Win a £150 Accumax Airgun – Fieldsports Extra, episode 286

Win a £150 Accumax Airgun – Fieldsports Extra, episode 286

We are giving away a £150 Accumax airgun (if you enter, please make sure you have a UK address). Gun distributor ASI kindly donated the Accumax S1 Black Synthetic Airgun. Plus, Tom Davies says demand for venison has never been higher and Jaf Jefferson talks about his vehicle woes.This week’s prizes and other links:Find Danum […]

Roy calls roe and muntjac bucks

Roy calls roe and muntjac bucks

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwjfdRq_zYw It’s a Fieldsports Channel tradition: Roy takes David out for an evening of friendly abuse and banter every July/August in order to capture the excitement of the annual roe deer rut. 2023 is no exception, with the pair of them luring both roebuck and muntjac with their calls. More from Roy here:

Glorious grouse, ghastly weather

Glorious grouse, ghastly weather

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ROkQjNc8NY Charlie Bull and friends are looking forward to shooting driven grouse on the Glorious Twelfth on the highest grouse moor in England. But there’s a problem. The weather is atrocious, and there’s no sign of improvement. They still manage to bag grouse on the first day of the 2023 season. Find out how in […]

Fieldsports Britain – wild weather grouse

Fieldsports Britain – wild weather grouse

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUxLxIg6HIs When is ‘everything goes according to plan’ ever entertaining? Charlie Bull leads a team of guns up to 2,300ft in the Cumbrian fells to shoot drive grouse – but the weather has other ideas. He gets grumpy about that. And Roy Lupton gets a gold medal for grumpiness with David out stalking roebucks and […]

£26,000 rifle – Fieldsports Extra, episode 285

£26,000 rifle – Fieldsports Extra, episode 285

The Poke Packham Auctions page is up and top lot is a £26,000 Merkel rifle, built and specially engraved for an international exhbition. Thanks to Viking Arms for donating it. It’s week two of the beautiful custom knife prize draw from Danum Blades priced at £325. Plus, Ed Swales shouts out for the Fieldsports Nation, […]

Aerial roebuck reaction

Aerial roebuck reaction

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhzcGoTOXGM What does a roebuck reaction to the call look like from the sky? Incredibly, we filmed one of four bucks we shoot on this trip to Scotland from above, plus we position the drone behind the deer when Paul takes the shot. It’s all part of a roe stalking trip to Aberdeenshire, famous for […]

Win a custom knife priced at £320 – Fieldsports Extra, episode 284

Win a custom knife priced at £320 – Fieldsports Extra, episode 284

We are giving away a beautiful custom knife by Danum Blades priced at £325. Plus, we have Paul Childerley and Sergio Couto laughing at David, and advice on what do when police approach you in the pigeon hide from Geoff Garrod. Oh yes – and more on Packham.This week’s prizes and other links:Tom’s Targets Toms-Targets.ukFind […]

DEFRA failure: GL43 and gamebird release

DEFRA failure: GL43 and gamebird release

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa99-n1tJ30 The anger in the countryside is palpable. It came to a head at the 2023 Game Fair, when Tory MPs lined up to criticise DEFRA, not Labour. DEFRA secretary Thérèse Coffey didn’t even turn up (we replaced her with a cauliflower). Meanwhile, Labour environment spokesman Daniel Zeichner was surprisingly positive about shooting sports. Click […]

Fieldsports Britain – Vinnie does the Game Fair

Fieldsports Britain – Vinnie does the Game Fair

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo_spEywQss Vinnie Jones says it’s time to stand up for fieldsports. He was at the 2023 Game Fair at Ragley Hall, where the hunting and shooting organisations launched initiative after initiative against the antis. Deborah Hadfield rounds them up. Plus Charlie replaces DEFRA secretary Thérèse Coffey with a cauliflower, because she had the cauli-wobbles about […]

Win £145 of steel fox target – Fieldsports Extra, episode 283

Win £145 of steel fox target – Fieldsports Extra, episode 283

We have a Tom’s Targets’ steel fox target priced at £145 to give away this week. Plus, Vinnie Jones says why he loves Fieldsports Channel, we are swept off our feet by the kindness and generosity of the viewers, BASC and the Countryside Alliance say what we should do to promote fieldsports, and David is […]

Fieldsports Britain – hunting the Game Fair buck

Fieldsports Britain – hunting the Game Fair buck

youtu.be/axiXD66RTtg José Souto plans to cut up a deer in front of an audience of 100s. It’s up to Paul Childerley to find him that deer. Paul goes out with José and Will Hogan stalking roebucks in the Home Counties. Meanwhile, Dan Thor is enjoying a simulated game day in Devon and answering the question: […]

Who is the fastest cartridge stuffer in the West (Country)?

