Cattle farm crow decoying
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj8GMcDEl4k When crows, rooks and jackdaws hit the cattle feed, this Sussex farmer calls in Tristan Surgey. Tris explains how he decoys the corvids – and he gets some help from farmer’s son Aiden (who should be revising for his A-levels). More corvids here:
Fieldsports Britain – farmyard crowshooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2naa2zoVNs Tris Surgey is in the hotseat when it comes to shooting corvids on one Sussex farmyard. He has a big job on his hands to protect cattle feed. Meanwhile, Ollie Williams is in South Africa after just one animal, a waterbuck, which he approaches with the help of students from the Northern Cape Professional […]
❤️🏝 Ollie hunts waterbuck in South Africa
The students at the Northern Cape Professional Hunting School are hosting Ollie Williams. Three of them – SP, Jared and Reese – are guiding Ollie on to a waterbuck. Find out how they get on. For the Northern Cape Professional Hunting School go to NCPH.co.za or find it on YouTube For Ollie, visit CornishSportingAgency.com or […]
Antis track grousemoors from space – Fieldsports News, 1 June 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1XQTm4e0Q4 Here are the links: Conservation groups attack shooters over muirburn – BBC Bird flu restrictions mean 40% fewer pheasants – GunsOnPegs.com New migrating bird map – MigrationAtlas.org August date for .410 championships – Claysports TV Finnish farmers complain of goose plague – IS.fi Hunters want the European Union to recognise them – SignForHunting.com + […]
Roo shoot – Fieldsports Extra #222
This week’s prize draw is for tick-proof Rovince trousers priced at around £100. Plus we have two teenage professional hunters, Tristan Surgey on crow calling, Johan Van Wyk on the Meopta scope, Dr Cathy Mayne on heather burning – and did you know that the Chilterns Macnab is a fox, a fallow and a wallaby […]
Lead shot ban hits a bump – Fieldsports News, 25 May 2022
youtu.be/vq9ST1Jw670 Here are the links: Lead shot ban hits a bump – FACE challenges ECHA’s consultation: www.face.eu/2022/05/can-we-reach-fair-play-in-the-eus-approach-to-restricting-ammunition/ Guinea pig mystery: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-61521356 Harboro Rocks Clay Shoot: www.harbororocksclayshoot.co.uk/ Wolf’s killing spree in French nature reserve: www.rtl.be/info/regions/liege/17-moutons-tues-par-un-loup-dans-une-reserve-naturelle-a-nassogne-certains-ont-du-mourir-dans-d-atroces-souffrances-deplore-l-eleveuse-1377406.aspx?dt=13:41 [French news site] Dog injured in mountain lion attack: www.outdoorlife.com/survival/dog-fights-mountain-lion-saves-owner/ Schoolboy catches monster carp: www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/boy-catches-giant-carp-france/ Tourist sues safari operator after elephant […]
English Open Sporting Championship 2022
youtu.be/Z8Q0Dh7Niko There’s a surprise winner at High Lodge in Suffolk, where clayshooters gather for the first CPSA Major Sporting Championship of the year, the English Open. Paul Batchelor beat the big names, including George Digweed and Richard Faulds, in a tense shoot-off that went right down to the final pair. James Marchington reports. Full results […]
Rock pigeon hunting with Ollie Williams
youtu.be/NG4QaivC578 Ollie Williams is in South Africa trying out pigeon shooting on a grand scale as he protects sunflower crops from the hordes of rock doves. “They’re like woodpigeons on steroids,” he says – and there are millions of them! For more about pigeon shooting with Kotoko Hunting, visit Kotoko.co.za Thanks to our cameraperson on […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shotguns, sunflowers and shades
This week Charlie and Ollie Williams are in sunny South Africa doing some keeping the locust-like doves and pigeons off the sunflower seeds. Ollie has to get used to shooting a semi-auto and the volume of birds…the wood pigeon shooting back at home in Cornwall is not as fast and furious as here. We also […]
Win a rifle scope as David takes over Fieldsports Extra #221
