Fieldsports Britain – What’s next in hunting tech
Future tech: Niall Rowantree and David visit thermal and night vision specialist HIKMicro in China for a glimpse at the revolutionary new technology that’s coming soon to scopes, spotters and drones. Back in the UK, Cai is a pigeon plucker and David is the pigeon plucker’s mate as they deal with birds after a day’s […]
Packham scores own goal – Fieldsports News, 7 August 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZrA5-LI-aA Here are the links Packham scores own goal – FieldsportsChannel Podcast Rutter robbed of Olympic gold + Peter Wilson speaks out – Fieldsports News Grouse numbers crash – Roxtons Moorland fire blamed on barbecues– WestYorksFire.gov.uk BASC launches fourth deerstalking scheme – BASC.org.uk/new-deer-stalking-opportunities-for-basc-members-in-east-of-england/ and BASC.org.uk/deer/stalking-schemes/ Scouts and Guides try clays – Facebook Wolf warning to Dutch […]
New Chinese hunting tech: HIKMicro experience 2024
Future hunting tech: Niall Rowantree and David head to HIKMicro HQ in China to see for themselves the exciting new technology we’ll be using for hunting scopes, spotters and yes, even drones, in the next few years. They are seriously impressed by the sheer scale of the operation, as well as the groundbreaking new tech […]
Pigeon pluckers
David has bought a plucking machine to help him prepare chickens for the table. Cai Ap Bryn wants to try it out on pigeons, so they spend a few hours in the hide, then head back to pop some birds in David’s machine, amid a barrage of innuendo. The results are… well, mixed, but Cai […]
Hunters are a ‘protected minority’ – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 93
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z2ZVslPc4IEd Swales and Ronan Brown from Hunting Kind join Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas theatre at the Game Fair 2024, to explain how hunting could qualify for protection under human rights legislation, with hunters being classified as a ‘protected minority’. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Shooting gold for Team GB – Fieldsports News, 31 July 2024
Here are the links: Olympic gold for GB trapshooter Nathan Hales – TeamGB.com Grim outlook for grouse – WilliamPowellSporting.co.uk Shooting organisations have positive dialogue with DEFRA – FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast92 Hinkley Point C ‘will kill two fish a minute’ – FGS.world and YouTube Shooting needs more women – BASC Deer carcases should be left to rot say […]
Fieldsports Britain – Skye stag stalk
Skye gamekeeper Scott MacKenzie and his young daughter have a cull job to do on a red stag. Tom Davies continues his non-toxic journey and finds a copper cartridge that works on roebucks. Terry Doe gives his view on the Accumax air rifle, a fun, lightweight break-barrel with power enough for hunting. David has the […]
Skye gamekeeper and daughter cull a red stag
Skye gamekeeper Scott MacKenzie is setting out to cull a red stag. The stags are causing damage to the tenant farmer’s silage fields. He is accompanied by his 16-year-old daughter, Orla, who is studying to follow in Scott’s footsteps. We find a suitable beast among a group lying in the grass, but it’s a long […]
Why Terry Doe loves the Accumax break-barrel airgun
Terry Doe mostly shoots high-tech PCP air rifles, but when it comes to fun and relaxation he turns to a great little break-barrel springer like the Accumax from ASI. It is well made and accurate, comes in three different stock finishes, and has a clever anti-resonance system inside to reduce the shake when you fire. […]
Tom Davies talks about Rushbrooke knives
Tom Davies tries out his new Rushbrooke knife gralloching two roe deer, and explains what he likes about it. Go to RushbrookeKnifeCompany.com To watch the knife in action, go to YouTube For more about Tom’s venison business, go to DartmoorDeerServices.com To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 766, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain766 More knife reviews here:
Tom’s copper journey: roebuck cull
Tom Davies is trying out a new copper round on roebucks. He has a farm to clear of deer using the ammunition that manufacturer Wapiti has sent him. It works, twice – giving him the opportunity to try out a new gralloching knife too. For more about Tom’s venison business, go to DartmoorDeerServices.com For Wapiti […]
Fieldsports Britain – squirrel vandals
The squirrels have gone barking mad in Charlie’s dad’s wood. They have killed a dozen young oak trees by stripping off the bark. It looks like sheer vandalism. Charlie calls in Jaf Jefferson from the South Somerset Ferreters to solve the problem. While we’re on ferrets, Charlie is off to Chris Potter’s 16th annual ferret […]
Grey squirrel tree killers
