Fastest airgun to reload: break-barrel, sidelever or underlever?
It’s the Crackshot springer race: three of the top airgunners from online and Devon airgun shop Crackshot race each other with break-barrel, sidelever and underlever airguns. Who is the fastest to load and fire five pellets? For more from Crackshot, visit Share.google/yrwBqfuTzEj4lVVml To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 840, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain840 More from Crackshot […]
Where did all the deer go?
Helen Tinner is cooking dinner, and she needs a deer for her freezer. She is out near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, with stalking guide Andrew Johnson. Andrew knows the ground well and is confident of finding deer – but things are not going to plan. The deer are not where Andrew expects to find […]
What damage can Labour do to hunting and shooting in 2026?
What is Keir Starmer planning to throw at the countryside in 2026? We ask Gareth Dockerty from BASC, Tim Bonner from the Countryside Alliance, Ed Swales from Hunting Kind and former Metropolitan Police detective inspector Ian Jensen about what’s coming and whether Starmer can make it work. To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 840, […]
Trail hunting triumph – Fieldsports News, 31 December 2025
Here are the links: Record turnout at Boxing Day meets – AOL YouGov says only half the country wants trailhunting ban – YouGov Bean geese splash down in England – Search.app/AYog1 Cambridgeshire accidentally bans lamping – Facebook Australian lawyer plans fightback against gun laws – GoFundMe One in thirty Americans reckon they can beat up […]
Fieldsports funniest moments of 2025
Here is our annual roundup of outtakes and cock-ups from a year of filming with the Fieldsports Channel crew. To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 840, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain840 More bloopers here:
Fieldsports Britain – Helen Tinner bags a roe for dinner
Helen Tinner is out to fill her freezer with venison. Attacks on fieldsports: We look ahead at what’s coming at us in 2026. Plus it’s our annual round-up of bloopers from 2025, we hold a race to decide the fastest way to load a springer airgun, and David has the news on the news stump. […]
Win Jack Pyke half-zip shirts – Fieldsports Extra, episode 409
You can win one of two Jack Pyke half-zip shirts. Plus we go have a look at the year ahead: David discusses the issues facing the countryside in 2026, we look at the surprise successes that were thw 2025 boxing Day hunt meets, and Helen Tinner expains why she is not wearing a hat. This […]
Fishing for monster chalkstream pike
Andy Ford is out with fishing guide Ollie Johnson in search of an elusive chalkstream pike on a tributary of the River Test in Hampshire. To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 839, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain839 More fishing with Andy Ford here:
Trail hunting ladies’ day with the VWH
The Westminster government wants to ban trail hunting. We are out with the Vale of White Horse hunt on Ladies’ Day to see what really happens at a trail hunt, and why people enjoy it. Spoiler alert: no foxes were even mildly alarmed in the making of this film. Find out more at the VWH […]
Labour’s ‘animal welfare’ attack on the countryside – Fieldsports News, 24 December 2025
Here are the links: Starmer government reveals animal rights-driven welfare strategy – Gov.uk Shotgun licensing petition passes 100,000 signatures – Petition.parliament.uk BHSA drops terrierwork from hunt days – Countryside Alliance Royal gun grab – The Sun Rod licence amnesty until 4 January 2026 – TakeaFriendFishing.co.uk Ireland votes to keep hunting – YouTube and Irish News Australia […]
Gun grab victim wins in court
Lifelong shooter Darren Easton has finally won his case in court, with help from Fieldsports lawyer Layla. Cambridgeshire police seized Darren’s guns when he struggled to renew his certificates – he was stuck in hospital and technical problems made it impossible for him to use the constabulary’s online renewal form. Thankfully the judge saw the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Trail hunting with the VWH
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdqNW-weWSsWe’re out with the gang Keir Starmer wants to ban – ladies who go trailhunting. We have a gun grab story with a happy ending as a judge slaps police for their treatment of shooter Darren Easton. Plus we are fishing for monster chalkstream pike with Andy Ford and guide Ollie Johnson, and David has […]
Win £150 of Jack Pyke ladies clothing – Fieldsports Extra, episode 408
You can win £150 of ladies clothing, kindly donated by Jack Pyke. Plus we go behind the scenes in this week’s Fieldsports Britain, with Cotswolds binmen, Darren Easton’s military record and – just when you didn;t know you needed it – top winter pike fishing tips from expert Ollie Johnson. This week’s prizes and other […]
