How hunters are solving Cambridgeshire’s deer problem

How hunters are solving Cambridgeshire’s deer problem

Mark Froggatt stalks deer on farms in Cambridgeshire. He is one of a small band who go out after roe deer and Chinese water deer, which anyone crossing the Fens can see in herds out among the crops. He takes Charlie Jacoby out after both species. To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 797, visit […]

Teresa Dent CBE from the GWCT – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 113

Teresa Dent CBE from the GWCT – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 113

youtu.be/JKX8exmYtq4 Teresa Dent CBE led the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust as chief executive for 22 years. In the spring of 2025, she retires. In July 2024, she came to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk about the trust’s work, and the difficulty of producing science that politicians can use. Other ways to […]

Win an Olight Osight red dot sight – Fieldsports Extra, episode 366

Win an Olight Osight red dot sight – Fieldsports Extra, episode 366

You can win an Olight OSight red dot sight priced at £160 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus dog trainer Sean Brown talks about neutering, member Mark Froggatt says What He Wold Like To See Done, and the GWCT’s Teresa Dent CBE says what expasperates her. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with […]

Ratting action with the Suffolk & Norfolk Rat Pack

Ratting action with the Suffolk & Norfolk Rat Pack

Last month we were with Sam Green in Norfolk for a driven pheasant and partridge day. Now we’re back at the shoot for a different kind of sport – ratting with the Suffolk & Norfolk Rat Pack. We start at the piggery buildings, then move on to compost heaps and game covers. The dogs ‘mark’ […]

Scotland wants to cull deerstalkers – Fieldsports News, 26 February 2025

Scotland wants to cull deerstalkers – Fieldsports News, 26 February 2025

Here are the links: Scotland could halve deerstalker numbers – News.stv.tv Rubbish keeps fox numbers high – GWCT LACS tears itself apart in High Court – The Times Wales announces greyhound racing ban – Countryside Alliance YouTube channel gives away deerstalking – YouTube Police shoot stag near school – Instagram and Facebook Wolf attacks horses – […]

Country Food Trust – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 112

Country Food Trust – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 112

youtu.be/l90cTv7xEy8 SJ Hunt runs the Country Food Trust, a charity that delivers game, venison, poultry and vegetarian meals to food banks and the homeless. It is the major market for pheasants, partridges and deer carcases. Talking to Charlie Jacoby at the 2024 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, she explains how it works. Visit the Country […]

Short sharp roe doe shoot

Short sharp roe doe shoot

A quick outing stalking to fill the freezer: Elliot is out with John on a farm in the Scottish Highlands after a late-season roe doe with the Browning X-Bolt 2. For the Browning X-Bolt 2, visit Browning.eu For Copper Force ammo, go to Winchester.eu Find John at ProHuntLtd.co.uk Find Elliot on Instagram To watch all […]

Tikka bolt-action vs Beretta BRX1 straight-pull rifle, with Ian Hodge

Tikka bolt-action vs Beretta BRX1 straight-pull rifle, with Ian Hodge

Beretta and Tikka are part of the same manufacturing group, their rifles are different, but they go head-to-head on price. Ian Hodge from Cornish and online gunshop Ian Hodge Fieldsports explains what’s to like about each – and says which one is his favourite. For more about Ian Hodge Fieldsports, go to IanHodgeFieldsports.co.uk To watch […]

Fieldsports Britain – Rats vs JCB and terriers

Fieldsports Britain – Rats vs JCB and terriers

We’re out with the Suffolk & Norfolk Rat Pack for some frantic ratting action with dogs and diggers. Elliot Roberts is harvesting meat for the freezer in Scotland, with a late doe cull. Ian Hodge compares rifles from Beretta and Tikka, SJ Hunt from the Country Food Trust talks to Charlie Jacoby in our podcast […]

Fieldsports Britain – A Year in the Life of Red Deer

Fieldsports Britain – A Year in the Life of Red Deer

The wildlife – the scenery – the deerstalking. Over 12 months, we follow wildlife manager Niall Rowantree as he looks after the deer on the Ardnamurchan Estate. how does he produce a healthy population of deer? And how does deer management weave itself into the fabric of estate life?   For the whole series, visit […]

Niall Rowantree

Niall Rowantree

Find out more about Niall’s Blaser R8 Click Here Niall Rowantree Niall uses Hornady ammunition. Visit its website. Click Here Niall uses HIKMicro optics Click Here Follow/contact Niall Facebook Instagram Deer expert Niall Rowantree has spent more than 35 years providing wildlife and deer management services to both the public and private sector. He made […]

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Win a Fenman tweed waistcoat– Fieldsports Extra, episode 365