After a successful squirrel eradication programme in the winter, disaster strikes in the summer. A dozen good-quality oak trees are dead and all the indications are that squirrels killed them. Have new squirrels moved in? Does shooting squirrels create vacancies for more squirrels? Jaf Jefferson and Martin Jacoby explore the problem. To watch all of […]
NGO calls for deer plan – Fieldsports News, 24 July 2024
Here are the links: NGO launches deer strategy – NationalGamekeepers.org.uk Government hands out DMQ funding – BASC Estate hit with general licences restriction – Strathspey Herald Antis plan to publish pro-hunting ‘list’ – Protect The Wild Clean up rivers, says FishLegal – Change.org Danish King promotes Olympic skeet – Instagram Brown bear hunting opens in […]
Shooting enthusiasts start their own game farm
The last few years have been a nightmare for game farmers, with covid, bird flu, and massive hikes in costs. Despite all that, keen shooters and Fieldsports Channel members James Elliott and Mark Rea plunged into game farming last year, setting up their own game farm at Mark’s parents’ farm in Essex. With support from […]
For the love of ferrets
It’s Chris Potter’s 16th annual ferret show. Organised in and around the village hall at Nynehead in West Somerset, ferret fanciers, lovers and aficionados of all kinds, from working ferreters to urban pet owners, make their way there to talk ferret. There are prizes and there’s shopping, as Charlie Jacoby discovers. For more about the […]
Caught on camera: fox eats curlew chicks – Fieldsports News, 10 July 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCnYan5IxBU Here are the links: Fox eats curlew chicks on camera MoorlandAssociationNew DEFRA minister offers hope BASC and TheyWorkForYou.comShooting Show dates announced ShootingShow.co.ukCautious optimism for new grouse moor rules Countryside Alliance and Scottish Land And EstatesNorwegian salmon rivers re-open NRK.no and Miljodirektoratet.noKing Charles in pigeon row The GuardianMoor initiative welcomes children BASC and YouTubeAnglers get sewage […]
Firearms cops grapple gundog-trainer granny
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8vtuRQ0lOo Armed police subjected gundog-owning granny Helen Cadman to a terrifying and painful ordeal. They smashed down the gates to her Warwickshire home at 8am on a Sunday. Still in her nightdress, she was dragged screaming across the yard. Her crime? Training her labradors in her paddock using a dummy launcher. She is now taking […]
WokeWatch1: Forced to use .223 on squirrels – and it’s rubbish for foxes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=irnNGp_V27o WokeWatch: Government-owned Forestry England now uses non-lead ammo to shoot grey squirrels. The government agency uses non-lead airgun pellets and shotshells, and it leads to the ludicrous situation where the small pests may be shot with .223 centrefire rifles on Forestry England land, when we all know an airgun or .22 rimfire is ideal […]
First roebuck with women’s stalking group Artemis
It’s a big day for Deborah Pritchard. She has always been interested in stalking. But so far she has only shot paper targets on a range. Today she is attending a training day organised by women’s stalking group Artemis – and if she is lucky, at the end of the day she may be able […]
Fieldsports Britain – Emotional first roebuck
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PcTZDwzty0 You never forget your first roebuck. Deborah is out with the Artemis stalking group, hoping to shoot her first deer in the Scottish Borders – and yes, it’s emotional. Woke Watch: the government has banned its own Forestry Commission from using lead bullets on squirrels, so they’re shooting them with copper .223s. We try […]
Pulsar Telos LRF XL50 – walk-through
Tom Davies of Dartmoor Deer Services takes a look at the Pulsar Telos LRF XL50, a thermal imaging monocular he uses for foxshooting and deerstalking. For more, go to ThomasJacks.co.uk For Dartmoor Deer Services, visit Bit.ly/ddsvenison More thermal and night vision kit here
Trophy hunting – the problems with a ban
There have been several failed attempts to push through a trophy import ban – and now, as we approach the 2024 election, both Conservatives and Labour are jumping on the ‘ban’dwagon to stop something most of them don’t understand. Despite this cross-party enthusiasm, former Conservative MP Neil Parish doesn’t think introducing a ban on hunting […]
Dan Thor decoys pigeons with a Hushpower .410
Dan Thor is on summer crop protection, keeping the pigeons off growing crops on the farm. He starts on a patch of laid barley, but there’s a problem: his gun keeps jamming. Today is Sunday, so to avoid upsetting the neighbours he is using a Hushpower .410 – but the little pump-action isn’t ejecting properly, […]
GB Olympic shooting team named – Fieldsports News, 3 July 2024
