Digi-scope vs old-fashioned glass scope?
Ian Hodge from Cornish and online gunshop Ian Hodge Fieldsports sells a lot of optics. He says what’s happening to the markets for modern day/night vision and thermal scopes compared to traditional glass riflescopes. For more from Ian Hodge Fieldsports, click here To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 817, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain817 Watch more with […]
Fieldsports Britain – World’s best clay shots
The world’s finest clay shooters in action: we’re at the 2025 World English Sporting Championship at EJ Churchill. Jaf Jefferson is after three tricky foxes in Somerset with rifle and night vision, keeping livestock safe. Plus Ian Hodge looks at glass riflescopes versus digital and David has the news on the news stump. It’s all […]
Three tricky foxes
There are three foxes behind the farmhouse and Jaf wants to shoot them. They are a threat to next season’s lambs. Jaf and Murray are out in Somerset with rifle and night vision, keeping livestock safe. Find Jaf’s YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@southsomersetferretersfiel5202 For night vision scopes and thermal, check out ThomasJacks.co.uk To watch all of […]
World English Sporting Championship 2025
The World English Sporting Championship returns to EJ Churchill in Buckinghamshire for 2025. Around 1,800 shooters have come from far and wide to shoot the 200 world-class targets, and enjoy the razzmatazz and good-natured competition of a week-long festival of shooting. It all culminates in a close-fought six-way super-final to decide who will be crowned […]
New rural voice for Scotland – Fieldsports News, 23 July 2025
Here are the links: Scottish Rural Party – ScottishRuralParty.co.uk Police firearms licensing failures – BASC Schoolboy stands up for fieldsports – Facebook Bear hunters warned after activist threats – Sverigesradio.se Australian officials shoot deer from helicopters – ABC Africa’s hunting cash bonanza – YouTube Eco-tourists kill wildlife – Facebook Robo-bunnies tackle snake problem – Facebook […]
Tradition in a bottle: the art of Foxdenton fruit liqueurs
No shoot is complete without a nip of sloe gin. We talk to Nick Radclyffe of Foxdenton to discover what goes into making a delicious fruit liqueur for the field – and Nick reveals a few trade secrets on how to make the best shooting tipple. For more about Foxdenton visit FoxdentonEstate.co.uk or find them […]
Labour is failing the antis – Fieldsports News, 16 July 2025
Here are the links: Antis lose faith in Labour – The Guardian Rigby lashes out at Labour– Telegraph Shooting gives Scotland £246m in benefits – BASC Drunken tree cutting prison sentence – BBC and YouTube Irish eagles go hungry – Yahoo Oslo Court rules on bear hunt – Nettavisen.no and Nrk.no Mozambique’s lion population rebounds […]
Fieldsports Britain – Mike Yardley’s driven pheasant tips
We’re looking forward to the game season with a driven pheasant masterclass with Mike Yardley at the glorious Sandricourt estate near Paris, celebrating the launch of Browning’s new 825 over-and-under. Will you be shooting game with steel this season? Our viewers are not keen – 85% say they don’t support a ban. We gauge the […]
Massive majority against lead ammo ban
The world of shooting does not want a lead ammo ban. Look into it more carefully and a complex picture emerges. Charlie Jacoby talks to Warter Priory headkeeper Frank Croft, who banned lead on his shoot in 2021, pigeon shooters Geoff Garrod and José Souto who have moved over to steel, Simon Reinhold from gun […]
Driven pheasants with the Browning 825
We are at the glorious Sandricourt estate outside Paris, shooting driven pheasants, English style, with the new Browning 825 as the gunmaker celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first commercially produced over-and-under shotgun. In between flushes, shooting journalist Mike Yardley explains the two classic styles of shooting developed by Percy Stanbury and Robert Churchill, and […]
Fieldsports Britain – How to make a carbon rifle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=–WPJEehH5E How carbon fibre and steel make the best rifle barrels: we get oil under our fingernails in an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Bergara factory as the gunmaker launches its new super-light full carbon rifle. Plus the Sea Angling Classic out of Port Solent: a £65,000 prize pot for the best sea angler – […]
Sea Angling Classic 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4U_ru0LwVM The Sea Angling Classic 2025 was another nailbiting match, this time with £65,000-worth of prizes on offer. Run by @worldOFanglingspirit it took place out of Port Solent and Andy Ford went along to report on it. For more about the event, visit SeaAnglingClassic.comTo contact Andy, email Fordy@fieldsportschannel.tv To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Seaside reef fishing – a great day out
