Gun grab and gun surrender: two extremes of British police gun policy
by Charlie Jacoby You can see the relief on Gary Ivey’s face. Until eight months ago, he had been a firearm certificate holder. He was allowed to own rifles so he could go deerstalking, shotguns so he could enjoy clay pigeon and pheasant shooting, and he used his guns for pest control. That’s a social […]
Shooting uphill and downhill – Ballistic Tips with Braces
In the final episode of this series of rifleshooting tips, Josh McKeown from Braces of Bristol explains how shooting uphill or downhill affects your point of impact. We filmed this at the Braces of Bristol range. Braces offers a wide range of shooting products. Go to BracesofBristol.com For Braces’ rifle open day on 11 June […]
Smoked venison haunch – recipe – from Bradley Smokers
A recipe for delicious smoked venison haunch, from Cai Ap Bryn. This recipe is brought to you by Bradley Smokers. Visit Bit.ly/bsmoker and use the discount code FIELDSPORTS at checkout for 20% off. Offer ends 31 December 2022. For more from Cai, visit GameandFlames.com More recipes:
Cai’s wild shopping trips – Sussex fallow buck
Imagine an extra aisle in your local supermarket. Instead of plastic-packed meat in chillers, it’s a woodland ride with deer browsing along it. That’s how deerstalker Cai Ap Bryn stocks his larder. He is out to shoot a fallow buck next to woodland in the South-East of England, so his catering company, Game & Flames, […]
Fieldsports Britain – click-bang and collect
While others go to the shops, Cai goes to the woods. He needs venison for his catering business and the woods can supply it better and more sustainably than the shops. He is stalking fallow in the rolling hills of Sussex. Meanwhile, Josh McKeown explains how to shoot uphill and downhill at Brace’s range outside […]
Lead shot ban hangs over shooting – Fieldsports News, 11 May 2022
Here are the links: UK shooters urged to take action over lead ban proposals – HSE consultation + Fieldsports News UK drops trophy imports ban – Queen’s Speech + Jagen + NewerAlive.na + YouTube + NY Senate South Downs breeding project boosts falling curlew numbers – GWCT + Guardian Badger tries to steal a lamb […]
Steel yourself: the Westminster government is having a pop at lead shot
by Deborah Hadfield British shooting organisations may not unanimously agree on a future for lead ammunition – but they all want shooters to respond to the Health & Safety Executive’s report on banning it. The HSE has brought out a report (and vast annex to that report, together totalling 467 pages) proposing a ban on […]
Win more expensive rifle sticks, priced at £330 – Fieldsports Extra #219
This week’s prize draw is for Viper-Flex rifle sticks, priced at £330 – £50 more than last week’s rifle sticks. Plus we have Cai on equipment (while David’s equipment fails), some of the characters in Charlie’s news piece for tomorrow night, and the Fieldsports Nation folk that James Marchington met at the Northern Shooting Show.This […]
How to carry your hunting kit – Fieldtester’s guide to bags & rucksacks
What bag do you reach for when you’re going shooting? As a general rule it’s best to carry as little as possible on a long day, but it’s good to have something that makes it as easy as possible to lug your essential gear, and keeps it protected. That might be a range bag, a […]
Sam Green wins the Essex Masters 2022
Browning sponsored shooter Sam Green has won the 2022 Essex Masters – and he’s over the moon. The shoot is widely regarded as ‘the big one’ that kicks off the Sporting clay season in the UK, and as Sam says, “It’s the one everyone wants to win.” It is shot over two courses totalling 200 […]
Will there be birds to shoot this Christmas?
