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
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?
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Roestalking in Caithness & Sutherland with a combination rifle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Fi8ElBodE John Dodd is trying to meet his cull roebuck targets and Charlie is not helping. Instead of a nice sensible bolt-action with an expensive scope on top, Charlie has brought a combination rifle/shotgun, a Winchester Supergrade 12ga/.243, with an Aimpoint sight. Patient as ever, John guides Charlie on to bucks – and even has […]
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
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 […]
Sunak government plans firearms law changes – Fieldsports News, 28 June 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVLHjnaVyD8 Here are the links: Firearms licensing changes and fee rises looming MP predicts UK hunting trophy import ban may fail Scottish firefighters fears over muirburn restrictions – SGA Wildfire health damage warning – BBC Northampton council backs meat diet – FarmingUK Medal glory for UK shooters Anglers pay tribute to club member – BBC […]
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 […]
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Hunting deer with a WWI Mauser
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdhRQW2Ma7M Joe Wood MBE takes his First World War Mauser out to find a muntjac or roebuck in Lincolnshire. It’s an unusual rifle, with open sights and he talks through its capabilities to a backdrop of deer. More deerstalking here:
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
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 […]
How DEFRA is trying to kill off gamebirds – Fieldsports News, 21 June 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-iZ1kH7ePs Here are the links: Gamebird licence welfare warning – Fieldsports News Wales gamebird release plan will cost jobs – Fieldsports News Calls for urgent action on NI firearms fiasco – Countryside Alliance Trophy hunting import bill under fire – MSN Firm fined £500,000 for ‘devastating’ river pollution – Environment Agency Scottish stag welfare concerns […]
Apple tree pruning – Fieldsports Extra, episode 277
Matt Turley is pruning the apple trees in an orchard with his semi-auto (he is trying to shoot the crows behind them), Joe Wood explains how he built his home cold smoker so he can make venison biltong, and Simon Whitehead talks about depression and why it’s important to face it if you have it. […]
Nicole’s tough day on the pigeons
It’s not an easy day for Nicole Moore on the pigeons today. The birds are not going where she wants them to go. The pigeons may be pests but Nicole is game and she doesn’t give up. Find Nicole Moore on Instagram For more about Eley cartridges go to EleyHawkLtd.com For Jack Pyke clothing see […]
Long-range Spanish ibex hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WVe0d3yb6s Just as the ibex season is about to close, Paul Childerley heads to southern Spain to hunt the smallest of the Spanish ibex subspecies, the Ronda ibex. Mountain hunting requires skill, fitness and great kit. Paul’s done his homework. He’s prepared for long range shooting across this impressive landscape out to 500 metres, using […]
Fieldsports Britain – hot hunting holiday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHM-7ViHujM It’s the perfect addition to any costa holiday: Paul Childerley heads into the mountains behind Spain’s Mediterranean coast with his trusty S20 to look for ibex. It’s spectacular scenery and good-quality long-range shooting – if he is lucky enough to find the right animal to shoot. Meanwhile, Nicole Moore is coping with a tricky […]
Police split failed firearms licensing unit – Fieldsports News, 14 June 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J90YFYP3qwQ Here are the links: Police firearms licensing unit to split – BBC Man charged over goshawk deaths – East Anglian Daily Times Eighth fire of the year at National Trust’s Marsden Moor – BBC Firefighters training in muirburn – BBC SSPCA to be new police force for moorlands Badger cull zones expanded – FarmingUK […]
Stalker shoots unusual roebuck in Scotland
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8lr0d5 Fieldsports Nation member Rod Entwistle shot a perruque buck in May 2023 on his ground in Berwickshire in the the Scottish Borders. He shot the animal with a custom .308, using Norma 150gr ammunition and off Viperflex sticks. Rod first saw the buck in April 2023. He was out stalking with a friend at […]
Win Leica binos priced at £700 – Fieldsports Extra, episode 276
You could win Leica Ultravid 8×20 binoculars priced at £700 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra prize draw. Plus Paul Childerley explains Spanish meat handling, Nicole Moore struggles with pigeons, the government slaps a licence on gamebird release, and we make headway sueing newspapers over nicking shooters’ pictures.This week’s prizes and other links:British Open .410 Championship […]
Brits move to France to carry on shooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUrtlGXmAvE Nick Doherty and his wife Laura Saunsbury live in France so they can carry on shooting. Nick shows Charlie around his local range and the guns he shoots. Nick and Laura welcome shooters to their gite near the city of Albi in south-west France who want to shoot guns that are restricted in the […]