Here are the links GB Olympic team selected British Shooting Scottish grouse moor licensing shambles BASC and GWCT Trail hunting ban pitfalls for Labour Countryside Alliance Labour plot gun tax by stealth Telegraph.co.uk Firearms licensing crisis Gov.uk Beckham fishes despite Norwegian salmon ban VG.no Feral cats killed in NZ hunt The Guardian GWCT fundraising clay […]
Fieldsports Britain – Pigeon shooting on the quiet
Dan Thor is jamming – no not his guitar but his gun. He’s out shooting pigeons with a Hushpower .410, and coping with a sticky action. Whatever government the UK gets on 4 July 2024, a trophy import ban is on the cards – but it won’t be as easy as Labour and the Tories […]
Essential airgun hunting kit
You have your airgun, your scope and your pellets. If you’re going hunting you will need a few more bits of kit. James Head from Crackshot says what you need before heading out into the field, for a budget of under £300. For more from Crackshot, go to Crackshot.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, […]
Webley & Scott Imperial traditional side-by-side shotgun
The Webley & Scott Imperial side-by-side shotgun is a nod back to the company’s heritage, with a modern feel, says Ryan Charlton of distributors Highland Outdoors. The Imperial follows traditional lines, with colour-hardened action and sideplates, nicely blued barrels, Prince of Wales stock and splinter fore-end – yet it is steel shot proofed. It is […]
Shooting rabbits at 200 yards with a .22LR
How far away would you shoot a rabbit with a .22 rimfire? 50 yards? 60? Maybe even 80? That’s nothing to Robert Bucknell’s gamekeeper friend, Jon Cook. He’s happy taking them at 200 yards. That is possible thanks to a new scope he bought recently. It’s an Arken Zulus HD 5-20x LRF – a digital […]
Lancashire roebuck stalk
Bergara ambassador Lewis Macfarlane has spotted a roebuck he wants to cull on his trail camera. It’s a ‘murder buck’ – its antlers have no tines, so in the rut it is likely to injure or even kill other bucks. It’s a lovely sunny morning to be out on this beautiful estate in Lancashire – […]
Reloading with Sako – know your limits
What reloading components and equipment do you need a Firearms Certificate to buy? And how many rounds can you load and keep at any given time? Bedfordshire deer manager and gamekeeper Paul Childerley talks to our anonymous reloading expert about how to reload your rifle ammo while staying on the right side of the law. […]
Fieldsports Britain – murder buck hunt
Some roebucks have to be culled because the shape of their antlers makes them potential killers. Lewis Macfarlane goes after a murder buck in Lancashire. Plus, how far would you shoot a .22 rimfire at a rabbit? We meet the Essex gamekeeper who uses maths and tech to kill them at 200 metres. For classic […]
Antis march on London – Fieldsports News, 26 June 2024
Here are the links: Antis march on London Parliament.uk, RestoreNatureNow.com and YouTube Met crack down on illegal firearms Met.Police.uk Police gun grab latest FieldsportsChannel.tv/fab3 Salmon fishing banned in Norway Borsen.Dagbladet.no Fishing scientists test DNA CastProject.co.uk Royal Highland Show RoyalHighlandShow.org BASC election ad campaign BASC.org.uk Celebrity stag killed by kindness DailyRecord.co.uk and NTS.org.uk Bear baiting is legal […]
BASC staff swap hunting techniques with the Maasai
A group of Maasai came to Marford Mill, BASC’s North Wales headquarters, and taught the staff there dancing skills, how to throw sticks at small game, and the perils of freezing meat. From BASC, they learned airgun shooting. It turns out that ordinary British shooters have lots in common with a tribe that considers killing […]
Airflo Spring Invitational 2024 fly fishing competition
Twenty-one teams of six battle it out at Rutland Water, in a traditional loch-style fly fishing competition. After a fantastic first day with 995 fish caught, the Menteith Ospreys from Scotland lead the field – but conditions look tougher on day two, with strong challenges from the Welsh Fish Hawks among others. Can the Scots […]
Fieldsports Britain – how to throw sticks at small game
Maasai learn airgun accuracy and, in return, teach BASC staff how to use a rungu throwing stick – useful for knocking over both wounded game and small antelope. Plus they swap tips about game meat cookery. It’s not so jolly in South Wales where two shooters face the horror of an accidental discharge that hit […]
Pimp my PCP – add-ons for your airgun
Many PCP airguns now have a chassis system so, like a rimfire or centrefire rifle, you can add all sorts of extras to aid shooting and personalise your gun. For some great suggestions, we visit Dan Bib at Shooting Sports UK’s shop at Oakedge Shooting Ground in Staffordshire, which caters for every type of shooter […]
Best and worst election manifestos – Fieldsports News, 19 June 2024
