Dan Thor shoots at Fred the Gamekeeper’s
Instagram star Dan Thor has been invited to a lovely driven partridge and pheasant day by his friend Fred the Gamekeeper. He’s decided to leave his usual Miroku in the cabinet today, and he’s shooting an old favourite Browning 525. The wind is playing havoc with the birds, and Dan is out of the action […]
Win a knife at the British Shooting Show – Fieldsports Extra, episode 312
The big news is our new legal helpline. Aimed at the legal problems you might encounter when you apply for a shotgun or firearm certificate, it is a new member benefit. Our lawyer Layla McGuigan talks about what that offers. Plus we have a knife giveaway at the British Shooting Show, Jim Barrington says what […]
Cai creates venison kebabs
Forget sausages and burgers and try something different with your venison mince. Game cook Cai ap Bryn from Game & Flames has been given a kebab mix to add to his fallow venison and pork mince to create a dozen kebabs. And to make professional looking kofta or shish kebabs he is using a magic […]
Fieldsports Britain – Lizard wizards
www.youtube.com/watch?v=42y8egkDuYMInvasive iguanas are a massive problem in Florida, undermining houses and flood defences, spreading disease and even popping up in toilets. Charlie takes to the waterways with an army vet and a Fieldsports Nation member to hunt them with high-powered airguns. Back in the UK, the Seated Gun and his team take on the finest […]
Why Sir Johnny Scott and Clarissa were sacked from the BBC
At an event which raised over £2,000 for the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust and the NGO’s Educational Trust, Sir Johnny Scott sings Fieldsports Channel’s praises and explains just how cross Clarissa Dickson Wright was with the BBC for sacking them both from the show “Clarissa and the Countryman.” Click here to watch a short interview with […]
Hunting Florida’s monster iguanas
Once they were pets. Now they are pests. Iguanas join a list of reptiles including monitor lizards and Burmese pythons that people have bought, kept, got bored of and released into the countryside. Now the lizards are a major pest, digging up the sea walls that prevent tidal surges flooding homes. That’s where Todd Williams […]
Rocketing fen partridges with a .410
JP Gaudin, The Seated Gun, is shooting fast-flying partridges at the Balsham Shoot near Cambridge. As if that wasn’t challenge enough, he starts with a 20-bore, then moves on to a .410 – and still manages to bring down some stunning birds with the little Eley Fourlong cartridges, to the delight of young Harley who […]
Buffalo hunter cheats death – Fieldsports News, 14 February 2024
Here are the links: Hunter cheats death in buffalo charge YouTube Lions prowl safari camp TikTtok BASC claims grouse victory BASC Gun shop debanked twice TargetsAndTins Squirrel pox blow for reds Facebook Bluefin tuna programme success Cefas.co.uk Hunter wins SCI ‘Dream Hunt’ SafariClub BASC scholarship funds future conservationists BASC ‘Ewe turn’ on Lamb National event […]
Win a designer shotgun bead – Fieldsports Extra, episode 311
We are giving away four shotgun sights from XS Sights and you can win one of them. Plus there’s Nicole Moore on taking part in Fieldsports Live, an iguana hunting guide explains his business, Sir Johnny Scott puts in w word for the Welsh, and Fieldsports member Adrian Burdett explains what he is doing in […]
Lead ban delayed – Fieldsports News, 7 February 2024
Here are the links: Lead ban delayed BASC Pheasant release restrictions to be less burdensome Countryside Alliance Farming Britain show launched on YouTube Click here to watch Ledbury Hunt Golden Button Challenge Facebook Fishing film festival Vimeo Australian duck hunters fight off ban 9News.com.au Canada deer cull backfires Vancouver Sun and Facebook Native vs invasive deer […]
Nicole Moore shoots her first muntjac
Nicole Moore is out in Oxfordshire with her friend and Fieldsports Nation member Stuart Collett. They’re after a roe doe, although Nicole would be even happier with a muntjac, as she has never shot one. They see plenty of roe, but nothing that’s in season and offers a shot. Then, just as the light fades, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Dead man’s click
It’s the sound every shooter dreads. Nicole Moore is lined up on her first muntjac as the light fades, she squeezes the trigger and… click! Meanwhile, Charlie Jacoby is out on an action-packed ratting job with the West Lancs Rat Pack. And he investigates trophy import bans at the Safari Club International convention to find […]
All-action ratting with smoke and dogs
Smoke and dogs: those are the main sporting equipment that the West Lancs Rat Pack uses. And the results are explosive. Today’s venue is a large pile of rotting grain near Wigan. Farmers used to plough this back into the ground. Nowadays, it’s more ‘sustainable’ to leave it to rot. It’s certainly good and sustainable […]
Trophy import bans: are they contagious?
