Fieldsports Britain – Crow on the crows
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVDNpB4lVqY Crow on crow action: Andy Crow is back, keeping corvids off a freshly drilled maize crop with his shiny new blue Blaser. We’re at the National Shooting Show, where Charlie Jacoby learns about a new initiative to smash the firearms licensing log-jam. James Head from Crackshot compares two compact PCP airguns, the AirMaks Krait […]
Win a £379 Wagstaff watch – Fieldsports Extra, episode 376
You can win a watch priced at £379, in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus it’s our National Shooting Show diary with the help of these people:For the Wagstaff ‘Gloucestershire’ watch priced at £379, go to Bitl.ly/WagstaffWatchJames Crowther on YouTube Ian ‘Skipman’ Jones and Jumbo Willis catapult ccmpetitions Nick Levett-Scrivener, Shooting Star Bill BlackerJim Brown, Lincolnshire Bell Target League […]
Wagstaff Watches for shooters and hunters
Peter Foster who runs Wagstaff Watches, which specialises in watches for country people, explains where his company came from and what makes a great rural timepiece. Click here for the Wagstaff ‘Gloucestershire’ watch priced at £379.
175-yard rabbit with an airgun
Wayne Martin has a big rabbit control job to do on a farm near Winchester in the south of England. He is using a FAC-rated airgun to head-shoot the rabbits as they come out to feed, starting with one at 86 yards and working up to an astonishing 175 yards, made possible by his day-night […]
Squirrel chainsaw massacre
Jaf Jefferson is shooting squirrels to protect Charlie’s dad’s trees. The squirrels are more dangerous for trees than a Toby Carvery with a chainsaw, and have already knocked out a stand of a dozen oaks. Check out Jaf’s South Somerset Ferreters channel on YouTube YouTube.com/@southsomersetferretersfiel5202 More with Jaf here:
How to get started in deer stalking
Cai Ap Bryn and Tim Pilbeam have created a new course that gives beginners the chance to know what it feels like to shoot a rifle at a deer, and then try some quality Game-&-Flames-prepared venison. For more information about Cai and Tim’s Deer Stalking Experience Course head to GameAndFlames.com/book-online Follow Cai on Facebook Facebook.com/Gameandflames […]
Royal boost for Jack Pyke – Fieldsports News, 7 May 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWaNTfO0f0 Here are the links: Princess Charlotte wears Jack Pyke – Instagram Have your say on new shotgun rules – Countryside Alliance Gamekeeping course closure threat – SRUC.ac.uk Deerstalking bargains at auction – Givergy.com Cash for mink cull – NatureScot ISIS attacks hunting camp – SafariClub.org Hunt sabs threaten Swedish minister – Svenskjakt.se and Laholmstidning.se Hunter […]
Fieldsports Britain – Extreme range rabbits
Wayne Martin is shooting long-distance rabbits with an FAC airgun, fitted with a high-tech scope that measures the range and shows the correct aiming mark for a perfect head-shot. Get into stalking: Cai Ap Bryn and Tim Pilbeam come together to hold a simulated deer hunt and cook-out. Jaf Jefferson is shooting squirrels and David […]
Win a place in the British Open .410 championship – Fieldsports Extra, episode 375
You can win a place at the British open .410 championships, priced at £65 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus Wayne Martin and Cai Ap Bryn discuss rabbit and venison recipes, and member Ian Jensen comes up with a good idea… This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can […]
Hunting turkeys in the rut
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ9y31BH-ao Michaela is going to have a baby. She was supposed to have it in a few weeks, so she could go hunting turkeys. Shortly after Charlie arrives at her home in the Czech Republic, she goes into labour. Step forward Sabi, who takes Michaela’s place, and goes to hunt turkeys with @prolovhunting8160 in the […]
Sika deer are here to stay: Rory Putman & Niall Rowantree – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 117
Professor Rory Putman and deer expert Niall Rowantree discuss Scotland’s next big deer problem: sika. The Scottish government has successfully wiped out large numbers of iconic Scottish red deer. In their place are coming a new, invasive species, Japanese sika. More a horde than a herd, our experts expect they will be Scotland’s number one […]
Fieldsports Britain – Feral mum
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZPVpZyH5sk We are off to shoot a turkey with a pregnant huntress – until she goes into labour. Can you have a sensible discussion with antis? Charlie Jacoby joins politicians and lobbyists in the Gulf state of Qatar to tell the world about the UK’s big issues. Niall Rowantree and Professor Rory Putman discuss the […]
Can you mediate with antis? CIC Congress in Doha
