursers’ car stuck in the mud
Suspected illegal hare coursers have abandoned an estate car in a Yorkshire field. North Yorkshire Police tweeted: We’ve recovered this in Gateforth, Selby, after being abandoned. Who can guess what they were up to? ?? The driver caused significant damage to a farmer’s land by churning up the field before leaving the scene in the […]
Thieves gouge out dog microchip
Thieves in a travellers’ camp in Kent shaved a dog and gouged out it’s microchip to disguise it from its owner’s. Tina and Graham Denning from Kent feared they’d never see their cocker spaniel Isla again. Police found her at a travellers’ camp barely recognisable. The Dennings only knew it was Isla from her ‘funny […]
New tenner upsets vegans
Hard cash just got harder for vegans. The new £5 notes contain a kind of animal fat called tallow. Some vegans refuse to handle them. Now the Government announces that the new £10 notes, released in September 2017, will be the same. Rachael Phoenix (pictured), the owner of a vegan restaurant that refuses to accept […]
Poachers shoot exotics in Dodge City
Bowhunting poachers broke into an exotic animals ranch in Kansas and shot several animals, including some kept as pets. The owner of of Dodge City Exotic Hunt and Safari near Dodge City, Ryan Engelking, is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the poachers. He estimates the killings will cost him […]
Catching hares goes viral
Fieldsports Channel’s Eaglecam film is breaking records for views. Footage taken from a camera mounted on an eagle gives the viewer the feeling they are riding on its back as it stoops on and catches mountain hares in Scotland. Roy Lupton came up with the camera mount and put it on his eagle. It is […]
#Eaglecam 1
Roy is up the Scottish hills with two golden eagles to help bring down mountain hare numbers – and to try out the #eaglecam he has designed. It goes on the back of the eagle allowing the viewer literally to ride on the back of an eagle when it makes a kill. The mountain hare […]
Fieldsports Britain – Riding on the Back of an Eagle
Eagles catch hares: Roy takes his golden eagles out after mountain hares in Scotland. With #eaglecam, a camera mounted on the back of one of his eagles, it is some of the most incredible hunting footage you will have seen. Meanwhile, Charlie is in Wales trying to shoot the Welsh pigeon. There is News Stump […]
Pigeon shoot (just the one)
Ryan Dawson of Cymru Hunters and Nick Richards of British Shooting Services ask Charlie Jacoby up for a day’s pigeon shooting in South Wales. Unfortunately, that’s what it turns out to be…. one pigeon! To go shooting with Nick Richards, visit www.BritishShootingServices.com Cymru Hunters is at www.youtube.com/channel/UCoJKiSijOrB2139No97sITA Nick’s buys his cartridges from Merlin Field & […]
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Crow’s secret new pigeon cartridges
Andy Crow has a hush-hush mission on this pigeon shooting outing. Of course, he is protecting the crops on his Kent farm from marauding pigeons – but more than that he is developing a new pigeon cartridge with shotshell company Gamebore. Find out how he gets on. Jack Pyke kit from www.jackpyke.co.uk Decoying kit from […]
Paul hunts trophy mouflon
Paul has been offered a trophy 75-80cm trophy mouflon in Hungary. They grow to more than 90cm here. He is on a recce to find out about the stalking on an estate he may offer through Childerley Sporting. Paul uses a Sako from www.gmk.co.uk He has a Zeiss V8 scope http:www.zeiss.com and Shooterking clothing www.shooterking.com […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting Hungary in the Snow
Paul Childerley is out in one of the most beautiful winter landscapes in Europe. He is after trophy mouflon in Hungary. The snow and ice may be lovely to look at, but it does not make the stalking easy. Meanwhile, Crow is complaining about the weather. He is shooting pigeons on the farm he manages […]
Squirrels top US cyber security hitlist
Revealed: the most dangerous adversary the United States has faced, with no less than 879 attacks on American infrastructure, is the squirrel. According to the CyberSquirrel1.com website, squirrels top the list of animal disruption to electricity supplies and other utilities. Birds come a poor second with 434 recorded incidents and snakes third at 83. It’s […]
Gun control actress starts shooting
Gun control advocate Amy Schumer is starring in a film where she glamourises guns. The actress stars alongside Goldie Hawn as a madcap mother-daughter duo in Snatched, a kidnapping comedy. Schumer is on the Everytown Creative Council alongside Julianne Moore, Sarah Silverman and Rachel Drach. She backs increased background checks on gun sales.
