Win shooting glasses – Fieldsports Extra #205
You can win shooting glasses priced at £220 ($299) + we talk to gun grab victim Paul Cox, Cai Ap Bryn, the organiser of the British Shooting Show and the Zimbabwean ambassador to the USA.This week’s prizes and links:Creed Outdoors Sling Saddle SSP Eyewear kit Man falls in – Facebook Deer cross road – Facebook Paul Cox GoFundMe […]
British Shooting Show 2022 full for stands – filling up with visitors
youtu.be/lTfYwBQU698 With just days until the British Shooting Show 2022 at the NEC outside Birmingham, organisers are working at full tilt. They have been hard at it since September, when they concluded negotiations with the NEC. “We have come out of a fraught 24 months,” says organiser John Allison. “We got through August and September […]
Big game hunting – how Zac got it wrong
Lord Zac Goldsmith wants to ban trophy imports to the UK because he thinks it will help wildlife. He could not be more wrong, as a walk around the Safari Club Intrnational Convention 2022 shows. Charlie Jacoby reports from the event in Las Vegas, which raised more than US$15 million for conservation projects and lobbying. […]
Helen Tinner pops out for a Chinese
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7kGShoYaYQ How close are you to bringing home a deer for dinner? Helen Tinner does it, stalking a Chinese water deer on the Norfolk Broads and then cutting it up and cooking it. She uses a left-handed Browning X-Bolt in .243 calibre, with 58-grain Norma ammo. For more from Helen, visit HelenTinner.com If you want […]
Fieldsports Britain – Chinese water deer takeaway
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNmVeKulcvs We’re after another Helen Tinner dinner. This time she is on the Norfolk Broads shooting and cutting up a Chinese water deer. Meanwhile, Charlie is in Las Vegas at the Safari Club show trying to get to the bottom of what Lord Zac Goldsmith has planned for big game hunting – and how it […]
Boris drops wildlife bans, says newspaper – Fieldsports News, episode 635
Here are the links: Ban plan bumped down by government – Guardian Sermon on the mounting hunting tourism hysteria – Mirror Packham ‘stuns’ viewers with rat death comment – Express New Kent village plan angers anglers – Kent Online ‘Conservationists’ and council decide against helping Essex lake fish – Facebook County cops’ coronavirus cop-out Penrith […]
Sweden, Scotland and USA – Fieldsports Extra #204
Charlie is at a thinned-out ShotShow 2022 with commercial director James Westbrook. They discuss the state of the gun trade. Plus there’ s Vario hearing protection to win priced at £650.This week’s prizes and links:Creed Outdoors Sling Saddle Jumping deerAnnoying sheep How to enter Fieldsports Nation competitions: for members on YouTube, Patreon and Facebook simply comment with […]
Frantic foxing with Doug Pocklington
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uaq-gRXoas It’s a frenzied night of foxshooting for Doug Pocklington in Lincolnshire as the animals appear from everywhere. He has to be ready to turn on a sixpence. In the end, he accounts for eleven. Find Doug on Facebook Join the Fieldsports Nation More from Doug:
#ShotShow 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIM98TznHFc Charlie goes to ShotShow 2022 in Las Vegas to find empty stands and missing gun trade companies – the show is a victim of covid – but there are lots of signs of recovery, and the show maintains its reputation for innovation. Here are the people Charlie sees: Brett Snyder, Dark Storm Industries, talks through […]
Beef farm crow shoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl2xUGUurpo Crows, rooks and jackdaws are piling in to cattle feed on a farm in Sussex. A farmyard is a tricky site for a full-on shotgun decoying day. Tristan Surgey knows how to do it, and ends up with a full bag before the birds work out what’s going on. Find Tris on Instagram […]
Fieldsports Britain – clever corvid tactics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixKhbvKD2lM We are knocking back the farm pests in this week’s Fieldsports Britain. Tristan Surgey is shooting corvids in a farmyard in Sussex, and has some top tips on how to do that effectively. In Lincolnshire, Doug Pocklington has a big night on the foxes, with eleven in the bag. David brings you the news […]