Fieldsports Britain – summer pigeon shooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ-zNXf2WKQ Geoff Garrod has been shooting pigeons for 50 years. During a day’s decoying, he describes shooting as it was then and how it is now. Meanwhile, Charlie visits refugees in France – and not the usual type. These ones are refugees from the UK’s gun laws, who have moved to France so they can […]
DEFRA faces judicial review over gamebird release – Fieldsports News, 7 June 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAqZ5wl2TDQHere are the links: BASC to take DEFRA to court over gamebirds – BASC + find the SAC near you Gun licensing to get national training programme – BBC Another RSPB reserve up in smoke – BBC Countryside Alliance campaigns for muirburn – Countryside Alliance Scotland National Trust’s Marsden Moor in flames again – BBC […]
Win .410 champs entry – Fieldsports Extra, episode 275
You could win entry to the British Open .410 Championship at EJ Churchill on 28 August 2023 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra prize draw. Plus there’s a story of a perruque roebuck, a British shooter who has moved to France, a gundog trainer on electric dog training collars and the Father Chriistmas of shooting is […]
How to deploy quad sticks without scaring deer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3b_DGBDjIg Suddenly surrounded by deer? Move and you blow your chance? In this film, Andrew Venables from WMS Firearms Training talks us through a good way to set your rifle on quad sticks giving you the opportunity to take that shot before they head off to the other side of the county. For more […]
Charlie’s combination rifle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Rw0YM7lK4 Charlie buys a combination rifle from Gibbs Gunmakers (12-bore and .243, £1,500) and sets out to see whether it is the all-round gun he is looking for. With the help of some of Fieldsports Channel’s gang, it’s a journey that takes him from duck and red stags in Sutherland to fallow bucks and squirrels […]
Fieldsports Britain – buck and duck gun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBYDWbAMoF8 It’s time for an unusual gun. Charlie tries out a combination rifle – half 12-bore and half .243 rifle on all kinds of birds and animals and different locations. He explores its pros and its cons. Meanwhile, rifletraining expert Andrew Venables has his tips on how to deploy quad stocks without disturbing deer. And […]
DEFRA muddle over gamebird release – Fieldsports News, 31 May 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxXBL6di_Ig Here are the links: Shoots face uncertainty over changes to gamebird licensing – DEFRA + BASC Hunter wins copyright case – Fieldsports News Shooter horror at slug pellets Packham wins libel case 2:1 – Fieldsports News Scottish gamekeepers call for snares ban – SGA Three men convicted of poaching – Northern Farmer Antis derail […]
Bless these ShuttleSocks – Fieldsports Extra, episode 274
You could win a thermal gilet priced at £79 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus there’s skinning an elk in Finland with Paul Childerley, the future of the countryside with Gareth Wyn Jones and Charlie is all over tigers in India.This week’s prizes and other links:For ShuttleSocks, go to ShuttleSocks.co.uk – and the coupon for […]
Packham wins two court cases, loses one
The Packham Three case is over, and Chris Packham has won against two of them. The judge dismissed the case against the third. A PDF of the full judgement is available here. Country Squire magazine editor Dominic Wightman and writer Nigel Bean apologised to the BBC TV presenter for the articles and tweets that defamed […]
How deerstalkers avoid ticks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7tMalTg26M Professional biologist and part-time deer manager Al Gabriel understands and is worried about Lyme disease. His stalking area is infested with them and he’s currently trialling Rovince tick-repellent clothing. He also has a tick removal tip to show us. Links For the Pulsar Merger, go to bit.ly/mergerthermal Rovince 10% discount bit.ly/rovince Rovince Ergoline Softshell […]
Fieldsports Britain – one man’s mission with women
www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0AzRXZ3pSk&list=PL3KxM9c3T7K8f_vg8VspPHBWjxUbYHL3e&index=1 Deerstalker Al Gabriel has made it his mission to introduce as many women to deer stalking as he can. So far he thinks he’s taken 150 different women out hunting. He believes that for shooting sports to survive and thrive the UK shooting community needs to reflect society, and right now we are nowhere […]
English Open Sporting Championship 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd54rSaRmbk The CPSA English Open English Sporting at Eriswell Lodge was as good as shooters hoped and expected. James Marchington catches the glorious sunshine and excitement of shooters on the last day – plus the all-important victor. For more from Browning, go to Browning.eu For results, visit the CPSA website More clayshooting here:
