A Year in the Life of Sika
Sika deer have become firmly established in the UK following escapes from private collections, but due to their secretive nature their success has largely gone under the radar. We worked with deer manager Niall Rowantree and other experts to produce this major new series, exploring the reasons for their success, how they may shape the […]
Fieldsports Britain – the magic of sika
The secretive sika deer is hardy, clever and adaptable – and could already be well on the way to becoming the dominant deer species in Scotland. We dig deep into the sika’s success in the launch of a major new series, with Part 1 of A Year in the Life of Sika. Plus David has […]
Surrey roebuck stalk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qrig05bKUo There are two types of luck – and Surrey deer manager Simon Grimmer is getting all the wrong sort as he sets out at dawn to cull a roebuck. Then a change of location brings a complete turnaround, and Simon ends the day with what is possibly the easiest stalk of his life. Find […]
Spearfishing Cartel camp-out
Charlie joins spearfishing enthusiasts in Cornwall for the big annual celebration of their thrilling and growing sport. The Spearfishing Cartel Rodeo 2024 is a three-day spearfishing competition, camp-out and barbecue, with tons of boats, spearguns and kit to excite newbies and experts alike. Find out more at SpearFishingCartel.com To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Hampshire Countryside Day 2024
Andy Ford enjoys a traditional celebration of everything that’s great about the countryside – from the people and animals to every sort of hunting, shooting and fishing – when he visits the Hampshire Countryside Day 2024 at the Bereleigh Estate at East Meon. Find out more at HampshireCountrysideDay.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Fieldsports Britain – Stalker’s luck
Simon Grimmer is after a roebuck in Surrey, but it seems luck is against him – until suddenly everything falls into place. Andy Ford is revelling in a festival of fieldsports at the Hampshire Countryside Day. Charlie joins a group of spearfishing enthusiasts in Cornwall for a lively camp-out and barbecue. David has the news […]
Labour conference bans trail hunters – Fieldsports News, 25 September 2024
Here are the links: Labour bans hound sports group – Telegraph.co.uk Woodcock conservation success – Instagram and BASC Trophy ban would do more harm than good – Ox.ac.uk and CommonsLibrary.parliament.uk Vegan school dinners – Instagram Hen harriers have poor breeding season – NaturalEngland.blog.gov.uk Simulated Macnab at Gleneagles – BASC Aussie feral deer crisis – Invasives.org.au Mountain lion […]
Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival 2024
It is one of the highlights of the flyfishing calendar: the Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival 2024 brings together enthusiasts to see who can catch the biggest bass, mullet and more at Hayling Island on the south coast of England. It’s as much a social event as a competition, and this year there’s a youth […]
Trail hunts prove their popularity – Fieldsports News, 18 September 2024
Here are the links Two-tier policing for trail hunts – X (Twitter) EFRA offers ‘only hope’ against government – EFRA Committee Council bans choccy biscuits – Countryside Alliance Shots fired over FITSAC and Super Sporting – CPSA BASC helps train Scottish police – BASC Study praises value of big game – CIC-wildlife.org Fly Fishers’ Club […]
Athletic Welsh partridges
Paul Childerley heads to North Wales to shoot legendary driven partridges on the Gwysaney shoot near Mold. Trouble is, he still hasn’t fully recovered from a shoulder injury – so he’s warming up with some stretches, and shooting a nice light 20-bore Rizzini. But will he be able to hold his own against the superb […]
Fieldsports Britain – Spot the partridge
Paul Childerley is limbering up his injured shoulder to tackle some sizzling partridges at the Gwsaney shoot in North Wales. Plus you could win massive prizes with our new Fieldsports Competitions raffle website, launched this week by Steve McGuigan. Anglers get together on the English south coast for the Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival 2024. In […]
Marina Gibson wins Flyfishers’ Club men-only debate – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 98
The Flyfishers’ Club has been men-only since its foundation in 1884. A chance remark by Marina Gibson at the Hay Festival sparked a media storm that has forced club members to vote on whether to allow women members. Marina explains to Charlie Jacoby and an audience at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024 the […]
Airgun moderators: the Crackshot guide
James Head from Devon and online airgun centre Crackshot explains why you might need to fit a moderator to your airgun, and how to choose the best one to suit your needs and budget. Find Crackshot online at Crackshot.uk More from Crackshot here:
Will Labour ban gamebird release? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 97
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDEQLlV268 What has the Westminster government got in store for gamebirds and shooting? The news from the GWCT is good – but their top staff warn us not to be complacent. Sir Jim Paice and Roger Draycott from the GWCT talk to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024 Other ways to […]
