Amputee Angler at the Penn Crouch Open
Andy Ford profiles one of the most remarkable fishermen of our time, The Amputee Angler, Ben Stoten, who is taking part in the Penn Crouch Open seafishing competition 2026, sponsored by Penn Fishing Europe. Read Andy’s article about Ben on Scribehound at Scribehound.com/i-caught-a-fish-from-saddam-husseins-private-lake The 2027 event is scheduled to take place on 13 June 2027. […]
How Burnham rebuilds his relations with the countryside – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 149
How Burnham rebuilds his relations with the countryside FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 149 Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP spells out how PM Andy Burnham should approach his dealings with the British countryside. He and BASC lobbyist Orlando Wind-Cowie are speaking to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July. It’s the inaugural Christopher Graffius memorial […]
Gun licensing ‘not fit for purpose’ – Fieldsports News, 2 September 2026
Here are the links: Police inspectorate predicts licensing catastrophe – HMICFRS Call for more foxshooting – Scribehound Hunt ban campaigners at Labour conference – Facebook Court dismisses case against Cheshire Forest Hunt – Mountford Chambers PETA executives’ pay hike – Telegraph Malta hunter fined for electric bird caller – Times of Malta American poacher’s embarrassment […]
The Jim Green boot conservation story
Jim Green Footwear was born in a backyard garage in South Africa in 1992. It wasn’t long before Jim Green had gained a reputation amongst local communities, living up to its name of being tough, rugged, and able to go the distance, eventually becoming a household name across South Africa. Find out more at JimGreenFootwear.co.uk […]
Friday night foxing
Fox control is more business than pleasure – but it can be a social occasion too. Part-time gamekeeper Kevin Copeland and his friend George spend most Friday nights on their patch of the Kent marshes, enjoying a chat and a BBQ before heading off foxing with a lamp, a .22-250 and a semi-auto shotgun. They […]
Fieldsports Britain – Ten fox night
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul5X8Bepka8It’s the Friday Night Foxing Social Club. Kevin Copeland is on a night out and hits double figures with a belly full of BBQ. Are you a smoothhound aficionado? The Penn Crouch Open seafishing competition is for you. Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP gives his take on PM Andy Burnham in this week’s podcast, and David […]
Win gun cabinet ‘organisers’ – Fieldsports Extra, episode 444
You can win magnetic gun cabinet organisers priced at more than £100 and kindly donated by retailer Wolfspark.uk. Plus hear why the Froggatt brothers are buying boots, learn about the perfect rig for a smoothhound from Wayne Hand, and listen to Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP on how Labour might try toi bring in a ban […]
Fieldsports Britain – Thirsty crows
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P-aYj3criwIt’s hot and the birds are thirsty. For Andy Crow that’s an opportunity to get to grips with the huge numbers of corvids on the farm. Plus our Feral Mum is back – she is out after roebuck to feed her family – and catches a local couple in the act. We look at an […]
Will lost terrier force badger reform? – Fieldsports News, 26 August 2026
Here are the links: Reform calls for Badgers Act reform – X.com/RobertJenrick Scotland wants your views on general licences – GeneralLicensingReview.commonplace.is Norfolk firearms licensing crisis – Norfolk-pcc.gov.uk Grouseshooter politely deals with motorbiker – Facebook Ulster farmers and foxhunters sign pact – Newsletter.co.uk Police confiscate stuffed goshawk – Essex Police Scouts try clayshooting – BASC Denmark […]
JK S10 kipplauf – review
You don’t have to spend a fortune on a kipplauf rifle. The JK S10 is well-designed and well-made in the Czech Republic. Local shooting gun writer Miloslav Jančík says why he likes it. For more on this rifle, visit JK-N.eu Find Milo at Instagram and Facebook To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 874, visit […]
Feral Mum 2: roebuck hunt
It is episode 2 of Feral Mum, and Michaela has had the baby. Little Monica goes with her mum to Moravia to stay with her friend Sabi. It’s a wonderfully rich country for roe deer. The two women play tag-babysitting/deerstalking so they can fill the freezers and the bellies of the children. Find Michaela on […]
How to use water to decoy birds
Thousands of corvids are causing problems around the farm, so their namesake Andy Crow needs to reduce their numbers. In the hot weather the birds are thirsty, and Andy is hoping to turn their need for water into an opportunity. He sets up beside a trough at the end of a fence line, unsure whether […]
Win Gillsen headphones – Fieldsports Extra, episode 443