DEFRA attacks gameshooting – Fieldsports News, 24 May 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TP9GJeej08 Here are the links: BASC challenges ‘unlawful’ changes to gamebird release licence – BASC Packham gets RSPCA top job – Daily Mirror Anglers say Wales ban plan is ‘vindictive’ – County Times New wildfire rages on Marsden Moor – Twitter + Facebook UK government extends ivory ban – Guardian Forestry England culls 2,000+ deer […]
Win a £300 Hausken moderator – Fieldsports Extra, episode 273
You could win a thermal gilet priced at £79 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus there’s skinning an elk in Finland with Paul Childerley, the future of the countryside with Gareth Wyn Jones and Charlie is all over tigers in India.This week’s prizes and other links:Rovince 10% discount Bit.ly/rovinceTrim Pilbeam on living with Lyme Disease […]
Win a £95 tickproof jacket – Fieldsports Extra, episode 272
You could win a thermal gilet priced at £79 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus there’s skinning an elk in Finland with Paul Childerley, the future of the countryside with Gareth Wyn Jones and Charlie is all over tigers in India.This week’s prizes and other links:Thermal giletRovince Ergoline Softshell Lyme disease awareness month Snake in bale on […]
India’s wildlife conflict problem – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 71
youtu.be/NbW3UMIHwGU With children dying every week from an epidemic of human-wildlife conflict, the government of India knows it has to tackle the problem. It has to transition form preservation to conservation. But how? Four experts put forward their views: Dr MK Ranjitsinh, Dr HS Pabla, Rajeev Mathew and Latika Nath. For more on this story, […]
India is talking about tiger hunting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0jgoyrSzxs With tiger and leopard attacks on country people out of control, a wildlife conference in India has introduced the topic of hunting tigers. More than 50 years of preserving tigers has brought the population to a new high. Now there are too many, and it’s time to swap preservation for conservation, say scientists. The […]
Sako 90 launch: first hunt, first moose
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmT9zleGbUY Paul Childerley thinks he has been invited across to Sako’s HQ in Finland to hunt moose and whitetail, but there’s a surprise in store. He’s testing and hunting with the all new Sako 90 rifle in .308. Before the hunt he spends a day on the range with journalists from across Europe where he […]
Fieldsports Britain – Paul passes the elk test
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHgVfj8VfM0 Paul gets his hands on the new Sako 90 rifle and takes it on a driven hunt in Finland, where there are running elk and whitetail. Find out how he and the newly-launched rifle get on. Plus Charlie is in India which is talking about re-starting tiger hunting. And Deborah heads to Wales where […]
Foxhunting ban means fewer foxes – Fieldsports News, 10 May 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9vvwBrRZJI Here are the links: Tony Blair hunting ban led to catastrophic fox decline – Daily Telegraph New test for firearms laws – BASC Landowners attack Scottish grouse moor bill – SLE Controversial fishing restrictions divide Scottish politicians – The Times + YouTube Shooting social media app launched – RacknLoad.com Europe bans turtle dove shooting […]
Win a thermal gilet – Fieldsports Extra, episode 271
You could win a thermal gilet priced at £79 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus there’s skinning an elk in Finland with Paul Childerley, the future of the countryside with Gareth Wyn Jones and Charlie is all over tigers in India.This week’s prizes and other links:Fieldsports Live, Cloybank Thermal giletBit.ly/nss23Aimpoint Academy Bit.ly/aimpointacademy Had problems with newspapers […]
Win a steel plate target – Fieldsports Extra, episode 269
You could win one of Tom’s Targets’ famous front-facing foxes in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we talk about Scottish boar and cyber-bullying. And Fieldsports Live is heading to near Falkirk in Scotland on 19 May, so please let us know if you would like to come.This week’s prizes and other links:Fieldsports Live, Cloybank Tom’s Targets Ryan […]
April roebucks with the Thermion Duo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNHWTe7yCGU Armed with his new Pulsar Thermion Duo scope, Tom Davies is out after roebucks on Dartmoor. It should be easy but even with the new tech, it’s not. Find out how he gets on. Find the Pulsar Thermion Duo DXP50 at ThomasJacks.co.uk Tom’s website is DartmoorDeerServices.com More from Tom here:
Shooting Girl with an Afro
Nicole Moore’s happy place is shooting pigeons on the Cambridgeshire Fens in the rain. It’s not glamorous (plays havoc with the line lashes) but it makes for a delicious supper for her and her dog, Harry. Find Nicole Moore on Instagram For more about Eley cartridges go to EleyHawkLtd.com For Jack Pyke clothing see JackPyke.co.uk […]
Fieldsports Britain – flappers and falsies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=90gFMlcuX5s Nicole Moore shows how to eat wild and well while looking glamorous in a pigeon hide (apart from those pesky false eyelashes – they HAD to go). She is out in the Fens decoying and roost shooting with her faithful gundog, Harry. Meanwhile, it’s the start of the roebuck season and Tom Davies reckons […]