Win a Fenman tweed waistcoat– Fieldsports Extra, episode 365

You can win a tweed shooting waistoat from Fenman Fieldsports & Leisure in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus Elliot Roberts has a close shave with a walker while out deerstalking, and there’s an uncontrollable Norfolk terrier, blood up from ratting. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup […]

British Shooting Show 2025 – new rifles, prizewinners and tech

British Shooting Show 2025 – new rifles, prizewinners and tech

Join Charlie Jacoby on a wander round the British Shooting Show 2025 looking for interesting kit, prize draws, British marques and some new thermal launches. We kick off with Alistair Harkness who is importing a new straight-pull rifle from German manufacturer Steel Action. Theoben is back, and to mark its revival the co-creator of the […]

John Jeffries Custom Catapults

John Jeffries Custom Catapults

youtu.be/81Pu3igZ-GU Ever fancied a slingshot made of mammoth ivory? John Jeffries makes beautiful catapults in collaboration with Emberleaf Knives, some of them for more than £1,000. Find John on Facebook  More catapults here:

Last chance to win a Maxus II – Fieldsports Extra, episode 364

Last chance to win a Maxus II – Fieldsports Extra, episode 364

It’s all about the British Shooting Show in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, with amazing catapults, an African Safari outfiiter and a special offer on a shooting app for iPhones. Plus you can still win a Browning Maxus II semi-auto shotgun. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup […]

Value of Shooting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 111

Value of Shooting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 111

BASC chief executive Ian Bell explains the new Value of Shooting report , which shows how vital the sport is to rural economies. He is talking to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. For more about the report, go to BASC.org.uk/the-value-of-shooting-report-2024 Other ways to listen to our podcasts:​​

The right dog for the job, with José Souto

The right dog for the job, with José Souto

Top game chef José Souto is a keen falconer, and uses his pointer Izzy to find and point game birds for his birds to hunt. He is keen to learn more about the skills of other gundogs, and joins Dan and Paul from Higgscroft Gundogs to see what a spaniel and retriever bring to a […]

Driven shooting with the Browning 825

Driven shooting with the Browning 825

We join world champion clay shooter Sam Green on a lovely frosty January day at his shoot in Suffolk, to try out the new Browning 825 shotgun with a group of Browning staff and sponsored shooters, on driven pheasants and partridges, UK style. Watch a spectacular day on English partridges in France with the Browning […]

Fieldsports Britain – Game shooting with a world champion

Fieldsports Britain – Game shooting with a world champion

What does a world champion clay shot like to do in January? We are shooting pheasants and partridges with the new Browning 825 on Sam Green’s shoot in Suffolk. Plus we join top game chef José Souto on a walked-up day in Leicestershire to learn about the special skills of different gundog breeds. We are […]

Win a £1,679 Browning Maxus II – Fieldsports Extra, episode 362

Win a £1,679 Browning Maxus II – Fieldsports Extra, episode 362

You can win a Browning Maxus II semi-auto shotgun in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus top tips on presenting with earplugs in, and Ian Bell form BASC describves a strategy for changing the minds of Labour MPs about fieldsports . This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup […]

African officials slam UK trophy imports ban plan

African officials slam UK trophy imports ban plan

African government officials are lining up to criticise the UK government for its plan to ban trophy imports. They say that the move is colonial, even racist, and takes no account for conditions in their countries. Speaking at the 2025 SCI convention in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Jagd & Hund hunting show in Dortmund, Germany, […]

The story of the rabbit – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 110

The story of the rabbit – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 110

youtu.be/cL4xO6OLIWE They shot 5,000 rabbits in one day in Shropshire and 7,000 in one day at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. The rabbit has had a relatively short but dramatic history in the UK, from Roman food source through population explosions, and becoming one of the most prized quarry species of the great Victorian shots. Shooting […]

More than a working dog: the Malinois

More than a working dog: the Malinois

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwGKwBmuVnI The Belgian shepherd or Malinois has gone from herding and guarding livestock to frontline service. Dog trainer Sean Brown from Petsercise.co.uk in Northumberland introduces us to two different owners: one with a military dog-handling background and the other who wanted the Malinois as a pet. Both have different training techniques to keep the dogs […]

Crackshot charity prize draw

Crackshot charity prize draw

You can win £6,000-worth of airguns and airgun kit in Crackshot’s 2025 prize draw in aid of a children’s hospice and a mental health charity. You can buy tickets online, at Crackshot’s own shop – visit g.co/kgs/h5HGPds – and at the British Shooting Show, where the draw will take place on 16 February 2025. For […]

Win tickets to the British Shooting Show – Fieldsports Extra, episode 362

Win tickets to the British Shooting Show – Fieldsports Extra, episode 362

You can win one of five pairs of tickets to the British Shooting Show, at the NEC Birmingham next weekend, 14-16 February 2025. We will of course be there. Come and say hello. Plus Terry Doe talks airgun pellet prep, a pair of Zimbabweans complain about the British government’s plans for a trophy import ban, […]