Bergara B14 Stoke – the ideal first rifle
Lewis Macfarlane showcases the Bergara B14 Stoke, a centrefire rifle that’s been designed from the ground up for smaller statured shooters, with a shorter stock and fore-end, and a pistol grip optimised for small hands. It is still a capable rifle for stalking or vermin control, and ideal for new shooters, youngsters and ladies. The […]
How to shoot pigeons that won’t decoy
Dan Thor is out with his mate Dean near Epping in Essex, and they’re hoping for a good day decoying pigeons. There are plenty of birds about, they set up a great pattern with floaters and a whirly, the hide is good – but the birds just won’t come to the decoys. They shoot a […]
Fieldsports Britain – last of the summer pigeons
www.youtube.com/watch?v=99iCWp3OiOQ Dan Thor is out with his mate Dean in Essex, trying to shoot pigeons that show no interest in his carefully laid decoy pattern. Meanwhile in Dorset, Fieldsports member Tony Orton enjoys his prize of a wonderful simulated game day with his son James. Will the new Labour government try to ban gamebird releasing? […]
Fabulous Dorset simulated game shoot
Fieldsports member Tony Orton enjoys his prize of a wonderful simulated game day with his son James, at Patson Hill Farm in Dorset, which offers a memorable shooting experience alongside the sort of hospitality you’d expect on a top-notch driven game shoot. Find out more at PatsonHill.farm/ To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 772, […]
White muntjac deer culled – Fieldsports News, 11 September 2024
Here are the links: White muntjac shot – Alex Hinkins on Facebook Facebook.com Capercaillie nears extinction – ScottishGamekeepers.co.uk Brian May badger film complaint – AHDB.org.uk Gun shop barred by ‘Facebook robots’ – FieldsportsChannel.tv/socialsgunban and DABShootingSupplies.com Water bosses face jail – AnglingTrust.net Holts charity clay day – HoltsAuctioneers.com BASC wildlife fund needs trustees – BASC.org.uk Gun expert’s […]
Flying start to the game season – Fieldsports News, 4 September 2024
Here are the links New game season underway – BASC Blue tongue fears – BASC and Gov.uk Hunting knife surrender call – Gov.uk Warter Priory country sports fundraiser – WarterPriory.com Salmon numbers crash – GWCT Angling Mentors launch – Orvis Otters make a comeback in Norway – Jegeravisen.no Child killed by wolf in India – […]
Fieldsports Britain – Who is Britain’s top clay shot?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-9l26_C9zIBritain’s top clay shooters flock to North Yorkshire for the climax of the competition season at the EJ Churchill ground at Swinton. We follow the action to see who will be crowned British Open Sporting Champion. David is in Lapland hunting roe, foxes and Volvos. Fieldsports membership solves one problem for gun grab victim Lewis […]
British Open Sporting Championship 2024
For Sporting clay shooters, the British Open is the big one: the one they would all love to win. This year ‘The British’ returns to the lovely EJ Churchill ground at Swinton in North Yorkshire. The event has a festival vibe as shooters flock from near and far. The cream of Britain’s clay shooters are […]
Update – Kent gun grab saga drags on
Lewis Dedman told us his gun grab story at the start of the summer (Watch that one here). The professional pest controller contacted us because Kent Police had asked for a psychiatric report to prove he wasn’t a suicide risk before they’d consider returning his firearms, but no-one was willing to assess him. Our film […]
Scandi road trip – Hunting foxes and Volvos
As part of a 4,000-mile road trip to pick up a 1971 Volvo from 100km inside the Arctic circle, David and his son, Archie, meet up with our Lapland correspondent Lars Munk from Heart of Lapland. After the car is strapped to the trailer Lars shows David a 100-year-old fox trap that was found in […]
Shooting the fox that retrieves rabbits
Pest controller Simon Grimmer is after rabbits and foxes at a livery yard in Surrey, close to the M25 motorway. The rabbits damage pasture and risk injuring the horses, while the foxes are creating a health hazard around the buildings. Simon is using two Sako rifles for the job: a .17HMR and a .223, both […]
Gareth Wyn Jones bashes Brian May – Fieldsports News, 28 August 2024
Here are the links: Brian May badgers the nation on the BBC – Youtube and BBC European trophy hunting ban may be illegal – CIC-wildlife.org Wildfire tsar to ‘halt blazes’ – The Times ‘Sack Packham’ RSPCA and RSPB told – Countryside Alliance Gun grab victim hopes police learn lessons – FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast95 Artificial Intelligence deters deer – […]
Fieldsports Britain – M25 foxshooter
We’re out with Surrey pest controller Simon Grimmer, shooting rabbits and foxes at a livery yard beside the M25. Plus it’s the .410 Open Championship, and the smallbore battle royal between Paul Childerley and Geoff Garrod. Find out who wins. Ian Hodge says what the well-dressed shooter is wearing in the field this season. We […]
The man who beat the police – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 95
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4wLW8p_niA When the police took the guns from Chris Sharp after Chris was the victim of an assault, he turned to lawyers for help. One of them, Peter Glenser KC, joins Chris on stage at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to tell Charlie what happened, and where he has got to now with his […]
