Britain‘s next generation of shooting Olympians in training
youtu.be/UvMGyI-nWAE As our top shooting athletes compete in Tokyo, the next generation of potential shooting Olympians are training at the British Shooting Summer Camp at Bisley in Surrey – despite thunder, lightning and torrential rain! British Shooting’s Georgina Roberts explains what the camp is all about – and how you can take your first steps […]
Why rewilding wolves in the UK is a bad idea
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPzsool6v9E “It’s a bit weird, but personally I’d love this country to have a sustainable wolf population,” Ian Coghill tells me after spending several minutes explaining why plans to rewild wolves in the UK are bad ideas. Then he gets back on track. “To do it, you’ve got to bite the bullet. You’ve got to […]
Game Fair 2021 – review
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlyvSwnXY9I Will we look back on the 2021 Game Fair as a turning point for shooting sports? Charlie Jacoby thinks so, as he interviews country pople’s peer Lord Botham and BBC Countryfile’s Adam Henson, meets kids getting jobs in the countryside, finds out whether rural Britain is racist, and realises just how irrelevant Wild Justice […]
How hunters pinpoint and ‘paint’ a deer with Swarovski binos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJcJXrGbkBs Swarovski binoculars are going visionary. The new Swarovski EL Range TA binos with Tracking Assistant allow you to ‘paint’ the deer you spot. The binos then share its location with your phone. It helps you reach distant deer and get into position for a shot, and it allows you to mark a shot deer […]
Fieldsports Britain – satnav stalking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDdQLSKvuqA New tech means it’s harder than ever for deer to get away. Tim Pilbeam has his hands on the latest gadget from Swarovski – the EL binos with Tracking Assistant. It’s a GPS device you use to pinpoint and ‘paint’ deer so you can find them later. Meanwhile, Charlie is at the 2021 Game […]
Shooting launches #aimtosustain – Fieldsports News, 28 July 2021
youtu.be/kyd6uiznwZo Here are the links:Shooting and country organisations form super group – AimtoSustain.org.ukGun control nutters target kids – CW Herald + The StarWoodland group sues to save tree killers – Science FocusGold medallist lashes out at Olympic sport bossesVet recommends essential oils for partridges – StDavids-Gamebirds.co.ukRomanian government under fire over bear policyUS state scraps bear […]
Tokyo: great shooting by GB’s Trap shots in qualification
Team GB’s Olympic Trap shooters have completed day 1 of qualification in Tokyo, with strong performances from Kirsty Hegarty in Women’s Trap, and Matt Coward-Holley (above) and Aaron Heading in Men’s Trap. Kirsty shot 24, 24 and 23 ex-25 in her first three rounds, to finish day 1 on 71 ex-75, four targets behind the […]
After the Game Fair – Fieldsports Extra #179
The Game Fair may have been a turning point. Maybe it’s too early to say. We’re feeling confident again, after a tough 18 months. In tomorrow night’s show, we’re going to try to bing all the strands together. In th meanime, I talk to a Fieldsports Nation supporter, to Ian Coghill, and Tim Pilbeam is […]
Ollie Keates wins the Game Fair Colts Challenge
Ollie Keates, a 15-year-old shooter from Wiltshire, won the CPSA Colts Challenge at the Game Fair on Sunday 25 July. His success came just a fortnight after winning second place in his category at the World English Sporting Championships. Ollie shot 40 ex-50 on the Game Fair Challenge sporting course set by EJ Churchill, winning […]
Billy Baughan is the Game Fair Champion of Champions
youtu.be/1NAudRnbRSA Billy Baughan from Buckinghamshire won the Game Fair Champion of Champions clay competition on Saturday 24 July, collecting the impressive trophy and an Isuzu D-Max pick-up for six months. It was Billy’s second win at the event, which he first won at the Game Fair in 2018. Browning shooter Billy scored 46 ex-50 on […]
Olympic shooting update: Seonaid McIntosh misses out on 10m air rifle final
Team GB’s Seonaid McIntosh missed out on a place in the final of the women’s 10 metre air rifle event on Saturday 24 July. She was only 1.3 points off making the top eight, but that was enough to leave her in 12th place out of the 50 competitors. The honour of winning the first […]
Letting fly – Bug-A-Salt review
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JS3jLV48LI What’s the sporting approach to shooting a fly? Charlie Jacoby reviews the Bug-A-Salt V3.0 ‘Orange Crush’ fly shotgun, which uses compressed air and salt to bring down pesky insects. Click here for the Bug-A-Salt V3.0 ‘Orange Crush’ Scenes from the fly hunt:
Crow’s ‘bionic bird’ pigeon decoy day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUDOHEwbatI It’s a hot, summer’s day shooting a bag of 280 pigeons. Andy Crow and his cousin Gary are on flying form today as the birds pile in to wheat knocked over by recent wind and rain. Crow has tim to try out decoying with a ‘bionic bird’ – and radio-controlled pigeon – and also […]
