Fieldsports Britain – ratty Roy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS34mhRtwdw Roy has a rat problem – and he suffers from rattiness, too. He is out with David to control the rodents that are scavenging around his bird of prey aviaries. Meanwhile, Charlie is off to Ireland to find out what makes the best foxhound. It’s the Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association’s annual hound show […]
UK government puts guns under public spotlight – Fieldsports News, 5 July 2023
youtu.be/3Z2u7FtXM8c Here are the links: BASC says firearms consultation most important in 35 years – Fieldsports News or click here for firearms licensing consultation Bluefin tuna research programmes approved – Facebook MPs accuse anti hunting police chief of bias – Daily Telegraph Lord Zac Goldsmith resigns – BBC BASC warns of Scottish bill human rights […]
Roy complains about David – Fieldsports Extra, episode 279
Out shooting rats with airguns, David and Roy go at each other like a married couple heading for the divorce courts. Meanwhile, Bill Harriman from BASC talks about the importance of the new firearms consultation, Ian Bell of BASC says how the GL43 scandal (no birds released near European designated special protection areas in England […]
Roestalking in Caithness & Sutherland with a combination rifle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Fi8ElBodE John Dodd is trying to meet his cull roebuck targets and Charlie is not helping. Instead of a nice sensible bolt-action with an expensive scope on top, Charlie has brought a combination rifle/shotgun, a Winchester Supergrade 12ga/.243, with an Aimpoint sight. Patient as ever, John guides Charlie on to bucks – and even has […]
Fieldsports Britain – red dot roebuck triple
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWb3lSWyfeM It’s a big game week in #FieldsportsBritain. Charlie takes his combination rifle out with John Dodd in Caithness & Sutherland looking for roebucks, and Ollie Williams is at Holland & Holland in London looking for buffalo. Yup, the famous gumaking firm keeps a pen of dagga boys in a basement shooting cinema. It helps […]
Gamekeepers are the unsung heroes of conservation
youtu.be/32mgYnh0XsI Curlews are under threat. The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust says in some areas of the UK their population is declining by 17% a year. But the GWCT says that on land managed by gamekeepers, their numbers are increasing by 14% a year. Roger Draycott of the GWCT says: “The curlew is the bird […]
How to shoot £500,000-worth of guns in London
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrPIzmYVqb8 The answer is to pretend you’re super-rich (better still: be super rich) and ask for a try-before-you-buy day at the Holland & Holland Shooting Ground shooting cinema in North-West London. That’s what Ollie Williams does – and has a fabulous time, with the help of H&H’s Charlie Young, shooting some of the best bolt-actions […]
Sunak government plans firearms law changes – Fieldsports News, 28 June 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVLHjnaVyD8 Here are the links: Firearms licensing changes and fee rises looming MP predicts UK hunting trophy import ban may fail Scottish firefighters fears over muirburn restrictions – SGA Wildfire health damage warning – BBC Northampton council backs meat diet – FarmingUK Medal glory for UK shooters Anglers pay tribute to club member – BBC […]
Win a £600 ATN day/night scope – Fieldsports Extra, episode 278
You can enter a draw to win an ATN X-Sight day/night scope priced at more than £600 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra prize draw. Plus we have Sir Bill Wiggin MP on the important of shooting, expert advice on cartridge pricing and what’s a bargain from JustCartridges.com, gamekeeper Richard Bailey from the Peak Disrict, and […]
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GPO Passion ED 8×32 binoculars on test
As a keen rifle shooter and deer stalker, Ryan Charlton of Highland Outdoors has used a lot of binoculars, and he’s particularly impressed with the latest offering from German Precision Optics: the GPO Passion ED 8×32. The first thing that catches his eye is the packaging. “It’s all recyclable, which is in line with GPO’s […]
Hunting deer with a WWI Mauser
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdhRQW2Ma7M Joe Wood MBE takes his First World War Mauser out to find a muntjac or roebuck in Lincolnshire. It’s an unusual rifle, with open sights and he talks through its capabilities to a backdrop of deer. More deerstalking here:
First flight of the crow-copter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NMuBDaqy_s Matt Turley is showcasing his big new idea. What Sikorsky did for the helicopter, Matt is doing for crow shooting. Behold: the crowcopter (also known as the Turley-Whurley) . It’s a brilliant method of bringing in corvids when you are shooting from among trees. Click here for more from Jack Pyke More from […]
