Shooting with no fingers
Nigel Vardy suffered life-changing injuries when he and two friends got caught up in a storm on Mt McKinley in Alaska in 1999. Frostbite took his nose, all his fingers and toes – and yet today there is little that gets in his way. We’re at the Harboro Rocks shooting ground in Derbyshire for a […]
Opening day on the trout at Clywedog
Andy Ford and Rob Hughes are at Clywedog reservoir in Wales for the opening day of the 2026 trout season. There’s a howling wind and it’s chucking it down with rain, but that isn’t going to discourage our intrepid anglers as they battle to put their flies in front of the fish. For more about […]
Fieldsports Britain – Mr Frostbite
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt7AycjqRHsShooting with Mr Frostbite: mountaineer, author and dedicated shooter Nigel Vardy talks us through the expedition that nearly killed him and how he was determined to shoot again. Opening day on the trout in Wales is wet wet wet, but nothing daunts Andy Ford. Plus James Head from Crackshot lays down the law on hunting […]
Nigel ‘Mr Frostbite’ Vardy re-learns to shoot – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 140
youtu.be/2W2p7-AI4sk Nigel Vardy lost his fingers and his nose in an accident on Mt McKinley in 1999. Since then, he has refound his love of shooting – but re-learning to shoot has been a challenge. He tells his story. For more from Nigel, visit MrFrostbite.com Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Hunting air pistols
James Head from Crackshot compares the Brocock Atomic Super 6 to the Reximex Mito S and says what makes them good choices for air pistols you can use on a rat. Find Crackshot online at Crackshot.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 857, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain857 Watch more from Crackshot here:
Government could ban all working dogs – Fieldsports News, 29 April 2026
Here are the links: Proposed trail hunting ban – Countryside Alliance Northern Ireland faces bid to ban foxhunting – BBC Northern Ireland gun licensing fee hike – BASC Legal challenge to West Mercia FAC shotguns ban – YouTube Airgun Masters 2026 – BracesOfBristol.com Denzil Grose sets skeet record – BBC Fieldsports Channel wins trophy photo […]
Win a deer leather pouch – Fieldsports Extra, episode 426
You can win a deer leather pouch priced at £75 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, kindly donated by Bay Tine Tannery. Plus we have Hector Wright’s bloopers’ reel, Nigel ‘Mr Frostbite’ Vardey says how he relearned draw, gut and paunch game, and Andy Ford talks casting in the wind. This week’s prizes and other links:For […]
Robert Bucknell’s foxshooting diary
When it comes to fox control Robert Bucknell wrote the book – literally. In this series he runs through the foxshooter’s year, month by month, explaining fox natural history and behaviour at each stage of the year, and how you can use this knowledge to give you an edge controlling foxes to protect vulnerable livestock, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Pheasant eggs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvZKuoF_cLY This week it’s bring-your-kids-to-work day, so the show is presented by Ed Jacoby, and Hector Wright is on the Fieldsports Channel news stump. In this week’s episode part-time gamekeeper Kevin Copeland enlists his young daughter’s help collecting pheasant eggs as the rearing season gets under way. Plus reinventing the clay pigeon – we exclusively […]
Collecting pheasant eggs for a new season
Spring is here, and across the country preparations are underway for the season ahead. For part-time keeper Kevin Copeland, this year is about more than just rearing pheasants — it’s about passing something on. With his daughter Esme by his side, egg collecting has become part of their daily routine, a chance to learn, connect, […]
CIC general assembly, Vienna 2026
The CIC general assembly in Vienna, 2026, is a talking shop for the world’s hunters. Plus it included a service in St Stephen’s Cathedral, by kind permission of the Cardinal. CIC, the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation, is the global authority on biodiversity protection and hunting. For more see the website CIC-wildlife.org/ For […]
Attenborough attacks pheasant shooting – Fieldsports News, 22 April 2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IplcitP8yoo This week it’s bring-your-kids-to-work day, so David’s son Hector is on the Fieldsports Channel news stump. Here are the links: BBC parrots anti-shooting propaganda – BBC iplayer (42mins) Tool to contact Scottish election candidates – BASC The Times glorifies handguns – The Times Guardian newspaper supports trophy hunting – The Guardian UK YouTuber gets strike […]
