Terry Doe tests the HIKMicro Alpex 4K Lite airgun scope
Airgun supremo Terry Doe is excited to have his hands on the latest day-night scope, the HIKMicro Alpex 4K Lite. It has a built-in rangefinder and ballistic calculator, taking all the guesswork out of range estimation and holdover. He has tested it on the range at Bisley, and heads to his favourite rabbit permission to […]
Rutland Water trout fishing: Airflo Spring Invitational 2025
21 teams of six anglers battle it out on Rutland Water for the prestigious Airflo Spring Invitational, one of the biggest flyfishing competitions in Europe. All the home nations are represented – but can the Airflo Nymphomaniacs break the Scots’ grip on the trophy? For more about Airflo competitions see AirfloFishing.com To watch all of […]
Rabbits with the Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XP60
Tom Davies from Dartmoor Deer Services does a sideline in rabbit meat. In preparation for the first cut of silage in South Devon, which will make rabbit shooting easier, he zeroes his new Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XP60 atop his Blaser .17HMR and goes out to try it out on the real thing. For Pulsar, […]
RSPB ‘must stop harassing gamekeepers’ – Fieldsports News, 28 May 2025
Here are the links: Moorland groups’ message to the RSPB – YouTube Royal support for wildlife rangers – YouTube Antis attack game farms – Nation.cymru and YouTube Firearms licensing failures – NPCC.police.uk Night vision contact lenses – USTC.edu.cn Norfolk safari park wins award – EDP24.co.uk and YouTube Irish foxhunting ban bill – Agriland.ie Indian chief minister backs […]
Fieldsports Britain – Game-changing new airgun scope
Terry Doe is shooting rabbits with a groundbreaking new night vision scope for airgunners, the HIKMicro Alpex 4K Lite. Tom Davies has a similar pest control problem at longer ranges in Devon. There’s top trout action on Rutland Water where world-class flyfishers compete to be the best, and David has the news on the news […]
PCPs for under £500: Gamo GX40 vs Webley Eagle
Ian Hodge from Ian Hodge Fieldsports looks at PCPs for under £500, and compares the Gamo GX40 with the Webley Eagle. For more from Ian Hodge, click here To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 808, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain808 More from Ian Hodge here:
Jaf takes the LANTRA-approved Airgun Proficiency Course
Jaf Jefferson brings his airgun to Charlie’s henhouse for an evening’s ratting. Before he can start, Charlie makes him take the LANTRA-approved Airgun Proficiency Course. To enrol on the course click here To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 808, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain808 More with Jaf here:
English Open Sporting Championship 2025
Who is currently the best Sporting clay shot in England? We’re about to find out at the English Open Sporting Championship, this year held at John Bidwell’s High Lodge Shooting Ground near the Suffolk coast. Last year’s event, at Doveridge, provided a last-minute drama as Mark Winser swept in right at the end of the […]
Fieldsports Britain – England’s top sporting shot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5dM1kqMWnIThe English Open Sporting clays championship attracts the cream of the UK’s shooting talent. We are there to capture the action – and the winner. Jaf Jefferson has a go at getting an airgun qualification. Ian Hodge has a couple of PCPs for less than £500 to compare, and David has the news on the […]
Proof that gamekeepers benefit nature – Fieldsports News, 21 May 2025
Here are the links: Gamekeepers support our uplands – Regional Moorland Groups Police seize MP’s guns – Linkedin.com Wild Justice challenges badger cull – Badger Trust Anti-shooting MP becomes UK’s biggest gun buyer – BBC and UK Defence Journal Sabs fit tracking device to car – OptimusTracker.com French hunters want Unesco protection – ConnexionFrance.com UN […]
Crow shooting: in the hide with Andy Crow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l92xHAPkyFU Andy Crow needs to protect the freshly-drilled maize against crows, rooks and jackdaws – but it won’t be easy. The birds are wary, there are alternative food sources available, and cover is sparse. Andy’s skills come to the fore, and he manages to get a great day’s shooting regardless. For more about Andy Crow […]
Shoots challenge pheasant release ban – Fieldsports News, 14 May 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iicEsRkGpBw Here are the links: Shoots take action against DEFRA – BASC Online fire risk map – NationalGamekeepers.org.uk and Natural England Assistance dog inspires charity shoot – BardenClayShoot.co.uk Research confirms need for predator control – ScienceDirect.com Film inspires young flyfishers – YouTube and U18Riverbank.team Documentary asks: why hunt bear? – FilmFreeway.com Western Australia gun owners protest – […]
PCP carbines for hunting: AirMaks Krait vs Brocock Pathfinder