Fieldsports Britain – Turley-Whurley
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMyIpGocjbg Matt Turley has a new kind of crow decoy. It’s a rotary on a pole that makes it look like crows are circling over the apple orchard where he is shooting. The crowcopter or ‘Turley whirlie’ is the highlight of a morning’s corvid shooting on this Somerset farm. Meanwhile, in Lincolnshire, Joe Wood MBE […]
How the fieldsports community can get mental health support without involving the NHS
by Deborah Hadfield Getting help doesn’t have to mean risking your firearms licence. The Gamekeepers Welfare Trust offers a helpline which is manned by nurses. And the GWT is encouraging people to keep an eye on their friends with its ‘Check-in With a Mate’ scheme. Following years of covid and bird flu, Helen Benson of […]
How DEFRA is trying to kill off gamebirds – Fieldsports News, 21 June 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-iZ1kH7ePs Here are the links: Gamebird licence welfare warning – Fieldsports News Wales gamebird release plan will cost jobs – Fieldsports News Calls for urgent action on NI firearms fiasco – Countryside Alliance Trophy hunting import bill under fire – MSN Firm fined £500,000 for ‘devastating’ river pollution – Environment Agency Scottish stag welfare concerns […]
Apple tree pruning – Fieldsports Extra, episode 277
Matt Turley is pruning the apple trees in an orchard with his semi-auto (he is trying to shoot the crows behind them), Joe Wood explains how he built his home cold smoker so he can make venison biltong, and Simon Whitehead talks about depression and why it’s important to face it if you have it. […]
Shooting groups mount battle over new gamebird release licence in England
youtu.be/T2zSD_1-tQY by Deborah Hadfield Gamekeeper Steven Musk is on the frontline of a battle which could cost him his livelihood. His shoot in Swaffham in Norfolk is close to the Breckland Special Protection Area, SPA. After a last-minute change by Defra on 31st May 2023, he is now forced to apply for a licence to […]
Nicole’s tough day on the pigeons
It’s not an easy day for Nicole Moore on the pigeons today. The birds are not going where she wants them to go. The pigeons may be pests but Nicole is game and she doesn’t give up. Find Nicole Moore on Instagram For more about Eley cartridges go to EleyHawkLtd.com For Jack Pyke clothing see […]
Long-range Spanish ibex hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WVe0d3yb6s Just as the ibex season is about to close, Paul Childerley heads to southern Spain to hunt the smallest of the Spanish ibex subspecies, the Ronda ibex. Mountain hunting requires skill, fitness and great kit. Paul’s done his homework. He’s prepared for long range shooting across this impressive landscape out to 500 metres, using […]
Fieldsports Britain – hot hunting holiday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHM-7ViHujM It’s the perfect addition to any costa holiday: Paul Childerley heads into the mountains behind Spain’s Mediterranean coast with his trusty S20 to look for ibex. It’s spectacular scenery and good-quality long-range shooting – if he is lucky enough to find the right animal to shoot. Meanwhile, Nicole Moore is coping with a tricky […]
Police split failed firearms licensing unit – Fieldsports News, 14 June 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J90YFYP3qwQ Here are the links: Police firearms licensing unit to split – BBC Man charged over goshawk deaths – East Anglian Daily Times Eighth fire of the year at National Trust’s Marsden Moor – BBC Firefighters training in muirburn – BBC SSPCA to be new police force for moorlands Badger cull zones expanded – FarmingUK […]
Stalker shoots unusual roebuck in Scotland
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8lr0d5 Fieldsports Nation member Rod Entwistle shot a perruque buck in May 2023 on his ground in Berwickshire in the the Scottish Borders. He shot the animal with a custom .308, using Norma 150gr ammunition and off Viperflex sticks. Rod first saw the buck in April 2023. He was out stalking with a friend at […]
Win Leica binos priced at £700 – Fieldsports Extra, episode 276
You could win Leica Ultravid 8×20 binoculars priced at £700 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra prize draw. Plus Paul Childerley explains Spanish meat handling, Nicole Moore struggles with pigeons, the government slaps a licence on gamebird release, and we make headway sueing newspapers over nicking shooters’ pictures.This week’s prizes and other links:British Open .410 Championship […]
Kennel Club pushes for electric dog collar ban
youtu.be/3eM6UCOjqU4 Essential tool or harmful to a dog’s welfare? Electric shock collars divide opinion. The Kennel Club says it expects the Westminster government to ban them from 2024. The Welsh Government banned them in 2010 and, in 2018, the Scottish Government issued guidance on not using them which had no legal standing. Dave Templar has […]