Fieldsports Britain – Crow goes futuristic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZcc67nZfqk It’s pigeon decoying like we might be in 50 years time. Andy Crow has a 200+ bird day and has time to try out decoying with a radio-controlled pigeon. And he gets to go out for the first time in a long time with ‘Plus One’, his cousin Gary. Meanwhile, we are giving away […]
Olympic shooting team preview – Fieldsports News, 21 July 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vQUVoXDXPA Here are the links:GB shooting team Olympic medal hopes – Fieldsports NewsLabour’s rural England policy consultation nears end – Labour PartyBASC shows how hysteria about heather burning is nonsense – FacebookShoots celebrate osprey success – BASCFamilies fear relatives’ remains after badgers spotted at Berwick cemetery – ChronicleShoot marks 25th anniversary of Disabled Shooters Group […]
Hit by the Guntrader hack? Here’s what to do
Here’s how you can quickly establish which of your accounts and passwords may have been compromised by the Guntrader hack (if you want details of the no-win-no-fee solicitor that is assembling a claim against Guntrader, click here). by Alex Sorisi Like many of you, I’ve been a member of Guntrader, both wistfully and actively, for […]
Guntrader.uk hacked – anger and denials
A hacker has stolen information from the market-leading gun sales site Guntrader.uk. The data consists of names and addresses of registered users of the site, according to Guntrader.uk founder Alexander Andover. The data includes no details of guns or whether the users are gun owners. The names and addresses are now freely downloadable on the […]
Shooting sports at the Olympics
Win a £500 Aimpoint ACRO – Fieldsports Extra #178
You can win a £500 Aimpoint ACRO C-2 gun sight, plus Andy Crow has a problem with his gun, Olympic gold medallist Peter Wilson previews the Tokyo games, and we’re at the first of the Browning Tour events. Click here for FORM rifle stocks Click here for the Aimpoint ACRO C-2 Click here for the […]
Going for gold: Claysports TV’s guide to shooting at Tokyo 2020
The Tokyo Olympic Games are here – and Great Britain is sending a small but elite squad of shooters to fight for medals. Here’s our guide to who’s competing in what event and when, and how you can follow their progress towards Olympic glory. Other than Amber Hill (who pulled out before her events due […]
Poaching, poison and politicians: the real threats to the rhino
youtu.be/0EZZvKZYlhk A gangster in an expensive coat and a Lincoln Model L stops on a bridge on the Canadian border. He is there to meet a lorry from Canada and check its shipment of whiskey. What he doesn’t know is that Eliot Ness and his ‘Untouchables’ cops are waiting in a nearby building, and the […]
Mark Winser wins the 2021 World Championship at EJ Churchill
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWFPxJyT3IM Never mind the football. The real drama on Sunday night was at EJ Churchill in West Wycombe.Mark Winser took the World English Sporting Championship in a dramatic six-way shoot-off that went down to the wire, with everything hanging on the very last shot. We follow Mark’s progress through the shoot-off, and talk to Rob […]
Calling in deer with dog toys
www.youtube.com/watch?v=53lV-53NZpw When it comes to roe calls, you can go expensive with a buttolo call, or you can go cheap. Deer manager Tom Davies does just that, seeing if he can call in roe using a squeaky dog toy – and Charlie tries out a Swanee whistle. Plus they are now looking for a record […]
British wildlife park where you can eat the antelope
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6PVdscZq_w Watatunga is the new home of sensible exotic wildlife management in the UK. You can’t see lions and tigers – but you can see the antelope and deer that lions and tigers eat, many of them as rare as the big cats themselves. And you can eat the animals they cull, too. Paul Childerley […]
Fieldsports Britain – thermal safari
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDWKBCVxLlQ Imagine a wildlife park where you can eat the antelope. There is one – and it’s in Norfolk. Watatunga Wildlife Reserve outside King’s Lynn is home to rare species including hog deer, lechwe and sitatunga plus birds such as the great bustard. The park takes a realistic view of deer and antelope management, so […]
#LetsLearnMoor – Fieldsports News, 14 July 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Fo5FSjI8E Here are the links:Schoolkids learn about grouseshooting and uplands – BASC + Facebook‘Animal sentience’ bill hits the buffers – ParliamentKenya denies knowledge of Kent elephant airlift plan – iNews + GuardianCampaigners want to ban elephants from UK zoos – SkyBPCA to consult members about gull fiasco – Pest Magazine + ZoomBorth zoo forced to […]
Win a £625 FORM rifle stock – Fieldsports Extra #177
You can win a £625 FORM custom rifle stock, plus David talks to a man in Norfolk who is saving rare antelope by shooting them and turning them into burgers, I preview this year’s Game Fair and what you will get out of it, and I talk to a member of the Fieldsports Nation about […]
