Ferreting and mental health – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 82
Simon Whitehead is a ferreter not a rockstar – but he is a ferreter with a public. He has suffered from the pressure. His new book, Pugs & Drummers, discusses not just ferreting but how ferreting saved his life. He explains it to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2023. […]
Gamekeeper anger at politicians – Fieldsports News, 11 October 2023
Here are the links: Scottish gamekeepers sick of being ‘pawns’ – Scottish Gamekeepers Association Call for change to proposed Scottish snare ban – Scottish Land and Estates Wales snare ban in force – Welsh Government, BASC North Yorks police investigate shot buzzard – Facebook post Trout for the table? Spanish hunters go digital – EU […]
Brimpsfield Park Estate game shoot
Ollie Williams enjoys a day at Brimpsfield Park Estate in Gloucestershire. It’s a 350-bird mixed pheasant, partridge and duck driven shoot over four drives. For Eley-Hawk, visit EleyHawkLtd.com For Brimpsfield Park Estate, contact Ben Hughes at Bruern Game Supplies, which you can find on Facebook and Instagram – or visit the Brimpsfield Park Estate page […]
Win a Pellet-Pod – Fieldsports Extra, episode 293
We are giving away Pellet-Pods from a Fieldsports Nation member for your airgun pellets this week, plus Paul Childerley is filming the moose rut with David in Lapland, and Simon Whitehead talks about how ferreting is a kind of therapy. This week’s prizes and other links:Jack Pyke Sherpa Fleece gilet £36.95 and Sherpa fleece jacket £42.95 Find […]
Baby rhino update, from Rockwood – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 81
Baby rhino update, from Rockwood – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 81 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJN2EQytQLs In 2022, rangers at Rockwood Conservation in South Africa brought in a frightened, sick newborn rhino. Crows had pecked at its eyes. Miraculously, vets saved some of its sight. They named the animal ‘Hope’. Wicus Diederichs from Rockwood reports on Hope’s progress and how […]
Is Prince Harry sending 2,000 rhinos to their deaths?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZz1QdPKvCQ US wildlife organisation African Parks (president: Prince Harry) plans to release 2,000 southern white rhino into wildlife parks across Africa. Stephen Palos from SUCO asks whether African Parks has thought this one through – or are the animals being presented with a ribbon around them to organised crime to poach the animals for their […]
Quickfire rabbits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij-6ktI7Exs Tom Davies shows off fast shooting with a .17HMR, controlling rabbits on farmland in Devon. He has a new rifle and he has to zero his Pulsar Thermion 2 thermal scope on to it, and then fulfil an order for rabbits. Charlie is not helping… For more about Pulsar, go to ThomasJacks.co.uk You […]
Thermal night vision fusion on deer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3CwA4Z3bs Essex foxshooter Robert Bucknell and his deerstalking buddy Nigel Fulton make their judgement about the new thermal / night vision fusion available from HIKMicro, plus Nigel takes it out to try for a fallow buck. For more from HIKMicro about the Falcon FQ50 Pro monocular, and the binocular Raptor Pro RQ50L with a built-in […]
Webley & Scott Pro Comp: an affordable competition clay gun
What do you have to spend on a new shotgun for serious clay competition? £2,000? £2,500? That was the entry level price, but now there’s a contender at little more than half the cost, and with a good solid British name to boot: the Webley & Scott Pro Comp. Dan Bibb of Shooting Sports UK […]
Fieldsports Britain – old boys, new kit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4qCr-HrVkw Two old men are getting to grips with modern thermal this week. Robert Bucknell and Nigel Fulton have the latest from HIKMicro to try out on deer. Meanwhile, Tom Davies is on Dartmoor with kit from Pulsar on the hunt for rabbits. He puts in some pretty shooting to make his bag in record […]
Are empty bullet cases banned? – Fieldsports News, 4 October 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=deGgWx3MIWI Here are the links: Are empty bullet cases banned? BASC says no Scotland brings in new laws on deer and hounds – links: Application form for the use of more than two dogs for the management of wild mammals above ground + licensing guidance + preventing serious damage application form Rural Reaction targets Tories […]
Win Jack Pyke shooting clothing – Fieldsports Extra, episode 292
We are giving away Jack Pyke fleece gilet and jacket, plus Robert Bucknell talks about thermal spotters, Alex Sayer is at the Conservative Party conference looking out for the countryside and Tom Davies criticises the cameraman.This week’s prizes and other links:Two Smoking Barrels Jack Pyke Sherpa Fleece gilet £36.95 and Sherpa fleece jacket £42.95 For 40% off […]