youtu.be/twiXg9H6Xuk by Deborah Hadfield There are rumours that poult prices have bust through the £10 barrier and gone as high as £17 per poult. If true, that’s going to make shooting expensive during the 2022/23 season. News correspondent Deborah Hadfield takes a cool look at the truth behind the rumours. Dominic Boulton of the Game […]
Filthy feral catapult shoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kJKMAQbSnU Catapult king Wayne Martin has a job on his hands. Feral pigeons have taken over some big farm barns. Armed with their slingshots, Wayne and his buddy Matt are out to reduce numbers. For hunting Wayne is using his EVO Field Pro catapult, with a 25/20 taper, of Catty Shack ‘Great White’ band, in […]
Fieldsports Britain – catapoo hunting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FahTuit8Bdk Wayne Martin is wading through the feral pigeon guano to get to the birds who are causing it. He and buddy Matt are knocking down ferals in a barn with their catapults. We’re also at the first major Sporting clayshoot of the British season – James Marchington reports from the Essex Masters. And will […]
Win rifle sticks priced at £280 – Fieldsports Extra #218
This week’s prize draw is for Blaser rifle sticks, which we showed off in Fieldsports Britain a couple pf weeks ago. Plus Wayne Martin previews his catapult piece in tomorrow night’s show and George Digweed says why he reckons he is back on form. This week’s prizes and other links:Northern Shooting Show tickets Dragbag Blaser sticks in the […]
Amber Hill wins World Cup skeet silver
GB’s Amber Hill has won silver in Olympic Skeet at the ISSF World Cup in Lonato. Amber continued her fantastic form following her gold medal in Cyprus in March – and this time was just one clay off gold medal winner Caitlin Connor from USA, with 36 to Connor’s 37. The duel between Amber and […]
Botswana president condemns British MP over smear campaign
The Government of Botswana has formally condemned British MP Sir Roger Gale for his attack on Botswana’s president. As reported in Fieldsports News, in an online video on the animal rights Mojostreaming channel, Gale called Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi a corrupt vandal and claimed his actions led to ‘murder’. In a press release issued by the […]
Driven wild boar in Portugal – shooting in tee-shirts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxUpelY0Ruc Paul Childerley is on a three-day pest control job in Portugal, shooting wild boar or ‘javali’. It’s a driven hunt to bring down pressure by boar on farmland, organised by Sergio Couto. For more from Sako, go to Sako.fi To go hunting in Portugal, visit SercoutWildHarvest.com Find Paul on Facebook and Instagram More wild […]
Fieldsports Britain – three-day boar hunt
Paul is on top of the world. He shoots wild boar every day of a three-day hunt in Portugal. It’s a farm shoot, and he is out there with friends to help landowners reduce wild boar pressure. He even gets a fox. We are all about thermal this week, talking up our Ultimate Guide to […]
Win a rifle drag bag – Fieldsports Extra #217
Win a rifle drag bag – Fieldsports Extra #217 This week’s prize draw is for a super rifle slip from Ian Hodge Fieldsports, priced at £99. Plus we find out about the hottest sellers in the thermal market and Helen Tinner is out shooting her dinner. This time it’s a fallow doe.This week’s prizes and
Helen Tinner’s fallow
youtu.be/WB2vRxt_zWI Helen Tinner continues her mission to eat every kind of venison that the UK has to offer. Today, it’s fallow. She uses a left-handed
British MP calls Botswana president a corrupt vandal and his actions led to ‘murder’
A senior Tory MP has lashed out at the president of Botswana. In an online video, Sir Roger Gale said Mokgweetsi Masisi committed ‘vandalism’ for
George Digweed is 2022 World Champion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kq-fnJSsEI Video by Nicolas Berry. George Digweed has won the World English Sporting Championship in USA after a thrilling super final. George was delighted to have
GB’s Kirsty Hegarty wins World Cup gold
GB’s Kirsty Hegarty won gold at the ISSF World Cup in Lonato, on a day where all GB’s Tokyo 2020 shotgun shooters reached semi-finals. She
Bloxham triumph at Holland & Holland schools shoot
Thirty-two schools travelled to compete amongst 59 teams in the Holland & Holland and School Notices Clay Pigeon Championships on Thursday 17 March 2022. It
Thermal Imaging: the Ultimate Guide
from Fieldsports Channel’s Fieldtester in association with Scott Country It’s been said before, but thermal technology really has transformed stalking and pest control, day or
Lies and statistics colour the blue hare debate
by Ian Coghill It is odd what triggers a train of thought. The origins of this are some of the language chosen for the BBC
How to shoot off sticks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDIfy5wZMm8 In the fifth of our series of expert rifleshooting tips, Josh McKeown from Braces of Bristol enlists the help of a customer to explain
How a Kyiv gunshop is helping to fight the Russians
by Deborah Hadfield Hunters and shooters are still fighting for their lives in Ukraine. Taras Oliynyk works for local gunshop IBIS Hunting and Guns in
Gamekeeper’s Diary: 15 years on
