Can you buy a serious PCP air rifle for under £400?
James Head of Crackshot selects two PCPs priced at £399. They are basic but, he says, there’s no compromise on accuracy. They do the job. For more from Crackshot, visit Crackshot.uk To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 746, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain746 More airgun reviews here:
Thermal airgun ratting and mousing
Airgun supremo Terry Doe is back at the fancy fowl centre for another go at the rats – and this time he’s upped the stakes in technology. He’s brought an RTI Arms pre-charged pneumatic, fitted with the latest Infiray TL35 SE Tube thermal scope. It’s a super-accurate combo, so much so that shooting a rat […]
Fieldsports Britain – Red hot rat shoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=je88MkoNmBQIt's a thermal special this week. First up, Terry Doe has a thermal air rifle combo so accurate he can shoot mice as well as rats. Next, forget ice cubes and blowtorches; Paul Childerley tests the new military-developed Therm-X targets on his range. Plus we’re giving away a super-comfy orthopaedic folding chair, James Head is […]
Military tech to zero your thermal scope
You no longer need a blowtorch or ice pack to zero your thermal riflescope. Therm-X brings military target tech to the sport shooter, so you can practise shooting in the dark, whether it’s with a centrefire, rimfire or air rifle. The idea is simple – take a steel target and heat it using a battery. […]
Interview with director Tom Opre about The Last Keeper film
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8tyy4sA new documentary claims Scotland’s rural communities are ‘at war’ with each other – with conservation at the centre ground and threats of violence against children. During research for his new film ‘The Last Keeper’, director Tom Opre uncovered claims that keepers had been threatened by antis in their own communities – and their children were told they […]
How to make delicious pheasant jerky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_XsNVb3ucM Cai Ap Bryn shows how to make delicious pheasant jerky, which makes a great snack to carry in the field. He uses the versatile Tre Spade Atacama Pro Food Dehydrator from Weschenfelder – get 15% off using the link below. Ingredients: Pheasant Soy sauce Worcestershire sauce Maple syrup White pepper Onion salt Sage Paprika […]
Antis’ acid attack threat to children – Fieldsports News, 6 March 2024
Here are the links: New film highlights acid attack threat to keepers’ kids YouTube and ShepherdsOfWildlife.org/keeper Plus watch our interview with Tom Opre here Irish deer season extended RTE.ie Southern Water fined for killing 2,000 fish Gov.uk Packham’s legal challenge to government Twitter Celebrity bird ringers face action C4PMC.co.uk and BTO.org Bright future for game farms BettwsHall.com […]
Night-shooting fallow in Lincolnshire
Parts of Lincolnshire have a lot of fallow. They hide up on antis’ land and feast on nearby farmers’ crops. DEFRA is now issuing night licences for local deer managers to bring down numbers. Luke Butel and Mark Singlehurst of Vale Field & Game show how they carry out a night-shooting exercise on a herd […]
Fieldsports Britain – Ambushing deer in the dark
youtu.be/a98eb5csitU Night shooting deer: it’s a thing. Whether you like it or not, DEFRA is giving out licences to night-shoot deer and some deer managers are using them. In Lincolnshire, the deer problem is acute, so Luke Butel and Mark Singlehurst from Vale Field & Game are using a night licence to reduce a huge […]
KOFS vs ATA Arms shotguns
Two Turks go head-to-head in the hands of Ian Hodge of Cornish gunshop Ian Hodge Fieldsports. He looks at affordably priced 12-bores from KOFS vs ATA Arms. For Ian’s shop, go to IanHodgeFieldsports.co.uk To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 745, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain745 More shotgun reviews here:
José Souto: putting game meat on Britain’s plates
José Souto is on the front line of putting venison, pheasant, partridge and hare on people’s plates. José is not just a passionate hunter himself, he’s an award-winning game chef, and a lecturer at Westminster Kingsway College. He trains the chefs who end up working in some of the top foodie establishments in London and […]
Fulham Shooting Club
Look out, British countryside – the city boys are coming. The Fulham Shooting Club provides shooting days for all levels. Aimed at over-21s who live and work in and around London, it doesn’t matter whether you have never shot before or if you have won an Olympic gold medal for your shooting. It’s a social […]
Shooting driven wild boar with the Sako 90
Paul Childerley heads to Portugal for an action-packed, adrenaline-fuelled adventure hunting driven wild boar with the Sako 90 Peak rifle in .300 Win Mag fitted with an Aimpoint Acro C2 red dot sight. Paul is experienced at this sort of fast, reactive shooting, so he shares some top tips with his fellow guns. Experienced or […]