Ollie Williams’ hot tuna fishing ❤️🏝️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwE3scAJNY4 Ollie Williams enjoys a bucket list experience on the hunt for getting a bite from a sea legend. He’s hunted and fished all over the world. It was out in the waters near his home in Cornwall he came face to face with a majestic Bluefin tuna. Ollie sailed with Steve Porter of the […]
Young shots’ driven day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=78jIeivhAnQ It’s a young shots’ day at the Gwysaney Estate in North Wales. The start of the partridge season sees a team of junior guns head out to shoot and enjoy exceptional birds. For Gwysaney Sporting, go to Facebook.com/GwysaneySporting or find it on GunsOnPegs More driven game here:
Fieldsports Britain – rocketing partridges
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNMBGf84RI Who says there aren’t enough young guns out there? It’s partridge time for kids as we join a team of guns on the Gwysaney Estate in North Wales. Meanwhile, Ollie Williams is trying out the finest in British big game fishing with the CHART scheme for Atlantic bluefin tuna. And there’s a new political […]
Rural Reaction: new political party for the countryside
youtu.be/B7Xz85z_Li0 by Charlie Jacoby It’s not just the opening of the pheasant-shooting season. New political party Rural Reaction launches on 1 October 2023. An event will take place near the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. Rural Reaction aims to take on the Tories in their rural heartlands. After Boris Johnson’s 2019 manifesto abandoned the countryside, […]
Gamebird licence climbdown – Fieldsports News, 27 September 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Amnp5frhPI Here are the links: Caution over game bird licence climbdown – BASC Fishing is good for you – MDPI French wolves hunted – Connexion France Packham ‘incitement to terrorism’ claim – Advertiser & Times £8 million to kill off Orkney stoats – press release Bass deadlines near – UK Bass Southern Water in court […]
Win BOG shooting sticks – Fieldsports Extra, episode 291
We are giving away BOG Death Grip shooting sticks priced at more than £200. Plus Ollie Williams talks about tuna fishing. James Davies Cooke says whey young shots are so important to game shooting and I go on a sim day with Fredercik Beesley gunmakers.This week’s prizes and other links:EdgeSport Hunting Combo Kit EdgeSport five-piece gut […]
What’s the right shotgun for a left-hander?
You are left-handed, so you need a left-handed gun, right? Not necessarily, says Robin Shedden of Cluny Country Guns. Several of the big shotgun manufacturers offer their guns in left-handed versions, but those aren’t always fully left-handed, he explains. The left-handed Berettas and the Blaser F16 are built on right-handed actions, and fitted with a […]
Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival 2023
youtu.be/dgN7VT0i5vQ The Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival 2023 took place from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 September 2023 in Chichester Harbour and Hayling Island. Andy Ford guides us through The festival, based from the Langstone Quays Hotel, which aims to bring together likeminded anglers to forge new friendships, develop new skills and learn more about […]
Hunters’ chopper horror – Fieldsports News, 20 September 2023
youtu.be/CzP9inpKVw4 Here are the links: Hunters’ helicopter terror Banks under pressure Feeding deer to lions appals antis Scots estates win conservation praise Angler lands lake monster catfish Coffey criticised Canada geese on White House lawn Sika nipple test
Golf course rabbit control
Nicole Moore, Instagram’s Shooting Girl with an Afro, has taken on rabbit control duties at a golf course close to her home in Norfolk, where the rabbits are causing terrible damage to the greens. She’s using a .22 Sako rifle, subsonic ammo, and she has got a new ATN X-Sight day/night scope so she can […]
Fieldsports Britain – hole in one rabbit
youtu.be/n5qUhhjf_yY Nicole Moore looks after the greens on a Norfolk golf course with a rifle. With night vision, she is out to make every putt count by controlling the rabbits that dig extra holes for the golfers. She explains the job, why the golfers like her and what she does with the rabbits afterwards. We’re […]
Fieldsports meets feature film making at Cornish gun shop
youtu.be/MSbKMWTcITg In the Cornish countryside, Fieldsports meets feature filmmaking. At an open day to celebrate the extension to Ian Hodge’s shop, my film crew came along too. Many of you will know me as a news correspondent for Fieldsports Channel but I am also a film director. We will be shooting a scene of my […]