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTCTThkq0scGeoff Garrod is a gamekeeping legend. The estate where he works in the East of England is famous thanks to his Keepers Diary DVD series,
Fieldsports Britain – how gamekeepers run the countryside
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhs2ZsKS1-A When Geoff Garrod started gamekeeping in the 1970s, techniques were different. Today he is a wildlife guardian as much as a ‘pheasant presenter’. He
Hunt sabs in the dock – Fieldsports News, 20 April 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPto2VXJyEg Here are the links: Sabs face trial over Boxing Day hunt clash – BBC Peak District gamekeepers reject blue hare study – Fieldsports News
Anti fury over animal sentience bill
Boris Johnson’s animal rights allies are spitting fur and feathers. The animal welfare (sentience) bill will receive royal assent and become law, but it does
Hunting trophies: the boom in home decoration fashion items
A major sale of hunting trophies takes place today (20 April 2022) in Yorkshire. Thanks to a revival in hanging game heads on walls, Tennants
Win a camo suit from LeafySuits.com – Fieldsports Extra #216
Win a camo suit from LeafySuits.com – Fieldsports Extra #216 This week’s prize draw is for a camo suit from LeafySuits.com. The rest of it is devoted to another interview with Charlie’s dad, which is at YouTu.be/YVELyFunSl0This week’s prizes and other links:Northern Shooting Show tickets For the Leafy Suits prize, visit LeafySuits.com – and the film
Hot-smoked pheasant bagels – recipe – from Bradley Smokers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWyP-LTjruU A delicious hot-smoked pheasant bagel snack, from Cai Ap Bryn. This recipe is brought to you by Bradley Smokers. Visit Bit.ly/bsmoker and use the
Dartmoor foxing: lamb alert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h53B6TGDHkg Tom Davies has two problem foxes. One of them is hitting a farmer’s guinea-fowl. Both of them are hanging around lambing fields. He zeroes
Dublin homeless get venison from Irish deerstalkers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8viV4RyvDY by Deborah Hadfield Rising prices are forcing people into poverty in Ireland. There are now 7,000 homeless in the country, and 2,500 of them
Foxshooter on chicken killer patrol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM49JivegNs Gamekeeper Paul Childerley is used to shooting problem foxes out in the countryside. Now a local poultry owner wants him to take out a
Fieldsports Britain – town & country foxshooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjejZg1hVNo Paul Childerley has an unusual hunting challenge. Softly and silently, he has to rid an urban chicken run of foxes. He chooses to do
Highland buyout folds losing millions – Fieldsports News, 13 April 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMvMjOOExMk Here are the links: Highland buyout folds losing millions – Twitter + Scottish Mail on Sunday Sea eagle cull call for killing lambs –
Pulsar Krypton FXG50 thermal imaging attachment – review
youtu.be/5CoRrGEKIwg The Pulsar Krypton FXG50 thermal imaging attachment attaches to the front of your scope and gives you useable thermal vision out to 200 metres/yards.
Win Northern Shooting Show tickets – Fieldsports Extra #215
This week’s prize draw is for one of five pairs of tickets to the Northern Shooting Show on 7 and 8 May 2022 in Harrogate. Plus we have an 18-year-old rabbit-shooter from Kent who learned to love his sport during lockdown, we launch the Big Garden Pestwatch competition, Deborah Hadfield is on the streets of
Fieldsports Channel plc and Envestry
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Gun licensing shambles in England
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyR1vxdXE6U by Deborah Hadfield The firearms licensing system in England and Wales is in crisis. Shooters claim the fiasco has made getting a grant, renewal,
How to cover your bitch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJZCIMH3RuE Ollie Williams is worried. Dave Templar is wearing rubber gloves. Ollie has come to Countryways Gundogs in Gloucestershire, which Dave runs, to find out
Save a songbird: shoot a squirrel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2IvPddrzmI A Sussex shoot is holding a squirrel day for guns. Jack Feaver asks David along to film the day, which will do two things.
Fieldsports Britain – big spring squirrel hunt
youtu.be/qoiiK3qQqKQ We’re saving woodland, saving wildlife and saving wonga in this week’s show. A squirrel shoot is a good way to do all three, as
Anger at Welsh government magpie rules – Fieldsports News, 6 April 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcoKDd85CmQ Here are the links: Welsh farmers fear general licences change – Fieldsports News Westminster government advises us to eat venison – Telegraph Shoot price
Shoot costs go up by half
Game feed is 32% more expensive and poults are up by a half, if they are available at all. That’s the conclusion of one shoot
Win a Stalker’s Mate – Fieldsports Extra #214
Win a Stalker’s Mate – Fieldsports Extra #214 This week’s prize draw is for a Stalker’s Mate pulley and gambrel from Keith’s High Seats, as featured in Fieldsports Britain last week. We discuss the rising costs of running a shoot and what’s going wrong with firearms licensing in England and Wales. Plus we have a