Who is the fastest cartridge stuffer in the West (Country)?

Here’s what a day at Devon Clay Days teaches you: Dan Thor loads one cartridge at a time. His girlfriend Shannon loads two at once. Which is better in a high-pressure situation such as a simulated game day? Find out in this film. For more about Miroku and Browning guns, go to Browning.eu Find Jack […]

How to shoot deer when the crops are high

How to shoot deer when the crops are high

Paul Childerley has a date with a deer which can’t be missed. He booked in to join top game chef and senior lecturer at Westminster Kingsway College, José Souto, on the stage at the 2023 Game Fair at Ragley Hall for a deer butchery demo . No deer, no demo. One of the issues he […]

Riot squad stops pigeon shoot – Fieldsports News, 26 July 2023

Riot squad stops pigeon shoot – Fieldsports News, 26 July 2023

youtu.be/XxpJsLw9Hv8 Here are the links: Armed police stop legal pigeon shoot and confiscate guns  Water company’s grouse shooting ban – Countryside Alliance MP appeals for government to act over GL43 crisis – CliftonBrown.co.uk Urban first minister Drakeford bumps into country reality – BBC John Muir Trust launches investigation into boss – Inverness Courier Countryside Alliance […]

Win £265 of satellite communicator – Fieldsports Extra, episode 282

Win £265 of satellite communicator – Fieldsports Extra, episode 282

In a packed programme, you can win one of five pairs of tickets to the Game Fair, there’s a report from Fieldsports Live in Lutterworth last week, tips on snacking from airgunner David Elliott-Smith, the value of Fieldsports Channel from Gary McCartney of the Countryside Alliance, and both David Wright and Aaron Jones get excited […]

Des and Keith’s luxury squirrel shoot

Des and Keith’s luxury squirrel shoot

Des and Keith have their squirrel shooting sorted: a squirrel hide with a door knocker AND a welcome mat. No welcome for the squirrels, though. The greys are drawn to a seed and peanut feeder in front of the hide, and Des and Keith’s high-tech airguns do the rest of the work, making this piece […]

Fieldsports Britain – wild boar and squirrels

Fieldsports Britain – wild boar and squirrels

youtu.be/TuplGqH6AH8 Two hunts – two different approaches: Oxfordshire squirrel shooters Des and Keith have worked out how to do their pest control in luxury, with a well-appointed hide and a feed station just yards away. Tim Pilbeam does it the hard way, visiting Pulsar’s night vision and thermal optics factories in the Baltic, learning about […]

Royal visit to home of shooting sports – Fieldsports News, 19 July 2023

Royal visit to home of shooting sports – Fieldsports News, 19 July 2023

Here are the links: Princess Royal visits BASC HQ – BASC press release Firearms certificate revocations rise  – Yahoo News George Digweed championship win – Facebook Nathan Hales wins world cup trap gold– Facebook North Yorkshire council considers trail hunting ban – Countryside Alliance + The Times White Lodge tragedy – Sky MPs want farmers […]

Win tickets to the Game Fair – Fieldsports Extra, episode 281

Win tickets to the Game Fair – Fieldsports Extra, episode 281

In a packed programme, you can win one of five pairs of tickets to the Game Fair, there’s a report from Fieldsports Live in Lutterworth last week, tips on snacking from airgunner David Elliott-Smith, the value of Fieldsports Channel from Gary McCartney of the Countryside Alliance, and both David Wright and Aaron Jones get excited […]

Inside Pulsar HQ for the first time: exclusive and behind-the-scenes

Inside Pulsar HQ for the first time: exclusive and behind-the-scenes

It’s the first time cameras have been allowed inside the Pulsar factories in Lithuania and Latvia. Tim Pilbeam has an opportunity to see the newest products being made, mourn the loss of his favourite (Helion), and discover what the company has up the sleeve of their blue lab coats when it comes to artificial intelligence […]

Win £100+ of shooting kit from Cluny – Fieldsports Extra, episode 280

Win £100+ of shooting kit from Cluny – Fieldsports Extra, episode 280

You can win shooting kit priced at more than £100. Plus, we have a tuna sport fishing skipper from Cornwall, and a gamekeeper from Hampshire, both of them taking part in official scientific nature-recovery programmes. And Paul Childerley is shooting pigeons with a .410.This week’s prizes and other links:ATN X-Sight LTV 3-9x day and night […]

What the UK can learn from Botswana about looking after animals

What the UK can learn from Botswana about looking after animals

youtu.be/lVO7F7MULUo by Charlie Jacoby Big African animals from a dozen species browsing next to each other on green savannah. It’s a scene that the British government struggles to understand, because these are wild animals thriving in a southern African hunting country. The British government takes the view that these animals can’t be thriving, because they […]

What makes the best foxhound?