Catch dogfish, conger – anything that lives on the bottom of the sea. Charlie Jacoby joins Fieldsports member Christopher Bryde to go reef fishing off the South Coast of England with Exe Fishing. For more about Exe Fishing visit ExeFishing.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 815, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain815 Watch more sea fishing here:
Exclusive: inside Bergara’s new rifle factory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8AeaH9nglw Bergara is a relatively new name in rifle manufacturing, but the company is brimming with enthusiasm and wants to change things for hunters worldwide, reinvesting profit into projects to help change hearts and minds. Fieldsports Channel was allowed an exclusive peek into the new Bergara factory in northern Spain, where we discover the firm […]
2,500 kids learn about grouse moor management – Fieldsports News, 9 July 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz7yZEGEwBI Here are the links: Let’s Learn Moor success – BASC Nesting success on managed uplands – Facebook and also on Facebook RSPB gamekeeper allegations ‘based on nothing’ – NationalGamekeepers.org.uk CIC revises red and muntjac measuring – CIC Free training for anglers – Angling Trust Northern Country Sports Show – NorthernCountrySportsShow.co.uk Gun company backs cancer […]
Nicole’s first airgun rabbit
Nicole Moore wants to take up airgunning for live quarry. Happily, John Peake from her sponsor Fortis Clothing is an airgunning nut. Today he is taking her on her first outing after rabbits. She is using a day-night scope from another of her sponsors, HIKMicro. A rabbit comes out, but the shot is not plain […]
Fieldsports Britain – Pigeon shooting scorcher
Andy Crow is out on pigeons, on the hottest day of the year so far, with tips on how to cope with the heat. Nicole wants a rabbit with her new airgun and gets help from an expert. James Head discovers the fun you can have with a modern BB gun. Paul Childerley introduces our […]
MPs speak up for grouse shooting – Fieldsports News, 2 July 2025
Here are the links: Wild Justice loses grouse shooting debate – FieldsportsChannel.tv/westminstergrousedebate2025 RSPB tries to monster gamekeepers – RSPB University fits deer with GPS collars – BBC Capercaillie collapse continues despite diversionary feeding – STV MSPs want meeting on gull nuisance – Sky Serbian ammo company may face export ban – Guns.com Australia shoots 1,000 […]
BB air pistols: Colt Special Combat vs Glock 17 Gen 5
Crackshot’s James Head compares two of the most popular – and fun – BB air pistols on the market. Air pistol shooting is an Olympic sport, with Team GB winning medals. Indeed, Team GB’s shooting medals put the sport about half way up the medal table of all sports in GB. We’re good at it. […]
Hot pigeon shooting tips with Andy Crow
Andy Crow is after pigeons on what is set to be the hottest day of the year so far, so he needs to think carefully about hide and shade. Plus he hasn’t had a chance to do his homework on what is a massive acreage of cut rye. He’s going to have to use all […]
Police gun licensing fail
You couldn’t make it up. Darren Easton struggled to renew his certificates because Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s online form kept kicking him out, and he was stuck in hospital suffering with blood clots on his leg and dosed up on morphine. He tried to contact the firearms department for help but without success. Eventually police turned up […]
Wayne’s pest control patrol
Cattyshack’s Wayne Martin is back, shooting crop-munching rabbits with his FAC-rated airgun and HIKMicro Alpex A50 scope. This time he is out walking the fields after dark, spotting the rabbits with thermal and shooting off sticks. The scope’s built-in laser rangefinder and ballistic calculator allow him to take shots at 100 yards and more, making […]
Carp on the fly
Carp don’t just take baits. They eat artificials, too. Andy Ford joins angler David Bazen at Holme Grange Fishery in Berkshire to find out more about the delicate sport of carp on the fly. Find Holme Grange on Facebook For more about the number of anglers in the UK, see AnglingTimes.co.uk To watch all of […]
Fieldsports Britain – Night-time rabbit mooch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQRCixmwHqYWayne Martin is walking the fields after dark, shooting rabbits with his FAC airgun and night vision scope. Police grab guns from an ex Para in what looks like a total common-sense fail. Andy Ford tries out flyfishing for carp. Celebrity mixologist Merlin Griffiths joins TV chef James Martin for our podcast this week, and […]
Licensing fails lead to drop in gun ownership – Fieldsports News, 25 June 2025
Here are the links: Gun ownership falls in England and Wales – Gov.uk MP calls for firearms licensing reform – YouTube New coursing museum – TheCoursingMuseum.com Cash appeal for gun grab victim – GoFundMe RSPB failings to be highlighted at Westminster – Moorland Association Antis shut down country fair – Todmorden Country Fair Last-minute push […]
Warter Priory charity shoot raises £300,000