Shooting fashion, from Ian Hodge Fieldsports
Ian Hodge talks through what clothes sell to women who go shooting, from fun to functional. Some of these items are now in the Ian Hodge Fieldsports sale. Check Ian’s website IanHodgeFieldsports.co.uk More from Ian Hodge Fieldsports here:
British Open .410 championship 2024
Geoff Garrod and Paul Childerley shoot it out between them at the 2024 British Open .410 championship at EJ Churchill, with help from James Marchington, Richard Taylor, Martin Jeminson and Rob Jess. Find the full results on Facebook To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 770, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain770 More clay shooting here
Stalking a roe for its cuts
Chef José Souto knows how to present game. He can take a roebuck and make it look as appetising as any cut of meat gracing the plate in a quality restaurant. He demonstrates how he butchers a roe carcass, selecting cuts from the haunch that he says taste better than the loin. Then he takes […]
Fishing against Packham
Fieldsports member Nick Edwards is flyfishing for trout on the river Itchen with Fieldsports Channel’s news editor Andy Ford, who also happens to be an England international fly angler. Nick bought the day in our auction last year, when we were raising funds to fight a legal attack by Chris Packham. To watch all of […]
Bergara Crest Carbon – with the ‘aggressive’ palm swell
Bergara’s man in the UK, Lewis MacFarlane, talks about the Bergara Crest Carbon fullbore rifle – the one with the ‘aggressive’ palm swell. For more from Bergara via distributor Artemis Outdoors, visit Bit.ly/aobergara To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 769, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain769 More from Bergara here:
Fieldsports Britain – José and Paul out for a buck
José Souto takes Paul roestalking and teaches him how to get the best from a haunch. Fieldsports member Nick Edwards is trout fishing on the Itchen with Andy Ford, a day that he bought in our auction to support us against Chris Packham last year. Facebook and Instagram seem to be set on closing down […]
Brian May badger documentary furore – Fieldsports News, 21 August 2024
Here are the links: Fears over Brian May BBC badger documentary – BBC, Nature.com and Countryside Alliance No action over Packham’s Barclays outburst – Telegraph Moorland fires death fears – Regional Moorland Groups Rigby suffers Facebook ban – JohnRigbyAndCo.com and Facebook.com/JohnRigbyandCo Free deerstalking qualification – HighWeald.org and YouTube Scotland deer pilot scheme launched – Nature.Scot and BASC […]
Pro pest control: how to choose an FAC air rifle
James Head from Crackshot compares a Daystate Red Wolf HP 60 ft/lb, a Daystate Wolverine R 30 ft/lb and a BRK Ghost 30 ft/lb. For more from Crackshot, visit G.co/kgs/PVN44v8 More from Crackshot here:
Pigeon catch and cook with chef José Souto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ5HP4nwO5g Game chef José Souto is picking up some top pigeon shooting tips from the master, Essex gamekeeper Geoff Garrod. Geoff offers José advice on hide building, decoy set-up and more – and at the end of the day José returns the favour by cooking up a delicious snack for Geoff with the pigeons they […]
For the love of catapults
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h112l5oWSqg The England Slingshot Federation championship is a friendly meet-up and camp-out on a farm next to the River Severn in Gloucestershire. The competition is on a tough course centred around a pond. Organiser Keith Dighton shows us around, and we catch up with some legendary slingshot shooters and makers. Find the England Slingshot Federation […]
Roy’s roe rut dilemma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CogoXM2zNNM Roy Lupton is complaining. David is late because of torrential rain flooding the lanes leading to “roe rut central”. Once he’s stopped having a dig they head off in search of the roe bucks he’s been watching parading around his permission but with no-one to film them. As would luck would have it there […]
Fieldsports Britain – how to call in a roe stalker
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU5S2VoYUcA Roy Lupton is calling in roe in the rut with a buttolo call, while David is calling in Roy with a packet of M&Ms. Geoff Garrod teaches top chef José Souto pigeon decoying tips, and José shows Geoff how to cook up a tasty pigeon snack. Charlie is off to the England Slingshot Federation’s […]
Packham rants at bank’s customers – Fieldsports News, 14 August 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch70wPTAexg Here are the links: Packham lashes out at Barclays customers – FieldsportsChannel.tv/actionforwildlife2024 Media debates rights for hunters – Telegraph.co.uk and FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportchannelpodcast93 DEFRA minister Zeichner offers reassurance on shooting and shadow DEFRA minister Barclay blasts Zeichner – FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportchannelpodcast94 New Zealand hunters target 10,000 goats – DOC.govt.nz GB Olympic shooting success cost £6.2 million – BBC […]
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. […]
