HPR action at the St Hubertus Cup 2026
The St Hubertus Cup is the UK’s ultimate test of HPR – hunt-point-retrieve – dogs and their owners. We are at the Abbeystead Estate in Lancashire for the 2026 final, where the finalists from three qualifiers give it their best shot in front of the eagle-eyed judges to decide who will become this year’s champion. […]
Do British shooters need drug tests?
When Powys police started asking shooters to provide drug tests as part of their shotgun and firearms certificate applications, it sent shockwaves through the world of shooting. In this film, shooter and drug test expert Paul Symons from Teamwork Security and his non-shooting colleague Rebecca Chatfield explain the issues and how Powys police have got […]
Driven boar hunt with the new Aimpoint COA
It’s the moment Wayne Martin has been working up to for years. He is in a stand in Sweden, on his first continental-style driven boar and deer hunt, his rifle fitted with the new Aimpoint COA red dot sight. Watch our film of Aimpoint Academy winner Johannes Kesselstatt from Germany on a driven deer hunt […]
African nations slam Labour’s trophy ban – Fieldsports News, 28 January 2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=22zvtFZrZAI Here are the links: Trophy ban ‘would harm Africa’s animals and villagers’ – Daily Mail Making money out of venison – TheBittescombeInn.com and FieldsportsChannel.tv/high-fiving-foxshooters Spaniel championships – RoyalKennelClub.com Antis vandalise Nature.scot building – YouTube Grey squirrels back on Anglesey – North Wales Chronicle Lynx Trust judicial review fail – CrowdJustice.com Fieldsports Channel up for […]
Fieldsports Britain – Wayne’s first driven hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV4fe3rIewcWayne Martin is in Sweden for two days of driven boar and deer with the new Aimpoint COA red dot sight – his first time on a driven hunt. There’s hunt-point-retrieve action at Abbeystead as we cover this year’s top UK trial, the St Hubertus Cup. Plus we investigate how one police force wants shooters […]
Win a £150 breathalyser– Fieldsports Extra, episode 413
You can win a breathlyser priced at £150 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus Wayne says how he cuddles up to David on a highseat, Malin Hewins talks about next year’s HPR trials rules, the high-fiving foxshooters are back – this time with venison – and Paul Symons talks about the ‘week after’ the Plymouth […]
Fieldsports Britain – City deer control
We shoot a deer in a police station. It’s a good-news story for UK deer managers as a constabulary and the RSPCA call in a stalker to deal with a fallow buck in distress. We visit a sighthound charity in Cheshire to learn about the threat to dog rescue homes under Keir Starmer’s animal welfare […]
‘I shot a deer in a police station’
Deer manager Paul Symons gets an unusual request: there’s a deer in distress at a Plymouth police station, and please can he come and deal with it? Devon & Cornwall Constabulary and the RSPCA are getting it right on deer RTAs. When they find a deer that’s been involved in a road traffic accident or […]
Shooting tax to hit Scottish landowners
The Scottish Government has tried all sorts of cunning plans to kill off recreational hunting and shooting of game. This time there are real fears they might have cracked it with the removal, without consultation, of Small Business Bonus Scheme relief for sporting rates. This means if you run a commercial shoot – grouse, pheasant, […]
How Labour plans to kill off dogs’ homes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XFi5–ObSw Keir Starmer’s animal welfare strategy could shut down dog rescues – we hear from the Cheshire Sighthound Rescue Charity which gives rescued greyhounds, whippets and lurchers a second chance. While the headlines are all about banning trail hunting, the devil is in the detail for devoted dog lovers like Naomi and her colleagues. If […]
Tax blow could finish Scottish sporting estates – Fieldsports News, 21 January 2026
Here are the links: Scotland plans to hammer sporting estates – BASC Mass poaching bust on the Fens – YouTube RSPB ‘bird crime’ reports rubbished – C4PMC Aimpoint hooks up with CPSA – CPSA Illegal starter pistol amnesty – National Crime Agency BASC ‘enshrines’ shooting – BASC Sika deer ‘invasive’ label surprises Ireland – Irish […]
Win a £126 Arktis rucksack– Fieldsports Extra, episode 412
You can win an Arktis daysack priced at £126 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we learn how holly trees protect themselves against deer, a dog rescue charity owner says why she chose sighthounds and Joe O’Dwyer shows how to prepared woodcock brain.. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual […]
Trump government weighs in on UK hunting trophy imports
The US government has written to the UK’s environment department DEFRA to ask it not to ban trophy imports. A letter from Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior to DEFRA secretary Emma Reynolds formally asks the British government not to ban trophy imports because it risks undermining conservation efforts, and because hunting traditions carry […]
Rothbury rewilding scandal?