How to call muntjac deer

How to call muntjac deer

There’s more to calling muntjac deer than you think. Roy Lupton reckons he has it cracked after a successful muntjac session, but this time he can’t hit the right notes, and the munties aren’t impressed. As the afternoon progresses, his luck changes and we get not one but three bucks. For more from Pulsar, visit […]

‘Mass the bass’: fishing in Florida

‘Mass the bass’: fishing in Florida

When one fishing-mad lad moved from the UK to Florida, he set about getting to grips with local angling opportunities. Fifteen-year-old Massimo Schneider says how he catches largemouth and peacock bass. Thanks to Mass’s brother Armando Schneider for writing and performing the music in this video. For more of Armando’s music, visit Soundcloud.com/user-215144790 To watch […]

SCI Convention smashes it for the UK

SCI Convention smashes it for the UK

The SCI annual convention in Nashville is THE place to buy and sell hunting and shooting. At the 2025 event, British sporting agents are there in force, and doing spectacularly well. Demand for fieldsports is at an all-time high – and that can only be good for nature and conservation. Charlie finds out how good […]

Fieldsports Britain – Muntjac mayhem

Fieldsports Britain – Muntjac mayhem

Roy Lupton is trying to call a muntjac but finds it frustratingly hard to hit the right notes. British pheasant shooting is booming say sporting agents at a big American show. Plus a young angler shows how he reels in largemouth and peacock bass in Florida, Terry Doe puts on his Jack Pyke boots in […]

Win a squirrel feeder and a deer hanger – Fieldsports Extra, episode 361

Win a squirrel feeder and a deer hanger – Fieldsports Extra, episode 361

You can win a a squirrel feeder and a deer hanger made by Kathy Morgan’s company KM Exhausts in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus His Excellency Rodney Sikumba says the British government is a bit rubbish, James Dent from Roxtons, Marc Brown from Bettws Hall and Marc Newton from RIgby line up to say why […]

Fieldsports Britain – Golf course pheasants

Fieldsports Britain – Golf course pheasants

Fore! GWCT chairman and former agriculture minister Sir Jim Paice is shooting driven pheasants on a golf course. Plus the cold snap doesn’t put off angling addicts: Andy Ford is flyfishing for trout in the snow. Fieldtester has Will Hogan explaining how the Swazi Doughroaster fleece got its name, Greg Smith MP is the subject […]

Swazi fleece – why is it called the ‘Doughroaster’?

Swazi fleece – why is it called the ‘Doughroaster’?

Did you know that in New Zealand the “Doughroaster” is the guy left to tend the fire when out hunting? Will Hogan explains that not only is this warm technical fleece from Swazi perfect for firegazing, it also works out beating or stalking, and because of its subtle looks, you won’t feel out of place […]

Shock certificate fee hike – Fieldsports News, 22 January 2025

Shock certificate fee hike – Fieldsports News, 22 January 2025

Here are the links: Certificate fee shock – Gov.uk and Search.app/frwi Poachers crash into ditch – Facebook Government supports grouse shooting – BASC Rewilding raises wildfire fears – Facebook Gun law book launch – Amazon Sea eagles kill 300 lambs – TheScottishFarmer.co.uk Daily Mirror faces legal challenge – Mirror.co.uk Locals are the true conservationists – […]

Win NZ Hunter for a year – Fieldsports Extra, episode 360

Win NZ Hunter for a year – Fieldsports Extra, episode 360

You can win an annual subscription to NZ Hunter priced at £75 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus Sir Jim Paice gives his political prognosis for shooting, Greg Smith MP says it’s not all bad and Mark Froggatt takes me Chese water deer stalking. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go […]

Government tries to price rural people out of shooting sports

Government tries to price rural people out of shooting sports

The government’s decision to increase firearms licensing fees by more than double poses a threat to rural livelihoods and fails to deal with gross inefficiencies which in many cases provides an unacceptable service. That’s the message from shooting organisations, led by BASC. “An inefficient system is an ineffective system, and this puts public safety at […]

Antis lobby for lead ban – Fieldsports News, 15 January 2025

Antis lobby for lead ban – Fieldsports News, 15 January 2025

Here are the links: Antis lobby for lead ban – YouTube and TheGuardian.com Rogue lynx rewilders split conservation industry – Instagram Invictus Games laser guns don’t work in snow – InvictusGames2025.ca and Olympics.com Schöffel launches countryside awards – SchoffelCountry.com Chigborough catfish could be new British record – AnglingTimes.co.uk Swedish salmon film highlights decline – YouTube Western Australia […]

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