New clays, new cartridges and the cost of shooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7xAYcDON2g As the 2026 clay season kicks off we are at the West Kent Shooting School with Alex Levett-Scrivener from cartridge distributor Shooting Star and ground owner Gillian Lynch – finding out about the cost of cartridges, strategies to keep a clay ground busy, and the new Newr brand of clay targets including the ‘disco […]
Win Scribehound subscriptions – Fieldsports Extra, episode 425
You can win one of two annual Scribehound subscriptions priced at £72 each in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a new clay pigeon from Alex Levett-Scrivener at Shooting Star, a Spanish government official says why she goes to hunting shows, David Carsten-Pedersen explains how he sold fieldsports top the Danish public, and Charlie’s […]
Spring pigeon decoying, with Geoff Garrod
Essex gamekeeper and pigeonshooter Geoff Garrod is in clover– literally. He is shooting pigeons in a field of the stuff, after a winter when the birds mysteriously disappeared for months. He is using his favourite Eley cartridges in his 5-shot FAC Browning Maxus. To find your nearest stockist of Eley cartridges, visit Eley’s dealer page […]
Fieldsports Britain – shooting pigeons in clover
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8wIslACFqMGeoff Garrod is in clover – he is back on the pigeons, after a winter when the birds mysteriously disappeared for months. Gun licensing woes: one police force has taken the law into its own hands and banned semi-auto shotguns from FACs. And how tech is catching up on grey squirrels: soon they will have […]
West Mercia Police make new gun laws
West Mercia Police has made up its own rules restricting Section 1 shotguns – that is shotguns with a magazine capacity greater than two cartridges, which are considered an essential everyday tool for pest controllers and gamekeepers. Their reason? Section 2 shotguns are sufficient for pest control, and Section 1 guns could be more dangerous […]
Facial recognition for squirrels
Ian Glendinning is working on a way to wipe out grey squirrels, using artificial intelligence, facial recognition and contraception. He is designing a camera that can track individual squirrels that visit a feeder – and dispense the pill to them. Contact Ian via the Red Squirrel Survival Trust www.rsst.org.uk/ian-glendinning/ To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, […]
Scottish deer cull massive fail – Fieldsports News, 15 April 2026
Here are the links: SNP blew £135m on failed deer cull – TheFerret.scot RSPB advice could kill garden birds – RSPB Country people make the case for fieldsports – Gov.uk Health officials investigate Lyme disease – UKHSA Massive country sports auction in Cumbria – Mitchells Wildfires ‘demoralise’ National Trust – BBC Golden eagle release plan […]
Win a Sightline shooting aid – Fieldsports Extra, episode 424
You can win a Sightline shooting aid from Rib Point Pro in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a couple of useful chats with people out to help with gun certificates – Daryn Hufton-Rees from Medcert and Mark Eves from RightGun – Dr Richard Vipond from the UK Health Security Agency talks action on […]
Shooting estate releases beavers
Gamekeeper Paul Dunn is helping release beavers at Southill in Bedfordshire. It’s all part of a conservation plan that will help secure the future of a wild bird shoot on the estate. To find out more about the Southill Estate, and the work of Restore, visit SouthillEstate.co.uk and RestoredLand.com To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, […]
Starmer’s cash bonanza for birdwatchers – Fieldsports News, 8 April 2026
Here are the links: Starmer splashes £90m on birdwatching groups – Gov.uk Perthshire farmer hands out two tonnes of free venison – Fairfeast.co.uk Rat up a trouser leg – YouTube EU backs down on bullet ban – ec.europa.eu CapAndBall YouTube channel avoids closure – YouTube Singapore record crow day – YouTube and YouTube Hunt sabs stuck […]
Fieldsports Britain – Spring crows
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x03JcDazE4oWe are shooting spring corvids with the fabulous Rob Speed from the Fieldsports with Speed channel. Spring is in the air for newly-released beavers, too, which are galloping off to start a new life on a shoot in Bedfordshire. ‘Barreller to the privileged classes’ Bill Blacker explains how he got started in the gun trade, […]
Bill Blacker on the British gun trade – FieldsportsChannel podcast, episode 139
youtu.be/o2mzRWBL4wU Doyen of the barrellers Bill Blacker is part of the beating heart of the British gun trade. He joines Charlie on the stage at the Carter Jones Game Fair Theatre to discuss his work and wider issues, such as how to cope with the forthcoming UK restrictions on lead shot. Visit BillBlacker.com Other ways […]