Brits move to France to carry on shooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUrtlGXmAvE Nick Doherty and his wife Laura Saunsbury live in France so they can carry on shooting. Nick shows Charlie around his local range and the guns he shoots. Nick and Laura welcome shooters to their gite near the city of Albi in south-west France who want to shoot guns that are restricted in the […]
Fieldsports Britain – summer pigeon shooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ-zNXf2WKQ Geoff Garrod has been shooting pigeons for 50 years. During a day’s decoying, he describes shooting as it was then and how it is now. Meanwhile, Charlie visits refugees in France – and not the usual type. These ones are refugees from the UK’s gun laws, who have moved to France so they can […]
Best scope for airgun hunting 2023
What’s the best scope to put on your airgun for hunting, and maybe a bit of HFT competition? James Head, from Newton Abbot, Devon, and online airgun specialists Crackshot UK, says that two models stand out as the most popular in 2023: the £279 Hawke Airmax, and the £295 MTC Copperhead. They’re both packed full […]
DEFRA faces judicial review over gamebird release – Fieldsports News, 7 June 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAqZ5wl2TDQHere are the links: BASC to take DEFRA to court over gamebirds – BASC + find the SAC near you Gun licensing to get national training programme – BBC Another RSPB reserve up in smoke – BBC Countryside Alliance campaigns for muirburn – Countryside Alliance Scotland National Trust’s Marsden Moor in flames again – BBC […]
Win .410 champs entry – Fieldsports Extra, episode 275
You could win entry to the British Open .410 Championship at EJ Churchill on 28 August 2023 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra prize draw. Plus there’s a story of a perruque roebuck, a British shooter who has moved to France, a gundog trainer on electric dog training collars and the Father Chriistmas of shooting is […]
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How to deploy quad sticks without scaring deer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3b_DGBDjIg Suddenly surrounded by deer? Move and you blow your chance? In this film, Andrew Venables from WMS Firearms Training talks us through a good way to set your rifle on quad sticks giving you the opportunity to take that shot before they head off to the other side of the county. For more […]
Charlie’s combination rifle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Rw0YM7lK4 Charlie buys a combination rifle from Gibbs Gunmakers (12-bore and .243, £1,500) and sets out to see whether it is the all-round gun he is looking for. With the help of some of Fieldsports Channel’s gang, it’s a journey that takes him from duck and red stags in Sutherland to fallow bucks and squirrels […]
Devon and Cornwall gun licensing fiasco
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRb4PesBZeA At the beginning of 2023, Devon & Cornwall firearms licensing looked like it was getting its act together. Now local shooters say the fiasco with firearms licensing has flared up again. They say the force is chronically behind on renewals. Multiple shooters across the two counties, who have been on temporary section 7 tickets […]
Fieldsports Britain – buck and duck gun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBYDWbAMoF8 It’s time for an unusual gun. Charlie tries out a combination rifle – half 12-bore and half .243 rifle on all kinds of birds and animals and different locations. He explores its pros and its cons. Meanwhile, rifletraining expert Andrew Venables has his tips on how to deploy quad stocks without disturbing deer. And […]
DEFRA muddle over gamebird release – Fieldsports News, 31 May 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxXBL6di_Ig Here are the links: Shoots face uncertainty over changes to gamebird licensing – DEFRA + BASC Hunter wins copyright case – Fieldsports News Shooter horror at slug pellets Packham wins libel case 2:1 – Fieldsports News Scottish gamekeepers call for snares ban – SGA Three men convicted of poaching – Northern Farmer Antis derail […]
Bless these ShuttleSocks – Fieldsports Extra, episode 274
You could win a thermal gilet priced at £79 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus there’s skinning an elk in Finland with Paul Childerley, the future of the countryside with Gareth Wyn Jones and Charlie is all over tigers in India.This week’s prizes and other links:For ShuttleSocks, go to ShuttleSocks.co.uk – and the coupon for […]
Packham wins two court cases, loses one
The Packham Three case is over, and Chris Packham has won against two of them. The judge dismissed the case against the third. A PDF of the full judgement is available here. Country Squire magazine editor Dominic Wightman and writer Nigel Bean apologised to the BBC TV presenter for the articles and tweets that defamed […]