Canada and Belgium have brought in partial bans on trophy imports, and the UK and France are talking about it. Despite the damage they are causing to conservation, animal rights organisations are committed to spending their money on more bans. Meanwhile, hunting organisations are fighting back, and more and more hunters are buying replica trophies […]
Shotguns for £800 – should you buy new or used?
You’ve got a budget of £800 to buy a shotgun; should you buy new, or pick a nice secondhand example? We asked Dan Bibb of Shooting Sports UK to show us the options. He has two very different guns in stock that fit the bill: a secondhand Browning 425, and a brand new ATA SP. […]
Win an SCI KUIU rucksack – Fieldsports Extra, episode 310
We are giving away an SCI KUIU rucksack this week – the rucksack you get if you join as a three-year member of Safari Club International. Plus we have a flowering of Fieldsports members: Stuart Collett is out with Nicole Moore, Will Lomas says what he would like Fieldsportd Channel to do, and James Schneider […]
Fieldsports Britain – Gareth’s mixed bag
Outspoken Welsh farmer Gareth Wyn Jones enjoys making a mixed bag on a small family farm shoot in Herefordshire. In Essex, Robert Bucknell fits a thermal sight to his Hushpower .410 to shoot rats around his pheasant feeders. We’re launching a brand new show, Farming Britain. Plus, do hunting bans actually help wildlife? Charlie Jacoby […]
Thermal on .410 is just the job for rats
Essex farmer Robert Bucknell has a problem with rats around his pheasant feeders. He doesn’t like to use poison in case it harms the owls. But he has a plan. He’s fitted a HIK Micro Thunder thermal scope to his Hushpower .410 shotgun. If he waits up in the warmth of his truck at dusk, […]
More squirrels than pheasants on farm shoot with Gareth Wyn Jones
Welsh farmer Gareth Wyn Jones is invited to join a pheasant day on a small family farm shoot in Herefordshire. Things don’t go to plan, and Gareth ends up with more squirrels than pheasants. No matter – it’s a lovely day out with family and friends, and that’s what really counts. Find out about Browning […]
Did RSPB warden stomp a skua? – Fieldsports News, 31 January 2024
Here are the links: Police won’t investigate hunt ban donation Telegraph.co.uk Dorset hunt suspended TheTimes.co.uk Duck hunting victory in Australia Parliament.vic.gov.au GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count BFBC.org.uk Shot Show 2024 NSSF.org and ShotShow.org Muntjac on ice Instagram To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 740, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain740
How Tony Blair failed Exmoor’s deer
Charlie Pye-Smith leads a panel in Dulverton on Exmoor to talk about how successive Westminster governments, starting with Tony Blair’s government in 2004, have failed the moor’s iconic deer. For Charlie Pye-Smith’s book, Rural Wrongs, visit RSSurtees.com/product/ruralwrongs/ To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 740, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain740 More on hunting with hounds here:
Win knives and a sharpening set – Fieldsports Extra, episode 309
We are giving away a knife and sharpening set totalling around £100 retail value, kindle donated by Rifleman Firearms in Somerset and online. Plus pro-foxhunting journalist Charlie Pye-Smith says why that doesn’t mean he is anti foxshooting and farmer Gareth Wyn Jones says what gamebirds he likes to eat. Vale Field & Game ValeFieldGame.comRifleman Firearms RiflemanFirearms.comFarming […]
Poll shows support for trophy hunting – Fieldsports News, 24 January 2024
youtu.be/wjDxIjpc9Nw Here are the links: Poll shows support for hunting tourism CIC-wildlife.org Farming protests ramping up Facebook and Facebook Muirburn meeting postponed BASC East Midlands Airport pollution FishLegal.net Fieldsports Nation members complete epic Atlantic row WorldsToughestRow.com and Instagram United Utilities common sense on shooting leases BASC Five years in jail for pet theft PetTheft.org.uk and Gov.uk Building […]
Fieldsports Britain – Glorious driven game
This week we’re celebrating driven pheasant, partridge and duck from one end of the UK to the other. Paul Childerley is hosting a ladies’ day at his shoot in Bedfordshire while, on the edge of the Cairngorms, Elliot Roberts is trying out the new Browning 525 Composite shotgun. Plus, in Fieldtester, James Head from Crackshot […]
Driven pheasants with the Browning 525 Composite
Browning shooter Elliot Roberts has got his hands on Browning’s brand new 525 Composite – and he’s taking it out at driven pheasants on the glorious Tillylair shoot, on the edge of Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park. This isn’t a typical driven game gun, but it’s Elliot’s first chance to try it out, and he’s keen […]
PCP airguns for hunting: Air Arms S510 vs Weihrauch HW100
