BASC rejects Packham attack on shooting
Shooting organisation BASC has hit back at BBC TV presenter Chris Packham’s attack on shooters and gamekeepers. BASC spokesman Garry Doolan says it is ‘ludicrous’ to suggest BASC encourages online abuse. He says: “We call out Chris Packham for his comments in The Times newspaper, where he admits that he is inciting and inflaming people […]
Busting rifle barrels – Fieldtester, episode 11
youtu.be/uMGxpOal-IYHow much damage can you do to a rifle before it blows up? We take a .243, .270 and a .308, and we do terrible things to them. First up, we shorten the barrel with an angle grinder (no crowning) and see what that does to accuracy. Then we try firing a rifle with a […]
How are your foxes doing, Tony Blair? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 46
youtu.be/NLhWeh0Rk7A In 2004, Tony Blair restricted hunting with hounds because, he said, it was good for the welfare of the fox. Since then, some estimates put UK fox numbers down 40%. Former head of the League Against Cruel Sports Jim Barrington and journalist Richard Negus want to know if Blair was right or wrong. Plus […]
Hunts feel the heat – Fieldsports News, episode 620
Here are the links: Sabs step up attacks on hunts – ITV Is Packham ‘burning car’ for real? – Twitter Antis declare open season on UK country people RSPB lashes out at muirburn – RSPB [PDF] Goose lands on shooter – Facebook Camp Beagle costs £200,000 – Hunts Post Gamedealer faces planning battle – Horsham […]
Gorgeous walked-up ptarmigan over setters in Swedish Lapland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gITICgdFho It’s one of the finest sporting outings a shooter can enjoy. Paul goes walked-up ptarmigan shooting over setters in Swedish Lapland. The birds are beautiful, the other wildlife amazing, the scenery is wild and the nearest beer is two days’ walk, which is why you need a helicopter to get in and out of […]
Fieldsports Britain – Paul’s Arctic ptarmigan hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pgLnmfln5w We have wild sport for you this week. Paul is on the high ground of Swedish Lapland, walking up ptarmigan over setters. It is some of the most magnificent country he has had the pleasure to shoot. Meanwhile, stalking guide John Dodd calls in sika stags for his guest He Li in the spruce […]
Swarovski launches 2-in-1 thermal spotter and scope add-on
Swarovski has moved into the thermal market. Its new TM35 is an add-on that mounts on the front of your scope, and doubles up as a standalone spotter. Swarovski calls it a two-in-one device, offering both observation and shooting. The TM35 will be available from spring 2022 at a retail price of €4,800. That’s one-and-a-half […]
Swarovski EL Range TA binoculars with rangefinder and Tracking Assistant
youtu.be/uNAEaoDemjQ Tim Pilbeam reviews the Swarovski EL Range TA rangefinding binoculars with Tracking Assistant. They’re the world’s most technically advanced binoculars, with integrated bluetooth and GPS to connect with your phone and allow you to precisely track where you last saw that deer. Click here to watch Tim Pilbeam using the Swarovski EL Range TA […]
Packattack – Fieldsports Extra #190
Two major attacks on our way of life in the last week: the Beaufort hounds and the Chris Packham burning vehicle. How do we fight back in the media? I have a few ideas. Plus you can win Vario hearing protection priced at £650, and David goes to Sweden with Paul to look for ptarmigan. LinksBeaufort […]
Eyeskey Eaglet HD 10×42 binoculars – review
youtu.be/32MnRgOaTec Can budget Chinese 10×42 binoculars be any good? James Marchington was sceptical – but he was surprised when he tried the Eaglet HD binos from Eyeskey. “These binoculars sell for under £70 so I wasn’t expecting much, but I’ve been very impressed,” he says. “It’s a fraction of what you would spend on a […]
Eyeskey Seeker Pro 10×42 monocular – review
youtu.be/dxfviIBRueI If you want the power of binoculars but don’t want the bulk and weight, a monocular could be the answer. It’s basically a small telescope you can slip in your pocket – half a pair of binoculars if you like. James Marchington has been looking at the Seeker Pro 10×42 monocular from the new, […]
Eyeskey Lightning Mini 10×25 pocket binoculars – review
youtu.be/KE9ZREPiRFk Have you ever decided to leave your binoculars behind, and then wished you hadn’t because you spotted something that really deserved a closer look? That’s why James Marchington likes to slip a small pair of binos in his pocket at all times. “They weight very little and don’t take up much space, so you […]
Harkila Retrieve jacket and trousers
youtu.be/oZwDbBSEvrM Professional gundog trainer Jason Mayhew is out in all weathers, so his number one requirement for clothing is it has to be waterproof. He’s been trialling the Härkila Retrieve jacket and trousers for the past year, and he’s impressed. It’s kept him dry in all types of weather. “I don’t need overtrousers. I just […]
Tweed – which is best, traditional or modern?
