Win a £95 tickproof jacket – Fieldsports Extra, episode 272

Win a £95 tickproof jacket – Fieldsports Extra, episode 272

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:Thermal giletRovince Ergoline Softshell Lyme disease awareness month  Snake in bale on […]

India’s wildlife conflict problem – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 71

India’s wildlife conflict problem – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 71

youtu.be/NbW3UMIHwGU With children dying every week from an epidemic of human-wildlife conflict, the government of India knows it has to tackle the problem. It has to transition form preservation to conservation. But how? Four experts put forward their views: Dr MK Ranjitsinh, Dr HS Pabla, Rajeev Mathew and Latika Nath. For more on this story, […]

India is talking about tiger hunting

India is talking about tiger hunting

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0jgoyrSzxs With tiger and leopard attacks on country people out of control, a wildlife conference in India has introduced the topic of hunting tigers. More than 50 years of preserving tigers has brought the population to a new high. Now there are too many, and it’s time to swap preservation for conservation, say scientists. The […]

Sako 90 launch: first hunt, first moose

Sako 90 launch: first hunt, first moose

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmT9zleGbUY Paul Childerley thinks he has been invited across to Sako’s HQ in Finland to hunt moose and whitetail, but there’s a surprise in store. He’s testing and hunting with the all new Sako 90 rifle in .308.  Before the hunt he spends a day on the range with journalists from across Europe where he […]

Welsh shooting consultation threat to rural way of life

Welsh shooting consultation threat to rural way of life

youtu.be/w-kOhlsvwSI Deborah Hadfield A rural way of life under threat – politicians are targeting farming, shooting, land management and conservation. The Welsh government is calling the shots. People on the ground are rebelling. For 100s of years, farmer Gareth Wyn Jones’s ancestors have fought the elements on their hill farm in North Wales. Now Gareth […]

Win a thermal gilet – Fieldsports Extra, episode 271

Win a thermal gilet – Fieldsports Extra, episode 271

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:Fieldsports Live, Cloybank Thermal giletBit.ly/nss23Aimpoint Academy Bit.ly/aimpointacademy Had problems with newspapers […]

Serious clay guns: Browning 725 Pro Sport vs Beretta 694

Serious clay guns: Browning 725 Pro Sport vs Beretta 694

If you’re serious about clay shooting competition, you need a proper clay gun – it really will make a difference to your scores, says West Country gunshop owner Ian Hodge. You don’t need to spend a fortune though. He picks out two guns that are more than up to the job: the Beretta 694 and […]

Welsh Minister attacks shooting – Fieldsports News, 3 May 2023

Welsh Minister attacks shooting – Fieldsports News, 3 May 2023

Here are the links: Welsh Minister attacks shooting Hunters threaten to sue MPs Packham 3 in court Farmers’ fury at lynx plans Beware of anti-fieldsports councillors Ireland firearms law changes Venison quality assurance scheme Tech tycoon relocates deer Cost of living in the countryside Black fox recaptured To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 701, visit […]

Faulds wins the Essex Masters 2023

Faulds wins the Essex Masters 2023

Richard Faulds set the pace at the 2023 Essex Masters, the big Sporting clay shoot that kicks off the season. He shot a scorching 193 on the demanding 200-bird course set by John Dyson at Hepworth Hall Shooting Ground. With more than 2,000 shooters competing over the week, including many of the UK’s top shots, […]

How NOT to shoot off sticks

How NOT to shoot off sticks

Andrew Venables of WMS Firearms Training has seen too many shooters using sticks badly. He explains where people go wrong, and how you should position yourself – and the sticks – to get a really stable shooting platform and maximise your accuracy. For the kit showcased in this film, visit Kitfinder.co.uk To watch all of […]

Charles III, King of the countryside

Charles III, King of the countryside

youtu.be/HpkdO7pVX00 The world watched the coronation of the new foxhunting, polo-playing, gameshooting and deerstalking king. The coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey achieved a peak audience of 20 million people in the UK and many times that number abroad. The royal couple are both passionate about the countryside and fieldsports, including […]

Fieldsports Britain – Essex Masters

Fieldsports Britain – Essex Masters

And they’re off! The clay shooting season gets under way with a bang. We bring you thrills and spills from the Essex Masters, where the top shots are battling to beat the scorching score set by Olympic medallist Richard Faulds. Andrew Venables of WMS Firearms Training explains why you’re using your shooting sticks all wrong, […]

Hunting monster boar in Scotland

Hunting monster boar in Scotland

youtu.be/RTnNVc-aTdQ Wild boar are rampaging across northern Scotland, ripping up turf, destroying nests and eggs, even killing lambs. We’re out at night trying to outwit the new monsters of Loch Ness with Browning shooter Elliot Roberts, guided by Grant Clark and Bobby Sanderson of Highland Deer Management. For more about Browning rifles see Browning.eu For […]