James Head from airgun shop Crackshot compares two of his bestselling PCPs: the Air Arms S510 and the Weihrauch HW100. For more from Crackshot, go to Crackshot.uk More on airguns from Fieldtester:
Ladies’ day at Childerley Sporting
With women making up less than 5% of shotgun certificate holders in the UK, Paul Childerley is on a mission to even the odds – he’s hosting a ladies’ driven partridge, pheasant and duck day on his shoot in Bedfordshire. The guns enjoy some quality shooting and a scrumptious lunch of venison from Paul’s estate, […]
Win another Spypoint trailcam – Fieldsports Extra, episode 308
We are giving away a £150 Spypoint trailcam from Vale Field & Game this week. Plus we have a mini feature on how two people are trying to get preservation of hunting culture enshrined in law, which will make it hard for the antis to ban us.This week’s prizes and other links:Spypoint trailcams at Bailey’s […]
Sedbergh School Shoot
The boys and girls from Sedbergh School run their own pheasant shoot. It’s a project that introduces them to conservation, wildlife and the great outdoors. Enthusiastically backed by staff, parents and locals, they put on several shoot days throughout the season. There’s a waiting list of kids to join the shoot. We join them for […]
Heather burning warning – Fieldsports News, 17 January 2024
Here are the links: Heather burning warning – RuralReaction.uk Bearskins’ ban plea – BBC Atlantic salmon in UK now endangered – AST Grouse and kestrels endangered – Nature.scot Aussie duck ban threat – Guardian Irish game fair postponed – Down News Elephant permits on hold – SCI NRW faces legal challenge – FishLegal BASC launches […]
New launch: Aimpoint Acro S2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iVty1XF0Is Aimpoint is launching its new Acro S2 with a day’s duck hunting for its new ambassadors. We join Johannes Kesselstatt, Jules Breant and Wild Srbija for driven duck in southern Sweden. For more about the Acro S2, visit the Aimpoint website Johannes Kesselstatt on Instagram Jules Breant on Facebook Wild Srbija on YouTube […]
Fieldsports Britain – red dot ducks
Fieldsports Britain – red dot ducks www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXkEm-rnR0I We’re all about ducks and pheasants in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain. We join the Swedes for a duck day in order to look at the new Aimpoint Acro S2 red dot sight. Johannes Kesselstatt is shooting straight. After the news, we’re off to the English Lake District for a […]
BSA R12 CLX Super Carbine vs FX Crown MkII Compact
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVIetvzYgVk Ian Hodge discusses options for the pro pest controller, who is buying a sub 12-ft/lb PCP airgun. He looks at two of his top sellers, the FX Crown and the BSA R12, and discusses why people buy them, plus what scopes and moderators they put on them. The airguns in the video – Ian […]
Win a pair of trailcams priced at £269 – Fieldsports Extra, episode 307
We are giving away £269 pair of trailcams from Baileys Shooting & Country Wear this week. Plus we have news ed Andy Ford on farming, a teenager on how why his school runs a pheasant shoot, and Jaf Jefferson on setting up the ‘Squirrel Feeder of Despair’ (coming soon).This week’s prizes and other links:Dartmoor Deer […]
Tom Davies’ three fox night
It’s January on Dartmoor and foxshooter Tom Davies has to take out the foxes that are threatening the spring lambing. He says that, recently, he and other local shooters have seen far fewer foxes around – but there are still enough to cause problems for local sheep farmers. For the Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XP50 […]
Fieldsports Britain – Cutting edge hunting tech
youtu.be/gPOkxkt1cxg Tim Pilbeam is trying out the latest cutting-edge hunting tech. He’s got the remarkable new Gemini multi-spectral binoculars from Infiray, and two mad inventors visit his range to demonstrate their solutions for shooting non-toxic ammo. Tom Davies is on lamb protection duty, shooting foxes on Dartmoor. In Terry Doe’s Airgun Academy he’s teaching Nicole […]
Armed police confront Ollie Williams pigeon shoot – Fieldsports News, 10 January 2024
Here are the links: Armed police confront Ollie Williams pigeon shoot Instagram Microchipped foxes Facebook Scottish deer consultation Gov.scot and BASC Fox predation research GWCT Shooting businesses treated like sex workers Telegraph Pine martens return to New Forest HIWWT.org.uk East Yorkshire shooting ground closure Facebook Heather burning alternative BiomassConnect.org Michigan swan cull Michigan.gov and Mlive.com ZZ […]
Lightweight shotguns for game
Game shooters often prefer a lighter weight shotgun, especially for walked-up shooting where you may be carrying the gun for some distance, along with all your other kit and cartridges. Robbie Shedden of Cluny Country reckons the Yildiz is a good choice. It has a lightweight alloy action, coming in at an overall weight around […]
Is this the future of hunting?