Shotgun petition hits 50,000 signatures – Fieldsports News, 17 December 2025
Here are the links: 50,000 sign to keep shotguns off Section 1 – Sign the petition here Will Scotland end calls for deer wipe-out? – Facebook Knaresborough butcher’s game display – Facebook Boxing day meet finder – Countryside Alliance Bondi shootings may mean new Aussie gun laws – Sky News Dutch wolf shoot – Provincie-Utrecht.nl […]
Memories of coursing
Hare coursing – banned by Tony Blair in 2004 – might have been the first victim of the modern culture wars, but its enthusiasts can still enjoy it across the rest of the world. In England, the National Coursing Club and the Greyhound Stud Book have, jointly, set up an online museum, preserving great coursing […]
The story of Tuffies dogbeds
youtu.be/_E7tDLblJiI Luise Janniche founded Tuffies dogbeds in 2000. Here’s how it has grown to become a premium brand for professional dog owners and the wider public alike. Click here for more from Tuffies More about gundogs here:
Woodcock shooting in the Hebrides
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_EIiG7ba1I Shooting woodcock and snipe over dogs is one of the great sports available in the British Isles. Calvert McKibbin and Luise Janniche head to the Isle of Luing in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides with their dogs, where the native Luing cattle and the warm gulf currents help provide habitat for the huge numbers of snipe […]
Future of the upland gamekeeper – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 135
youtu.be/qrHBbLVX0xo Retired professor Simon Denny comes to the 2025 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie about the future for upland gamekeepers. Simon Denny’s report is at MoorlandAssociation.org/post/new-report-highlights-gamekeepers-crucial-role-in-wildfire-prevention-and-moorland-conservation New scientific report highlights role of North Yorkshire and Pennine gamekeepers in tackling wildfire risk Gamekeepers working across North Yorkshire and the Pennines are playing a vital […]
Fieldsports Britain – Walked-up snipe and woodcock
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwhamkwLzREWe are on Luing in the Inner Hebrides, walking up woodcock and snipe over dogs. Plus the excitement of coursing: we relive the Waterloo Cup. In our podcast this week, Simon Denny says that antis who are scientists produce skewed reports because they are antis, and David has the news on the news stump. It’s […]
Win a reversible jacket – Fieldsports Extra, episode 407
You can win a reversible Speero jacket priced at £79.95, kindly donated by Thatchreed, which makes Jack Pyke and Speero clothing and accessories. Plus Luise Janniche and John Dodd discuss walking up snipe and woodcock over HPRs, Simon Denny talks about the importance of upland gamekeepers, and we hear voices from TheCoursingMuseum.com This week’s prizes […]
Blue shot pheasant shoot
We are on a young farmers’ shoot near Colchester in Essex. Charlie Morton has invited his agri-mates to come and enjoy his family’s pheasant and partridge shoot. One of the guns, George Lawrence, is trying out a new shotgun shell which incorporates the benefits of Bioammo with the new lead-free Blue Shot. For more information […]
Fieldsports Britain – Young farmers’ game day
We are on a young farmers’ game day, where George Lawrence tries out a new kind of non-lead shot on pheasants and partridges. John Myhill creates his dream deerstalking rifle, with tips from the pros on how to set it up, then heads out in search of a roe. Plus David has the news on […]
Buying and setting up a deer rifle
John Myhill has a dream – a dream to go deerstalking with a stylish ‘kipplauf’ rifle. Here’s how he bought one, prepared it and took it out for the first time. For Purdey, go to Purdey.com, and watch our film about their new shop here: YouTube.com/watch?v=MhC-ilEN3Sc For Rifleman Firearms, go to RiflemanFirearms.com Tim Pilbeam reviews […]
UN protection for hunting’s ‘cultural heritage’ – Fieldsports News, 10 December 2025
Here are the links: UNESCO protection available for hunts and shoots – RuralPursuitsCommunity.com Write to your MP about shotguns on FACs – FieldsportsChannel.tv/shotguns-on-facs/ Hare poachers caught by police chopper – Facebook Hunting means more animals – ResearchGate.net British record barbel caught – Angling Times Malta game cookbook wins award – HuntingInMalta.org.mt Namibia loses its bid […]
Win another £95 Purdey hipflask – Fieldsports Extra, episode 406
You can win another Purdey hipflask priced at £95, kindly donated by member Dan Hill. Plus Alex Levvett-Scrivener from Shooting Star talks cartidges, Chris Lewis from Rifleman Firearms gives rifle barrel advice, and we launch the Department of Culture Media & Sport’s new push (little do they know it) to enshrine hunting, shooting and fishing […]