Win deer butchery kit – Fieldsports Extra, episode 290
We are giving away two deer butchery sets from Smith’s EdgeSport, including knives and sharpeners. Plus Ian Hodge asks the police round to his place, Richard Ryan showcases thermal, Nicole Smith has a rabbit recipe and Deborah Hadfield is shooting a feature film, that includes shooting.Muntjac Trading gundog training skirt EdgeSport hunting combo kitEdgeSport five-piece […]
Trail hunt ban defeated – Fieldsports News, 13 September 2023
Here are the links: Trail hunt ban defeated – Countryside Alliance RSPB accuses gamekeepers – Daily Mail Scottish businesses reject bill – Yahoo Thieves hit clay ground again – JustGiving appeal page Prince Harry charity buys 2,000 rhinos – African Parks Saltwater fly festival – SaltwaterFlyFishingUK.com Clock ticking for capercaillie – GWCT press release Rimfire […]
Fieldsports Britain – Thermal poult protection
youtu.be/14unHSCsVn0 Gamekeepers are busy protecting their vulnerable young birds from foxes, poachers and more – and thermal is a vital and versatile tool. Paul Childerley and his team take the latest thermal kit from Zeiss out on their rounds to see how it performs.Meanwhile Ollie Williams heads to Scotland to experience a thrilling high partridge […]
How gamekeepers use thermal
Keeping their birds alive and well is every gamekeeper’s priority – and the biggest threat to their pheasants, ducks and partridges is foxes. Thermal technology gives keepers the tools to outwit such a cunning predator. German optics company Zeiss has just released a range of thermal spotters and a front mounted add-on for a riflescope. […]
Ollie Williams takes on Aikengall’s extreme partridges
Ollie Williams is excited to shoot at Aikengall & Monynut, not far from Edinburgh. It’s famed for showing high partridges in stunning Scottish scenery. Ollie is shooting his favourite side-by-side, and Eley VIP Game cartridges, with 32g of no.5 shot. He takes a while to find the right lead on the high, fast birds. Meanwhile […]
Tier One Quick Detach scope mount
Tier One are renowned for their precision Monomount scope mounts – but what if you want to swap your scope to another rifle? Their new quick-detach mount is the answer. “It’s got all the bnefits of the Monomount,” explains Ryan Charlton of distributors Highland Outdoors. “It’s made from a single piece of 7000 series aluminium […]
Are we in danger of wiping out our deer? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 80
The enthusiasm of British politicians for massacring British deer is starting to worry deer managers. Five guests on the stage of the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in 2023 discuss the animal’s future in the UK. They are deer experts Niall Rowantree and Martin Edwards, Mark Russell from Carter Jonas, whose clients deal with deer […]
Win a Mystique dummy training skirt – Fieldsports Extra, episode 289
Win an iZeeker trailcamera – Fieldsports Extra, episode 288
How to get shooting permission
Shooting Girl with an Afro, Nicole Moore, has a knack for getting shooting permission. She has hundreds of acres to shoot and stalk over near her home in Norfolk. It’s not just luck – she has a plan, and she works hard at it, using her people skills learned at work over many years. She […]
Shooting Girl with an Afro – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 79
youtu.be/hqSEUM4D4gw Pigeon shooter, game shot and deerstalker Nicole Moore comes to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2023 to talk to Charlie Jacoby about her love of the countryside and shooting sports. She talks about what she gets judged for. Do you think it’s being black, being a woman or how she shoots? Find out […]
British Open Sporting Championships 2023
Browning shooter Sam Green tops off a dazzling season by winning the British Open Sporting Championship with superb shooting at Garlands, where Steve Lovatt has set a typically tricky course that includes a new trap that flings clays at 100mph. While we’re there, we talk to Eley’s Tony Bromwich about the best cartridges to use […]
Firearms licensing: the police view – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 78
Three firearms licensing officers came to the stage of the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2023 to make the case to Charlie Jacoby for how well they are doing. You may agree or you may disagree with them. They are Chris Downs from the Metropolitan Police, Adrian Davis from Warwickshire Constabulary and Paul […]
Best value thermal deals for airgun and rifle shooting
Thermal gear has come a long way, and prices have dropped to the point where it’s a realistic choice for many airgunners and fox shooters. So what do you get for your money, and which is the best deal for you? Ian Hodge of Ian Hodge Fieldsports runs through the options, and picks out some […]