George Monbiot backs trophy hunting – Fieldsports News, episode 634
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmoHfhpWUEo Here are the links: Animal rights extremist switches sides over trophy hunting – Twitter Police fail UK shooters over gun certificates – Fieldsports News Pheasant prices set to rise – GunOnPegs.com Deer meets sad end in wire tangle – Instagram Dave Carrie launches young shots programme – YouTube + email davecarrieshooting@gmail.com or call 07831 303380 […]
ShotShow 2022 – Fieldsports Extra #203
Charlie is at a thinned-out ShotShow 2022 with commercial director James Westbrook. They discuss the state of the gun trade. Plus there’ s Vario hearing protection to win priced at £650.This week’s prizes and links:PBiR Illuminations Moose breaks tabletennis table on Instagram How to enter Fieldsports Nation competitions: for members on YouTube, Patreon and Facebook simply comment […]
Owl boxes with an expert – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 59
Jodie Case is an owl nut. Representing the Owl Box Initiative, she brings an owl box to the stage of the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre. She explains how to make the ideal owl box, to attract owls to your garden, plus talks about her work researching owls. For more, go to @OwlBoxInit and @JCaseNature […]
How to use a ballistic turret
Josh McKeown from Braces of Bristol explains how a ballistic turret on your scope can help you take quick, accurate shots in the field, whatever the range your quarry appears, and with no need to estimate holdover. Find out about Braces of Bristol at BracesOfBristol.com
Dogs bred to hunt the Arctic tundra
Paul is putting in the miles hunting ptarmigan and capercaillie in glorious Lapland. It’s tough going over wet terrain in a biting wind. That demands a special sort of bird dog. Paul visits the kennels at Pinetree Lodge to meet the dogs, from husky crosses to spaniels and setters. Then it’s out across the tundra […]
Shoots to get Government cash – Fieldsports News, episode 633
youtu.be/5xWzda4TQS4 Here are the links: Government money to help wildlife – Gov.uk Police helicopters nab poachers – Facebook Constabularies halt issuing licences – Telegraph Pheasants keep a cool head when fighting – Telegraph World junior shooting champion dies in tragic accident – Daily Mail Queen’s cocker wins Windsor championship – Facebook Councillor wants big dogs […]
Fieldsports Britain – Arctic hunting dogs
youtu.be/6dqbEWg4_qM Paul is putting in the miles hunting ptarmigan and capercaillie in glorious Lapland. It’s tough going over wet terrain in a biting wind. That demands a special sort of bird dog. Paul visits the kennels at Pinetree Lodge to meet the dogs, from husky crosses to spaniels and setters. Then it’s out across the […]
Stalker reviews the Emberleaf knife
youtu.be/4PNAEAqe3Lw Nathan Whitehead has used many different knives in his work as a stalker and deer manager, but he has no intention of changing now he has an Emberleaf knife. “It was gifted to me by two good friends,” he explains. “This one must have done getting on for 150 deer, and all I’ve ever […]
How to turn farm buildings into holiday lets – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 58
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvXzpk5X7y0 A discussion on what makes the perfect holiday letting business with Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre: Andrew Fallows of Carter Jonas advises landowners and farmers on how to diversify – and the rediscovery of UK holidays by locked-down Brits means he has never been business, Meanwhile, Ashley Vellacott turned his […]
Hunting high-speed boar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_HVyOLFgIE Tim Pilbeam gets to go on one of the great driven hunts of his life. It’s like Disney has opened the door to the animal park, as deer and boar bound in front of him. He is in Sweden as a guest of gunsight company Aimpoint, and he gets to use their latest kit […]