Rooks, crows and jackies with Rob Speed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2qkYitt07c Spring crow shooting can be difficult. The birds are hungry but they have had a whole winter to build up wisdom and, today, the weather is wet. Rob Speed from @fieldsportswithspeed shows how he sets out to approach corvids on a field of spring drilling, with careful decoy patterns and – says Rob – […]
Win a bodycam – Fieldsports Extra, episode 423
You can win a bodycam from Vale Field & Game in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a preview of items in this week’s Fieldsports Britain, including gamekeeper Paul Dunn, shooter Rob Speed and barreller Blill Blacker, and a review of last week’s April fool jokes. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now […]
Trailhunters hit back at Starmer ban plan – Fieldsports News, 1 April 2026
Here are the links: Starmer lashes out at trail hunters – Countryside Alliance and Gov.uk Antis fear Starmer will allow most hunting with hounds – The Times and YouTube How to respond to Starmer ban on snipe and duck shooting – Respond to the consultation by 17 May 2026 by emailing WildlifeManagementAndCrime@defra.gov.uk with the subject title […]
Stalking with the ThermTec Oryx 650L
Tim Pilbeam has been stalking fallow deer in the woodlands of Sussex and Kent using the ThermTec Oryx 650L thermal scope. He’s never shot a deer using thermal technology before so he’s looking to test it first in daylight. In this film he talks through some of the main features of this ThermTec unit, including […]
Tim’s thermal deerstalking journey
Tim Pilbeam heads out with the ThermTec Oryx thermal scope to see how it performs outside of its typical night-time role. Guided by experienced local stalkers, we set out on a series of outings in the South East, hoping to take a fallow buck before the end of the season. Watch our review of the […]
How to finance your new airgun
Eric Irish explains how to buy your dream airgun on the cheap – by trading in your old airgun and by using financing. For more from Crackshot, visit Crackshot.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 853, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain853 More from Crackshot here:
Flying squirrels in Somerset
Jaf Jefferson and Dean Smallwood come armed with PCP airguns and rimfire to Charlie’s Dad’s woodland in Somerset where, says Charlie, the squirrels have learned to fly. Dean is using two airguns: a Brocock Bantam Sniper HR and a Weihrauch HW100 KT, both sub 12ft/lb in .177. Jaf’s spotter is the HIKMicro Lynx LH19 3.0. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Night shooting dry run
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNLuAFUR9ikTim Pilbeam is learning about the challenges of night-shooting deer, starting in daylight with the Thermtec Oryx thermal scope. Have grey squirrels in Somerset evolved and learned to fly? We ask the experts. Eric Irish from Crackshot explains how you can afford a new airgun, with trade-in deals and finance. Plus David has the news […]
Win a dog training vest – Fieldsports Extra, episode 422
You can win a dogtraining vest in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have Richard Tice on the Westminster government’s shambolic rural policy, Will Close-Smith on entertaininng Mr Pilbeam, and Jaf Jefferson on the mystery animal that’s been gnawing on his nuts. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members […]
Starmer declares war on shooting – Fieldsports News, 25 March 2026
Here are the links: Labour’s shooting ban bonanza – Gov.uk, DEFRA and Gov.uk Cops chase poacher vehicle – Facebook Nature.scot gannet hunt protest – Daily Record Phil Gray wins CPSA top title – Facebook RSPB clears Rathlin’s ferrets for £4.5m – BBC Spanish hunting show record attendance – YouTube Ukraine war could spread rabies – YouTube Canal […]
Fieldsports Britain – Farmer gun grab
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkGaLzoYL-8Dogwalkers cry wolf – so police arrest the farmer and grab his son’s guns. How to become a loader on the big game shoots: we go on a course in Wiltshire. Plus game chef José Souto speaks out on the lead debate, and David has the news on the news stump. It’s all in this […]
Cinegética hunting show 2026
The 2026 Cinegética hunting show in Madrid reports record attendances. More than 40,000 people came to the show, which included large numbers of hunting outfitters, a display of hunting dogs and a red-tailed hawk flying around the IFEMA exhibition space north of the Spanish capital. Visit Cinegetica.es More on hunting shows and game fairs:
Big shoot loaders’ course
Want to become a loader, working with Guns on some of the big game shoots? You can take a LANTRA-certified one-day course to learn the basics, and become a qualified loader. We join a course run by Ann Litchfield of Country Pursuits & Training at Barbury Shooting School in Wiltshire to find out what’s involved. […]
Dogwalkers get farmer arrested
