Glorious goose shooting opening day in Kent
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlMpFNwaMI0 Kevin Copeland and his team of guns enjoy a fabulous goose flight on the opening day of the season. They set up the decoys before dawn on farmland close to Dungeness on the Kent coast, and are rewarded with an action-packed morning, making a bag of over 50 greylags, canadas and even an Egyptian […]
Are RSPB stoat traps breaking the law? – Fieldsports News, 3 September 2025
Here are the links: RSPB’s rotting stoat – RSPB Phil Gray wins British Open Sporting – Facebook livestream and CPSA results Goose shooting prospects look good – OrkneyShootingHolidays.com Awards for gamekeepers’ partners – Gamekeepers Welfare Trust and National Gamekeepers Organisation Scottish Venison Day – Scottish-Venison.com Poachers fined £34,000 – Lincolnshire Police and North Yorkshire Police New Zealand […]
Fieldsports Britain – First day on the geese
The goose shooting season kicks off in style. We are out on a glorious first day of the season decoying beside the Kent coast. Plus Paul Childerley and Geoff Garrod battle it out at the .410 championship. Professor Adam Hart says why big game hunting works for African wildlife, and David has the news on […]
British Open .410 Championship 2025
It’s the battle of the gamekeepers. Geoff Garrod and Paul Childerley are at EJ Churchill for the annual British Open .410 Championship. Paul has beaten Geoff two years in a row – can he make it 3-0, or will Geoff triumph this time? Joining their squad for a day of fun competition is Fieldsports member […]
Hare shooting at night with a rimfire
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_7MlOTvXXM Part-time gamekeeper Mike Sutton loves to see hares on his patch in North Yorkshire, but their numbers need to be controlled – to reduce damage to crops and trees, and to avoid drawing the attention of poachers. Nicole Moore has come to help Mike get the hare numbers down, shooting from the truck window […]
GB shooters win world medals – Fieldsports News, 27 August 2025
Here are the links: Rimfire world championships – ImpactScoring.net Rupert Lowe MP gets his guns back – X.com Langdale wildfire enters its third week – Facebook Antis’ ludicrous fox cub ‘adoption’ fundraiser – Protect The Wild National Trust hate campaign against gamekeepers – BBC RSPB says sheep and deer kill more chicks than predators – […]
Police gun grab mistaken identity
When Gloucestershire Police wrote to Jack Edmunds to explain why they were revoking his shotgun certificate, they said it was because he was a murder suspect. The only problem was – he wasn’t. That was another Jack Edmunds, 10 years younger, who lived in the next town. Gloucestershire Police refuse to back down. They have […]
How to measure fallow deer antlers – CIC trophy measuring explained
What makes a fallow head a trophy? Antony and Laurie from CIC explain the official scoring system used to measure fallow buck antlers. From main beams, brow tines and spellers, to weight, colour and symmetry, every detail counts. For more information, visit: CICukteb.com To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 822, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain822 More on […]
Fieldsports Britain – Nicole’s big hare day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN_H_4E-APs Nicole Moore is in North Yorkshire shooting hares with a rimfire. Why? To protect crops, reduce poaching, and to stock up on delicious meat for her freezer. Do you have the same name as a murderer? Gloucestershire police revoke a law-abiding gun owner’s certificate after making an embarrassing mistake – and still won’t back […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hot Cornish tuna
We’re hunting massive tuna off the Cornish coast – it’s the UK’s newest world-class big game sport. Roy Lupton is giving David a hard time as they go after a roebuck in the late rut. Should you buy new or secondhand? Ian Hodge says why a new Tikka rimfire could be a better buy than […]
You won’t believe how we caught this tuna
It’s an epic 80-minute battle. Watch top tuna angler Mark Nelson go up against a 300lb fish off Falmouth in Cornwall in one of the great big-game sportfishing tussles the world has to offer. To book a day’s tuna fishing off Cornwall, visit SportfishingCharters.co.uk Steve Porter’s tuna boat YouTube Tunny Club YouTube To watch all […]
New Tikka vs old CZ rifle
New or secondhand? Ian Hodge from Cornish and online gunshop Ian Hodge Fieldsports explains the advantages of paying for a new gun – not least that you can save the VAT if you are a farmer or pest controller. For more from Ian, click here To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 821, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain821 […]
Worst wildfire year ever – Fieldsports News, 20 August 2025
Here are the links: Record year for wildfires – BBC and BBC Kennel Club sells gundog trialling estate – ChronicleLive.co.uk London wildlife management conference – Bit.ly/ukwildlifeconference French town hands out free boar traps – Connexion France National Park pulls out of hen harrier project – Cumbria Crack Aussies protest gun laws – YouTube Python hunter wins […]
Roy’s late roebuck rut attempt
Roy Lupton might have been stood up by cameraman David during the height of the rut, but he’s not giving up. He’s heading out to see if there’s still any late rutting action. There is plenty of wildlife about, including several does with kids, but that elusive cull buck is proving hard to find. To […]
What’s the quickest PCP magazine to load?