This week understudy David steps in to cover for Charlie who’s playing with Ollie Williams in South Africa. To prove he’s actually working, Charlie files a report to give us a flavour of what he’s up to. We also get a sense of the importance of hunting in Denmark as Fieldsports Nation member Ian Jensen […]
Best boots for hunting – Fieldtester’s guide
Fieldsports folk do a lot of walking over all kinds of difficult terrain, from rocky mountain slopes to slippery mud and grass. We want a sure footing and dry, comfortable feet all day long – ideally in a boot that will last a season or two of hard use. That’s a big ask, but boot […]
Gold for GB in Junior World Cup
Photo: Karen Norton / Nortonsport The GB Women’s Skeet team won gold at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl. The team of Phoebe Bodley-Scott, Sophie Herrmann and Beth Norton did it in style with a massive 7-1 win over Slovakia in the final on 18 May 2022. Berkshire CPSA posted: “Phoebe and her team […]
Lead ban: what it means for old guns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ylO5M7kP4 With the government holding a consultation on lead shot, lead pellets for airguns and lead bullets, it’s time to act and make your views know. Dan Reynolds form BASC explains the timeline of the consultation anbd Diggory Hadoke from VintageGuns.co.uk says what will happen to prices for old shotguns. Take part in the consultation
Are bunnies bouncing back?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cj2hOFkE7s Tom Davies finds a field with a rabbit problem in Devon. Is that unusual? Well, yes. Rabbits populations have dropped across the UK as RHD (rabbit haemorrhagic disease) takes hold. He says this may be a sign that British rabbits are turning a corner and coming back. Click here for Pulsar Find Tom […]
Will tree mania kill Scottish deer stalking?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wRLeXeMhZo Niall Rowantree and Dr Cathy Mayne go hindstalking with heavy hearts. They have to help bring down deer numbers so that Scottish landowners can plant trees. But is this mania for treeplanting self-defeating? Cathy looks at the science and Niall tells the story from a deer manager’s perspective. Find Niall and Cathy on Facebook […]
Fieldsports Britain – Scottish rewilding madness
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4wSBbY1vPI Niall Rowantree and Dr Catghy Mayne go out after red hinds in Scotland in order to tell the story of Scottish Government wildlife policy and where it is going wrong. The new mania for wiping out deer in order to plant trees can only end, they say, in more deer. Meanwhile, better news on […]
Act now to save the pheasant season – Fieldsports News, 18 May 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MahQqY7GFA8 Here are the links: Pheasant and partridge imports hang in the balance – NGO + please write to your MP to say that DEFRA should allow 28 days (not 90 days) for bird flu no-movement – or thousands of jobs in shooting will be at risk and 20 million+ gamebird chicks destined for the […]
Win a rifle scope, priced at £617 – Fieldsports Extra #220
This week’s prize draw is for a new 3-18×50 Meopta scope with a 4C reticle priced at £617. Plus we have Dr Cathy Mayne on trees and whether they are worth it, Diggory Hadoke on compensation for guns that can’t shoot steel, Neil Wragg talks about a week in the world of running a gunshop, […]
Semi-auto shotguns 2022 – best buys for pest control, pigeons, duck or clays
youtu.be/gA8sD_e6DFw Like irregulars in a war film there are gangs of different shooters who rely on semi-automatic shotguns. Wildfowlers love them, gamekeepers, pigeon and crow shooters need them, some clayshooters swear by them (and occasionally at them). Semi-autos have a lot going for them. They handle and point well, and the mechanism soaks up recoil, […]
How the Scottish government is forcing hunters to vote for a ban on hunting
Opinion by Charlie Jacoby Anti-hunting civil servants are clever. Like spetznaz sleepers, they look like normal people and do their jobs to the best of their ability. Give them an opportunity to stick the knife into Britain’s rural community without getting caught and they do it. Then they turn to their colleagues and smile as […]
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
