RSPB lies and the language of hate
The RSPB president says that shooters are ‘subhuman’, a senior RSPB official tells lies about raptor persecution to a live audience, and the RSPB ‘bird crime’ report is a catalogue of hate speech aimed at gamekeepers. Deborah Hadfield talks to Andrew Gilruth of the Regional Moorland Group, Ian Danby of BASC and Gary McCartney of […]
Now you can’t disturb a fox – Fieldsports News, 23 November 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEIG8RaGeGg Here are the links: Hunt master fined £600 for failing to call hounds – Shropshire Star Farmer’s sale of the century – Farmer’s Weekly English police target county lines poaching – BBC Countryside Alliance rural crime survey call for help – Countryside Alliance + link to survey Rural community cost of living crisis – Countryside […]
Win £140-worth of dogfood – Fieldsports Extra, episode 247
You can win bags of dogfood from Hoddy’s this week. Plus, Helen Tinner describes the magic of deerstalking, Gary McCartney from the Countryside Alliance says how the RSPB is victimising shooters over raptors, and Tom Davies goes on a typical 2022 pheasant shoot.This week’s prizes and other links:For the Daisy Red Ryder, thanks to BSA […]
Sako 100 rifle – how to change the barrel
youtu.be/1RDybiYIi9g Fresh from hunting with the new Sako 100 in .375H&H in Mozambique, professional deer manager Paul Childerley learns how to removed and swap the barrel. Sako product manager Taneli Pokkinen recommends a switch-calibre platform for cross-season hunting. The Sako 100 is a versatile, future-proof platform designed for an advanced hunter wishing to explore their […]
Kids’ driven shoot day in North Wales
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUtMSAbbkJE A team of young guns go on a driven shoot experience day in North Wales. They get a chance to shoot pheasant, partridge and duck, and the happy smiles are all you need to know they had a great time. More from Ellis Sporting on Facebook More pheasant and partridge shooting here:
Sako 100 – first hunt – Mozambique
youtu.be/AbKZu8PCNOM It’s the Sako 100’s first outing in Africa. Paul Childerley takes the new rifle in .375H&H calibre to Mozambique. In this first film, he is out after Lichtenstein’s hartebeest for meat, plus he discovers just how many livelihoods hunting tourism pays for in this part of Africa: more than 1,000. For the Sako 100 and […]
Fieldsports Britain – Paul hunts Africa with new rifle and ammo
youtu.be/Alc8SuIOviQ Paul Childerley is in a strange country with strange rifle and bullets, and a mission to supply meat for the camp. He is after Lichtenstein’s hartebeest in Mozambique, where he finds 1,000 people who depend on the money that hunting tourism brings to the area. Meanwhile, a party of kids get their first taste […]
Grouse shooter vs RSPB – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 69
It’s Ian Coghill, ex chairman of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, vs Duncan Orr-Ewing of the RSPB, slugging it out on the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre stage about whether the RSPB is failing birds, and whether grousemoors are good for them. Charlie Jacoby is moderator. Buy Ian’s book Moorland Matters on Amazon. Other […]
Why one woman wants more people to go big game hunting
by Deborah Hadfield Emma Stander believes that big game hunting needs an influx of women. She says it would boost the hunting business – and that it’s up to her to share the reality and beauty of hunting to attract them. The 19-year-old, who lives in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, says: “I […]
RSPB attacks gamekeepers – Fieldsports News, 16 November 2022
youtu.be/28bOufT6twM Here are the links: RSPB ‘persecution’ report attacks gamekeepers – Sky + Fieldsports News Wildfire destroys National Trust Snowdonia land – Liverpool Echo Bird flu cases fall across UK – DEFRA + latest up-date Antis mount new campaign to ban trophy hunting – Twitter + private member’s bill Antis block expansion of clay ground […]
Win a Daisy Red Ryder – Fieldsports Extra, episode 246
You can win one of two Daisy Red Ryder plinking BB gun fun kits from BSA this week. Plus we talk to Paul Childerley in Mozambique, a woman professional hunter says how she wants more women to take up big game shooting and Dave ‘the Dog’ Templar reviews the new Land Rover Defender 130.This week’s […]
Thermal spotters: essential kit for today’s hunter
A thermal spotter has become an essential part of the hunter’s kit, says Warren Broad of ATN Europe. “Whether you’re deerstalking, foxshooting, or just ratting around the farmyard, a pocket-sized thermal monocular is awesome to scan the area, day or night.” He also finds it useful when he has shot an animal, and is looking […]
Precision Rifle Series: fun, frantic and only fifty quid