James Head from online and Devon airgun shop Crackshot puts the AirMaks Krait up against Brocock Pathfinder, and says which one he prefers. For more from Crackshot, go to g.co/kgs/4S8zVMa To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 807, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain807 More from Crackshot:
How to fix UK gun licensing – Home Office please watch this
A software company has come up with the solution to the UK’s gun licensing woes. It will clear the backlog, it will mean the government won’t have to push through a law putting shotguns on FACs, nor require shooters to call the police before they buy a gun. It’s the brainchild of @rightgun For more […]
Fieldsports Britain – Crow on the crows
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVDNpB4lVqY Crow on crow action: Andy Crow is back, keeping corvids off a freshly drilled maize crop with his shiny new blue Blaser. We’re at the National Shooting Show, where Charlie Jacoby learns about a new initiative to smash the firearms licensing log-jam. James Head from Crackshot compares two compact PCP airguns, the AirMaks Krait […]
175-yard rabbit with an airgun
Wayne Martin has a big rabbit control job to do on a farm near Winchester in the south of England. He is using a FAC-rated airgun to head-shoot the rabbits as they come out to feed, starting with one at 86 yards and working up to an astonishing 175 yards, made possible by his day-night […]
Squirrel chainsaw massacre
Jaf Jefferson is shooting squirrels to protect Charlie’s dad’s trees. The squirrels are more dangerous for trees than a Toby Carvery with a chainsaw, and have already knocked out a stand of a dozen oaks. Check out Jaf’s South Somerset Ferreters channel on YouTube YouTube.com/@southsomersetferretersfiel5202 More with Jaf here:
How to get started in deer stalking
Cai Ap Bryn and Tim Pilbeam have created a new course that gives beginners the chance to know what it feels like to shoot a rifle at a deer, and then try some quality Game-&-Flames-prepared venison. For more information about Cai and Tim’s Deer Stalking Experience Course head to GameAndFlames.com/book-online Follow Cai on Facebook Facebook.com/Gameandflames […]
Royal boost for Jack Pyke – Fieldsports News, 7 May 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWaNTfO0f0 Here are the links: Princess Charlotte wears Jack Pyke – Instagram Have your say on new shotgun rules – Countryside Alliance Gamekeeping course closure threat – SRUC.ac.uk Deerstalking bargains at auction – Givergy.com Cash for mink cull – NatureScot ISIS attacks hunting camp – SafariClub.org Hunt sabs threaten Swedish minister – Svenskjakt.se and Laholmstidning.se Hunter […]
Fieldsports Britain – Extreme range rabbits
Wayne Martin is shooting long-distance rabbits with an FAC airgun, fitted with a high-tech scope that measures the range and shows the correct aiming mark for a perfect head-shot. Get into stalking: Cai Ap Bryn and Tim Pilbeam come together to hold a simulated deer hunt and cook-out. Jaf Jefferson is shooting squirrels and David […]
Hunting turkeys in the rut
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ9y31BH-ao Michaela is going to have a baby. She was supposed to have it in a few weeks, so she could go hunting turkeys. Shortly after Charlie arrives at her home in the Czech Republic, she goes into labour. Step forward Sabi, who takes Michaela’s place, and goes to hunt turkeys with @prolovhunting8160 in the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Feral mum
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZPVpZyH5sk We are off to shoot a turkey with a pregnant huntress – until she goes into labour. Can you have a sensible discussion with antis? Charlie Jacoby joins politicians and lobbyists in the Gulf state of Qatar to tell the world about the UK’s big issues. Niall Rowantree and Professor Rory Putman discuss the […]
Government blocks protection of hunting traditions – Fieldsports News, 30 April 2025
Here are the links: Government delays recognition of hunting culture – Gov.uk Oxford Gun Company pair lost – Facebook Scottish government’s muirburn muddle – BASC Deerstalker designs app – HuntsmanApp.co.uk Raptor poisoning set-up – TheCourier.co.uk Antis launch campaign website – HuntHavoc.info Poaching laws strengthened – Countryside Alliance Swedish church lowers hunting rents – SMP.se To […]
Can you mediate with antis? CIC Congress in Doha
Hunters are tolerant. Anti-hunters are not. How do you mediate with the intolerant? At CIC’s 71st annual congress, held in Doha, Qatar, some say look for the less hardline among the antis and talk to them, others say don’t bother talking to any of them. CIC invites Charlie Jacoby to speak at the conference. Plus […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fox shot in central London
Simon Grimmer heads to central London to show how to shoot an urban fox without alarming the neighbours. The roebuck season is well underway, and we’re out with Tim Davies and Ollie Williams trying out the latest thermal tech. Ian Hodge talks traps for rats and other pests, and David has the news on the […]