Fieldsports Britain – Tim’s fabulous driven hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ple90OdivXs Tim Pilbeam has never seen so many shootable animals. He goes on an Aimpoint driven game hunt in Sweden, where herds of fallow and great sounders of boar go crashing past him – and it is his job to shoot them with his rifle mounted with an Aimpoint sight. He has a wonderful time. […]
Win an infra-red torch – Fieldsports Extra #202
You can win a PBiR illuminator to put on your night vision set-up. Plus one of Aimpoint’s experts explains how to take a freehand shot with a rifle, and one of the Devon shooters facing seizure of his guns says what to do if you reckon you are in the right and the police are […]
Trophy imports ban ‘not on government timetable’
The Tory politician pushing through the ban on trophy imports admits it is not in the Government’s timetable. Fears among animal rights extremists that a trophy imports ban bill will not go in front of MPs at Westminster appear to be true if Zac Goldsmith, DEFRA minister and old Etonian friend of prime minister Boris […]
Foxshooter explains why he prefers Norma V-Max ammo
youtu.be/bgJKA9BbggY Foxshooter Doug Pocklington uses Norma V-Max 58 grain factory ammo in his .243 Tikka rifle. He likes it because it’s accurate and effective, and the bullet breaks up instantly when it hits anything. That eliminates any problems with ricochets, even on some of the stony fields where he operates. “The bullet is so fast […]
Why foxshooter Doug shoots a Tikka T3X Lite
youtu.be/WMyNejO_u-c Foxshooter Doug Pocklington loves his .243 Tikka T3X Lite rifle. “They’re a good all-rounder,” he says. “They’re reasonably priced, accurate and reliable.” Doug says he depends on the Tikka’s accuracy for 200-300 rounds, until he decides it could do with a good clean. “It’s scary accurate, but if I ever miss a fox or […]
The big lead shot ban debate – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 57
youtu.be/YyC_VU1586k Let’s talk lead shot. On stage, at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, is Alex Levett-Scrivenor from non-toxic shot company Bioammo, foxshooter and old lead purist Robert Bucknall, and Andrew Gilruth from the GWCT. Host is Charlie Jacoby. The four of them run through the lead shot issues, ask why it has to go, […]
Fieldsports News review of 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZV78_WxdQ By Ben O’Rourke It was always going to be a tough year, hampered by lockdowns and animal rightsists pushing their lunatic agendas. However, there were some wins Fieldsports News might have had something to do with. Anglers in Sevenoaks, Kent, were threatened with eviction from a Wildlife Trusts reserve until we stepped in. The […]
Hunting hiccup – Roy shoots, David misses
youtu.be/GgFTYIH_8Gc Is this the end of a beautiful relationship? David usually has a telepathic link with Roy Lupton. When Roy is shooting his rifle, David knows exactly where to aim his camera. But on this day out foxshooting, it all goes wrong. More films with Roy:
Cocker, springer or labrador puppy? Which is it to be…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6z2F3jszZo Top gundog trainer Dave Templar tells Ollie Williams the benefits and pitfalls of each of the three most popular breeds of working dog. It’s our own version of a series we are already calling Dog, Marry, Avoid. For more from Dave, visit CountrywaysGundogs.com
Huge turnout for Boxing Day hunt meets – Fieldsports News, episode 631
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGjSUetK1vU Here are the links: Hunt supporters out in force for Boxing Day meets – Twitter Hunt sabs vandalise church – Facebook Priti makes plans for crossbows and guns – Guardian + Fieldsports News Is this a shooter or hunter? – BBC Red squirrels thrive thanks to airgunners – Facebook Ruddy duck numbers fall to […]
Three foxes down
www.youtube.com/watch?v=quKhlKs8Guc Local shooter Doug Pocklington goes out after foxes with night vision and thermal. He talks through his kit, his technique – and how, sometimes, the foxes get the better of him. Find Doug on Facebook
Fieldsports Britain – foxshooting ups and downs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZFtw-4DmLI Foxshooting: when it goes right and when it goes wrong. We’re out in Lincolnshire with Doug Pocklington and in Kent with Roy Lupton. Meanwhile, Dave the Dog Templar is back with more advice for Ollie Williams – this time on which dog to buy. Is to be it a cocker, a springer or a […]