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6KJQIOxtHA Want to have fun with rifles? Precision Rifle Series is the new, practical sport for rifle shooters on ranges. It’s fun and fast-paced, with sponsorship from across the shooting industry. Charlie Jacoby goes to Budleigh Farm Rifle Range on Dartmoor for a PRS .22LR meeting – and meets some of the best shots in […]
How to get ‘bark’ on your steak – recipe – from Weschenfelder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHQkB-1ZMhI Cai Ap Bryn shows how to create a steak with a difference, by using rubs and glazes. Ingredients: Venison steak Rubs and glazes of your choice For the MRC Peppersteak Coater 2kg go to Bit.ly/steakcoater2kg and use the code FS15 for 15% off the £18.50 RRP. Until 23 November 2022, get 10% […]
Tim hunts big boar in Argentina
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMyi8iLSULk Tim Pilbeam is shooting wild boar with thermal – but not in Europe, North America or Australia. He is in Argentina, where boar are thriving in the low scrub on the edge of the pampas. Like boar shooters the world over, it’s a case of sitting out and waiting for these animals, which use […]
Fieldsports Britain – waiting out for wild boar
With wild boar the world’s number-one big-game pest, Tim Pilbeam learns how to sit out and wait for them with a thermal spotter and a rifle. He could be in many countries in the world – everyone is dealing with wild boar over-populations these days. On this occasion, he is in Argentina, where the wild […]
Media attacks practical shotgunning – Fieldsports News, 9 November 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqfVyJd5mQc Here are the links: Practical shotgunning under attack from newspapers – Worcester orton Shooting Club film + Bisley film Footballer fined for poaching – BBC Top shot aims for Olympic gold – Instagram + BBC BASC pleads for lead shot clemency – BASC Landlord nabs giant rat – Daily Mail Don’t feed the muntjac […]
Back to the classroom – Fieldsports Extra #245
Lots of education in this week’s Fieldsports Extra: former teacher Andrea Charlton says why she thinks more schools should take up shooting sports and another former teacher, Charlie’s dad Martin, talks about how town and country are too entangled to separate. Prize draw this week is for a BugASalt fly shotgun. Plus Tim Pilbeam is […]
How ecotourists kill wildlife with their cameras
youtu.be/Sx5G1Cn4vho by Ben O’Rourke Ask a wildlife enthusiast how to fund conservation in Africa without hunting tourism, or trophy hunting as some like to call it and they will give you one answer: ecotourism. Most people will picture khaki-dressed Westerners peeking through binoculars at giraffes half a mile away and snapping away on cameras with […]
Breakdown in Devon & Cornwall gun licensing puts businesses at risk
youtu.be/c-VlnQpCK0Q With police firearms licensing across Devon, Cornwall and Dorset in meltdown, local country and gun shops are having to diversify. Martin and Chris Lamb run the Country Sport Shop in Bovey Tracey, Devon. They have opened ‘The Barbecue Shack‘ to go alongside their business supplying local gamekeepers, shoots and pest controllers. They tell their […]
Shooting loved-up foxes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOR0YqBA9nY Autumn is the time of year when foxes fall in love. And like romantics everywhere, that makes the foxes more than usually visible. Tom Davies from Dartmoor Deer Services is prowling the lanes and country tracks on fox patrol. Tom’s review of the Pulsar Merger To buy them, visit Kitfinder.co.uk/pulsarmerger or Kitfinder.co.uk/pulsarthermion2 For more […]
Dan Thor shoots the ‘bog rabbit’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDF22FZ-lbc Simulated game? It’s competitive battue clayshooting, as Dan Thor and friends take to the field in Hertfordshire for a simulated game day. The clays come thick and fast – as does the banter. For deals on the Miroku MK38, go to Kitfinder.co.uk/mirokumk38 Find Dan on Instagram Instagram.com/dan_thor_shooting Sim day organiser is Steve Reynolds, tel […]
Pheasant sausages – recipe – from Weschenfelder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFaI8_a9Yk Cai Ap Bryn makes delicious pheasant sausages. Watch and learn the recipe here. Ingredients: Pheasant meat mince (including all offcuts) Fatty pork mince Spice/herb mix Sausage tubes (plus you will need a sausage stuffer) Links Get 10% off the following Weschenfelder products: Trespade TC 12 EL ECO Electric mincer (£234 RRP) + Trespade […]
Niall’s Swedish elk adventure
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBxms_rO9NA Take a Scottish wildlife expert to Scandinavia and his imagination runs away with him. Niall Rowantree is elk hunting in Swedish Lapland. While there, he imagines a Scotland with moose roaming free. Plus he gets up close to moose and to the hunt. . For deals on the Blaser R8, go to Kitfinder.co.uk/blaserr8 For […]
Fieldsports Britain – magnificent moose
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dLd3jU-yY Niall Rowantree heads to Swedish Lapland to hunt moose, and toys with the idea of releasing them in Scotland. Well, why not? That’s not all. Back home in Britain, Dan Thor goes on a simulated game day in Hertfordshire, Tom Davies is out after foxes on Dartmoor, Cai Ap Bryn shows how easy it […]