What makes the best foxhound?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wcf32tsaVM What to look for in a foxhound: Charlie travels to the Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association 2023 hound show at Stradbally Hall, where the best Irish foxhounds are on show, as well as harriers, beagles and even azawakhs.    Visit IMFHA.ie Photography from the day: More on hounds here: More on hounds here:

Mr Grumpy goes ratting

Mr Grumpy goes ratting

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgV0554Fzag Roy is tired and grumpy, and giving David grief. David’s one hope is that Roy takes his rattiness out on the local rodent population. With the end of the falcon breeding season just around the corner, Roy has just a couple of hours to perform some important rat control around his aviaries. Poison is […]

Fieldsports Britain – ratty Roy

Fieldsports Britain – ratty Roy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS34mhRtwdw Roy has a rat problem – and he suffers from  rattiness, too. He is out with David to control the rodents that are scavenging around his bird of prey aviaries. Meanwhile, Charlie is off to Ireland to find out what makes the best foxhound. It’s the Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association’s annual hound show […]

UK government puts guns under public spotlight – Fieldsports News, 5 July 2023

UK government puts guns under public spotlight – Fieldsports News, 5 July 2023

youtu.be/3Z2u7FtXM8c Here are the links: BASC says firearms consultation most important in 35 years – Fieldsports News or click here for firearms licensing consultation  Bluefin tuna research programmes approved – Facebook MPs accuse anti hunting police chief of bias – Daily Telegraph Lord Zac Goldsmith resigns – BBC BASC warns of Scottish bill human rights […]

Roy complains about David – Fieldsports Extra, episode 279

Roy complains about David – Fieldsports Extra, episode 279

Out shooting rats with airguns, David and Roy go at each other like a married couple heading for the divorce courts. Meanwhile, Bill Harriman from BASC talks about the importance of the new firearms consultation, Ian Bell of BASC says how the GL43 scandal (no birds released near European designated special protection areas in England […]

Fieldsports Britain – red dot roebuck triple

Fieldsports Britain – red dot roebuck triple

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWb3lSWyfeM It’s a big game week in #FieldsportsBritain. Charlie takes his combination rifle out with John Dodd in Caithness & Sutherland looking for roebucks, and Ollie Williams is at Holland & Holland in London looking for buffalo. Yup, the famous gumaking firm keeps a pen of dagga boys in a basement shooting cinema. It helps […]

How to shoot £500,000-worth of guns in London

How to shoot £500,000-worth of guns in London

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrPIzmYVqb8 The answer is to pretend you’re super-rich (better still: be super rich) and ask for a try-before-you-buy day at the Holland & Holland Shooting Ground shooting cinema in North-West London. That’s what Ollie Williams does – and has a fabulous time, with the help of H&H’s Charlie Young, shooting some of the best bolt-actions […]

Win a £600 ATN day/night scope – Fieldsports Extra, episode 278

Win a £600 ATN day/night scope – Fieldsports Extra, episode 278

You can enter a draw to win an ATN X-Sight day/night scope priced at more than £600 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra prize draw. Plus we have Sir Bill Wiggin MP on the important of shooting, expert advice on cartridge pricing and what’s a bargain from JustCartridges.com, gamekeeper Richard Bailey from the Peak Disrict, and […]

What do Fieldsports Channel viewers do online?

What do Fieldsports Channel viewers do online?

How relevant is Fieldsports Channel to your marketing? We have joined testing of a powerful social media analytics tool from Tubular Labs. To test the behaviour of future clients, they have given us free use of their app. This means we can check out the performance of many brands in our market among our viewers. […]

First flight of the crow-copter

First flight of the crow-copter

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NMuBDaqy_s Matt Turley is showcasing his big new idea. What Sikorsky did for the helicopter, Matt is doing for crow shooting. Behold: the crowcopter (also known as the Turley-Whurley) . It’s a brilliant method of bringing in corvids when you are shooting from among trees.   Click here for more from Jack Pyke More from […]

Fieldsports Britain – Turley-Whurley

Fieldsports Britain – Turley-Whurley

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMyIpGocjbg Matt Turley has a new kind of crow decoy. It’s a rotary on a pole that makes it look like crows are circling over the apple orchard where he is shooting. The crowcopter or ‘Turley whirlie’ is the highlight of a morning’s corvid shooting on this Somerset farm. Meanwhile, in Lincolnshire, Joe Wood MBE […]

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