The team at Devon and online airgun shop Crackshot get together to see which is the quickest PCP magazine to load: is it the Air Arms system, the Weihrauch version, or the one from Daystate/Brocock? Find out which wins… For more about Crackshot, click here To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 820, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain820 […]
Fieldsports Britain – Pigeons coming in hot
It’s pigeon Top Gun this week – and they’re coming in hot. Geoff Garrod explains how he sets out his pattern so the birds present the perfect shot on their final approach. American stalkers are after roebuck in Cornwall with Ollie Williams. Plus Crackshot hosts the great PCP loading race, the grouse season is under […]
Grouse prospects ‘poor’ – Fieldsports News, 13 August 2025
Here are the links: Grouse densities down for 2025 – GWCT RSPB ‘demonising’ gamekeepers – Moorland Association Cash for firefighting gamekeepers – Cairngorms.co.uk GWT health checks for keepers – NGO New group to defend trailhunting – Countryside Alliance Essex stalkers’ butchery event – Call Wrights of Frinton on 01255674410 or email wrightsoffrinton@yahoo.co.uk Gangster’s gun licence […]
Geoff’s pigeon pattern secrets
Game chef José Souto is back out with pigeon supremo Geoff Garrod, on the Essex estate where Geoff is the gamekeeper. It’s a scorching hot summer’s day but the standing wheat still needs to be protected from hordes of pigeons. As they chat in the hide, Geoff reveals how he sets out his pattern to […]
Americans hunting roebuck
Different deer – different techniques: hunting roebuck in the UK is different to hunting whitetail in the USA. Brian Pitell and Ashley Frederick from Safari Club International’s Pittsburgh Chapter go out with Ollie Williams in the Cornish countryside during the roe rut to stalk bucks. SCI UK chapter on Facebook SCI Pittsburgh chapter on Instagram […]
Fieldsports Britain – Get ready, McBoar are coming
We’re going full-boar this week: feral pigs are booming in Scotland. Niall Rowantree goes to Germany to learn how to manage them. Plus a rewilder teams up with a gamekeeper to create a pheasant shoot with a difference, and David has all the latest news on the news stump. It’s all in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain […]
Is Scotland wild boar ready? – Germany’s tactics revealed
Niall Rowantree knows there is a fast‑approaching feral pig crisis threatening Scotland. He travels to Germany to find out what a successful management plan looks like, plus he brushes up against the big-predator debate. Would lynx release in Scotland be a success? German hunters reveal all. For more information about the HIKMicro range head to […]
Shotgun licensing tightened – Fieldsports News, 6 August 2025
Here are the links: New shotgun rules – Gov.uk Online Safety Act hits gunshops – Gov.uk UN protection for fieldsports – HuntingKind.com BASC starts legal action against Natural England – BASC RSPB wants cash for curlews – RSPB Terrier club rescues Sherlock – Facebook Schöffel Countryside Awards – YouTube Zoo feeds pets to predators – […]
Starmer plans gun clampdown – Fieldsports News, 30 July 2025
Here are the links: Government plans to merge shotgun and firearm certificates – YouTube Trump embarrasses Starmer over family farm tax – YouTube Airguns stolen from range – The Argus Cambridgeshire poaching arrests – Cambs.police.uk Fake hunt websites warning – Instagram Angola opens for hunting – Facebook Foxing Land Rover for sale – YouTube Devon […]
Fieldsports Britain – Labour’s plan for the countryside
We put a government minister on the spot in the Game Fair Theatre. Plus we are stalking medal Swedish roebucks by the seaside, and we go behind the scenes at the 2025 World English Sporting Championship at EJ Churchill shooting ground to find out how they put it on. David can’t understand why one of […]
Government minister actually answers questions on the countryside
Find out what the government has planned for the countryside, including farm inheritance tax, lead shot, trophy imports, general licences and countryside stewardship. DEFRA minister Daniel Zeichner comes to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to defend the government’s record to Charlie Jacoby, while MPs and former MPs Greg Smith, Robbie Moore, Sir Jim Paice […]
Behind the scenes at the World Sporting 2025
Like the proverbial swan, the World English Sporting Championship may be gliding serenely across the water – but underneath there’s frantic paddling going on. We’re going behind the scenes to see what it takes to organise a shoot with 1,800 entries from all over the world – and how Laporte clays and traps are helping […]
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 […]