You can win Gillsen hearing protection, kindly donated by Ian Hodge Fieldsports. Plus a Czech couple talk rifles including a pretty kipplauf and a .375 Raptor, and Andy Crow recalls the hot summer of 1976. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup membership at £85 per person […]
Winning the battle against mink in the UK
Part-time gamekeeper Kevin Copeland gets a call – a neighbouring shoot has caught a mink in a floating raft trap. It is part of a nationwide scheme run by the charity the Waterlife Recovery Trust, which is helping to rid the countryside of this voracious invasive predator. The immediate problem for Kevin is how to […]
What will Burnham do to the English countryside? FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 148
What will Burnham do to the English countryside? FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 148 Tim Bonner from the Countryside Alliance sets out his hopes and fears for the next three years of Labour rule over the English countryside. After the chaos of the Starmer premiership, what does rural England have to loo forward to? He talks to […]
Man v tuna: We won a dream fishing trip off the coast of Cornwall
Fieldsports Competition winner Francis Vickery and his mate Ben are setting off on a dream fishing expedition, going after tuna on Peter Hyde’s 41-foot boat ‘Kamatoro’, one of the best-equipped tuna boats in the UK. Hopes are high, but the tuna have other ideas… Find out more about bluefin tuna fishing off the south coast […]
Fieldsports Britain – Natural born killers
Mink alert: Part-time gamekeeper Kevin Copeland has to deal with an alien predator on the shoot. Two Fieldsports Competitions winners are out after tuna with Peter Hyde, and Andy Ford goes along to film the day. Ian Hodge looks at the best ways to protect your hearing. Tim Bonner from the Countryside Alliance gives his […]
Hearing protection for shooters – group review
Ian Hodge runs Ian Hodge Fieldsports, which sells a range of hearing protection from foam plugs for £1 to the latest electronic ear defenders for £400. He talks through some of the most popular ‘cans’ he sells. For more, visit IanHodgeFieldsports.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 873, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain873 More with Ian Hodge […]
Ramblers’ fury at stalking estate ban – Fieldsports News, 19 August 2026
Here are the links: Ramblers have a pop at deerstalkers – STV Echo wins top field trial – ScottishFieldTrialsAssociation.co.uk YouTube channel donates thermal scope to young shooter – YouTube Wally Sykes dies aged 83 – EADT.co.uk Natural history GCSE consultation – Gov.uk Taxpayer cash for grey squirrel shoot – BBC Australian gun buyback pushback – […]
Win a Phobiney Shot Timer – Fieldsports Extra, episode 442
You can win a shot timer, kindly donated by Phobiney (link to buy it below). Plus Peter Hyde talks about tuna on the Yorkshire coast and Kevin Copeland catches a mink. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup membership at £85 per person here + the first […]
Fieldsports Britain – Heatwave pigeons
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgaExiz6E74Geoff Garrod sweats it out in a pigeon hide. Sir Johnny Scott has brought out a book about shooting and hunting for kids. Plus it’s the Glorious Twelfth – the start of the shooting season AND our birthday. We look back at 17 years of great grouse days. David has the news on the news […]
Blasts from the Past, episode 1 – grouse shooting on Fieldsports Channel
Blasts from the Past is an occasional feature where we pick out some of the gems from the hundreds of films that Fieldsports Channel has produced since its launch on the 12th of August 2009. In our first episode of this series, as the Glorious Twelfth comes round once again, we’re looking at how we […]
Estate fights pest control ban – Fieldsports News, 12 August 2026
Here are the links: Invermark to appeal after crow shooting ban – NatureScot Natural England pheasant release humiliation – BASC Wildfires are the talk of Moy – Facebook Loughs Agency seizes illegal salmon net – Loughs Agency Kiwis save and poison deer at the same time – FarmersWeekly.co.nz France to ban trophy imports – ChroniqueScynegetiques.com […]
Geoff’s hot day in a pigeon hide
Essex gamekeeper Geoff Garrod is never happier than when he is shooting pigeons, but lately there have not been many in his area – even though his Facebook friends further north are making big bags. He sets out regardless, hoping to decoy a few birds on oilseed rape stubble next to a field of standing […]
Sir Johnny Scott’s life in fieldsports
Sir Johnny Scott has brought out a book, Letters to a Young Countryman. It links his long life in sports from coursing and ferreting, as well as hunting and shooting, to his hope that future generations will enjoy the countryside as much and in the same way that he does. Click here to buy the […]
Win a place at the .410 champs – Fieldsports Extra, episode 441