Hunters are tolerant. Anti-hunters are not. How do you mediate with the intolerant? At CIC’s 71st annual congress, held in Doha, Qatar, some say look for the less hardline among the antis and talk to them, others say don’t bother talking to any of them. CIC invites Charlie Jacoby to speak at the conference. Plus […]
Government blocks protection of hunting traditions – Fieldsports News, 30 April 2025
Here are the links: Government delays recognition of hunting culture – Gov.uk Oxford Gun Company pair lost – Facebook Scottish government’s muirburn muddle – BASC Deerstalker designs app – HuntsmanApp.co.uk Raptor poisoning set-up – TheCourier.co.uk Antis launch campaign website – HuntHavoc.info Poaching laws strengthened – Countryside Alliance Swedish church lowers hunting rents – SMP.se To […]
Win tickets to the National Shooting Show – Fieldsports Extra, episode 374
You can win one of five pairs of tickets to the National Shooting Show in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus Niall Rowantree and Prof Rory Putman discuss sika deer, Ed Swales from Hunting Kind and Lord Mancroft give their reaction to a hunting conference in the Gulf, and Miloslav Jančík offers his impression of a […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fox shot in central London
Simon Grimmer heads to central London to show how to shoot an urban fox without alarming the neighbours. The roebuck season is well underway, and we’re out with Tim Davies and Ollie Williams trying out the latest thermal tech. Ian Hodge talks traps for rats and other pests, and David has the news on the […]
How did animal rights extremists evolve? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 116
youtu.be/QHKVqqVci3I Charlie’s dad, Martin Jacoby, explains how the hunter-gatherers of 200,000 years ago slowly evolved into both sport hunters and animal rights activists. Find Martin’s book on Amazon Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
How to shoot an urban fox
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhiLEiQmso8 Pest controller Simon Grimmer has been called to deal with a troublesome fox in a tiny garden in central London. It’s a difficult and specialist job, but Simon has it all worked out. Using night vision, a moderated rifle and .22 subsonic ammo, he gets the job done efficiently and discreetly; the fox-loving neighbours […]
The best traps for rats and other pests
Traps are a popular way to get rid of rats and other pests in town and countryside. Ian Hodge of West Country shop Ian Hodge Fieldsports runs through some of the top selling types he offers, with a bit of advice about how to get the best results. Find Ian Hodge fieldsports at IanHodgeFieldsports.co.uk To […]
Roebuck stalking tech
The roebuck season has opened in the UK, and on separate West Country estates Tom Davies and Ollie Williams are both hoping to put a deer in the chiller. They are trying out some new tech to help with the job. Tom has Pulsar Merger thermal binos and a drone, while Ollie has a new […]
Fieldsports Channel to sue anti-hunting newspaper – Fieldsports News, 23 April 2025
Here are the links: Hunters take legal action against The Mirror – Mirror.co.uk Police recover stolen gundogs – BBC Sea eagle snatches lamb – Facebook Should hunting be a ‘protected belief’? – Hunting Kind Wildfire risk now ‘catastrophic’ – NFCC and The Guardian Botswana hunting ban documentary – YouTube Ammo vending machine ban – Denver Post and […]
Win a Browning rucksack – Fieldsports Extra, episode 373
You can win a Browning rucksack and a coolbag in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus David wrestles with the news stump, Charlie’s dad Martin Jacoby talks about desertification, Ian hodge discusses traps and fox controller Simon Grimmer gets a call… from a fox. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual […]
Thermal drone deer counting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 115
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLK2TEMOfcE Ben Harrower from BH Wildlife Consultancy uses a thermal drone for a unique aerial view of how the six UK deer species populations, and our wild boar, are expanding and contracting across the UK. As part of our filming for ‘A Year in the Life of Sika’, Ben covers all aspects of his work […]
Fieldsports Britain – Too late for Scotland’s reds
Experts warn that sika deer are replacing the iconic red deer of Scotland – and it’s too late to stop them. In the fourth and final part of our series, ‘A Year in the Life of Sika’, we find out what that means for deer managers, forestry, and the wider environment. Staying with deer, we […]
Skeleton stock airguns: SMK CP2 vs Webley Nemesis X
Be James Bond on the rats. James Head from airgun specialist Crackshot talks through air rifles with skeleton stocks and compares two of the market leaders: the SMK CP2 with the Webley Nemesis X. For more from Crackshot, go to g.co/kgs/j9Sdc3b To watch all of #FieldsportsBritain, episode 803, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain803 More from Crackshot here:
Drone reveals rising deer damage – Fieldsports News, 16 April 2025
