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
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
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 […]
MPs slam certificate fee hike – Fieldsports News, 12 February 2025
youtu.be/ODwzA3B4jlQ Here are the links: Certificate fee rise ‘unjustified’ say MPs – BASC Ireland faces mass deer cull – DonegalDaily.com and FRSFarmReliefServices.ie Taxpayers fund wild cat group’s ‘fetish suits’ – DailyMail.co.uk RSPB raises funds for former grouse moor – RSPB and FieldsportsChannel.tv/geltsdale/ Sky News man’s thumbs-up for BASC PR – YouTube Scotland rules out lynx release – […]
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
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
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 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, […]
Shooting squirrels with the high-tech Skout Evo airgun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c00RtCnJvSs Terry Doe is blown away by the high-tech new Skout Evo, an airgun so advanced that it talks to you, and allows you to change firing modes at the press of a button. After months of testing on targets, he wants to take the gun out on a real hunt before it has to […]
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 […]
Poachers caught on drone – Fieldsports News, 5 February 2025
Here are the links: Poachers captured on police drone – YouTube and BBC 10% of farmland in England to be planted with trees – Defra.gov.uk Hind cull U-turn – Countryside Alliance and ScottishParliament.tv Predator control promotional video – YouTube Fallow buck could be a record – CIC-wildlife.org White-tailed eagles set for Exmoor – Somerset Live Hunters […]
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 […]
Fieldsports Britain – Cutting edge airgun squirrel shoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWvi7LMcYhA Terry Doe is shooting squirrels with the futuristic new Skout Evo, an airgun so advanced it even talks to you. Our working dog breed series focuses on the Belgian shepherd dog or malinois. African officials have a strong message for UK politicians who want to ban trophy imports. James Head from Crackshot introduces the […]
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
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, […]
All The Gear: Jack Pyke Lowland boots
Terry Doe has a new favourite pair of boots: The Lowland from Jack Pyke. He finds them lightweight and comfortable to wear all day, with grippy soles that don’t clog with mud. See the Jack Pyke range at JackPyke.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 792, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain792 More from Jack Pyke here:
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
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 […]
Eat Wild’s Louisa Clutterbuck – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 109
Louisa Clutterbuck from the game meat marketing agency Eat Wild explains her role, and how it fits in with other agencies such as Game To Eat and Eat Game. She talks to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. (And she had the baby, a boy called Jasper). For more, go to Eat […]
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 […]
Poachers run riot in 4x4s – Fieldsports News, 29 January 2025
Here are the links: Fens mass poaching meet – BBC News Gun certificate fee protest – BASC New Mauser rifle – Mauser.com Predator control promo – YouTube DEFRA bows to fish farm lobby – Instagram Zambia criticises British government – Sun.ac.za Patrol brings out annual – Patrolling.org To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 792, […]
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
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 […]
Sir Jim Paice shoots driven pheasants at Littlebury
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2C2TZjoMck Former Tory agriculture minister Sir Jim Paice has taken a lovely driven day near Saffron Walden in Essex for his friends and family. As chairman of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, he explains why he shoots Eley steel loads in his 20-bore, and the benefits of shooting for wildlife and the countryside. Find […]
Greg Smith MP – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 108
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpe3B_HT3NM Greg Smith MP says how to deal with the Labour government. Of course, he was talking to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024, just after the general election, and much water has gone under the rural bridge since then – but his advice stands. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
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 […]
Snow trout
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOwiHhkHhvU Some anglers can’t wait until it’s warm. Andy Ford is a flyfisherman who needs his fix, so he is off to Manningford fishery in Wiltshire for a trout in the snow. For the fishery, visit ManningfordTroutFishery.netFor smoked trout from Manningford, go to BerksTrout.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 791, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain791 More […]
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Police seize guns… for swearing
Les Brooks stalks deer, shoots pigeons and runs game shoots in Buckinghamshire. His cockney heritage makes him – and he is the first to admit this – a bit sweary. However, swearing got him into trouble. He called his son-in-law a rude word, that led to the son-in-law complaining to the police, @thamesvalleypoliceuk issued Les […]
Beretta 688 vs Browning 825
Ian Hodge from Cornish and online gunshop Ian Hodge Fieldsports looks at the differences and similarities between the two big shotgun launches of 2025: the Browning 825 and the Beretta 688. For more from Ian Hodge Fieldsports, go to IanHodgeFieldsports.co.uk Find him on Facebook Facebook.com/IanHodgeFieldsports and Instagram Instagram.com/ianhodgefieldsports To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s frosty fallow stalk
Roy Lupton is after a fallow doe on a lovely frosty Sussex morning, but he must work around dogwalkers, footpaths and a lack of backstops. We hear from a shooter who is the victim of a Thames Valley Police gun grab – for swearing. Ian Hodge compares new shotguns from Beretta and Browning: the 688 […]