How deerstalkers avoid ticks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7tMalTg26M Professional biologist and part-time deer manager Al Gabriel understands and is worried about Lyme disease. His stalking area is infested with them and he’s currently trialling Rovince tick-repellent clothing. He also has a tick removal tip to show us. Links For the Pulsar Merger, go to bit.ly/mergerthermal Rovince 10% discount bit.ly/rovince Rovince Ergoline Softshell […]
Fieldsports Britain – one man’s mission with women
www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0AzRXZ3pSk&list=PL3KxM9c3T7K8f_vg8VspPHBWjxUbYHL3e&index=1 Deerstalker Al Gabriel has made it his mission to introduce as many women to deer stalking as he can. So far he thinks he’s taken 150 different women out hunting. He believes that for shooting sports to survive and thrive the UK shooting community needs to reflect society, and right now we are nowhere […]
Rewilding Wales threatens nature, fieldsports and farming
youtu.be/wR8lowOr-UU An invasion of Wales is underway. Large companies, many of them based in London, are buying up land to use carbon credits. It has doubled the price of agricultural land in Wales, in the last year. The Countryside Alliance says the Welsh Government is allowing rewilding and the planting of thousands of trees on […]
English Open Sporting Championship 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd54rSaRmbk The CPSA English Open English Sporting at Eriswell Lodge was as good as shooters hoped and expected. James Marchington catches the glorious sunshine and excitement of shooters on the last day – plus the all-important victor. For more from Browning, go to Browning.eu For results, visit the CPSA website More clayshooting here:
DEFRA attacks gameshooting – Fieldsports News, 24 May 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TP9GJeej08 Here are the links: BASC challenges ‘unlawful’ changes to gamebird release licence – BASC Packham gets RSPCA top job – Daily Mirror Anglers say Wales ban plan is ‘vindictive’ – County Times New wildfire rages on Marsden Moor – Twitter + Facebook UK government extends ivory ban – Guardian Forestry England culls 2,000+ deer […]
Win a £300 Hausken moderator – Fieldsports Extra, episode 273
You could win a thermal gilet priced at £79 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus there’s skinning an elk in Finland with Paul Childerley, the future of the countryside with Gareth Wyn Jones and Charlie is all over tigers in India.This week’s prizes and other links:Rovince 10% discount Bit.ly/rovinceTrim Pilbeam on living with Lyme Disease […]
Night vision & thermal showdown – Fieldtester, episode 13
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldYBCDAp6qk It’s the ultimate test of thermal and day-night riflescopes. We’ve brought together the experts, and we’ve got £38,500 worth of the latest high-tech kit to put through its paces, with scopes ranging from £700 to £4,500. Will the most expensive scopes come out on top? Can the budget models hold their own? There’s only […]
How the RSPB causes the biggest British wildfires
At a time when governments spend billions on reducing the amount of carbon that goes into the atmosphere, two organisations are still pumping it out. Thanks to their policies on controlled burning, the RSPB and the National Trust are causing more, not less, of the climate change they say they are committed to stopping. The […]
Fieldsports Britain – farmyard pests
youtu.be/VbbQbdiUFh4 With a new permission to shoot, Elliot Roberts is out after ferals, rooks and hooded crows. It’s a farmyard in the north of Scotland and the farmer wants his crops and cattlefeed saved from the marauders. Meanwhile, rifleshooting instructor Andrew Venables explains how to take a moving shot on a deer, for those occasions […]
Freehand shooting: how to bring down an injured deer
You’ve shot it, but then it stands up and starts running off. You have a few seconds to take a second shot and bring it down, usually under much more demanding circumstances than your first shot. Andrew Venables from WMS Firearms Training believes hunters need to dump their comfort blankets. Meaning they need to bin […]
Proof the UK has wild panthers – Fieldsports News, 17 May 2023
youtu.be/t2KpGl58b_A Here are the links: Black panthers exist in UK countryside – Panthera Britannia documentary on AmazonDevon and Cornwall Police promise detailed review – ITV News reportPackham Three libel case concludes – Guardian news storyGlencoe deer cull clash – Scottish GamekeepersUK venison feeds Ukrainians – Country Food TrustScientists say meat essential for health – Animal […]
Scottish feral pigeon shoot
A new permission is a blank canvas. Elliot Roberts has a farmyard in the north of Scotland that he hasn’t tried before. He gives it a walk-about with shotgun in hand to see what’s there. This video appeared in Fieldsports Britain 703. For more from Browning, go to Browning.eu Find Elliot Roberts on Facebook and […]