youtu.be/3y13naVIZIw Tweed has been the traditional choice for generations of stalkers and game shooters, and it still works as well as ever. It’s smart, warm and comfortable, and remarkably good at keeping out the wet although it will become heavy when waterlogged. There’s a modern alternative however – the lightweight, waterproof, stretchy, printed tweed suit. […]
Daniel Zeichner MP, shadow environment secretary – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 45
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS2J_pw09NI You can’t win an election without winning rural seats. That’s Sir Keir Starmer’s credo. The man he has appointed to shadow the countryside is Daniel Zeichner MP, and he came to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre tent. It’s all part of Labour’s Rural England Policy Review. Take part in Labour’s Rural England Policy […]
Close-quarters sika stags
How do you whistle in a sika stag? It’s the sika rut in North-West Scotland. Deer manager John Dodd takes two guests out to stalk them. The guests have packed their rifles. Both of them are using Blaser R8. If you are planning a similar trip and you pack two other vital accessories for woodland […]
Beautiful Scottish stag stalking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1CDEPg2fRg Towering hills, roaring stags, wily hinds: Mark Karn won’t be defeated. Leica’s UK sports optics boss is after a stag during the rut on ground near the north coast of Sutherland. For more about Leica, search #LeicaHunting More from #LeicaHunting here:
Fieldsports Britain – rutting stags special
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt1Bq2V0YVY Autumn is a tough time for stags. Both red stags and sika stags are trying to hold hinds. In Scotland, the reds are roaring on the hillsides and the sikas whistling in the woods. We are out after both. Plus we show how to use a hatchet, and you could win a .410 shotgun. […]
Gerber hatchets and axes
youtu.be/btJSKcM4IRM Gamekeeper and deer manager Paul Childerley finds a small axe or hatchet invaluable for everyday tasks like chopping kindling, felling small trees and even knocking in pegs and staples. Today, he’s demonstrating three from Gerber: the Back Paxe II, the Freescape Hatchet, and the Gator Combo II Axe & Saw. “There’s different lengths for […]
Sabs carry rocks to hit hunters – Fieldsports News, episode 619
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oho8J69_q-k Here are the links: Sabs buzz bricks at hunters – Facebook Police ask for opinions about gun licensing – APCCS Wild Justice’s pheasant season war dance – Wild Justice Packham promotes booze to teenage Twitter followers – Twitter RSPB cash call fails – Facebook Richard Prior dies – YouTube Sea eagles nab lambs – […]
Gun-Lok shotgun security lock
youtu.be/-aVyy8LYXZw Gun-Lok is a pair of 12-bore sized security locks that fit into the chambers of your gun like snap-caps. A unique key allows you to lock them in place, making it impossible for a thief to use the gun. They don’t replace a security cabinet, but they’re a valuable extra safety measure whether at […]
.410 fun – Fieldsports Extra #189
We give away a .410, David Wright and Paul Childerley are flying helicopters around Sweden and He Li from Shooterking says how China will make Christmas worthwhile. Well, thank goodness.For the Gun-Lok, visit Multi-Lok.comHow to enter Fieldsports Nation competitions: for members on YouTube, Patreon and Facebook simply comment with your answer in the description below […]
Instagram star enjoys an early season partridge day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Daql1wpS4 Some people like to keep their shooting under the radar. Not Dan Thor – he shares everything on Instagram, and today he’s on an early season partridge day at The Grange Shoot in Essex. He’s shooting with a couple of Instagram chums, and even livestreaming from the peg. Find Dan on InstagramClick here for […]
Roe stalking wildlife moment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gCJreXN2Cc Ollie Williams has a magical wildlife moment with a roe doe on an outing stalking bucks. Click here for more from Ollie
Labour Party ‘too urban’ – Fieldsports News, episode 618
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPWXitRd1Ww Here are the links:Labour Party ‘too urban’ admits politician – Countryside Alliance Shoots optimistic for the game season – GWCTSGA names Young Gamekeeper of the Year – FacebookAnglers demand DEFRA fix Britain’s ‘broken’ water sector – Angling TrustGovernment blows millions on gun amnesty scheme – Daily MailNature.Scot chief offers rewilding warning – Guardian Carbon-crazed Cairngorms authority […]
Fieldsports Britain – partridges on Insta
youtu.be/9Kaa4PSOeA8 Instagram star Dan Thor is out shooting early season partridges in glorious weather at The Grange Shoot in Essex. He’s brought along two Instagram chums, Fred Darnell and Andrew Bown, and he’s even livestreaming the action from the peg. Why does he do it, and is it even a good idea? Meanwhile, Ollie Williams […]