Here are the links: Which party manifesto is best for hunting and shooting? FieldsportsChannel.tv Anglers launch their own manifesto Angling Trust FACE demands recognition for hunting FACE.eu and Results.Elections.Europa.eu Roebuck battle: if you have a video you think might interest other viewers, email charlie@fieldsportschannel.tv Concern over SSPCA powers BASC History of the Highland pony FieldsportsChannel.tv/garron […]
Gruesome shooting accident leads to Gwent Police gun grab
It was a shooting accident on a farm in the Forest of Dean late at night. The police and the ambulance service were magnificent. Gloucestershire Constabulary took a week to investigate and rule that the two people out shooting were not at fault. Unfortunately, those two people, Mark Wise and Gareth Davies, live in Gwent. […]
Tories pledge to keep trail hunting – Fieldsports News, 12 June 2024
Here are the links: Election manifestos for the countryside Manifesto.Conservatives.com and LibDems.org.uk/manifesto Labour to ban snares and trail hunting Labour.org.uk Surrey poachers caught on camera Surrey.Police.uk New pheasant release rules BASC and Gov.uk ‘Real Springwatch’ curlew success Facebook.com/peakdistrictmoorlandgroup Elephant tramples and kills villager IFAW.org Managed African game gives best value WRSA.co.za NZ hunters file advertising […]
Geoff Garrod builds a pigeon pattern from scratch
Pigeon shooting can be hard enough before the crops ripen, without added problems like not having any decoys. Essex gamekeeper Geoff Garrod isn’t going to let a little thing like that stop him. He has done his reconnaissance, and he reckons he can set up a hide beside this rape field and build a decoy […]
Game meat goes mass market
Stalker John Prince is setting up a massive game meat processing plant just off the M4 motorway. It’s called Oakland Park, it opens in August 2024, and it could revolutionise the UK game market. The idea is that you will simply drop off what you’ve shot and get a fair price for it. The meat […]
Zeiss LRP long-range scopes for target and hunting
Robin Shedden of Cluny Country reviews the Zeiss LRP range – illuminated reticle riflescopes that are great for both hunting and target shooting. They are designed for long range shooting, although equally good at 100 yards, and even have parallax adjustment down to 15 metres. Optically they are the equivalent of the V series of […]
Fieldsports Britain – Decoying without decoys
How do you decoy pigeons when you don’t have any decoys? Geoff Garrod sets out empty-handed to build a bag from scratch. Plus a new game meat processing plant is set to revolutionise the way we sell what we shoot. We go behind the scenes to see how it will work for the UK’s deer […]
Assault victim fights gun grab and wins
Lifelong fieldsports enthusiast Chris Sharp was the victim of an unprovoked assault – and police took HIS guns away. Shockingly, 10 months later Chris was told he wouldn’t be getting his shotguns and rifles back – in fact they were going to be destroyed. Chris decided to fight Kent Police in court. He knew it […]
Howa Superlite rifle – review
Ryan Charlton of distributors Highland Outdoors runs through the features of the astoundingly lightweight – at just 4.7 lbs – Howa Superlite rifle. Find out more at Highland Outdoors HighlandOutdoors.co.uk More rifle reviews here
Fieldsports Britain – Police gun grab victim wins in court
When Kent shooter Chris Sharp got beaten up, the police removed HIS certificate. It’s been a 15-month fight to get it back. Plus Helen Tinner learns about fieldcraft shooting crows on a pig farm. Airgun supremo Terry Doe explains why Dan Thor should keep both eyes open to shoot. Plus Ryan Charlton looks at a […]
Value of shooting is £3.3 billion – Fieldsports News, 5 June 2024
Here are the links: Shooting is worth £3.3 billion to UK economy ValueOfShooting.co.uk Contact your election candidates BASC Pine martens get £1.2 million lottery grant DevonWildlifeTrust.org Fieldsports members get their seized guns back FieldsportsChannel.tv/membership Wolves attack sheep in Norway NRK.no NZ hunters can use thermal spotters DOC.govt.nz Debanking ‘unconstitutional’ says US Supreme Court SupremeCourt.gov [pdf] […]
FAB 2: latest work of the Fieldsports Advice Bureau
Layla McGuigan from the FAB Fieldsports Advice Bureau says what she has been advising members who are battling police firearms against certificate revocations and renewals refusals. To get access to Layla’s advice, join the Fieldsports Nation and fund our fight for fieldsports in the media FieldsportsChannel.tv/membership – for full details To watch all of Fieldsports […]
Pig farm corvid epidemic
Helen Tinner is out with Nick Elsdon from Anglia Sporting, on a pig farm with a massive corvid problem. Nick does his best to put Helen in the right spot, but the birds are proving very elusive today. Despite all that Helen still has a great day in the hide, and learns a lot about […]