Have a Crackshot Christmas 🎅🏻🎄
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaFWy_ph1Ls Airgunning stocking-filler ideas from James Head at Devon and online airgun shop Crackshot. Visit Crackshot.online More from James and Crackshot here:
Lad shoots his first partridge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6z38_s5ZaY Clayshooting world champion Sam Green hosts a pheasant and partridge shoot day on a new shoot he is running in Norfolk. It’s a fun, family day out, where eight-year-old Charlie Kiddle shoots his first partridge. For Browning, visit Browning.eu Find Sam Green on Instagram More from Sam here:
Arrest for man photographed with gun – Fieldsports News, 3 December 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiwKFkGWSZw Here are the links: Posting a picture with a gun lands man in cells – Daily Mail Cumbria fox death leads to 16 arrests – BBC on hunting + BBC on shoplifting Concerned gun owners get new Facebook group Gamekeeper GoFundMe raises thousands Badgers are groundnesters’ top predators – GWCT BASC man wins wildlife […]
Ballistic bunnies and birds – Wayne’s steel shot performance test
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyskuMA7r9g How good is steel shot compared to lead shot? In a ballistic experiment, Wayne Martin compares an ordinary 32g lead five-shot cartridge with a comparable 32g steel three-shot load using feather and fur dressed ballistic gels to replicate real game at different ranges. Each gel disc is designed for multiple pellet strikes to give […]
Fieldsports Britain – steel vs lead
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxP5UbQq6ts We have Wayne Martin testing lead vs steel shot with Tim Pilbeam’s help. Wayne is shooting at ‘wildlife-wrapped’ ballistic gel to compare the two shot types. Meanwhile, in Norfolk, a lad shoots his first partridge on a shoot day organised by sporting clays world champion Sam Green. James Head dresses up as an elf […]
Win £95 Purdey hipflask – Fieldsports Extra, episode 405
You can win a Purdey hipflask priced at £95, kindly donated by member Dan Hill. Plus Avian Sandercock from @A_Year_In_The_Woods says why he likes his new knife, Wayne Martin makes a terrible joke about ducks, Sam Green observes that his pheasant season has been wet so far, and Martin Jacoby explains the biology of why […]
Shotguns on FACs: what to write to your MP
The Westminster government plans to released a consultation on the future of shotguns, which it has indicated it wants to put on to section one certificates, making it more complicated to own a shotgun in the UK. It is also running this consultation (ends 5 December 2025) for all SGC and FAC holders. As well […]
Farmers’ budget day protest – Fieldsports News, 26 November 2025
Here are the links: Farmers’ budget day protest – Facebook and Facebook Home Office shotgun survey – Home Office Gleaves returns as airgunning champ – Facebook University researches views on deer control – Wiley.com Northern Ireland hunt ban bill looms – UnHerd and YouTube Red grouse ‘of conservation concern’ – National Gamekeepers Florida restarts bear hunt […]
Fieldsports Britain – Rabbits round the clock
Owen from Cumbria Country Sports is hunting rabbits by day and by night. Another gun grab nightmare, this time for physiotherapist and smallholder Sandy who wants to protect her chickens. Nottinghamshire police issue her certificate, revoke it, re-issue, accidentally revoke and now dither over it. Plus David has the news on the news stump. It’s […]
Rabbit shooting on the Cumbrian coast
Owen Runackles, Cumbria Country Sports on YouTube, is out after rabbits with a .22 rimfire. He is trying out the latest Pard day-night scope, the Stalker 4K Pro. After a successful daylight outing in the coastal fields of Cumbria, he moves on to night-time stalking, and finds the new scope with its ballistic calculator allows […]
Smallholder Sandy’s gun licensing nightmare
Nottinghamshire physiotherapist and smallholder Sandy wanted a shotgun to protect her livestock from predators. She did everything right, applying for a certificate and getting professional coaching. In due course her certificate was granted – but that’s when everything started to go wrong. Police revoked her certificate, made a complaint to her professional body, returned her […]
Win £300-worth of plinking kit – Fieldsports Extra, episode 404
You can win an air pistol, an airgun cleaning kit, a pellet catcher and a voucher to use the Rifleman Firearms airgun range in Somerset, all kindly donated buy Rifleman Firearms. Plus Owen Runeckles of @CumbriaCountrySports push-guts a rabbit, smallholder Sandy Johal-Gill says you can’t shoot a fox when your gun is in store, Chris Lewis […]
Hog hunting in the USA