Win a teal print – Fieldsports Extra #201
Win a teal print – Fieldsports Extra #201 You can win an £85 print of teal in this week’s show. Plus we talk to an MFH about the UK’s new hunting-with-hounds governing body, we talk to the sporting artist who painted the teal picture, and David and Charlie have a think about what Fieldsports Channel
Fieldsports Channel in 2022
youtu.be/VIhWOkPV4ec What should @Fieldsports Channel do and show in 2022? Charlie and David put their heads together, to talk about where the worlds of hunting
Stormy Dartmoor pheasant shoot
If you hear an autumn storm is coming, that’s a good moment to go pheasant shooting. The birds will fly like firecrackers. And that’s what
Bloopers 2021
It’s another year of manic mishaps, corny cock-ups and disasters-aplenty from the Fieldsports Channel film crew and presenters. Here’s our worst… More bloopers from previous
How to set up a venison business – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 56
Tom Davies of Dartmoor Deer Services used the covid lockdowns to get his deerstalking and venison supply businesses underway. He is now supplying local shops,
Hunt your own muntjac – success on a plate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq0lRyMgdks More and more people are heading into the countryside with professional guides in order to shoot themselves a deer for dinner. We follow photographer
Fieldsports Britain – Helen Tinner shoots her dinner
Fancy some venison? Why not shoot it yourself? Photographer Helen Tinner does just that, going out with deerstalking guide Nathan Whitehead in Suffolk to shoot
Police firearms licensing blames covid – Fieldsports News, episode 630
Here are the links: Police maintain crackdown on gun owners – Fieldsports News Botham zaps RSPB over electric fences – Daily Telegraph Bird deaths lead
2022 CPSA Major Championship dates announced
The 2022 clay season is taking shape, as the CPSA announces dates and venues for its major championships. The British Open Sporting Championship will be
General licences 2022: what you can and can’t shoot
Updated 23 March 2022 This page shows advice by country: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland After two years of shambles, general licences across the UK
Happy Christmas – Fieldsports Extra #200
You can still win a £335 custom knife by Danum Blades in this week’s show. Plus we talk to the Yildiz winner, a Vario earplugs winner, Tom Davies on steep-valley shooting and James Marchington on knocking over a muntjac for dinner.This week’s prizes and links:For Danum Blades, go to DanumBlades.co.ukMarcus Pettifor’s clay club in Yorkshire
The story behind John Macnab – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 55
John Macnab, the 1925 novel by John Buchan, has inspired an entire subculture of imitators, including the taking of a salmon, grouse (or brace) and
Welsh Government turns its back on countryside
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xukFvf5z0Y The Welsh government says it no longer supports shooting sports, which casts doubt on the future of huge swathes of the Welsh countryside. Shooting
Pheasant cook-off: top chef Tim Maddams vs the Country Food Trust’s Tim Woodward
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHWMPdW8uU8 It’s a pheasant cookery competition. Two cooks get a basket of ingredients, including pheasant breasts. Top chef Tim Maddams and outgoing boss of the
Vegan hunts Christmas lunch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qakHmR1sk88 Katie Hargeaves used to stick to a plant-based diet. Then she discovered venison – wild, sustainable, low food miles, and she is entirely in
Fieldsports Britain – What Katie did next
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmak7fCaAGg Wildlife artist Katie Hargreaves was vegan. Then she took up deerstalking. Now she is an ‘ethical eater’ – only eating the meat she shoots
Bungling police in gun grab muddle – Fieldsports News, episode 629
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di-Lj56VS4I Here are the links: Devon & Cornwall Police sends out wrong revocations – Fieldsports News Countryfile attacks game meat marketing – BBC + Daily