RSPB hypocrisy row – Fieldsports News, 6 September 2023
Here are the links: RSPB accused of hypocrisy – Countryside Alliance Scotland must protect its rural economy – BASC Europe rethinks protection of wolves – The Guardian Meet the new shadow DEFRA secretary – LabourList South Africa hunters’ vital role in conservation – SA Conservation Imperative on YouTube Trail cam company does support pest control […]
British Open .410 Championship 2023
youtu.be/6CFe3U7d4Zw It’s Battle of the Gamekeepers at the 2023 .410 British Open Championship. Geoff Garrod from Essex goes up against his squad mate Paul Childerley from Bedfordshire. See who wins – and see who wins overall (clue: Olympic gold medallist Richard Faulds is shooting it this year). For more about Browning guns see Browning.eu […]
Don’t go ‘nuclear’ with thermal deer control
www.youtube.com/watch?v=khlu2bcZC5U Scotland faces big changes in the way it manages deer. The government wants the animals gone, and is introducing nightshooting, thermal shooting and removing the season for stags. Deer managers are taking a more sensible approach. Niall Rowantree looks at the modern deerstalking toolkit, what damage deer do, and how to deal with that […]
Fieldsports Britain – Scotland’s deer meister
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jak0zBZLWf4 On a block of forestry in the eastern Highlands, Niall Rowantree explains the changes that are underway for deer across Scotland. He shows deer damage and says how he plans to adopt the new rules on deer management and stalking. It’s a grim time for deer and other animals in Scotland. In its zeal […]
Squirrel burger squabble – Fieldsports News, 30 August 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LICVhZIjCc Here are the links: Squirrel burger criticism drives Gareth nuts – Nation.Cymru + Daily Post UK tuna on the table for first time in 80 years – Fishing News Government must see sense on British trophy ban bill – IUCN Scotland considers snare ban – Scottish Government Police investigation into Packham goshawk sniffgate continues […]
Win £135-worth of Muck Boots – Fieldsports Extra, episode 287
We are giving away a £135 pair of Muck Boots’ newly-launched Calder boots this week. Plus, Niall Rowantree says why he has to use thermal, fieldsports Nation member Trevor Knowles says why he signed up, and Ian Bell and Dr Marnie Lovejoy from BASC give an update on the general licences and gamebird release.This week’s […]
GL43: what went wrong? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 77
DEFRA’s crisis over general licences is helping to kill the rural vote for the Tories. Charlie Jacoby had two chats with BASC staff Gareth Dockerty, Ian Bell and Dr Marnie Lovejoy on the stage at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2023. Between them, they explain what GL43 is, how the system of […]
Deerstalking in among the Dartmoor trippers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOe9u4AYyKk Tom Davies is working late, deerstalking on Dartmoor. Part of the reason is that it’s August and sunset is later than usual. The other reason is that the number of trippers who come to Dartmoor during the summer season drive the deer to browse in darkness. With a venison order book to fill, it […]
Hen harriers hit new high – Fieldsports News, 23 August 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0caa-iVo-o Here are the links: Hen harrier success on grousemoors – Facebook Scottish Water mealy-mouthed on grouse shooting – The Times Stags under threat from Scottish government – Edward Mountain MSP Cumbria police drug tests shooters – Cumbria Constabulary Trophy ban has ‘less than 10% chance’ of becoming law – Independent Swedes shoot 120 bears […]
South Somerset Ferreters go pigeonshooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq0ZV-q-DCM Jaf Jefferson is a pigeon shooter. You might know him as a ferreter and doyen of the South Somerset Ferreters but today he is in a hide and he has decoys and a shotgun. The only problem is that he is in Somerset. Don’t expect a big bag – but do expect a good […]
Fieldsports Britain – half man, half ferret, all pigeonshooter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TXB3CE_ozI It’s Jaf Jefferson’s day in the pigeon hide. Best-known as a ferreter, Jaf loves the summer sport of decoying, and David joins him to find out why. It’s a story that goes back to Jaf’s grandfather. Meanwhile, Tom Davies is stalking on Dartmoor and avoiding the tourists that are such a feature of Britain’s […]
Cheap and quirky .410s are a blast to shoot
Everyone loves the little .410 – and why wouldn’t you? The guns are quirky and fun to shoot, and they’re cheap as chips. OK the ammo costs a little more than a 12 bore, but who’s counting when you’re smashing clays or controlling pests with a gun that’s so satisfying to own and use? Dan […]