Hog hunting tactics: equipment and approach for night operations Feral hogs have become one of the most destructive invasive species across the southern United States, causing billions in agricultural damage annually. Unlike traditional game animals, hogs can be hunted year-round in most states with few restrictions. This has created a unique hunting opportunity that combines […]
Antis claim police ignore wildlife crimes – Fieldsports News, 19 November 2025
Here are the links: Wildlife crime convictions drop – WCL.org.uk Tiverton town council back antis – Devon Live Cornish birds of prey stolen – BBC New Eley 20-bore cartridge – Eley Hawk Ltd BASC meets government minister over shotgun licensing concerns – BASC Christmas Island cat massacre – YouTube Hare poachers hide in barn – […]
Fieldsports Britain – Wine, weddings and pheasants
We are pheasant shooting on a Worcestershire estate that combines driven game with wine, weddings and deer. How does shooting kit from across the world end up in your local gun shop? ASI’s Edward King explains the importance of international trade shows like IWA. Plus our podcast this week looks into hare coursing, and David […]
Pheasant shooting in glorious Worcestershire countryside
We are shooting driven pheasants on the slopes of the lovely Bredon Hill, near Pershore in Worcestershire, with Ray Foster-Morison, who won an auction to have his day filmed by Fieldsports Channel, helping to raise money for the GWCT. The shoot is just one side of a diverse business which has seen owner Mark Steele […]
Hunting down the world’s best shooting kit
How does a walnut stock from Turkey or a Chinese thermal optic appear on the shelves in a UK gunshop? Edward King of UK distributors ASI explains how the annual IWA Outdoor Classics show in Nuremberg allows him to track down the latest and best kit from around the world. For more about IWA see […]
Waterloo Cup slipper – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 134
youtu.be/D6ZE8T1iRHc The last slipper at the Waterloo Cup came to the Carer Jonas Game Fair Theatre in 2025, 20 years after the last meeting at Altcar in Cheshire. Arron Atmore tells Charlie Jacoby how Tony Blair’s hunting ban has failed the hare, and how coursing is still thriving and still conserving hares in both Ireland […]
Win a £195 Holland & Holland paperweight – Fieldsports Extra, episode 403
You can win another paperweight – this time from Holland & Holland and proiced at £195. Plus we have pheasant shooter Ray Foster-Morison on what makes a memorable day, Edward King on the gun trade show IWA, Arron Atmore on the illogicality of banning coursing, and shooter and trapper Pete Garner talks through his strategy […]
Police ask public to snitch on gun owners – Fieldsports News, 12 November 2025
Here are the links: Grass thy neighbour say Cumbria cops – Crimestoppers Bird releases near SACs must be reported to DEFRA – Gov.uk Campaigners persuade King Charles to ditch salmon farmer – YouTube and Telegraph Sir Joseph Nickerson’s Purdeys up for auction – Gavin Gardiner Deer Management Certificate Level 3 – Shooting and Hunting Academy […]
Hunting rabbits with an airgun under a full moon
It is a windy, moonlit night, and Cattyshack’s Wayne Martin is out in the fields of Hampshire controlling rabbits with his FAC-rated FX airgun and HIK Micro scope. This is Wayne’s favourite type of shooting, but the conditions are challenging, and he will need all his skill and fieldcraft to make a good bag. For […]
Fieldsports Britain – Is cancer now a crime?
We investigate the heartbreaking story of lifelong shooter Malcolm Anderson who loses his guns because his wife has terminal cancer. Wayne Martin is out after rabbits with his airgun on a windy, moonlit night. GB News presenter Jack Carson is on this week’s podcast talking about what in the countryside makes TV news, and David […]
Jack Carson: how GB News reports on shooting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 133
youtu.be/n2Bl0XFI7KU News channel GB News sent reporter Jack Carson to the Game Fair in July 2025. While he was there, he came to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie Jacoby about what in the countryside makes TV news. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Police #gungrab because shooter’s wife has cancer
Police take a shooter’s guns because ‘his wife has cancer’ – then give them back after they watched our YouTube film. Malcolm Anderson has had a shotgun certificate since he was nine-years-old. He is a keen wildfowler, happiest on the marsh waiting for the whirring of wings and flights of duck and geese. Like wildfowlers […]
Win William Evans’ finest shooting socks – Fieldsports Extra, episode 402
You can win shooting socks in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, kindly donated by Williams Evans. Plus we have gun grab victim Malcolm Anderson on the horrors of dealing with Durham Police, Wayne Martin is trying not to kill the cameraman, Jack Carson from GBNews explains how TV comes together, and we are at thje opening […]