British Shooting Show 2024 – Fieldsports News, 28 February 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e9S3N6GYEA Here are the links: British Shooting Show 2024 Fieldsportschannel.tv/british-shooting-show-2024 Licensing backlog crisis BASC Moderators to go off-ticket BASC; Respond to the consultation here Home Office Warning shot to Scottish politicians Countryside Alliance Irish wildfowlers fund international conservation NARGC.ie Labour urged to drop trail hunting pledge Countryside Alliance Southern Water pleads not guilty in pollution […]
Fieldsports Britain – Wild boar frenzy
Paul Childerley is on an all-action driven boar hunt in Portugal. We’re shooting pheasants with the Fulham Shooting Club, a group of enthusiastic shots who want the world to go shooting. Plus a new Farming Britain is out: Charlotte Ashley talks sausages, rubble and robots, and we ask, is it RIP for the small family […]
Labour to ban trail hunting – Fieldsports News, 21 February 2024
Here are the links: Labour ‘attacks the countryside’ Countryside Alliance Charlie Jacoby roasts anti on GB News YouTube Hotel cancels hunt ball Hampshire Chronicle Record pike Facebook Hunt reinstated after ban Dorset Echo Masterchef blasts antis HunterGatherCook.com Fundraising for Cornish schoolboy GoFundMe and YouTube Medicated grit code for grouse Herald Scotland Squirrel contraceptive plan Telegraph To […]
Bolting bunny bedlam
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0cNpzi1TmM Catapult supremo Wayne Martin is pretty handy with a shotgun too – and he’ll need all his skills when the ferrets go underground and the rabbits start bolting. We’ve come to the island of Gotland off the coast of Sweden. Aimpoint have chosen this location to showcase their new Acro S2 shotgun sight, because […]
Maven B1.2 10×42 binoculars
Maven Optics has released a new, upgraded version of its flagship binoculars, the B1.2. Ryan Charlton of Highland Outdoors has been testing a pair in the popular 10×42 specification, in eyecatching grey with orange detailing. He is impressed with their ergonomic feel and handling, and superior optics, delivering superb low-light performance and edge-to-edge sharpness, in […]
Fieldsports Britain – Red dot rabbits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qix5Nxp17fEWayne Martin is tackling a huge rabbit infestation, trying out a new Aimpoint sight to shoot them bolting from ferrets. Dan Thor is battling the wind at his friend Fred the Gamekeeper’s shoot. Ryan Charlton from Highland Outdoors takes a look at the latest top-of-the-range binoculars from Maven. Plus we’re giving away a custom knife […]
Dan Thor shoots at Fred the Gamekeeper’s
Instagram star Dan Thor has been invited to a lovely driven partridge and pheasant day by his friend Fred the Gamekeeper. He’s decided to leave his usual Miroku in the cabinet today, and he’s shooting an old favourite Browning 525. The wind is playing havoc with the birds, and Dan is out of the action […]
Cai creates venison kebabs
Forget sausages and burgers and try something different with your venison mince. Game cook Cai ap Bryn from Game & Flames has been given a kebab mix to add to his fallow venison and pork mince to create a dozen kebabs. And to make professional looking kofta or shish kebabs he is using a magic […]
Fieldsports Britain – Lizard wizards
www.youtube.com/watch?v=42y8egkDuYMInvasive iguanas are a massive problem in Florida, undermining houses and flood defences, spreading disease and even popping up in toilets. Charlie takes to the waterways with an army vet and a Fieldsports Nation member to hunt them with high-powered airguns. Back in the UK, the Seated Gun and his team take on the finest […]
Why Sir Johnny Scott and Clarissa were sacked from the BBC
At an event which raised over £2,000 for the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust and the NGO’s Educational Trust, Sir Johnny Scott sings Fieldsports Channel’s praises and explains just how cross Clarissa Dickson Wright was with the BBC for sacking them both from the show “Clarissa and the Countryman.” Click here to watch a short interview with […]
Hunting Florida’s monster iguanas
Once they were pets. Now they are pests. Iguanas join a list of reptiles including monitor lizards and Burmese pythons that people have bought, kept, got bored of and released into the countryside. Now the lizards are a major pest, digging up the sea walls that prevent tidal surges flooding homes. That’s where Todd Williams […]
Rocketing fen partridges with a .410
JP Gaudin, The Seated Gun, is shooting fast-flying partridges at the Balsham Shoot near Cambridge. As if that wasn’t challenge enough, he starts with a 20-bore, then moves on to a .410 – and still manages to bring down some stunning birds with the little Eley Fourlong cartridges, to the delight of young Harley who […]