You can win a place at the British open .410 Championship, which takes place on the August bank holiday Monday, 31 August, at EJ Churchill shooting ground in Buckinghamshire. Plus Geoff Garrod talks big bags of pigeons, Sir Johny Scott explains how to break up a lynch mob, and Jaf Jefferson has won the lottery. […]
Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival 2026
It is one of the highlights of the flyfishing calendar: the Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival brings together anglers from all over the UK to see who can catch the biggest bass and mullet on a fly along 35 miles of the south coast of England. For details of the event see Orvis.co.uk To watch […]
Grouse numbers bouncing back – Fieldsports News, 5 August 2026
Here are the links: Grouse prospects – FieldsportsChannel Podcast 147 Grouse shoots boost economy – Scottish Land & Estates + YouTube Firefighting at Derbyshire shoot – BASC Climate science burning scandal – Scribehound.com Shooters help wildlife during droughts Antis vandalise their way to guga hunt ban – BBC French wildlife charities using fake videos – […]
2026 grouse prospects – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 147
2026 grouse prospects FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 147 youtu.be/5ORHzLbsAVE With the Gloirus Twelftth just around the corner, the GWCT gives its verdict on what the 2026 grouse-shooting season will be like. Speaking at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, GWCT director of Scotland Nick Hesford, senior advisor Scotland Felix Meister and upland ecologist Leah Cloonan talk […]
Releasing pheasants in a heatwave
It is time for part-time gamekeeper Kevin Copeland’s pheasants to go to wood. We have followed some of these birds since they were eggs; now they are going into the release pens. With the scorching hot summer of 2026, Kevin takes extra care to keep the poults calm and cool as they step out of […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hot birds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O73G4n9txgPart-time gamekeeper Kevin Copeland is cautiously releasing his pheasants in scorching dry weather. With birds to wood, Robert Bucknell offers his tips for keeping on top of the local foxes. The Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival sees dozens of anglers out on the south coast after mullet and bass. We have a new round of […]
Win TwelveBore.com tea or coffee – Fieldsports Extra, episode 440
You can win tea or coffee in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, kindly donated by TwelveBore.com. Plus we’re out releasing pheasants, looking for mullet and David catches a tuna. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup membership at £80 per person hereFieldsports insurance docs hereFieldsports membership FAQs – scroll […]
Peak District wildfire fight – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 146
Peak District wildfire fight FieldsportsChannelPodcast, episode 146 Richard Bailey from the Peak District Moorland Group calls the wildfires burning across Derbyshire a ‘fire wave’. He speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre about what the Westminster government can do about it. Read and listen to the full story on Scribehound […]
Uplands’ bureaucratic fightback against DEFRA – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 145
Uplands’ bureaucratic fightback against DEFRA FieldsportsChannelPodcast, episode 145 Jo Pearson’s job at the Moorland Association is to help upland estates fill out forms. These forms are applications for controlled burning licences from Natural England – and Jo knows that, if she fills out enough forms, DEFRA may get to hear about it, and may realise […]
Westminster wildfire policy madness – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 144
Westminster wildfire policy madness FieldsportsChannelPodcast, episode 144 Nobody is in charge of preventing wildfires. That’s the charge Andrew Gilruth of the Moorland Association levels against the Westminster government. Successive government failings mean the fires we see raging in the UK’s uplands can be stopped months in advance, if only there were the political will. He […]
Shadow DEFRA secretary supports hunting and shooting
Shadow DEFRA secretary supports hunting and shooting FieldsportsChannelPodcast, episode 143 youtu.be/vo1Y0DnfEro Victoria Atkins MP and her front bench team come to the 2026 Game Fair to show Conservative support for shooting and hunting. The shadow DEFRA secretary speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre about where the Labour government is going […]
Simulated stalking at Drumlanrig Castle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HIUVhQ1aJM A group of aspiring stalkers set out for a glorious day on the hill with rifle and stalker. The women don’t know what to expect; they just know they won’t be going home with a dead deer. They try a variety of shooting positions, including stalking in to a big metal fallow buck target […]
Tories’ thumbs-up for hunting – Fieldsports News, 29 July 2026