Claysports Round-Up – clayshooting news
In Round-Up: CPSA Clay Shooter of the Year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgsDG6kUHqg FITASC 2017 major championships: www.FITASC.com Sunseeker Boodles Cup will be held on 8th February at Royal Berkshire Shooting School: rbss.co.uk/shooting-school/the-sunseeker-boodles-cup-leaderboard/ The British Shooting Show: www.ShootingShow.co.uk This item appears in Claysports, episode 15. To watch the whole show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/claysports15
High birds and the Browning 725 ProTrap
Champion shot Josh Bridges is at Coniston Shooting Ground to give his tips on shooting targets from the high tower, plus why he likes the Browning 725 Pro Trap. For more about the Browning, go to www.browning.eu/promo/b725_pro-trap This item appears in Claysports, episode 15. To watch the whole show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/claysports15 […]
Dartford Clay Shooting Club Floodlit Shooting
There is something of the night about this kind of clayshooting. Find out how Andy Crow gets on, shooting in the dark. Visit www.DartfordClayShootingClub.com This item appears in Claysports, episode 15. To watch the whole show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/claysports15 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter www.fieldsportschannel.tv/register
Claysports – Shooting Clays at Night
Andy Crow is shooting clays under floodlights at Dartford Clay Shooting Club. How does this work? Find out at a Saturday night shoot. Meanwhile, top shot Josh Bridges discusses high birds and Brownings. Here are the links to the items: Dartford Clays Visit www.DartfordClayShootingClub.com Josh Bridges For more about the Browning, go to www.browning.eu/promo/b725_pro-trap Round-Up […]
Fox in a hen coop
What damage can a fox do in a chicken coop? #CartuchosArmusa posted this CCTV video.
Army cooks game meat – Fieldsports Channel News
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Hen harrier egg on the RSPB’s face
The RSPB is in a new pickle over a hen harrier. The bird charity is trying to monster gamekeepers and believed it had the perfect story in 2016 when the transmitter on a hen harrier stopped working. The charity announced that the bid it called ‘Highlander’ had undoubtedly been killed by a gamekeeper in order […]
Hogs boom in USA
Feral hogs will spread to most parts of the USA, says a new study. Researchers at the USDA’s National Wildlife Research Center say in a statement: “Without immediate and enhanced efforts to curtail the spread of [feral hogs], we predict that large portions of the USA are in immediate risk of invasion.” The USDA collected […]
Gunmakers’ new optics: Blaser Primus and Browning Kite
They are moving into the binoculars market with a bang. Two European gunmakers have launched a range of new optics. Browning Europe has brought out its Kite range of riflescopes and binoculars, priced in the mid market at up to €1,000 for 8×42 binoculars. Meanwhile, launched at the Jagd & Hund hunting show in Dortmund, […]
Lamping clampdown by Irish police
See someone lamping in Co Kerry, Ireland, and the Gardai would like you to call them. The Irish constabulary told the Irish Independent that those genuinely trying to catch rabbits have nothing to fear from with Gardai approaching them. Police came up with the initiative following a meeting between senior Gardaí, farmers concerned about interference […]
Headmaster who likes shooting
West Rise is no ordinary primary school. The Sussex school welcomes kids from ages seven to 11, and teaches them the usual math and French – and shooting. Find out why the headmaster of West Rise thinks this is a good idea. Visit www.westrisejunior.co.uk Watch Channel 4’s film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=McGynHspkos This film was first shown in […]
How a field trial works
Paul Childerley is hosting a field trial – and Andy Crow joins him to help put birds on the ground for the dog handlers. Find out how a field trial works. Paul Childerley’s website is www.childerleysporting.co.uk For more of our films with Paul go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/paul-childerley/ This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode […]
Warter Priory driven pheasants
They are some of the best pheasants in the country, and Ross Neville is in Yorkshire to see whether he and the Browning B15 are up to the task of tackling them. Find out more about the B15 at www.JohnMBrowningCollection.com For Warter Priory go to www.facebook.com/warterpriory/ This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain […]
Fieldsports Britain – Super High Birds
The last of the season’s stratospheric pheasants: we are at Warter Priory in Yorkshire with high-bird specialist Ross Neville to enjoy some spectacular shooting. Also, as the pheasant season draws to a close in the UK, we visit a field trial on Paul Childerley’s shoot in Bedfordshire. And we go to the school in Sussex […]
Florida brings in Indians to remove snakes
Florida has a well-known problem with Burmese pythons that now roam wild in the Everglades. Wildlife officials have tried all kinds of different methods of removal, incluing a bounty and a well-publicised public hunt. Now they have recruited tribesmen from India to hunt the snakes. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission believe Irula tribesmen, […]
Recoil film goes viral
A film of a lad facing off the kick from a shotgun has gone viral. Anthony Campbell from Illinois is shooting two-shot from a 12-gauge: a coyote round. And it bites back.