How to shoot an urban fox
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhiLEiQmso8 Pest controller Simon Grimmer has been called to deal with a troublesome fox in a tiny garden in central London. It’s a difficult and specialist job, but Simon has it all worked out. Using night vision, a moderated rifle and .22 subsonic ammo, he gets the job done efficiently and discreetly; the fox-loving neighbours […]
The best traps for rats and other pests
Traps are a popular way to get rid of rats and other pests in town and countryside. Ian Hodge of West Country shop Ian Hodge Fieldsports runs through some of the top selling types he offers, with a bit of advice about how to get the best results. Find Ian Hodge fieldsports at IanHodgeFieldsports.co.uk To […]
Roebuck stalking tech
The roebuck season has opened in the UK, and on separate West Country estates Tom Davies and Ollie Williams are both hoping to put a deer in the chiller. They are trying out some new tech to help with the job. Tom has Pulsar Merger thermal binos and a drone, while Ollie has a new […]
Fieldsports Channel to sue anti-hunting newspaper – Fieldsports News, 23 April 2025
Here are the links: Hunters take legal action against The Mirror – Mirror.co.uk Police recover stolen gundogs – BBC Sea eagle snatches lamb – Facebook Should hunting be a ‘protected belief’? – Hunting Kind Wildfire risk now ‘catastrophic’ – NFCC and The Guardian Botswana hunting ban documentary – YouTube Ammo vending machine ban – Denver Post and […]
Thermal drone deer counting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 115
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLK2TEMOfcE Ben Harrower from BH Wildlife Consultancy uses a thermal drone for a unique aerial view of how the six UK deer species populations, and our wild boar, are expanding and contracting across the UK. As part of our filming for ‘A Year in the Life of Sika’, Ben covers all aspects of his work […]
Fieldsports Britain – Too late for Scotland’s reds
Experts warn that sika deer are replacing the iconic red deer of Scotland – and it’s too late to stop them. In the fourth and final part of our series, ‘A Year in the Life of Sika’, we find out what that means for deer managers, forestry, and the wider environment. Staying with deer, we […]
Skeleton stock airguns: SMK CP2 vs Webley Nemesis X
Be James Bond on the rats. James Head from airgun specialist Crackshot talks through air rifles with skeleton stocks and compares two of the market leaders: the SMK CP2 with the Webley Nemesis X. For more from Crackshot, go to g.co/kgs/j9Sdc3b To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 803, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain803 More from Crackshot here:
Drone reveals rising deer damage – Fieldsports News, 16 April 2025
Here are the links: Deer damage the broads – EADT DEFRA bans SPA gamebird release – Gov.uk and BASC Wildfires rage on National Trust land – Facebook and also on Facebook Ratters offer bin strike help – YouTube and Telegraph Stalking Show success – Facebook NatureScot sends in shooters – NatureScot Foxhounds settle in at French kennels […]
Dynamic Ladies tweed clay shoot
The Dynamic Ladies dress up in their finest country clothing for their annual tweed clay shoot at the Surrey Shooting School. Find out more about the Dynamic Ladies Shooting Club at the website DynamicLadiesShootingClub.co.uk, and follow the club on Instagram and Facebook. To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 802, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain802 More clayshooting here:
Anti-trailhunting MP arrested – Fieldsports News, 9 April 2025
Here are the links: League Against Cruel Sports boss arrested – Sky News UK uplands wildfires: Woodhead, Derbyshire – Facebook Staffordshire – ITV Northern Ireland – Sky News Galloway and East Ayrshire – STV Hampshire – Bournemouth Echo Cumbrian Coast – RailAdvent.co.uk Brewdog traps deer in ‘protected’ forestry – TheNational.scot NGO night shooting course – […]
Fieldsports Britain – Death of the 100m zero
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM34v6DQk6UCharlie Jacoby is zeroing his deerstalking rifle with help from some Royal Marines snipers, and learning a better way than the old “inch high at 100 yards”. The Dynamic Ladies dress up for a smashing time at their annual tweed clay shoot. Niall Rowantree says how he gets the most out of thermal, and David […]
Zeroing an inch high at 100 – and why that’s nonsense
We’re debunking the rule of thumb that says you should zero your deer rifle one inch high at 100 yards. Charlie Jacoby visits the experts at Long Range Tactical and learns a different approach – which means he can aim his .308 dead-on at any distance from 24 to more than 300 yards. Find Long […]
I launched a hunting YouTube channel