Here are the links: Deer damage the broads – EADT DEFRA bans SPA gamebird release – Gov.uk and BASC Wildfires rage on National Trust land – Facebook and also on Facebook Ratters offer bin strike help – YouTube and Telegraph Stalking Show success – Facebook NatureScot sends in shooters – NatureScot Foxhounds settle in at French kennels […]
Win booze and accessories – Fieldsports Extra, episode 372
You can win a bottle of Gun Label Spirits sloe gin plus two personalised cups to drink it, a personalised thermos and a cartidge pouch in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus David says what he thinks of the Stalking Show, as does Cassandra Swanwick from Flint Clothing, and Niall Rowantree changes a wheel. This week’s […]
Dynamic Ladies tweed clay shoot
The Dynamic Ladies dress up in their finest country clothing for their annual tweed clay shoot at the Surrey Shooting School. Find out more about the Dynamic Ladies Shooting Club at the website DynamicLadiesShootingClub.co.uk, and follow the club on Instagram and Facebook. To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 802, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain802 More clayshooting here:
Anti-trailhunting MP arrested – Fieldsports News, 9 April 2025
Here are the links: League Against Cruel Sports boss arrested – Sky News UK uplands wildfires: Woodhead, Derbyshire – Facebook Staffordshire – ITV Northern Ireland – Sky News Galloway and East Ayrshire – STV Hampshire – Bournemouth Echo Cumbrian Coast – RailAdvent.co.uk Brewdog traps deer in ‘protected’ forestry – TheNational.scot NGO night shooting course – […]
Fieldsports Britain – Death of the 100m zero
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM34v6DQk6UCharlie Jacoby is zeroing his deerstalking rifle with help from some Royal Marines snipers, and learning a better way than the old “inch high at 100 yards”. The Dynamic Ladies dress up for a smashing time at their annual tweed clay shoot. Niall Rowantree says how he gets the most out of thermal, and David […]
Zeroing an inch high at 100 – and why that’s nonsense
We’re debunking the rule of thumb that says you should zero your deer rifle one inch high at 100 yards. Charlie Jacoby visits the experts at Long Range Tactical and learns a different approach – which means he can aim his .308 dead-on at any distance from 24 to more than 300 yards. Find Long […]
Win a coat and a rifleshooting course – Fieldsports Extra, episode 371
You can win a day on a rifleshooting course in the West Country with Long Reach Tactical, plus a new Arktis hurricane coat, together priced at £200, in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus Patch and Max from LRT say how they got started, Mhairi-Ann Troup discusses her Dynamic Ladies, and Michaela Fialová has a baby, […]
I launched a hunting YouTube channel
James Curson is one of a new generation of shooting YouTubers, learning how to use GoPros, Shotkams and drones to show what he loves best – all kinds of country activities from gamekeeping to gundog training, picking-up, pest control and deerstalking. Fieldsports Channel’s James Marchington visits him in his pigeon hide to find out what […]
Fieldsports Britain – YouTube for shooters
We spend a day in a Suffolk pigeon hide with a shooter who has launched his own YouTube channel. Charlie Jacoby is at a BASC gamekeeping conference in Devon, where his MP says we have to educate her fellow MPs about country sports. The roebuck season is open – we find out how to measure […]
Bird flu restrictions on gamebird release – Fieldsports News, 2 April 2025
Here are the links: Bird flu restrictions for SPAs – GWCT Labour plans heather-burning ban – The Guardian RSPB-managed moorland ablaze – Facebook Government land grab – Parliament.uk Sea eagle snatches lamb – Facebook Herts police says sorry for licensing delays – YouTube Air ambulance fundraiser – Midlands Air Ambulance Southdown clay ground mortar bomb […]
BASC’s big issues
BASC tackles the big issues facing shooting and conservation at its first Southern Gamekeepers’ Conference, attended by keepers and shoot managers, at the Great Fulford Estate in Devon. Local LibDem MP Rachel Gilmour speaks of her support for shooting and its importance to the local area, while Charlie Jacoby talks to the key speakers on […]
Win £280 wellies – Fieldsports Extra, episode 370
You can win the new Zermatt Wellington boots in your size from Le Chameau, priced at £280, in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus James Curson gives his views on drones while pigeon shooting, Martin Parker and Gareth Dockerty from BASC talk about firearms licensing and lead shot, member Avian Sandercock gives his reaction, and Rachel […]
Fake shotgun certificate prompts review – Fieldsports News, 26 March 2025
Here are the links: Gun laws may be tightened – YouTube and BASC Cheshire Police want to be told you’re going shooting – Facebook Wild Justice cartoon is no joke – Facebook Malawi elephants scandal – DailyMaverick.co.za and Youtube Wildlife criminals go free – ARU.ac.uk Poachers’ dogs found in water butt – Facebook Family farm tax will […]