When animal lovers turn to hate and violence

When animal lovers turn to hate and violence

youtu.be/GfAMGtM1vBE When animal lovers turn to hate and violence they call it ‘caring’. When Welsh farmer Gareth Wyn Jones posted a film on social media, showing techniques he uses to help a ewe adopted a lamb, he suffered a wave of hate abuse, including death threats, all in the name of ‘caring’, for animals, for […]

Wildfires burn out of control – Fieldsports News, 26 April 2023

Wildfires burn out of control – Fieldsports News, 26 April 2023

Here are the links: Wildfires – www.obantimes.co.uk/2023/04/21/kinloch-moidart-wildfire-under-control/ Botham knocks RSPB for six – www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/23/rspb-contractors-kill-foxes-crows-hide-from-public/ Farmer jailed for river damage – www.fieldsportschannel.tv/river-lugg-battle/ Antis post fake reviews – www.countryside-alliance.org/resources/news/tackling-online-bullying Rural crime on the rise in Scotland – www.countryside-alliance.org/resources/news/scottish-alliance-talk-to-the-times-following-reported-rise-in-wildlife-crime-incidents Fishermen’s protest song secures top spot – news.stv.tv/highlands-islands/skipinnish-protest-song-compares-proposed-scottish-fishing-ban-to-highland-clearances Welsh gamebird consultation response – basc.org.uk/your-guide-to-the-welsh-gamebird-releasing-consultation/ More eagle nests where gamekeepers […]

Fieldsports Britain – Loch Ness monsters

Fieldsports Britain – Loch Ness monsters

youtu.be/nbhALjhkYF0 Wild boar are rampaging across northern Scotland, ripping up turf, destroying nests and eggs, even killing lambs. We’re out at night trying to outwit the new monsters of Loch Ness with Browning shooter Elliot Roberts. Charlie is flyfishing for catfish in the Northern Cape of South Africa, where every angler’s new favourite predator can […]

Catching big African catfish

Catching big African catfish

Charlie is flyfishing for catfish in the Northern Cape of South Africa, where every angler’s new favourite predator can grow up to 50lbs. They’re not like chalkstream trout – Charlie learns to use a huge fly and attract the fish by ‘slapping’ the water with his line. For fishing at Vanderkloof, visit Selous.co.za To watch […]

Win a steel plate target – Fieldsports Extra, episode 269

Win a steel plate target – Fieldsports Extra, episode 269

You could win one of Tom’s Targets’ famous front-facing foxes in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we talk about Scottish boar and cyber-bullying. And Fieldsports Live is heading to near Falkirk in Scotland on 19 May, so please let us know if you would like to come.This week’s prizes and other links:Fieldsports Live, Cloybank Tom’s Targets Ryan […]

Shooting Girl with an Afro

Shooting Girl with an Afro

Nicole Moore’s happy place is shooting pigeons on the Cambridgeshire Fens in the rain. It’s not glamorous (plays havoc with the line lashes) but it makes for a delicious  supper for her and her dog, Harry. Find Nicole Moore on Instagram For more about Eley cartridges go to EleyHawkLtd.com For Jack Pyke clothing see JackPyke.co.uk […]

How IFAW’s ‘Room to Roam’ project will lead to elephant attacks on people

How IFAW’s ‘Room to Roam’ project will lead to elephant attacks on people

youtu.be/aRMt2xqTmwQ by Deborah Hadfield Elephants are big, beautiful but bad neighbours. In southern Africa, local people know how dangerous they can be.   Award-winning author Sue Tidwell, who wrote the book Cries of the Savannah, says they need to be managed because they can be destructive. She says: “They eat so much, and they cause a […]

Vermin Control Scotland – unfairly deleted

Vermin Control Scotland – unfairly deleted

www.dailymotion.com/video/x8k8d63 Stuart speaks out about YouTube shutting down his channel YouTube has deleted a popular shooting channel. It took down Vermin & Pest Control Scotland, run by Stuart Blair, which put out films about shooting and pest control. He has had to start a new @VerminControlScotland channel, but loses the 6,500 subscribers he had built […]

Win tickets to the Northern Shooting Show – Fieldsports Extra, episode 268

Win tickets to the Northern Shooting Show – Fieldsports Extra, episode 268

We’re giving away tickets to the Northern Shooting Show on 6-7 May 2023 priced at a total of £200. Plus, Nicole Moore talks about pigeon shooting with an afro, Tom Davies says why thermal is OK for deerstalking and taxidermist Jason Batement says what’s wrong with the government’s proposed trophy imports ban.This week’s prizes and […]