Deerstalking among the dogwalkers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQwGxm68Zc It’s a super frosty morning in Sussex and Roy Lupton is out to stalk fallow. Out, too, are the local dogwalkers, and Roy and his friend Connor Gorsuch have to find deer undisturbed by them. Find Roy on Instagram Instagram.com/roylupton/ and Facebook Facebook.com/p/Roy-Lupton-100001695737924/ More with Roy Lupton here:
Ferreter Simon Whitehead – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 107
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma625zPoa-M Simon Whitehead has been a ‘celebrity ferreter’ all of his working life. He talks about the job to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. Find Simon on Instagram, on YouTube, or on his webpage Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Win a luxury Tuffies dogbed – Fieldsports Extra, episode 359
You can win a Tuffies dogbed priced at £211-£338 (depending on the size of your dog) in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus Roy Lupton has a go at David, Christopher Bryde talks about laser guns instead of rifles at biathlon events and I find a bra in a tree. This week’s prizes and other links:For […]
Gamekeepers Welfare Trust – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 106
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl9jAkknpSE Ian Grindy from the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust tells the story of the charity and explains why it is needed more than ever. He talks to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. For more from the GWT, visit TheGamekeepersWelfareTrust.com Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
All The Gear with Terry Doe: Webley Eagle air rifle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWoTju92oA8 Terry Doe has been shooting the Webley Eagle PCP air rifle – and he is impressed. He reckons it’s solidly built, reliable, and one of the most accurate .22 airguns he has used. He runs through its features, and offers a couple of tips to help you get the best results from the gun. […]
More than a gundog: the labrador
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg9GkU6LGHI Pet, friend, workmate – the labrador may be all these things to you. To wider society, it is a help around the house and even an essential service. Dog trainer Sean Brown from Petsercise explains the wider applications of this popular gundog breed, and how it is the labrador’s original breed purpose that makes […]
The NEW Browning 825 – gunshops’ verdict
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn_sZqe5gAg Here’s what British gunshop owners have to say about the new Browning 825 shotgun. They try it out on a simulated game shooting day in Essex. To watch this gun in action on grey partridges, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/browningpartridges Thanks to Seabrook Sporting for the sim game day Thanks to Ben Ford for filming. Find […]
New Year’s honours for shooters – Fieldsports News, 8 January 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqzyo5Pnxsk Here are the links: Shooting sports new year’s honours – Northern Echo + YouTube/airability + Dom’s Food Mission on Instagram NZ honours deer manager – YouTube Welsh airgun range plans expansion – Leader Live Hunt sabs tell public to lie to cops – Facebook RSPB launches hen harrier live map BASC funds police training […]
Fieldsports Britain – why the world needs gundogs
youtu.be/iwAOD5dS674 In a new series we look at how gundogs’ special skills help people outside the world of shooting. This episode: the labrador. Plus, we are in Essex to see how the UK’s gundealers react to the launch of the new Browning 825 shotgun. Terry Doe looks at the Webley Eagle air rifle, our podcast […]
Win a CVLife riflescope and a red dot sight – Fieldsports Extra, episode 358
You can win a CVLife riflescope and a red dot sight in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we talk to gun trainer Sean Brown about his experience with Channel4 TV, our own commercials director James Westbrook tries out the Browning 825 and we have that old potboiler, our annual bloopers reel. This week’s prizes and […]
Fieldsports Britain – Big day on grey partridges
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qxMOet2yss It’s a Browning takeover this week, as we travel to France for a breathtaking driven grey partridge shoot to try out the new 825 from Browning, who are celebrating 100 years since the launch of the groundbreaking B25 over-and-under designed by John Moses Browning. After the thrilling fast action, we dive into the history […]
Fabulous driven English partridges
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w_OVq-5DAI Browning is launching its 825 shotgun, a historic milestone marking 100 years since the renowned B25 over-and-under. The gunmaker does it in style, inviting the UK’s top shooting writers and gun reviewers to an estate near Paris for a spectacular day on driven partridges – not French partridges as you’d expect, but ‘English’ grey […]
Browning 825: a peek under the bonnet
When it launched the new 825, Browning had firm views about how it should improve the old 725. Browning head of shotguns Lionel Neuville tells Charlie about Browning’s design thinking. Watch the 825 in action here:
Labour’s hunt ban problem – Fieldsports News, 1 January 2025
Here are the links: Boxing Day meet success – LedburyReporter.co.uk Care home welcomes Quorn – Facebook.com RSPB accused of failing to check stoat traps – Facebook.com £12m taxpayer money paid to rewilding schemes – SearchForUKSubsidies.beis.gov.uk Browning buying Eley cartridges – Lecho.be Gun ranges boom in Finland – Newsweek.com Botswana issues 400 elephant licences – AllAfrica.com […]
The Browning story: from B25 to 825
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-PZBBoA43M The new 825 shotgun from Browning is a 100-year project. It started with the B25, designed by John Moses Browning in 1925, then took shape as the 125, 325, 425, 525 and 725. Gun writers Laurent Bedu and Michael Yardley, with help from Browning head of shotguns Lionel Neuville, tell the story of the […]