The Wildlife Trusts plan to buy the 9,500-acre Rothbury estate in Northumberland so they can turn it into a haven for wildlife. Writer and scourge of the conservation industry Ian Coghill argues that it already is – and that the trusts’ plans for the estate will kill off the existing wildlife. The trusts disagree. They […]
Fishing and foxing in Cumbria
We are back out with Owen Runackles from the Cumbria Country Sports YouTube channel. This time we are after night-time foxes with a .243 fitted with the Pard Night Stalker 4K Pro day-night scope with laser range finder. But first Owen wants to try his luck on the river for a late season salmon. Find […]
Fieldsports Britain – Magical Irish woodcock
We are shooting and eating woodcock in Co Kerry with an outfit called The Hunter & The Chef. Owen from Cumbria Country Sports tries for his tenth salmon of the season before heading out foxing. The Wildlife Trusts are making big promises about the 9,500-acre Rothbury Estate in Northumberland, which they want to buy. Ian […]
Woodcock capital of Europe
Co Kerry in Ireland is the world’s ultimate woodcock destination. Some stop off and over-winter elsewhere on the way. A lot make it – and Joe O’Dwyer and Sion Brain are waiting for them. They run an outfitter called The Hunter & The Chef, which specialises in woodcock shooting over their own English setters, over […]
Gun licensing failures put public at risk – Fieldsports News, 14 January 2026
Here are the links: Police firearms licensing is failing the public – HMICFRS.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk Gun grab victim Sandy’s sheep attacked by fox – YouTube Gamekeeper kills buzzard – YouTube Guga hunt protest – BBC Labour ‘neglecting the countryside’ – Countryside Alliance and Facebook Facebook crackdown on hunting content – Facebook Ireland publishes public’s plans for wildlife – […]
Niall Rowantree’s copper bullet choice for uplands and lowlands
Professional deer manager Niall Rowantree has shot more deer than most people have had hot dinners – In this interview during the red hind cull Niall explains which Hornady rounds he trusts every day of the year. With Niall now having to also look at feral pig control, he reminds David what he’s been using […]
Win tickets to the British Shooting Show – Fieldsports Extra, episode 411
You can win one of five pairs of tickets to the British Shooting Show in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus a new member offer from Arktis clothing, the chance of a bottle of gin, and woodcock fashion style. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup membership at […]
Wild pigs ate my deer
If Scotland doesn’t have a pig problem already, it’s not far off. Until recently Niall Rowantree had never seen a feral pig in the Highlands. Now he has shot 20 in the last 12 months. After a fact-finding mission to Germany, he sets out to shoot some wild Scottish pork, armed with a deeper understanding, […]
Government petition response shambles – Fieldsports News, 7 January 2026
Here are the links: Sabs’ plans for trailhunting – TheNewHuntingBan.com/ Government stuffs up petition response – Petition.Parliament.uk/petitions/750236 Get yourself ‘enshrined’ for your intangible cultural heritage – Find out how at RuralPursuitsCommunity.com and sign up the Government’s Living Heritage UK website LivingHeritage.UNESCO.org.uk Gamekeepers Welfare Trust hamper raffle – FieldAndFinCompetitions.co.uk Elk to roam Notts forests – BBC […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting Highland hogs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKpO464Z3fEHighland boar numbers are booming: Niall Rowantree looks at whether we can solve what could become rewilding’s latest horror story. Jaf Jefferson and the South Somerset Ferreters are looking for rabbits in a secure area, and David has the news on the news stump. It’s all in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain Links For membership now with […]
Explosive ferreting (at the gas works)
Jaf Jefferson and the South Somerset Ferreters have two days out after rabbits – the first in West Somerset by invitation, and the second on their own ground next to a gas works. It has all the thrills and spills of running down rabbits caught in nets. Find the South Somerset Ferreters on YouTube at […]
Win a £90 Jack Pyke reversible jacket – Fieldsports Extra, episode 410
You can win a Jack Pyke reversible jacket, priced at £89,95, in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus Niall says why he doesn’t like pigs or pork, Jaf makes predictions about rabbit numbers and member Chris Bryde goes stalking. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup membership at […]
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 […]
