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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Win a £150 Accumax Airgun – Fieldsports Extra, episode 286
We are giving away a £150 Accumax airgun (if you enter, please make sure you have a UK address). Gun distributor ASI kindly donated the Accumax S1 Black Synthetic Airgun. Plus, Tom Davies says demand for venison has never been higher and Jaf Jefferson talks about his vehicle woes.This week’s prizes and other links:Find Danum […]
James Wallace of River Action – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 76
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJv6KTS4Bxk James Wallace of River Action talks to Charlie in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre about his pressure group’s work cleaning up British rivers. For River Action, go to RiverActionUK.com Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Gamekeeper battles DEFRA over pheasant release – GL43 appeal
youtu.be/6_6O-iaAOX4 Gamekeeper Steven Musk is one of the lucky ones. DEFRA granted him a licence to release birds near a Special Protection Zone. It’s one of only a handful that have been issued. More than 100 shoots are not so lucky. They usually put down pheasants and partridges within 500 metres of a European-designated SPA […]
Roy calls roe and muntjac bucks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwjfdRq_zYw It’s a Fieldsports Channel tradition: Roy takes David out for an evening of friendly abuse and banter every July/August in order to capture the excitement of the annual roe deer rut. 2023 is no exception, with the pair of them luring both roebuck and muntjac with their calls. More from Roy here:
Glorious grouse, ghastly weather
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ROkQjNc8NY Charlie Bull and friends are looking forward to shooting driven grouse on the Glorious Twelfth on the highest grouse moor in England. But there’s a problem. The weather is atrocious, and there’s no sign of improvement. They still manage to bag grouse on the first day of the 2023 season. Find out how in […]
Fieldsports Britain – wild weather grouse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUxLxIg6HIs When is ‘everything goes according to plan’ ever entertaining? Charlie Bull leads a team of guns up to 2,300ft in the Cumbrian fells to shoot drive grouse – but the weather has other ideas. He gets grumpy about that. And Roy Lupton gets a gold medal for grumpiness with David out stalking roebucks and […]
Glorious Twelfth delivers the grouse – Fieldsports News, 16 August 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0gkAndIQFY Here are the links: Glorious 12th beats off protests and weather – Independent + NGO + Countryside Alliance BASC submits de-banking evidence to FCA – BASC Last call for gun ownership survey – government survey Natural Resources Wales ‘acts against nature’ – Fieldsports News + Change.org Water quality ‘disgrace’ as 90% of UK rivers […]
£26,000 rifle – Fieldsports Extra, episode 285
The Poke Packham Auctions page is up and top lot is a £26,000 Merkel rifle, built and specially engraved for an international exhbition. Thanks to Viking Arms for donating it. It’s week two of the beautiful custom knife prize draw from Danum Blades priced at £325. Plus, Ed Swales shouts out for the Fieldsports Nation, […]
Big bag days – yes or no? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 75
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t30FXnWxGn8 It’s Shooting Times editor Patrick Galbraith versus sporting agent Mark Osborne in this one-hour debate at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2023. The GWCT’s Roger Draycott provides the voice of reason and host Charlie Jacoby tries to stop them from fighting about the topic on stage. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Wasp sting won’t stop Geoff Garrod shooting pigeons
www.youtube.com/watch?v=30AmBHQyK_0 Gamekeeping legend Geoff Garrod has a pigeonshooting problem. He wants to go out decoying today but he walked into a wasp in the pheasant pen this morning and it stung him in the eye. Find out how he gets on protecting crops on his shoot in Essex. For Geoff’s Browning Maxus 2, visit […]
Aerial roebuck reaction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhzcGoTOXGM What does a roebuck reaction to the call look like from the sky? Incredibly, we filmed one of four bucks we shoot on this trip to Scotland from above, plus we position the drone behind the deer when Paul takes the shot. It’s all part of a roe stalking trip to Aberdeenshire, famous for […]
Fieldsports Britain – roe rut hunt from the air
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9ucLfxb4-w Paul is on a roebuck cull day in Aberdeenshire. It’s the roe deer rut and the animals have just one thing on their minds – so much so that one of them doesn’t notice David filming right above it. Meanwhile, Geoff Garrod is out on the pigeons in Essex, despite a nasty wasp sting […]
Christensen’s FFT lightweight mountain rifle
A big heavy rifle is fine for the range, but what if you’re walking the hills all day and still need to take a precise long shot when the opportunity presents itself? That’s where the Christensen Arms Ridgeline FFT really shines. It’s a lightweight, precision bolt-action rifle, available in a wide range of calibres from […]
‘Debanking’ the gun trade – Fieldsports News, 9 August 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UQmUi_rvUA Here are the links: Jeremy on the Hunt for de-bankers – Sky Gamekeeper slams Scottish government over deer cull policy – SGA Fieldsports Channel in the headlines – Mail on Sunday Are you ‘Best in the Field?’ – BASC Southern Water faces criminal charges – Fish Legal Cormorant licence bid by Welsh angling legend […]
Win a custom knife priced at £320 – Fieldsports Extra, episode 284
We are giving away a beautiful custom knife by Danum Blades priced at £325. Plus, we have Paul Childerley and Sergio Couto laughing at David, and advice on what do when police approach you in the pigeon hide from Geoff Garrod. Oh yes – and more on Packham.This week’s prizes and other links:Tom’s Targets Toms-Targets.ukFind […]