What’s in Niall’s sack? – Essential deer stalking kit
What kit does a professional deer manager take on every outing? Niall Rowantree goes through the contents of his Napier Roe Sack: gloves, knife, saw and more. Find out about the services Niall offers at Deerman.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 800, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain800 More with Niall Rowantree here:
Hide and seek roe
Shooting magazine editor Paul Austin is stalking the low ground around Gordon Castle on the River Spey. We’re here for the launch of Browning’s new X-Bolt 2 rifle, and guided by outfitter Sergio Couto. Paul gets onto a nice roe buck. It’s hit, but we can’t find it in the thick forestry plantation – so […]
Antiques Rod Show – shock valuation
Charlie Jacoby has more trout rods than he could use in a month of Sundays. Time to grit his teeth and have a clearout – but is his old tackle worth anything, or just fit for the bin? He catches up with Gerald Spiers of the Devon School of Flyfishing for some expert advice. Find […]
Fieldsports Britain – 800 episodes and still stalking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyS0xYqaVGQIt’s our 800th episode, and this week we call in the deer hound to track a Scottish roe. Charlie Jacoby gets a surprise when an expert values his collection of antique fly rods. Niall Rowantree reviews a roe sack, James Marchington turns his attention to fishing films with Hooked on YouTube, and David is on […]
Win £390 of dogfood – Fieldsports Extra, episode 369
You can win a six-month subscription for one dog of Rude Dog Food raw food priced at £390 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus David mucks about with Sporting Gun editor Paul Austin and flyfishing instructor Gerald Spiers sets me straight on trout fishing tackle. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance […]
Cheshire venison is Grand National hot pick
Horse racing fans flock to Aintree for the Grand National and, for the ultimate entertainment, they’ll be dining in Paul Askew’s restaurant there, The Art School, where star-of-the-menu is local venison, supplied by Fieldsports Channel’s very own Steve McGuigan. Top chef Paul is visiting Steve’s larder to see for himself how deer are handled and […]
Yildiz vs ATA shotguns, with Ian Hodge
Two of the top Turkish makes, Yildiz and ATA, are taking the UK shotgun market by storm. Ian Hodge from Cornwall and online gunshop Ian Hodge Fieldsports runs through their pros and cons. For more from Ian Hodge Fieldsports, go to G.co/kgs/pZowhG6 To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 796, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain796 More from Ian […]
Police common-sense fail
Yorkshire gamekeepers James and Jono were astonished to be confronted by armed police, complete with helicopter, while heatherburning on the Upperwood estate on the edge of the Peak District. It turned out a member of the public had complained about them safely shooting a magpie earlier in the day – claiming he had been shot […]
Police minister lies about gun licensing – Fieldsports News, 19 March 2025
Here are the links: Policing minister misleads MPs – Facebook and Judiciary.uk Deer ‘damage waterways’ – Broads-Authority.gov.uk (pdf) Hen harrier brood management trial ends – NaturalEngland.blog.gov.uk Packham ‘Glenn Massacre’ spoof – YouTube Fallow eat brambles – BesJournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com Wildfowling marsh for sale – LambertAndFoster.co.uk Elephant hunts make jumbo profits – VOANews.com Hunting influencer’s wombat furore – YouTube […]
Fieldsports Britain – Magpie gun grab
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1-hs8RVLkcArmed police pounce when Yorkshire gamekeepers shoot a magpie. We investigate who is at fault. Venison is on the menu at the Grand National, courtesy of our very own Steve ‘Competition’ McGuigan. Plus Ian Hodge chooses between two budget-friendly Turkish O/U shotguns, Yildiz and ATA, and David has the news on the news stump. It’s […]
Win tickets to the Stalking Show – Fieldsports Extra, episode 368
You can win one of five pairs of tickets to the Stalking Show, 12-13 April 2025 at Staffordshire County Showground, in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we look at the subjects of this week’s main story – gamekeeper James Crowther who had his guns seized by police. Steve McGuigan, talks about launching a venison business […]
Hunting Ethics by Nick Fox – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 114
youtu.be/VHE3xLhT2Uw Nick Fox has been working on this book all his life. The hunter, zoologist and falconer has brought out Hunting Ethics: A Personal Journey. In this podcast with Charlie Jacoby, he talks about different elements of the book, including why it is innate within us to hunt – and governments can’t ban hunting. Buy Hunting […]