UK food shortages spark ‘game Christmas’ dream for some
“We need to be moving away from this convenience idea, moving away from going to a supermarket and buying asparagus all year round, etc,” says chef and writer Christopher Trotter. “We need to rethink the way we buy our food, the way we live on the land.” That’s the kind of thinking that keeps corporate […]
Win Gun-Lok security – Fieldsports Extra #188
We give away a Gun-Lok gun security, Ollie Williams talks about shooting deer at night, Paul Childerley previews his shooting season (disagrees with Ollie about shooting deer at night) and Ross Ewing from BASC says venison could be even more environmentally friendly.For the Gun-Lok, visit Multi-Lok.comHow to enter Fieldsports Nation competitions: for members on YouTube, […]
Antis put leak webinar evidence to a judge – Fieldsports News, 15 September 2021
youtu.be/TeeZc_C0Zxw Here are the links:Leaked Hunting Office webinar used in court against Master of Foxhounds – Guardian + YouTube‘Time-wasting’ council tries to stop trail hunts that don’t happen – Countryside AllianceFox complaints surge after toddler-snatching incident – Portsmouth NewsNature.Scot ends funding for Orkney goose management – Farming UKTrophy sales hold up well at auction – […]
Adam Henson – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 44
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8K77nJA6ls Adam Henson talks about Jeremy Clarkson, BBC Countryfile and the importance of game meat. Country Food Trust ambassador Adam and CFT chief executive Tim Woodward are on the stage at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre for an interview by Charlie Jacoby. Click here for the Country Food TrustFor more listening options, go to […]
White pheasants – what are they for?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHZkoPMUW1g What are white pheasants? They are just ordinary pheasants that are albino – but they serve two important purposes in the countryside. They help gamekeepers find the other pheasants – and shooting them often incurs a fine for the shooter, which raises large sums for charity. Charlie Jacoby goes in search of the white […]
Comedy goose shooting with Andy Crow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQgTaNFoh0U Andy Crow gets under the covers. He is hiding out in a field so he can ambush marauding geese, and so builds a straw hide over himself and fellow shooter Gary. For more about the decoying equipment, visit JackPyke.co.ukCrow uses a Blaser F16 shotgun Blaser.de
Fieldsports Britain – Crowy’s big bird ambush
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOl_GwNbNJ0 You know how they shoot geese out of coffin hides in Sweden and the USA? With geese hitting the farm he manages in Kent, Andy Crow decides it’s time to give that system a try. The only thing is: the great British amateur spirit. Will they be able to set up and still have […]
Lonely anti – Fieldsports Extra #187
We give away a Crosman 2300S air pistol, plus I talk to a sporting auctioneer and a TV chef.Click here for more about the Shooterking Venator rucksackFor more about Mitchell’s Antiques sale, go to Fcha.nl/mitchells2021How to enter Fieldsports Nation competitions: for members on YouTube, Patreon and Facebook simply comment with your answer in the description […]
John Peel’s clock and other lots in Mitchell’s next Country Sporting Sale
Mitchell’s Antiques is holding its next Country Sporting Sale on 6-8 October 2021. Among top lots are a clock owned by the famous huntsman John Peel, a stuffed golden eagle, an Edwinson Green & Son shotgun and a photograph featuring big game hunter Sir Percy Wyndham. The sale also features a single-owner collection of some […]
RSPB earns millions from gamekeeping – Fieldsports News, 15 September 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdLBkjrmHtg Here are the links:RSPB agrees to target predators in seabird ‘rescue’ – RSPBBig shops are donating to animal rights extremists – FacebookWildfire pollution kills nearly 200 people a year – The TimesGovernment scraps pet passport checks – DAERABBC donates money to League Against Cruel Sports – BBC + BBC donations statement + TwitterDeadline approaches […]
Roy’s fox lamping result
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvbsCvR7Bwk With foxes hitting local shoots, it’s time to bring out the rifle and lamp, and go after them. Roy Lupton does it the oldfashioned way this time, with little reliance on thermal spotters. It’s a good night – and it is, literally, ‘good night’ to two foxes. However, his team still had to learn […]
Fieldsports Britain – oldfashioned foxshooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IcMNcTRXqc Roy has a team of keen young foxers, a lamp and a rifle. He introduces them to old-school foxshooting, lamping the animals on ground in Kent. Meanwhile, Charlie reckons he is on to something. He goes to a gunshop open day which has attracted gun and shooting kit distributors from all over the country. […]