Swedish politician in hunting bribery squabble
The EU’s top finance minister is in trouble over hunting. Anders Borg (pictured), the former centre-right finance minister of Sweden and currently deputy chairman of investment company Kinnevik and a senior adviser to Citigroup, is also being investigated for allegedly accepting a hunt worth £700 (SEK7,000). The hunt took place in October 2014, after Mr […]
Famous Grouse backs grouse shoot ban charity
The Famous Grouse whisky is has a new brand called ‘Black Grouse’ and, to celebrate, it is raising money for black grouse protection. It has raised £600,000 so far and has decided to donate it to the RSPB, the charity that is working to ban grouse shooting. While grouse-shooters take on the hard work of […]
Tasmania gun law confusion
Tasmania is banning guns that the police ‘do not like the look of’. Tasmania Police’s new guidelines will allow them to deem guns illegal if they do not fit the right appearance. Instead of banning a gun type on the basis of its action, a new police document bans guns that ‘resemble’ a ‘machine gun’ […]
Duck decoy expert’s new start
Decoy manufacturer Sillosocks has a new owner. UK ShootWarehouse has acquired the business’s interests outside the USA and Canada. Sillosocks makes pigeon, crow, goose and duck decoys, and UK ShootWarehouse expects to add to these lines. UK ShootWarehouse director Kelda Bassett says: “We have an exciting new line-up of wildfowl decoys that we will be […]
Hunt master’s rude joke goes wrong
The perils of talking to antis: mobile phone footage captures the moment a hunt master tells a female activist he’d ‘quite like to s***’ her after she confronts him. Charles Carter, 33, was filmed telling the 41-year-old mother-of-four she was ‘very pretty’ before asking for her number and saying: ‘Can I take you to bed […]
Chinese Water Deer Double
Paul Childerley, Cai Ap Bryn and Johan ‘Trigger’ Solheim are stalking the field margins of Bedfordshire in search of Chinese water deer, perhaps the UK’s most extraordinary deer species. Find out how they get on. For Sako rifles, go to www.gmk.co.uk For Shooterking clothing, go to www.shooterking.com Paul’s website is www.childerleysporting.co.uk Ben’s work is at […]
Catching Rabbits with Goshawks in Scotland
Roy Lupton is in Scotland flying his goshawk on rabbits over pointers. It is fast-action sport – and a beautiful combination of man, dog and bird working together. For more films with Roy, go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/roy-lupton/ This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 374. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain374
Fieldsports Britain – Fancy a Chinese?
It’s a deerstalking double as Paul Childerley takes Cai Ap Bryn and Johan ‘Trigger’ Solheim out after Chinese water deer. They are stalking these fascinating little deer in the South of England. That’s not all. enjoy the thrills and spills of catching rabbits with a goshawk in Scotland. Roy Lupton is working his bird over […]
Trump increases support for US gun owners
Donald Trump’s ‘Big day’ on national security includes new guidelines on gun control. The good news for the American NRA and most American gun owners is that he is moving to protect the Second Amendment – US citizens’ right to bear arms. A statement on WhiteHouse.gov makes clear the Trump administration’s position: “Supporting law enforcement […]
Bird flu hits game farm
Bird flu has hit a game farm in Lancashire. DEFRA says it will oversee the slaughter of 10,000 pheasants after the H5N8 strain of avian flu was confirmed by the UK’s chief veterinary officer. Some of the birds have already died. DEFRA has put in a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone around the infected […]
Deer killed by bottle
Here’s a new reason to pick up litter in the countryside. A deer that found an empty glass bottle has died. The animal put it’s tongue into the bottle, which stuck there. It smashed most of the bottle off but the remaining neck of the bottle constricted blood flow to its tongue, which started to […]
Olympic coach shoots tops of beer bottles
An Olympic shooting coach has shown off his skills on Chinese TV. Olympic shooting coach Zhou Shibing uses his air rifle to blast lids off bottles of beer in the TV special. Guns are banned but tolerated in China.
Airgun distributor helps Clarkson’s Grand Tour
UK airgun distributor Armex stepped in to help the Grand Tour. Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond’s new series needed a gun rack. Armex put in the hours to provide the UK’s most aspirational airgun rack.
Nicked! The thief at the gun show
A suspect has been caught on camera allegedly stealing a Trijicon scope and American Defense MFG mount at the ShotShow in Last Vegas. Standholder American Defense Manufacturing announced its gratitude to local police for their help in arresting a man suspected of stealing the kit. They sent out a Facebook post on Wednesday asking for […]
Professional hunters welcome China ivory ban
Namibia’s professional hunting association NAPHA welcomes China’s decision to ban ivory trade and processing by the end of 2017. NAPHA vice president Royston Wright says the move will decrease the pressure on the elephant population. Although ivory poaching only plays a small role in the total number of elephant deaths, restricting the trade in ivory […]
Scottish airgun ban makes 400,000 criminals
There are as many as 400,000 new criminals in Scotland. That’s the conclusion of BASC, which warns that BASC is warning that more than 400,000 airguns could be unlicensed in Scotland when the new airgun licensing law came into force on New Year’s Day. Of Scotland’s estimated half a million airgun, 17,000 have been handed […]
Squirrel nicks chocolate
In HotAir airgun news this week: BASC condemns Scottish airgun laws, Armex helps out the Grand Tour, HatsanUSA moving into bigger warehouse, Zhou Shibing blasts lids off bottles of beer, Daystate launches Saxon Limited Edition Wolverine 2, and Toronto store bans squirrels. Watch the whole show here