Buffalo hunter cheats death – Fieldsports News, 14 February 2024
Here are the links: Hunter cheats death in buffalo charge YouTube Lions prowl safari camp TikTtok BASC claims grouse victory BASC Gun shop debanked twice TargetsAndTins Squirrel pox blow for reds Facebook Bluefin tuna programme success Cefas.co.uk Hunter wins SCI ‘Dream Hunt’ SafariClub BASC scholarship funds future conservationists BASC ‘Ewe turn’ on Lamb National event […]
Lead ban delayed – Fieldsports News, 7 February 2024
Here are the links: Lead ban delayed BASC Pheasant release restrictions to be less burdensome Countryside Alliance Farming Britain show launched on YouTube Click here to watch Ledbury Hunt Golden Button Challenge Facebook Fishing film festival Vimeo Australian duck hunters fight off ban 9News.com.au Canada deer cull backfires Vancouver Sun and Facebook Native vs invasive deer […]
Nicole Moore shoots her first muntjac
Nicole Moore is out in Oxfordshire with her friend and Fieldsports Nation member Stuart Collett. They’re after a roe doe, although Nicole would be even happier with a muntjac, as she has never shot one. They see plenty of roe, but nothing that’s in season and offers a shot. Then, just as the light fades, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Dead man’s click
It’s the sound every shooter dreads. Nicole Moore is lined up on her first muntjac as the light fades, she squeezes the trigger and… click! Meanwhile, Charlie Jacoby is out on an action-packed ratting job with the West Lancs Rat Pack. And he investigates trophy import bans at the Safari Club International convention to find […]
All-action ratting with smoke and dogs
Smoke and dogs: those are the main sporting equipment that the West Lancs Rat Pack uses. And the results are explosive. Today’s venue is a large pile of rotting grain near Wigan. Farmers used to plough this back into the ground. Nowadays, it’s more ‘sustainable’ to leave it to rot. It’s certainly good and sustainable […]
Trophy import bans: are they contagious?
Canada and Belgium have brought in partial bans on trophy imports, and the UK and France are talking about it. Despite the damage they are causing to conservation, animal rights organisations are committed to spending their money on more bans. Meanwhile, hunting organisations are fighting back, and more and more hunters are buying replica trophies […]
Shotguns for £800 – should you buy new or used?
You’ve got a budget of £800 to buy a shotgun; should you buy new, or pick a nice secondhand example? We asked Dan Bibb of Shooting Sports UK to show us the options. He has two very different guns in stock that fit the bill: a secondhand Browning 425, and a brand new ATA SP. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Gareth’s mixed bag
Outspoken Welsh farmer Gareth Wyn Jones enjoys making a mixed bag on a small family farm shoot in Herefordshire. In Essex, Robert Bucknell fits a thermal sight to his Hushpower .410 to shoot rats around his pheasant feeders. We’re launching a brand new show, Farming Britain. Plus, do hunting bans actually help wildlife? Charlie Jacoby […]
Thermal on .410 is just the job for rats
Essex farmer Robert Bucknell has a problem with rats around his pheasant feeders. He doesn’t like to use poison in case it harms the owls. But he has a plan. He’s fitted a HIK Micro Thunder thermal scope to his Hushpower .410 shotgun. If he waits up in the warmth of his truck at dusk, […]
More squirrels than pheasants on farm shoot with Gareth Wyn Jones
Welsh farmer Gareth Wyn Jones is invited to join a pheasant day on a small family farm shoot in Herefordshire. Things don’t go to plan, and Gareth ends up with more squirrels than pheasants. No matter – it’s a lovely day out with family and friends, and that’s what really counts. Find out about Browning […]
Did RSPB warden stomp a skua? – Fieldsports News, 31 January 2024
Here are the links: Police won’t investigate hunt ban donation Telegraph.co.uk Dorset hunt suspended TheTimes.co.uk Duck hunting victory in Australia Parliament.vic.gov.au GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count BFBC.org.uk Shot Show 2024 NSSF.org and ShotShow.org Muntjac on ice Instagram To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 740, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain740
How Tony Blair failed Exmoor’s deer
Charlie Pye-Smith leads a panel in Dulverton on Exmoor to talk about how successive Westminster governments, starting with Tony Blair’s government in 2004, have failed the moor’s iconic deer. For Charlie Pye-Smith’s book, Rural Wrongs, visit RSSurtees.com/product/ruralwrongs/ To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 740, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain740 More on hunting with hounds here:
Poll shows support for trophy hunting – Fieldsports News, 24 January 2024