Three reasons to buy a secondhand PCP airgun
James Head of Crackshot UK says there are plenty of good reasons to buy a secondhand pre-charged pneumatic airgun – and a few traps to watch out for. Let’s start with the positives. Number one: it will be cheaper than buying new. That means you can get more for your budget – a better grade […]
Win a Jack Pyke jacket – Fieldsports Extra #244
Prize draw this week is for a green Jack Pyke Rannock jacket priced at £69.95. Plus Niall predicts the future for Scandinavian wildlife (based on Scotland), Tom Davies runs out of light and Dan Thor can’t count. There is also news about how we would like to turn Fieldsports Channel plc into Fieldsports Channel Ltd. […]
Paul Childerley tests Zeiss SFL 10×40 binoculars
Paul Childerley is a professional deer manager at home in Bedfordshire, so when he went staking red stags in Scotland he knew what he needed from his kit. He chose to carry the Zeiss SFL 10×40 binoculars, for their great performance-to-weight ratio – the SFL stands for SmartFocus Lightweight. “They are really compact and lightweight,” […]
Zeiss V8 2.8-20×56 riflescope tested on the hill in Scotland
When you’re stalking red stags on the hill in Scotland, you want gear that performs impeccably in any conditions, and is light to carry. That’s why professional deer manager Paul Childerley chose to take the Zeiss V8 2.8-20×56 scope on his Sako rifle. “It’s a no-brainer,” he says. “It’s a product that’s been tried and […]
Is it time to switch to a thermal riflescope?
youtu.be/yHqho9Jp9W0 Many shooters have adopted thermal technology for spotting, but still have a night vision or day-night scope on the rifle. With practice, it can be an efficient combination, allowing you to find your quarry easily with the thermal spotter, then take the shot with night vision. In the early days of thermal, when it […]
Human cost of bird flu
youtu.be/bQJRBQqy1io by Deborah Hadfield Kevin and Val Russell run Hawkstone Falconry in Yorkshire. With the bird flu outbreak following two years of covid, businesses such as theirs are struggling. For Val, the issue is made worse as her work was a lifeline after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Working with the birds boosted her […]
Paul’s Highland stalk of a lifetime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr5U51Q1as8 Paul Childerley has the stag stalking outing of his life – a dream come true. He is going up the hill in the Highlands of Scotland in the most traditional manner possible. It’s the red rut and the stags are holding hinds in this part of Inverness-shire. Tweeds, two-draw scopes and a garron pony […]
Fieldsports Britain – dream stag stalking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjry5Pr8xTk Paul heads up the hill for the stalk of his life. He is in Scotland for the red rut, and he is out to try stag stalking that includes not just the standard Scottish package of fabulous scenery and superb professional stalkers. This time, he gets to use a garron pony to bring his […]
No 10 welcomes shooting supporter – Fieldsports News, 26 October 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrPFJWxvLe0 Here are the links: UK welcomes grouse-shooting prime minister – Countryside Alliance RSPB fresh attack on gamebird releasing – BASC Scottish Hunting With Dogs bill attacked – YouTube Anti claims of ‘hunt havoc’ rubbished – Somerset Live NHS wild venison trial extended – Daily Mail + Countryside Alliance British Shooting’s first #TargetChange days – […]
Speedy sheep – Fieldsports Extra #243
Prize draw this week is for five party packs of airgun pellets from Crackshot and, if you win, you get to choose which five airgun pellets you will get. Plus Charlie talks to member John Buxton about Fieldsports Live, Dominic Boulton from Aim to Sustain explains the human cost of bird flu, Dog & Field […]
Shooting for the blind
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ngwrseOUJw Jason Ford is one of the best target shooters in the UK – and he is blind. He uses new technology to enjoy his sport, which is backed by the National Smallbore Rifle Association. Click here for the NSRA Visually-impaired lad trains as professional hunter:
Foxshooting and a limping fallow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0hrSSow26g Roy Lupton has hold of two new pieces of foxshooting kit. He is out to try them out. He has the InfiRay TD50L Tube night vision scope and the Unique UH35 thermal spotter. They bring him success: five foxes on the ground. For the InfiRay scope and spotter, check out deals on Kitfinder […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s five fox night
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ0LSBrymy8 Roy Lupton is out after foxes and starts with a problem fallow pricket. He goes on from that to have a bumper foxshooting night. We look at woodcock and Wild Justice’s attempt to ban woodcock shooting in England. And how do you shoot targets when you are blind? We ask the National Smallbore Rifle […]