Bird Table of Doom: air pistols

Bird Table of Doom: air pistols

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM5HHl0SVS0 As the field and garden songbirds get underway with breeding, Charlie is defending his bird table from one of their major predators: the grey squirrel. He deals with the problem of hold-under while using an air pistol with a laser sight.    For more about Crackshot, go to Crackshot.uk Click here for info about […]

John Muir Trust culls deer worth more than £100,000 out of season

John Muir Trust culls deer worth more than £100,000 out of season

by Deborah Hadfield The John Muir Trust has culled more than £100,000 worth of deer on a single highland estate. That’s the conclusion of a freedom-of-information request by local crofters The JMT used out-of-season licences to shoot animals on its Quinag estate in Sutherland. It is a blow for the Assynt Crofters Trust, or ACT, […]

Complete Tikka stalking package for £750 off

Complete Tikka stalking package for £750 off

youtu.be/GP_uJAlAFPI Fancy a new Tikka? Staffordshire and online gunshop Shooting Sports UK is offering a saving of £750 on a complete stalking package that includes a Tikka Superlite rifle in your choice of calibre, mounts, Steiner scope, Stalon moderator, carbon fibre bipod, shooting sticks, and an Outdoor Edge knife, all for £2,400, down from £3,150. […]

Win a £130 gundog dummy launcher – Fieldsports Extra, episode 267

Win a £130 gundog dummy launcher – Fieldsports Extra, episode 267

Keep your dog fit this summer. We’re giving away a dummy launcher from Muntjac Trading priced at £130. Plus, Niall Rowantree is worried about the use of thermal scopes for deer – and has solutions. Woodland advisor Victor Clements outlines why the Assynt crofters are even angrier than usual with the John Muir Trust, BASC’s […]

Firearms licensing: what British shooters want

Firearms licensing: what British shooters want

youtu.be/lX62yA-ZKss Broken, badly funded and not fit for purpose: that’s the verdict on the firearms licensing system in England and Wales. But BASC and politicians who understand the importance of shooting sports to the economy, the environment and countryside communities, believe it can be fixed. MP Sir Bill Wiggin says the government should consider introducing […]

Fieldsports Britain – super furry animals

Fieldsports Britain – super furry animals

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBBtFuQjYOo Essex farmer Robert Bucknell revolutionises his rat shooting by fitting a thermal sight on to his shotgun in this week’s show. We also delve into the world of molecatching with Matt Lower. And commentators including Sir Bill Wiggin MP and BASC and BBC Antiques Roadshow national treasure Bill Harriman line up to say what […]

Win £100+ ear defenders – Fieldsports Extra, episode 266

Win £100+ ear defenders – Fieldsports Extra, episode 266

We’re giving away €120-worth of hearing protection this week, thanks to ATN. Plus foxshooter Robert Bucknell shows how to shoot a rifle fast, Matt Lower talks moles, and Bill Harriman works on the licensing that allows us to shoot a rifle at all.This week’s prizes and other links:The Stalking Show ATN X Sound ear defenders Bit.ly/atnearmuffs […]

Beretta or Browning? Ian Hodge compares the Silver Pigeon and B525

Beretta or Browning? Ian Hodge compares the Silver Pigeon and B525

youtu.be/A8DChKhmu58 They are the mid-priced BMW and Audi of shotguns – solid, reliable, good value, and they’ll go on for ever. The Beretta Silver Pigeon and Browning 525 are the biggest selling shotguns in Ian Hodge’s gunshop in the West Country. But which one is right for you? There’s just £2 difference in price between […]

Game shooting under attack in Wales

Game shooting under attack in Wales

youtu.be/VY7bVP888wE by Deborah Hadfield Fieldsports groups say it’s the thin end of a wedge that could extend to the rest of the UK. Wales plans to ban, then license game shooting. The Welsh government’s rural agency Natural Resources Wales proposes to issue licences for all gamebird release. To start with, it will be a general […]

Win Stalking Show tickets – Fieldsports Extra, episode 265

Win Stalking Show tickets – Fieldsports Extra, episode 265

Paul and David are in Lapland, you can still win a day’s shooting for one gun on 3 November 2023 at Gwysaney Sporting in North Wales. Plus, more on the trophy import ban, this time from Sir Bill Wiggin MP, and the guys from Browning go out after red stags at the end of last […]

Are you the victim of a newspaper trophy hunting story?

Are you the victim of a newspaper trophy hunting story?

Trophy photos action Has a newspaper or other organisation used photographs, without your permission, of you hunting? You might not be able to get them on hatespeech, but you can get them on copyright. Have a look through this gallery to see how we can help: We have a solicitor to represent us.  We are […]

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