James Curson is one of a new generation of shooting YouTubers, learning how to use GoPros, Shotkams and drones to show what he loves best – all kinds of country activities from gamekeeping to gundog training, picking-up, pest control and deerstalking. Fieldsports Channel’s James Marchington visits him in his pigeon hide to find out what […]
Fieldsports Britain – YouTube for shooters
We spend a day in a Suffolk pigeon hide with a shooter who has launched his own YouTube channel. Charlie Jacoby is at a BASC gamekeeping conference in Devon, where his MP says we have to educate her fellow MPs about country sports. The roebuck season is open – we find out how to measure […]
Bird flu restrictions on gamebird release – Fieldsports News, 2 April 2025
Here are the links: Bird flu restrictions for SPAs – GWCT Labour plans heather-burning ban – The Guardian RSPB-managed moorland ablaze – Facebook Government land grab – Parliament.uk Sea eagle snatches lamb – Facebook Herts police says sorry for licensing delays – YouTube Air ambulance fundraiser – Midlands Air Ambulance Southdown clay ground mortar bomb […]
BASC’s big issues
BASC tackles the big issues facing shooting and conservation at its first Southern Gamekeepers’ Conference, attended by keepers and shoot managers, at the Great Fulford Estate in Devon. Local LibDem MP Rachel Gilmour speaks of her support for shooting and its importance to the local area, while Charlie Jacoby talks to the key speakers on […]
Fake shotgun certificate prompts review – Fieldsports News, 26 March 2025
Here are the links: Gun laws may be tightened – YouTube and BASC Cheshire Police want to be told you’re going shooting – Facebook Wild Justice cartoon is no joke – Facebook Malawi elephants scandal – DailyMaverick.co.za and Youtube Wildlife criminals go free – ARU.ac.uk Poachers’ dogs found in water butt – Facebook Family farm tax will […]
What’s in Niall’s sack? – Essential deer stalking kit
What kit does a professional deer manager take on every outing? Niall Rowantree goes through the contents of his Napier Roe Sack: gloves, knife, saw and more. Find out about the services Niall offers at Deerman.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 800, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain800 More with Niall Rowantree here:
Hide and seek roe
Shooting magazine editor Paul Austin is stalking the low ground around Gordon Castle on the River Spey. We’re here for the launch of Browning’s new X-Bolt 2 rifle, and guided by outfitter Sergio Couto. Paul gets onto a nice roe buck. It’s hit, but we can’t find it in the thick forestry plantation – so […]
Antiques Rod Show – shock valuation
Charlie Jacoby has more trout rods than he could use in a month of Sundays. Time to grit his teeth and have a clearout – but is his old tackle worth anything, or just fit for the bin? He catches up with Gerald Spiers of the Devon School of Flyfishing for some expert advice. Find […]
Fieldsports Britain – 800 episodes and still stalking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyS0xYqaVGQIt’s our 800th episode, and this week we call in the deer hound to track a Scottish roe. Charlie Jacoby gets a surprise when an expert values his collection of antique fly rods. Niall Rowantree reviews a roe sack, James Marchington turns his attention to fishing films with Hooked on YouTube, and David is on […]
Cheshire venison is Grand National hot pick
Horse racing fans flock to Aintree for the Grand National and, for the ultimate entertainment, they’ll be dining in Paul Askew’s restaurant there, The Art School, where star-of-the-menu is local venison, supplied by Fieldsports Channel’s very own Steve McGuigan. Top chef Paul is visiting Steve’s larder to see for himself how deer are handled and […]
Yildiz vs ATA shotguns, with Ian Hodge
Two of the top Turkish makes, Yildiz and ATA, are taking the UK shotgun market by storm. Ian Hodge from Cornwall and online gunshop Ian Hodge Fieldsports runs through their pros and cons. For more from Ian Hodge Fieldsports, go to G.co/kgs/pZowhG6 To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 796, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain796 More from Ian […]
Police common-sense fail
Yorkshire gamekeepers James and Jono were astonished to be confronted by armed police, complete with helicopter, while heatherburning on the Upperwood estate on the edge of the Peak District. It turned out a member of the public had complained about them safely shooting a magpie earlier in the day – claiming he had been shot […]
Police minister lies about gun licensing – Fieldsports News, 19 March 2025
Here are the links: Policing minister misleads MPs – Facebook and Judiciary.uk Deer ‘damage waterways’ – Broads-Authority.gov.uk (pdf) Hen harrier brood management trial ends – NaturalEngland.blog.gov.uk Packham ‘Glenn Massacre’ spoof – YouTube Fallow eat brambles – BesJournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com Wildfowling marsh for sale – LambertAndFoster.co.uk Elephant hunts make jumbo profits – VOANews.com Hunting influencer’s wombat furore – YouTube […]