Woodcock shooting: how Wild Justice is trying to ban it
youtu.be/IIjLEHg58bo by Deborah Hadfield it is one of the most challenging birds you can shoot in the UK. Woodcock shooters are considered among the elite of rough shooters, prepared to travel great distances and at short notice when they hear that ‘the woodcock are in’. Woodcock shooting is not commercial like pheasant, grouse and partridge. […]
Best spring-powered air rifles for hunting 2022
youtu.be/PSwh4Gs1iB0 So you’ve got a problem with rats, or rabbits, and you want an airgun. Will a spring-powered air rifle do the job, and how much will it cost? West Country gunshop owner Ian Hodge picks two great value guns off his shelf: the BSA Lightning and the Gamo Black 10 Maxxim. They’re both up […]
Bird flu spreads – Fieldsports News, 7 September 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIjLEHg58bo Here are the links: Bird flu spreads across UK – DEFRA Antis march on London – Evening Standard Scottish gamekeepers blame conservation industry for capercaillie loss – SGA Antis arrested after pouring milk in shops – ITV Record breaking bluefin tuna in UK – BBC + our film about the old record on YouTube […]
Wild Justice aims at woodcock – Fieldsports Extra #242
Prize draw this week is for a £285 CCTV/trailcam, plus a woodcock guide explains why shooters are the best people to look after the bird, Roy Lupton gets technical on when you can shoot deer, and James Marchington find a new gadget: it’s a whistling device that guides blind shooters on to their targets.This week’s […]
Everything you always wanted to know about F Class
www.youtube.com/watch?v=79UzdIffh-w Head to the home of British shooting, Bisley, to see rifle shooting at its finest. With superlative skill and kit, F Class shooters get to put bullets into a five-inch circle at 1,000 yards. They talk about how they do it. For more on F Class go to GBFClass.com More from the NRA:
Bird flu 2022: what should shoots and shooters do?
by Deborah Hadfield The UK is facing its largest ever outbreak of avian influenza. DEFRA confirms more than 170 cases in less than 12 months among captive birds. The latest outbreak in Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex has seen the disease at 16 poultry premises. It’s a notifiable animal disease, which means you report […]
Essex pigeonshooting: back with a bang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UtV7d-f8XU Geoff Garrod is back in the pigeon hide, shooting over freshly-drilled wheat. The birds have been absent from his part of Essex all summer. He uses all of his autumn tactics to bring them in. Find instant deals on the Browning Maxus 2 on Kitfinder For info on the Browning Maxus 2, visit Bit.ly/maxus2 […]
Fieldsports Britain – Geoff’s pigeon drought is over
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj4KVFihX2M It’s been a long, sad summer for Geoff Garrod. The reason? No pigeons to shoot. At last they are back, and he is in the hide and happy. Meanwhile, it could be a tough winter for pheasant shooting as bird flu grips the UK countryside. Deborah finds out what shoots and shooters should be […]
ATN X-Sight 4K Pro: a day-night rifle sight that calculates holdover for you
by James Marchington There are a few digital day-night sights available nowadays, giving you the option of shooting from dawn to dusk and through to dawn again. That’s a massive help if you want to use the same rifle set-up, without needing to swap scopes and re-zero, or even buying a whole new rifle and […]
Scottish gundog ban fears – Fieldsports News, 12 October 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ZTyyoU7B8 Here are the links: Scottish gundogs could be caught in foxhunting clampdown – The Scottish Farmer Police plan ‘public immunity’ gun licence legal swerve – Andrew Alger’s appeal 100+ antis arrested after London attacks – Twitter Urban Britain is failing wildlife and farming, says Gareth Wyn Jones – Fieldsports News Scottish farmers attack beaver […]
Gareth Wyn Jones – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 68
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRr0vpam8LI Gareth Wyn Jones is the outspoken Welsh hill farmer who starred in the BBC’s The Family Farm. He believes that the disconnection between town and country is driving a wedge between the two communities – and, in this talk, he spells out why. Find Gareth on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook Other ways to listen to […]
Win a £379 rifle accuracy course – Fieldsports Extra #241
Prize draw this week is for a £379 ticket to a rifle accuracy course with Richard Utting of #SharpShootingUK. Richard is a Fieldsports Nation member and runs his excellent courses on miles of beautiful moorland in Co Durham. Plus Geoff Garrod is missing pigeons, Dominic Boulton of the Game Farmers Association has a bird flu […]