Warter Priory in East Yorkshire is one of the UK’s top driven game shoots – but today it’s all about raising a huge amount of money for charity. More than 1,000 shooters – among them our very own Andy Crow – have come to support the charities, enjoy a day of splendid hospitality and take […]
Moderators to come off FACs – Fieldsports News, 18 June 2025
Here are the links: Moderators to come off FACs – Parliament.uk BASC sues DEFRA over gamebird release – BASC Packham show attacks falconers – Facebook UK government plans trailhunting ban within two years – FullFact.org How IFAW is killing people and elephants – YouTube Leash dogs to save deer – Instagram Burmese python record – […]
Fieldsports Britain – two foxes, one shot
Hot scope swap: Tom Davies is out shooting foxes and rabbits on the newly-cut fields of Devon with just one thermal scope between his .17HMR and his .223. Plus we’re at the Warter Priory charity sim shoot in Yorkshire, raising an incredible £300,000 for two great causes. Ever been faced with a wall of cartridges […]
Pest control: two rifles, one scope
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpJ6su4FFNM With the silage cut well underway, it’s a golden opportunity for Devon pest controller Tom Davies to shoot rabbits for sale, and foxes to protect next year’s lambs. He is out with his .17HMR and his .223. He only has one scope between them, a Pulsar XP60 thermal scope. Thanks to the scope’s onboard […]
How to pick the right cartridge for the job
Ian Hodge has a wide cartridge selection at his shop in Cornwall, Ian Hodge Fieldsports. So, how do you choose the right cartridge for you? He explains how to ‘read’ a room full of cartridges in a gunshop. For more from Ian Hodge, visit G.co/kgs/D6y1Ex5 To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 812, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain812 […]
Fieldsports Britain – 100-year-old shotgun
Blasts from the past at Browning’s birthday bash: Charlie and David head to Belgium for the 100th anniversary of the B25 shotgun. Plus explosive greyhound action with a group of Pakistani enthusiasts in Birmingham, top TV chef James Martin is on this week’s podcast, and David has the news on the news stump. It’s all […]
Backyard greyhound racing – the spirit of coursing
The beating heart of British coursing is a group of Asian greyhound racing enthusiasts from Birmingham. They are keeping the coursing flame alive at meetings on their own tracks, and foreign trips to watch coursing in Ireland and Pakistan. Find Arron Atmore on Facebook Facebook.com/allaboard.rusty For Hunting Kind, visit HuntingKind.com Watch Clarissa and the Countryman […]
The story of the Browning B25
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX9URBwM7OA Charlie Jacoby and David Wright visit Browning HQ at Liège in Belgium where the company is marking the 100th anniversary of its B25 shotgun, the first industrialised over-and-under shotgun ever produced, created by the American inventor John Moses Browning. For more on Browning and the B25 see Browning.eu/To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Starmer backs doomed trophy ban – Fieldsports News, 11 June 2025
Here are the links: Starmer’s trophy fail – FieldsportsChannel.tv/replicatrophies and FieldsportsChannel.tv/africatrophybankickback Packham group forces grouseshooting debate – Parliament.uk Scottish MSP wants to release lynx – Facebook Northumberland police can’t cope with firearm surrenders – Northumbria.police.uk Verney-Carron sold to French/Czech buyers – RivolierGroup.com Carl Zeiss to close iconic plant – Mittelhessen.de and YouTube Swedish hunters want more […]
Budget PCP airguns: Walther RM8 vs Gamo Phox
James Head from Devon and online airgun shop Crackshot compares two budget PCPs: the Walther RM8 and the Gamo Phox. For more from Crackshot, click here To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 810, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain810 Watch more from Crackshot:
Rewilding land grab – Fieldsports News, 4 June 2025
Here are the links: New report condemns ‘money-grabbing’ nature groups – c4pmc.co.uk Controlled burning pollution report – PPP-online.org Ravens to be shot on Orkney – Facebook Government cash for deer chillers – Defra Springwatch ‘environmental disaster’ – Facebook Parakeets now ‘unstoppable’ – YouTube Fox hunting bill passes first stage of voting – Agriland.ie Bounty for […]
Patience pays off – Nicole waits for a roebuck
Nicole Moore is after a roebuck in Derbyshire. She hasn’t been solo stalking long, but today she is out unaccompanied on a recent permission, where she plans to wait at the edge of a wood in the hope a deer will come out to feed as the light fades. Follow Nicole on Instagram For more […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roebuck waiting game
Nicole Moore draws on all her patience to ambush a roebuck. Charlie Jacoby talks to a Somerset gamekeeper who has to deal with a farmer who is his dad. James Head from Crackshot compares two budget PCP airguns, there’s a Hawke Sidewinder scope up for grabs at FieldsportsCompetitions.co.uk, and David has the news on the […]
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 – […]