Is this what hunting will look like in the future? Tim Pilbeam is sitting back in his comfy seat, spying for deer with the very latest multi-spectral thermal imaging binoculars from Infiray, his rifle loaded with a prototype non-toxic bullet created by a mad inventor who visits Tim’s range to demonstrate his groundbreaking new ammo. […]
Win a venison box – Fieldsports Extra, episode 306
We are giving away tickets to the British Shooting Show this week, priced at more than £250. Plus we have Paul Childerley hunting red deer in full hazmat, a pair of Westmorland wildfowlers talking about young shots and our 2023 bloopers reel. This week’s prizes and other links:British Shooting Show, NEC Birmingham from Friday 23 February […]
Hunting huge red deer in the snows of Poland
Paul Childerley is in Poland, helping with a government cull of red deer in and around the town of Piwniczna-Zdrój near the Slovakian border. The deer are huge Carpathian reds, with some of the hinds achieving over 100kg. The animals are coming into the villagers’ gardens in search of safety and food, so the local […]
Westmorland Wildfowlers Association juniors’ day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX_b9-A2uus Westmorland Wildfowlers Association doesn’t just shoot waterfowl. It holds a series of pheasant days for its juniors throughout the season. Here’s one it held on its ground on the Cumbrian coast and at nearby Arles Beck Shoot. Find WWA on Facebook and Instagram For the Arles Beck Shoot, go to ArlesBeckShoot.co.uk or find it […]
Anti spooks horse at Boxing Day meet – Fieldsports News, 3 January 2024
Here are the links: Protester spooks horses at Boxing Day meet ITN News Shooters in New Year Honours list RM Charity, Irish Game Conservation and Pass it on Young Sports Big Issue anti-shooting advert Big Issue Christmas Special RNLI refuses hunt’s donations Telegraph.co.uk Antis attack Rebekah Vardy Instagram BASC’s £100,000 conservation grants BASC Carp rescued […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting urban deer in Poland
youtu.be/bMvYZmLNj44 Hunting red deer around town – Paul Childerley dons a hazmat suit to help the Polish government hit its cull targets. Terry Doe continues his Airgun Academy series, this week teaching Nicole Moore the best technique for shooting standing up. Plus we’re giving away tickets to the British Shooting Show, Charlie Jacoby joins the […]
Win British Shooting Show tickets – Fieldsports Extra, episode 305
We are giving away tickets to the British Shooting Show this week, priced at more than £250. Plus we have Paul Childerley hunting red deer in full hazmat, a pair of Westmorland wildfowlers talking about young shots and our 2023 bloopers reel. This week’s prizes and other links:Skinner’s dog food Bit.ly/skinnersdryfoodBritish Shooting Show, NEC Birmingham from […]
Terry Doe’s Airgun Academy
Terry Doe is the acknowledged master of airgun shooting, and in this new series he is passing on the skills, tips and techniques developed over a lifetime of hunting and competing. Hawke Optics HawkeOptics.com PreciHoleSports PreciHoleSports.com For details of Webley and RTI air rifles, and GPO scopes, go to www.highlandoutdoors.co.uk/ Terry’s rules for shooting safely […]
Twilight deer stalking with the new HIK Alpex scope
Hunter and game cook Cai ap Bryn has got his hands on the latest thermal and day-night gear from HIK Micro, including the Alpex riflescope and Condor spotter. After a busy day of cooking he’s running out of time to shoot a fallow, but thanks to the high-tech kit he’s able to take a doe […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fallow at last light
Hunter and game cook Cai ap Bryn is pushing the limits of the latest digital sights, setting out to shoot a fallow deer right on last light – and if he gets the opportunity of a bonus fox, he won’t turn his nose up. Airgun legend Terry Doe takes Nicole Moore under his wing to […]
Basic night vision: a guide for airgunners
Night vision optics are a game changer for airgun hunting. With a day-night scope you can target rats and rabbits at night, and make the most of low light at dawn and dusk, when a lot of quarry is most likely to present an opportunity for a shot. But with so many options on the […]
Huge crowds support Boxing Day meets – Fieldsports News, 27 December 2023
Here are the links: Boxing Day hunt meets 2023 Countryside Alliance and Google Maps Farage hits back at ‘fun-hating’ activists GB News and YouTube Hunter fined for chasing fox BBC News Artificial intelligence to deter deer LNER.co.uk ‘Out of Africa’ hunting rifle goes for $35,000 Rock Island Auctions ‘Trusted Game’ conference TrustedGame.co.uk New flooding fear […]
