Moderators get lighter and more efficient
Gone are the days of fitting a huge, heavy moderator on the end of your barrel, making the rifle unbalanced and unwieldy. That’s the view of Robbie Shedden of Cluny Country. His company import the Freyr & Devik range of moderators which are lighter and more efficient than anything that’s gone before. The existing Freyr […]
At last, Scottish wind farms admit killing birds of prey – Fieldsports News, 11 January 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvV-OWaM5Q4 Here are the links: Wind turbines kill Scottish birds of prey – Daily Telegraph Quarantine for caught-up pheasants and partridges – DEFRA (PDF) HSE postpones lead ammo report – Countryside Alliance RSPB wants pheasant releasing halted – BBC Countryfile RSPB seeks island ferret hunter – job ad Elon Musk lights up antis on Twitter […]
Win Gundog Gin – Fieldsports Extra, episode 254
You can win Gun Dog Gin this week. Plus BBC Countryfile is nice about shooting. Don’t be fooled: Roger Draycott from the GWCT talks about threats to shooting, bushcrafter and black powder shooter Joe Wood talks about the benefits of Instagram, and Cornish shoot captain Mark Symons says he hardly ever shoots on his own […]
Bird flu and the 2023/2024 pheasant shooting season
youtu.be/5q60D_6fdB0 The bird flu outbreak in the UK is tailing off, and prospects for wild birds are improving. Dominic Boulton, from Aim To Sustain, says there is reason for hope in 2023. He says: “Throughout October, we were running at about 21 outbreaks a week on average. That dropped to 14 in November, and we’ve […]
Dog training: how to control yourself
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSCejngkKLA Dave ‘the Dog’ Templar is training a cocker in cover for field trials. This is slightly different to training a dog to work on a driven pheasant day. The principles are the same – and one of them is keeping a lid on your own emotions. He talks about how to do that. For […]
Swedish driven boar 🐗 & trophy bucks with new ShotKam
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-qEJeIeRwQ Roy Lupton is one of the best shots with a rifle on driven big game that red dot sight manufacturer Aimpoint has come across. Now we have the proof. He has a stonking day on wild boar and deer, including medal fallow. It’s a driven hunt on a private estate in Sweden, sponsored by […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s massive driven big game day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=51E-RugYpD0 It’s probably the biggest driven big game day we have filmed. Roy Lupton is on form with his Tikka rifle and Aimpoint sight, as the boar and bucks come at him. Find out just how on form. Meanwhile, top gundog trainer Dave Templar says how controlling himself is harder than controlling his field trialling […]
Government bans antis from MoD land – Fieldsports News, 4 January 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDbq48ydp3k Here are the links: MoD takes on hunt sabs – Twitter Hunters clean sabs’ graffiti – Staffordshire Live BASC opposes Scottish firearms licence increase – BASC English MP calls for new hunting ban – Plymouth Herald Scottish red squirrel protection cash wasted – Yahoo Scottish bill could allow foxhunting at Balmoral – ProtectTheWild Packham […]
Win a Fieldsporter knife – Fieldsports Extra, episode 253
You can win one of Dean Smallwood’s ADG Custom Knives this week. Plus there’s a Swedish landowner on how to manage your deer, and Dominic Boulton from Aim to Sustain on how to manage your expectations for next season’s pheasant and partridge shooting.This week’s prizes and other links:For Cattyshack catapults, visit Cattyshack.co.ukFind ADG Custom Knives […]
How to build your own custom PCP airgun
You don’t have to buy a PCP airgun off the shelf. James Head of Crackshot UK explains how you can assemble your ideal gun, picking your preferred barrel and action and then adding a stock, buttplate, scope, moderator and accessories. “The first thing I’d want to know is what you’re going to use the gun […]
News review 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrDNGtRW_r4 2022 was a challenging year for hunters and shooters. At Fieldsports Channel we have championed your causes and covered a wide range of stories from bird flu, the war in Ukraine and the death of Her Majesty the Queen. Below are the links to all the films featured in our news review of year. […]
Fieldsports Channel bloopers 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpzzuQ-xA9g It’s all the silly bits from our films in 2022. Thanks to everyone for taking part 🙂 More of our blooper reels here:
Deerstalking innovation: Derek the wind gauge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=faYiak4HyKQ Matt Lower is not just out to stalk a fallow doe. Today he wants to showcase his latest invention: a wind gauge made from a plastic pot and a feather. Find out how it works in this film. Matt is on Instagram and YouTube For Deerhunter clothing, go to Deerhunter.eu More deerstalking here:
Fieldsports Britain – deerstalking’s Professor Potts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmTso6YfW-EMatt Lower is not just a Sussex deerstalker. He has a revolutionary idea for deerstalking, too. Find out what that is as he goes out in search of a fallow doe for the freezer. Meanwhile, it’s our 2022 bloopers reel, our 2022 news review, with a look ahead to 2023, and we have top tips […]
Countryside turns out in force for Boxing Day meets – Fieldsports News, 28 December 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=thzmv44p0_s Here are the links: Boxing Day hunt meets attract crowds – DevonLive Lawyer admits Tony Blair hunting ban driven by ‘moral outrage’ – Daily Telegraph Sab victim struck on head fears retribution – Daily Mail Scottish MPs call for new gun regulations – BBC LACS cuddly toys joke to Scottish MPs Sabs target off […]
Win a Cattyshack catapult – Fieldsports Extra, episode 252
You can win one of Wayne Martin’s Cattyshack catapults this week. Plus there’s stalker Matt Lower, an American with a product to stop the trophy import ban, and the thoughts of Chairman Charlie. Happy new year.This week’s prizes and other links:The Wrecking Coast Distillery gin selection For Cattyshack catapults, visit Cattyshack.co.ukDuck dog for sale on InstagramA […]
Zoo to zoo: how animal charities earn millions moving lions from the UK to Africa
Once upon a time, the British public paid money to see lions and tigers in zoos and circuses. Now they pay to translocate them from captivity in Europe to captivity in Africa. Are wildlife charities lying to donors? Do they exploit the animals they claim to be saving? Ben O’Rourke investigates the world of pricy, […]
Mark Ripley tests the HIK Micro Alpex scope from Scott Country
Mark Ripley, or 260Rips on YouTube, is best known for shooting foxes at long range on the Sussex Downs. Today, though, he’s after rabbits, testing the HIK Micro Alpex day-night scope on an old CZ .22 rimfire. The Alpex sits well on the rifle. It’s the same shape and size as a regular optical scope, […]
Lead ammo ban will dash Olympic hopes
youtu.be/owq_RR_vp0U The Westminster government’s new, heavy handed approach to banning lead pellets and bullets will be a disaster for rimfire and airgun shooting. That’s the conclusion of the National Smallbore Rifle Association, GB governing body for disciplines using this ammunition, many of which are Olympic sports The NSRA says a lead ban could be disastrous […]
Precision Rifle Shooting hits Bisley
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfUi6EpF6QA The Precision Rifle Shooting guys and girls head for the home of British shooting, Bisley. Find out how they get on. For more about the Bergara Premier HMR Pro, go to Bit.ly/premierhmrpro To find a PRS competition near you, contact the GBPRA via Facebook More about target shooting:
Venison burgers – recipe – from Weschenfelder
youtu.be/cAdvZjptECg Cai Ap Bryn shows how to create a mouth-watering venison burger, with a little help from Weschenfelder kit Until 31 December 2022, Fieldsports Channel viewers get a 10% discount on the No 12 TreSpade El Eco Mincer, the Spikomat burger press, option of 4in or 5in and all burger mixes. Use the code FSC10 […]
Sab beats up hunt supporter – Fieldsports News, 21 December 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppj7BdIP0yw Here are the links: Sab hits 81-year-old over the head – Daily Mail Boxing day meets UK interactive map – Countryside Alliance Crunch meeting with tuna minister Shooter jailed for illegal guns – Kent Online Grouse moors exonerated over muirburn English livestock farmers pollute rivers – BBC Four jailed for gun shop burglary – […]
Glorious Derbyshire pheasants with the Seated Gun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHy6rD8UrQk JP Gaudin takes on driven pheasants in Derbyshire. It’s a crystal clear day, and he deals with a number of shooting problems – not least shooting from a wheelchair. For Eley-Hawk cartridges, visit Bit.ly/eleyhawk For JP’s YouTube channel, go to The Seated Gun More game days:
Fieldsports Britain – sparkling driven pheasants
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H87Xd2v_WDM It’s a beautiful day for pheasant shooting. We’re in Derbyshire with the Seated Gun, JP Gaudin, enjoying the best driven day. Plus we’re with the Precision Rifle Series crew at Bisley, Cai Ap Bryn has a recipe for venison burgers that should get Ronald McDonald reaching for his chequebook, we look at the government’s […]
Which UK shooting organisation for you in 2023?