Win a £260 rucksack – Fieldsports Extra #186
We give away a Shooterking Venator rucksack. Plus David and Roy talk foxshooting (sort of) and I explain the share scheme.Click here for more about the Shooterking Venator rucksackClick here for the Browning trailcamFind the dancing deer film here How to enter Fieldsports Nation competitions: for members on YouTube, Patreon and Facebook simply comment with your […]
Gerber Randy Newberg knife and Suspension NXT Multi-Tool
youtu.be/sSefVSTrOX8 Paul Childerley explains why pocket knives and multi-tools have become an important part of is gamekeeping kit. He looks at the Randy Newberg knife and the Gerber Suspension NXT Multi-Tool, with stainless steel handles. For the Randy Newberg knife at £55, go to Bit.ly/gerberrandy For the Suspension NXT Multi-Tool at £45, go to Bit.ly/gerbernxtmultitool […]
On the marsh with the Westmorland Wildfowlers Association
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2_eqXDF_dI Hundreds of acres around the River Kent estuary in Cumbria, tarns, duck ponds, fishing ponds and a pheasant shoot – all these belong to the Westmorland Wildfowlers Association. Charlie Jacoby goes out on to the marsh with WWA member Ryan Teasdale and WWA young shot Lucy Stevens. If you are under 21, you want […]
Junior shooter Brody Woollard wins the British Open Sporting
Brody Woollard, a 20-year-old junior shot, fought his way to winning the coveted British Open Sporting Championship at EJ Churchill’s Swinton Shooting Ground near Masham in North Yorkshire on Sunday 5 September. It was a thrilling climax to the 2021 clay season. He beat the top names in the sport to take the title. No-one […]
Gun burglary sparks Guntrader hack link fear – Fieldsports News, 8 September 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpYZ6QC_cpE Here are the links:Burglars steal guns: is there a Guntrader leak link? – Fieldsports NewsNational Trust members to vote on trail-hunting ban – The Guardian + RestoreTrust.org.uk + The Times New deer management qualification – County Deer StalkingMoorland group celebrates end of shooting on estate… 70 years ago – Wild Moors + Intagram + Woodland […]
How the RSPB’s hunt for stoats on Orkney is now a wild goose chase
youtu.be/r0TBHg2X84g by Ben O’Rourke In 2010, stoats mysteriously turned up on Orkney, perhaps as stowaways on lorries carrying hay for farmers to feed their cattle in winter. A single stoat invader was returned to mainland Scotland and released somewhere with “a suitable habitat and prey for stoats”, where it would not have a bad effect […]
Fieldsports Britain – wild goose song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq_5yy1i3mA September means wildfowling. Charlie heads to one of the homes of the sport, the River Kent Estuary in Cumbria, managed for wildfowl by the Westmorland Wildfowlers Association. With geese coming in to roost on the sands and duck moving up and down the river, he is out on the banks of the Kent with […]
Win a Browning trailcam – Fieldsports Extra #185
We give away Eyeskey binos and the new prize draw is for a Browning trailcam. Plus I talk to a Westmorland wildfowler, there’s an update from the British Open by James Marchington and Orkney gose guide Steve Rogers would like to say ‘thank you’.Click here for more about the Eyeskey Sky Trek binocularsClick here for […]
Prince Albert’s Lancasters
A pair of royal guns are up for sale at Gavin Gardiner’s auction on 6 September 2021. The Charles Lancaster muzzle-loading 14-bores will appeal to a collector, says gun expert Diggory Hadoke of VintageGuns.co.uk, and are guided at £30,000-£40,000. Diggory points out that a pair of hammer Stephen Grants made for Albert’s son, Bertie, Prince […]
Brocock bruschetta
Johnny Muston puts the Brocock Commander XR through its paces on a rabbit hunt, and cooks up a delicious rabbit bruschetta afterwards over an open fire. Find out about killing and cooking rabbits. For more about the Brocock Commander XR2, go to Bit.ly/commanderxr
Härkila’s new range of shooting and stalking boots
youtu.be/WMtD1h5CZdc If you think you know Härkila boots, think again. In 2021 they’ve come out with a brand new range that’s even better than before. “We’ve been making boots for seven or eight years now, and we’ve learned a lot in that time,” says Härkila’s Simon Esnouf. “The new boots are made in Europe, so […]
Seeland Avail stalking suit – review
youtu.be/KA0l49Rb-FA Gamekeeper and deer manager David Whitby has been trialling the new Avail stalking suit from Seeland – and he’s impressed.“It’s incredibly quiet to stalk in,” he says. “It’s fully waterproof, and a nice shade of green.” David adds that the suit is very versatile, “Perfect for stalking winter and summer really.” He’s been wearing […]