A farmer tells dog walkers to get back on the footpath – and ends up in a cell for eight hours, while police grab his son’s guns. It’s a chilling tale of how a made-up allegation has caused untold trouble and worry for a farming family who are just trying to get on with making […]
Game Fair deerstalkers – FieldsportsChannel podcast episode 138
youtu.be/ZXr_Q0XRJYo Every year, José Souto and Paul Childerley bring a roe carcase to the Game Fair and show how they break it down. They come to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to tell Charlie about how and why, plus they launch into the lead ammo debate and how supermarkets sell venison. Find José on […]
Win a riflescope from Crackshot – Fieldsports Extra, episode 421
You can win a riflescope from Crackshot in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a farmer on police gun grab madness, two Spaniards on the Cinegética hunting show in Madrid, Paul Childerley and José Souto on supermarkets, and and loader Ann Litchfield on wine gums. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with […]
How to bring back bears and wolves – FieldsportsChannel podcast, episode 137
youtu.be/aTUed2IvIY0 What’s it like reintroducing a large predator to the wild? One person with firsthand experience is Maria Davidson, who manages the large carnivore programme for Safari Club International. She comes from the Louisiana Department of Fish and Wildlife, which has an impressive track record reintroducing black bears – as long as we can hunt […]
Clay Connections
Rob Ward-Dutton and Simon Sutton run a business-networking-fun-shooting club called Clay Connections. Currently in the North-West of England, they have ambitions to expand it across the UK. For more, visit ClayConnections.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 851, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain851 More clay shooting here:
Cash for chillers – Fieldsports News, 18 March 2026
Here are the links: Government hands out deer chiller cash – BASC DEFRA uses bird flu as stick to beat shoots – NGO Welsh Labour mulls pheasant ban – BASC Warwickshire speaks up for gamekeepers and farmers – Warwickshire County Council Ferrets dumped in Dagenham – Facebook Intangible cultural heritage of grouse shooting – OurUplandLivingHeritage.com […]
Fieldsports Britain – Sussex stalking horse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rbJCjLkOoQPony power – we are out culling fallow deer in East Sussex with the aid of a beer-swilling cob. Plus, how bursting into song could help you regain your concentration at the clay ground. Our podcast this week features the woman who brought black bears back to Louisiana – and says they need shooting. Plus […]
Weeding out mutant deer
Kevin Copeland needs to reduce the fallow deer population on his patch of East Sussex, and especially a mutant strain that is throwing up murder bucks. Once Kevin has a deer on the ground, his friend Graham Payne steps in with his stalking horse – Tyson the cob, who is happy to carry the carcase […]
Win fashionable Flint Clothing – Fieldsports Extra, episode 420
You can win a Flint Clothing jumper in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a horse that carries deer carcases, a pantomime horse that raises money for charity, and woman who knows a lot about bears. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup membership at £80 […]
Teens’ wild pig hunt
It’s a great family day out. A group of dads have brought along their kids with rifles to try to pot a pig for the summer barbecues. Of course, it helps that these dads and kids are in Florida, USA, which has a feral hog problem. Here’s how they do it – and how much […]
The real cost of gun licensing delays
Firearms licensing delays don’t just frustrate shooters, they hurt the sport and businesses like shops and grounds. We visit Sporting Targets in Bedfordshire – one of the worst performing firearms licensing areas in the country – and hear from the people affected. Sporting Targets SportingTargets.co.uk Girls & Guns on Instagram Instagram.com/girlsandguns2022 Firearms licensing performance official […]
FX Impact M4 vs BRK Ghost carbine – review
Pick of the PCP carbines: James Head from Devon-based online airgun shop Crackshot compares the FX Impact M4 and the BRK Ghost carbine. For more from Crackshot, go to Share.google/mYtDIKyIfQ1PpNtRK To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 850, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain850 More from Crackshot here:
Fieldsports Britain – High-tech hogs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lf_a0UUVCAKids love a hog hunt: American dads who watch Fieldsports Channel take their teenagers out after feral pigs in Florida. Gun licensing woes: we’re at a clay shoot in Bedfordshire, where getting a certificate can take up to two years – and it’s hitting shops, grounds and shooters. Plus Crackshot’s James Head compares two top […]