Here are the links: Shadow DEFRA secretary endorses trailhunting – YouTube Deerstalking cash for 18-30s – BASC and YouTube Fieldsports Channel to buy Scribehound – Scribehound.com ‘Disgusting’ antis comment on huntsman death – Facebook BBC rails against pigeon shooters – BBC Is bird flu coming to Australia? – AustralianHunter.com.au Dolphins help out bowfishers – Instagram […]
Getting Londoners into shooting
You’d think access to rifles and shotguns would be a problem for many would-be hunters and target shooters in London – but with a rifle range and clay shoot just inside the M25, the East Barnet Shooting Club does everything it can to remove barriers to entry, plus it doesn’t cost the earth and there’s […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting in the city
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP_enCSNn4AEast Barnet Shooting Club is getting Londoners into shooting, with a rifle range and clay ground inside the M25. We are up on the hill at Drumlanrig doing simulated stalking. Plus Charlie talks wildfires with the experts at the 2026 Game Fair – who is really to blame? David has the news on the news […]
Game Fair and Scribehound – Fieldsports Extra, episode 439
It’s all about the Game Fair and Scribehound in this week’s FX, plus you can win a Taipan Slash airgun. Kindly donated by James Adams-Foord, via Braces of Bristol, it’s a £2,200 PCP. Also on the show, Victoria Atkins MP shows her support for hunting and shooting, and David learns to shoot a handgun. This […]
Police nicked my airguns
Devon & Cornwall Police not only seized airgunner Tim Newcombe’s rifles and pistols, they are threatening to destroy them, even though they are Tim’s property. Tim describes the moment that armed officers broke into his garden with ladders and automatic weapons, following a complaint from his estranged wife. For more gun grab stories, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/category/shows/fieldsportsnews/gun-grab/ […]
Beanz meanz hidez
Dan Thor is back on the pigeons near his home in Essex – but the birds are giving him the runaround. All week he has watched them flocking to feed on this field of beans, but now the barley fields all around have been harvested and the pigeons have changed their behaviour. Can he use […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fieldsports harvest festival
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMfPLjy0_S8Part-time Kent gamekeeper Kevin rides shotgun as the combine harvester brings in the crops. Plus the harvest is posing a pigeon challenge for Dan Thor who is out protecting a field of ripe beans. We’re giving away five £1,000 decanters specially designed for shoot elevenses. Police grab a shooter’s airguns, then threaten to destroy them. […]
Combining for foxes
With the 2026 harvest in full swing, we look at a traditional, fun and effective method of pest control – shooting foxes, rabbits and rats in front of the combine harvester. Part-time Kent gamekeeper Kevin explains his tips and tricks. To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 869, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain869 Watch more foxshooting here:
BASC wins High Court challenge over pheasant release – Fieldsports News, 22 July 2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ9G9IfxWbU Here are the links: Judge raps Natural England over pheasant release – BASC Police investigate Burnham civil servant – Telegraph Rewilding blamed for massive wildfires – Facebook and Facebook Record Game Fair expected – Bit.ly/gamefair2026 Scotland to track sea eagles – HeraldScotland.com Italy to give hunters new freedoms – EENews.net Denmark offers wolf advice to […]
Win a Taipan Slash – Fieldsports Extra, episode 438
In order to encourage the younger generation, you can win a Taipan Slash airgun, as long as you can bring along a teenager who will be its ultimate owner. Kindly donated by James Adams-Foord, via Braces of Bristol, it’s £2,200 of PCP. Plus we talk to Kevin Copeland and Dan Thor, who are out foxing […]
Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre programme 2026
Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre programme 2026
Hero gamekeepers battle wildfires – Fieldsports News, 15 July 2026
Here are the links: Wildfires rage across British uplands – Facebook Ofcom to investigate Packham parakeet programme – Channel 4 Catapult maker gets legal letter – Bit.ly/tjcatapults Derbyshire farmer will not be charged for shooting alleged burglar – Daily Mail Man dressed as fox pulls out of by-election – Protect The Wild Ireland rejects hare […]
Sea Angling Classic 2026
More than 100 anglers in 36 boats gather in The Solent to compete in the 2026 Sea Angling Classic. For the past two years it’s been a team from Scotland who’ve won it. They’re aiming for an unprecedented hat-trick. Andy Ford reports. For more about the event, visit SeaAnglingClassic.com To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, […]