Here’s our rundown of the insurance offer from the top 12 shooting organisations you can join in the UK (full annual membership price in brackets): BASC (£85) gives you £10 million of public liability, employer liability, product liability and personal accident cover, but no legal cover. The GWCT (£105) offers £10 million public and product […]
Win six bottles of Wrecking Coast gin – Fieldsports Extra, episode 251
You can win six bottles of sloe gin, priced at £180 this week. Plus there’s the NSRA on the government’s woeful approach to banning lead (to rhyme with dead) ammo, JP Gaudin discusses how much lead (to rhyme with deed) to give on pheasants, Josh Martin talks about his rifle, and we have the guide […]
UK government plans tuna sportfishing ban
youtu.be/Qv4lLopkJmw Landing a giant bluefin tuna is a challenge – not least because anglers around the UK have only been allowed to do it for the last two years. The CHART programme, funded by the Westminster government, licences some tuna sportfishing boats in Devon, Cornwall, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Now tuna anglers are facing […]
Lamping rabbits with lurchers – fast runs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlNuAsL0Nm8 Andy Hayes has two missions: the Fieldsports Nation member wants a great night out in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, catching rabbits with his lurchers – and he wants to show the positive, legal side of lurcher work. Too often it is thought of as poaching. He shows what’s to love about it. Find Andy on […]
Warthog shopping + hanging out for a hyena
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxx_1iPK940 HIKMicro donates one of its thermal units to an anti-poaching patrol in Mozambique. Paul Chdilerley is there to make the handover, plus he learns about poaching and what cash from hunting is doing to stop it. Sergio is out after a warthog for meat for the camp – and Paul sits up and waits […]
Fieldsports Britain – poachers and lurchers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIb_cITCOEs How to deal with poachers in Africa? Paul Childerley hands out the thermal kit as one of several jobs on this last film from his trip to Mozambique. He finds out how trophy hunting is big game’s only hope in Africa from an onslaught of wildlife killing. Meanwhile, in Yorkshire, lurcherman and Fieldsports Nation […]
Falconer seeks hare licence – Fieldsports News, 14 December 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6neQm_Oy_wg Here are the links: Scottish falconer gives evidence at parliament – Facebook Leading conservation charity supports trophy hunting – LionLandscapes.org Huntsman convicted of illegal hunting – ITV Facebook group holds open days – Fieldsports News + Facebook Police tow sabs’ uninsured vehicle – Bishops Stortford Independent Antis’ hate campaign forces carol service cancellation – […]
Ladies Deer Stalking UK Facebook group holds open days
youtu.be/usGapUVTP-g A Facebook deerstalking group is holding a series of events around the UK. The Ladies Deer Stalking UK Facebook group held its latest open day at Rifleman Firearms’ range in Somerset. The 600-strong group is holding events at ranges all over the UK, and organising deerstalking outings for women. Four admins run the group, […]
Win a shoot party box priced at £700 – Fieldsports Extra, episode 250
It’s a remarkable prize this week: an Elliot-Ross Hamper Co shoot party box with room for champagne, sloe gin and glasses, priced at £699. Plus there’s Nigel Farage on Carrie Johnson, Andy Hayes on lurchers, James Marchington and Henry Darling go partridge shooting and David Wright pops up in Saudi Arabia.This week’s prizes and other […]
Hunting for the pot with catapults and bare hands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjBJ-_9xmlI When Wayne Martin has a catapult in his hands, no small pest or game is safe. He joins Paul Childerley for a mooch around Paul’s Bedfordshire shoot. They are looking to fill the pot and, to help out, Paul plunges his hand into a squirrel drey. For Jack Pyke clothing, go to JackPyke.co.uk […]
Anti hunters’ hurricane of misinformation – Fieldsports News, 7 December 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=syRfThkYb9o Here are the links: Antis mislead MPs on trophy hunting – Fieldsports News Anti attacks hunters over trophies – Mirror Grouse shoot licensing threat – BASC Hare poaching suspects arrested – BBC + Facebook Covert council cameras catch fly-tippers – ITV Scottish rough shooting under threat – Countryside Alliance African anti-poaching newsletter launched – […]
Alpex rabbit shoot: old gun, new tech
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeW-p04YNlQ Hunting YouTuber Mark Ripley is out after rabbits – and tonight he fits a HIKMicro Alpex to his trusty CZ rimfire. See how he gets on. For the HIKMicro Alpex, go to Bit.ly/scalpex For the HIKMicro Falcon, go to Bit.ly/scfalcon Find Mark’s channel on YouTube More films featuring HIKMicro:
Fieldsports Britain – Ripley lets rip on rabbits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzSc0ydwyUc See an old .22 rimfire get a new lease of life as a rabbit-shooting tool in the hands of Mark Ripley. The man behind the 260Rips YouTube channel attaches a HIKMicro Alpex to his old CZ, and turns it into a competent rabbit-shooting tool. It’s not just bunnies. Cattyshack’s Wayne Martin gets together with […]
Ian Hodge’s 2022 Christmas gift ideas for shooters
Looking for the perfect shooting stocking filler for the fieldsports enthusiast in your life? Ian Hodge of shooting shop Ian Hodge Fieldsports dons the Father Christmas outfit and comes up with some ideas for you. His suggestions start at under a tenner, and include shooting socks, a duck call, electronic hearing protectors, and a Browning […]
British Shooting Show 2023 bucks talk of downturns
Exhibitor attendance numbers at the British Shooting Show (17-19 February 2023) are, yet again, up on previous years. “It’s going to be a good Christmas for many of our visitors if our ticket sales are anything to go by, opening those envelopes on Christmas morning, receiving your British Shooting Show tickets,” says organiser John Allison. […]
Win a gunslip and cartridge belt – Fieldsports Extra, episode 249
You can win a Jack Pyke gunslip and cartridge belt priced at more than £70, thanks to Ian Hodge Fieldsports. Plus, former Met police detective Ian Jensen says why the law is on the side of shooters and hunters, not sabs, and the mighty Mark Ripley fumbles a shot.This week’s prizes and other links:Katie Hargreaves Jack […]
How to choose LPVO riflescope mounts: expert advice
Want to know how to choose an LPVO rifle scope mount? Wondering why it will be the right choice? Keep reading to learn about the best LPVO scopes for 2022.
Injured buffalo charges hunter
Explosive action as British big game hunter Paul Childerley hunts buffalo in the Mozambique bush. He finds out about poaching, poisoning and just how dangerous a cornered Cape buffalo can be. For the new Sako 100, and the Sako Powerhead Blade, go to Sako.fi To learn about Aimpoint’s sights, go to Aimpoint.com To experience buffalo-hunting […]
Fieldsports Britain – Paul and David face dangerous game
Paul and David are on the trip of a lifetime in Mozambique, coming close to death by buffalo. They remain intrepid. They are there to find out just how important is big game hunting to Africa? They discover how their hunt feeds the local community and conserves wildlife. Meanwhile, comedians and politicians in the UK […]
Top prof says why animal rights extremists are wrong about trophy hunting
Professor Adam Hart speaks up for hunting tourism. He is one of the few British academics brave enough to support regulated trophy hunting. Science says that hunting tourism works for wildlife – but the professor’s support for it draws abuse from anti-hunting academics. For celebrities such as chimpanzee expert Dr Jane Goodall, who used to […]
Anti-hunting hate campaign – Fieldsports News, 30 November 2022
Here are the links: Antis brand hunter a serial killer in hate campaign – Fieldsports News Antis lose fight to ban English boxing day hunt – Countryside Alliance Natural Resources Wales is branded ‘wasteful’ – Countryside Alliance RSPB fails to prevent hen harriers reintroduction – Natural England Game meat celebrated at Welsh Senedd– Countryside Alliance […]
Win a Katie Hargreaves picture – Fieldsports Extra, episode 248
You can win a Katie Hargreaves print – just in time for Christmas. Plus, Paul Childerley describes the stress of a charging buffalo, Dave Templar says why go field trialling, and Professor Adam Hart says what the fall-out will be from him appearing on Fieldsports Britain.This week’s prizes and other links:Hoddy’s dog food Katie Hargreaves Until 30 […]
Westminster government backs anti-hunting bill
The government is backing a private member’s bill to ban the import of hunting trophies. DEFRA minister Rebecca Pow told the House of Commons: “I am pleased to confirm that the Government are supporting the Bill and that we are determined to fulfil our manifesto commitment to ban the imports of trophies from endangered animals.” […]
Windowcleaning gundogs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTFpMMSuIRs Working a gundog to flush game, says top trainer Dave Templar, is like windowcleaning. You want your dog to wipe the cover in front of you in the same action a windowcleaner uses to wipe glass. He is training a cocker to get ready for a field trial, the ultimate test of a dog’s […]
Stalking secretive Scottish sika
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVY3MeOhqcM Helen Tinner continues her mission to shoot all six species of wild deer found in the UK. This time, she is out after a sika stag, near Biggar in the Scottish Borders. Using all the skills she has learned as a stalker so far, Nathan Whitehead guides her into animals in forestry. For […]
Fieldsports Britain – hide and sika
youtu.be/UZgLSd2xDtk It’s all about difficult deer and easy pheasants this week. Helen Tinner is in the Scottish borders after a sika stag. With guide Nathan Whitehead, they put in the hours to get close to an animal in forestry. Dave ‘the Dog’ Templar steps up to describe gundog training for a field trial, and how […]