DEFRA failure: GL43 and gamebird release
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa99-n1tJ30 The anger in the countryside is palpable. It came to a head at the 2023 Game Fair, when Tory MPs lined up to criticise DEFRA, not Labour. DEFRA secretary Thérèse Coffey didn’t even turn up (we replaced her with a cauliflower). Meanwhile, Labour environment spokesman Daniel Zeichner was surprisingly positive about shooting sports. Click […]
Fieldsports Britain – Vinnie does the Game Fair
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo_spEywQss Vinnie Jones says it’s time to stand up for fieldsports. He was at the 2023 Game Fair at Ragley Hall, where the hunting and shooting organisations launched initiative after initiative against the antis. Deborah Hadfield rounds them up. Plus Charlie replaces DEFRA secretary Thérèse Coffey with a cauliflower, because she had the cauli-wobbles about […]
The 2023 Game Fair: home of the fieldsports fightback
youtu.be/4tpPephC0JM The Game Fair 2023 at Ragley Hall was a celebration of the best of British field sports and country life. More than 100,000 people attended the event in Warwickshire. It was three days of fun for shooters, families, friends and four-legged friends. But storm clouds are gathering for Fieldsports. The threats to the rural […]
The Vorn SR10, a hip pack that’s also a shooting platform
youtu.be/slekeV41hbY There’s enough to carry when you’re out stalking or doing vermin control – so anything that can do two jobs at once is a bonus. That’s the idea with the Vorn SR10 hip pack. It’s a practical 10-litre waist pack with plenty of space for all your gear. Plus it provides a stable platform […]
United Utilities feels pain of grouseshooting ban – Fieldsports News, 2 August 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=64w9UfUTqDI Here are the links: Water company’s shooting ban backlash – e-lobby Police hand back guns to pigeon shooters DEFRA approves commercial bluefin tuna fishery – DEFRA Bird flu threat warning – BBC Now hunters and shooters ‘bomb’ Packham’s house – Daily Mirror BASC says firearms consultation response is overwhelming – Home Office + Fieldsports […]
Greg Smith MP criticises DEFRA – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 73
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEPtKuTD0V8 Greg Smith MP is horrified at the way DEFRA has handled crises such as rescinding GL43. He is at the 2023 Game Fair and lams into Natural England and sneaky civil servants with an anti-shooting agenda. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP criticises DEFRA– FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 72
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv4pSqf-iCw Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP is our unofficial minister for shooting. At the 2023 Game Fair, he tells Charlie Jacoby how DEFRA is getting it wrong. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Daniel Zeichner MP comes round to shooting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 74
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fhm7CCAh3Y Daniel Zeichner MP is shadow environment minister. He came to the Game Fair in 2021, 2022 and in 2023 he took to the stage at the Game Fair Theatre to explain Labour’s policies on shooting (no current need for regulation), trailhunting (he will do his best for it) and trophy imports and exports (nothing […]
Win £145 of steel fox target – Fieldsports Extra, episode 283
We have a Tom’s Targets’ steel fox target priced at £145 to give away this week. Plus, Vinnie Jones says why he loves Fieldsports Channel, we are swept off our feet by the kindness and generosity of the viewers, BASC and the Countryside Alliance say what we should do to promote fieldsports, and David is […]
Fieldsports Britain – hunting the Game Fair buck
youtu.be/axiXD66RTtg José Souto plans to cut up a deer in front of an audience of 100s. It’s up to Paul Childerley to find him that deer. Paul goes out with José and Will Hogan stalking roebucks in the Home Counties. Meanwhile, Dan Thor is enjoying a simulated game day in Devon and answering the question: […]
Gamekeepers’ curlew chick success
youtu.be/gKhLYAhNaS8 by Deborah Hadfield Kill the foxes and the curlews will thrive. That’s the conclusion of gamekeepers at an Irish Grouse Conservatiom Trust project in Northern Ireland. Curlews are a rare sight in Northern Ireland. Loss of habitat has put them in decline for decades. They came off the quarry list in the province in […]
Who is the fastest cartridge stuffer in the West (Country)?
Here’s what a day at Devon Clay Days teaches you: Dan Thor loads one cartridge at a time. His girlfriend Shannon loads two at once. Which is better in a high-pressure situation such as a simulated game day? Find out in this film. For more about Miroku and Browning guns, go to Browning.eu Find Jack […]
How to shoot deer when the crops are high
Paul Childerley has a date with a deer which can’t be missed. He booked in to join top game chef and senior lecturer at Westminster Kingsway College, José Souto, on the stage at the 2023 Game Fair at Ragley Hall for a deer butchery demo . No deer, no demo. One of the issues he […]
Riot squad stops pigeon shoot – Fieldsports News, 26 July 2023
youtu.be/XxpJsLw9Hv8 Here are the links: Armed police stop legal pigeon shoot and confiscate guns Water company’s grouse shooting ban – Countryside Alliance MP appeals for government to act over GL43 crisis – CliftonBrown.co.uk Urban first minister Drakeford bumps into country reality – BBC John Muir Trust launches investigation into boss – Inverness Courier Countryside Alliance […]
Win £265 of satellite communicator – Fieldsports Extra, episode 282
In a packed programme, you can win one of five pairs of tickets to the Game Fair, there’s a report from Fieldsports Live in Lutterworth last week, tips on snacking from airgunner David Elliott-Smith, the value of Fieldsports Channel from Gary McCartney of the Countryside Alliance, and both David Wright and Aaron Jones get excited […]