youtu.be/wjDxIjpc9Nw Here are the links: Poll shows support for hunting tourism CIC-wildlife.org Farming protests ramping up Facebook and Facebook Muirburn meeting postponed BASC East Midlands Airport pollution FishLegal.net Fieldsports Nation members complete epic Atlantic row WorldsToughestRow.com and Instagram United Utilities common sense on shooting leases BASC Five years in jail for pet theft PetTheft.org.uk and Gov.uk Building […]
Fieldsports Britain – Glorious driven game
This week we’re celebrating driven pheasant, partridge and duck from one end of the UK to the other. Paul Childerley is hosting a ladies’ day at his shoot in Bedfordshire while, on the edge of the Cairngorms, Elliot Roberts is trying out the new Browning 525 Composite shotgun. Plus, in Fieldtester, James Head from Crackshot […]
Driven pheasants with the Browning 525 Composite
Browning shooter Elliot Roberts has got his hands on Browning’s brand new 525 Composite – and he’s taking it out at driven pheasants on the glorious Tillylair shoot, on the edge of Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park. This isn’t a typical driven game gun, but it’s Elliot’s first chance to try it out, and he’s keen […]
PCP airguns for hunting: Air Arms S510 vs Weihrauch HW100
James Head from airgun shop Crackshot compares two of his bestselling PCPs: the Air Arms S510 and the Weihrauch HW100. For more from Crackshot, go to Crackshot.uk More on airguns from Fieldtester:
Ladies’ day at Childerley Sporting
With women making up less than 5% of shotgun certificate holders in the UK, Paul Childerley is on a mission to even the odds – he’s hosting a ladies’ driven partridge, pheasant and duck day on his shoot in Bedfordshire. The guns enjoy some quality shooting and a scrumptious lunch of venison from Paul’s estate, […]
Tom Davies’ three fox night
It’s January on Dartmoor and foxshooter Tom Davies has to take out the foxes that are threatening the spring lambing. He says that, recently, he and other local shooters have seen far fewer foxes around – but there are still enough to cause problems for local sheep farmers. For the Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XP50 […]
Fieldsports Britain – Cutting edge hunting tech
youtu.be/gPOkxkt1cxg Tim Pilbeam is trying out the latest cutting-edge hunting tech. He’s got the remarkable new Gemini multi-spectral binoculars from Infiray, and two mad inventors visit his range to demonstrate their solutions for shooting non-toxic ammo. Tom Davies is on lamb protection duty, shooting foxes on Dartmoor. In Terry Doe’s Airgun Academy he’s teaching Nicole […]
Armed police confront Ollie Williams pigeon shoot – Fieldsports News, 10 January 2024
Here are the links: Armed police confront Ollie Williams pigeon shoot Instagram Microchipped foxes Facebook Scottish deer consultation Gov.scot and BASC Fox predation research GWCT Shooting businesses treated like sex workers Telegraph Pine martens return to New Forest HIWWT.org.uk East Yorkshire shooting ground closure Facebook Heather burning alternative BiomassConnect.org Michigan swan cull Michigan.gov and Mlive.com ZZ […]
Lightweight shotguns for game
Game shooters often prefer a lighter weight shotgun, especially for walked-up shooting where you may be carrying the gun for some distance, along with all your other kit and cartridges. Robbie Shedden of Cluny Country reckons the Yildiz is a good choice. It has a lightweight alloy action, coming in at an overall weight around […]
Is this the future of hunting?
Is this what hunting will look like in the future? Tim Pilbeam is sitting back in his comfy seat, spying for deer with the very latest multi-spectral thermal imaging binoculars from Infiray, his rifle loaded with a prototype non-toxic bullet created by a mad inventor who visits Tim’s range to demonstrate his groundbreaking new ammo. […]
Hunting huge red deer in the snows of Poland
Paul Childerley is in Poland, helping with a government cull of red deer in and around the town of Piwniczna-Zdrój near the Slovakian border. The deer are huge Carpathian reds, with some of the hinds achieving over 100kg. The animals are coming into the villagers’ gardens in search of safety and food, so the local […]
Westmorland Wildfowlers Association juniors’ day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX_b9-A2uus Westmorland Wildfowlers Association doesn’t just shoot waterfowl. It holds a series of pheasant days for its juniors throughout the season. Here’s one it held on its ground on the Cumbrian coast and at nearby Arles Beck Shoot. Find WWA on Facebook and Instagram For the Arles Beck Shoot, go to ArlesBeckShoot.co.uk or find it […]
Anti spooks horse at Boxing Day meet – Fieldsports News, 3 January 2024
Here are the links: Protester spooks horses at Boxing Day meet ITN News Shooters in New Year Honours list RM Charity, Irish Game Conservation and Pass it on Young Sports Big Issue anti-shooting advert Big Issue Christmas Special RNLI refuses hunt’s donations Telegraph.co.uk Antis attack Rebekah Vardy Instagram BASC’s £100,000 conservation grants BASC Carp rescued […]