How the French face the anti-hunting threat – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 42
youtu.be/uX6WGwTfvdk While British antis put on black balaclavas and carry martial arts weapons, in France they put on clown masks and carry chainsaws. It’s a lot more dangerous and a lot more impassioned. How do you face this threat in the media? Step forward Richard sur Terre, a YouTube channel that has become one of […]
Digital Marketing and the future of hunting optics
Digital Marketing and the Future of Optics youtu.be/8S_Y9t9fQEc In this month’s industry insights interview for Fieldsports Channel for Business, Meredyth Grant catches up with Mark Karn Head of Sports Optics for Leica Camera Ltd in the UK to discuss digital marketing and the future of optics. Over Zoom, they talk about: How the optics market […]
Gerber Gear partners with Fieldsports Channel to secure a slice of the UK hunting audience
Gerber Gear partners with Fieldsports Channel to secure a slice of the UK hunting audience Gerber, an industry-leading manufacturer of knives and multi-tools, is the latest brand to collaborate on digital content with Fieldsports Channel. With an audience of logged-in engaged individual viewers numbering 9.5 million, more than 1.4 million average monthly views, 300,000+ subscribers, monthly […]
12-year-olds learn to shoot clays
youtu.be/8GzbjFqkHZE How does a youngster get into shooting? Tom Sadler and Arthur Warner are twelve-year-olds at the start of their shooting careers. They head to their local clay ground, Ian Coley in Gloucestershire, where instructor Matt Jones gives them a lesson. Find out how they get on, and how easy it is to take up […]
Seeland Buckthorn – waterproof, rugged legwear
youtu.be/dn-33ULbbvs Tough, rugged, waterproof protection for your legs is essential for beaters, stalkers, keepers and others working in the countryside. And if there’s one thing about Seeland’s Buckthorn range, it’s tough, says gamekeeper and deer manager David Whitby. “We expect our beaters to go through cover, whatever that might be – thorns, brambles and worse,” […]
Seeland Hawker Advance jacket & trousers – review
youtu.be/R8wnnc8dgTc Any gamekeeper or stalker demands a lot from his everyday clothing. It needs to be hardwearing, and keep you warm and dry, but still be comfortable when you’re walking uphill or filling pheasant feeders. Gamekeeper and deer manager David Whitby is a big fan of the Seeland Hawker jacket and trousers. He’s been using […]
The magic of membranes – how Härkila clothes keep you dry
youtu.be/rCybKrQBARA Härkila is highly regarded by hunters who rely on the clothing to keep them dry and comfortable in the toughest conditions – and as Härkila’s Simon Esnouf explains, the magic is in the membranes that they use. “We use a mixture,” he says. “Some of our garments use Gore-Tex, like our Pro Hunter jacket. […]
Fieldsports Britain – problem deer in a pen
youtu.be/0zJaRyF2aDg Paul has a problem muntjac to deal with on his Bedfordshire shoot. This is a job of work. It has got into a pheasant pen where it is in danger of scaring poults out of the pens and into the mouths of foxes. So he needs to shoot it, and he knows it’s likely […]
UK’s top clay grounds: list of lists
UK’s top clay grounds: list of lists Lots of websites offer lists of the UK’s best claygrounds. Here is the list of lists, also available as a Google map: Atkin Grant & Lang, Hertfordshire Set in woodland, the home of the famous gunmakers Atkin, Grant and Lang includes a gunshop with on-site gunsmith, and a […]
How to deal with anti-hunting newspapers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOR6efUAxHoWhen The Times newspaper decided to print its latest angry article about people going hunting, two of the people it planned to feature contacted Fieldsports Channel for advice. Here is our guide on how to deal with hate-speech in the media. Quick help If you need help with an anti-hunting journalist, email Charlie For pictures, find Pixsy at […]
Two lads try clayshooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GzbjFqkHZE How does a youngster get into shooting? Tom Sadler and Arthur Warner are twelve-year-olds at the start of their shooting careers. They head to their local clayground, Ian Coley in Gloucestershire, where instructor Matt Jones gives them a lesson. Find out how they get on, and how easy it is to take up shooting. […]
Shooting running muntjac with an Aimpoint
www.youtube.com/watch?v=voLrY39UdTM When a muntjac breaks into Paul’s pheasant pen, he knows he has to track it down and shoot it – however fast it is running. Armed with a red-dot sight, he and his underkeeper walk the pen until they find the deer, and the chance they get to shoot it is fleeting. Find Paul […]
Zac Goldsmith feels the heat – Fieldsports News, 7 July 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wceDemHlV5k Here are the links:Hunting tourism – UK consultationAnnie Lennox takes aim at Scottish rifle range – Change.org + Scottish parliament petitionAnti-hunting protest turns out to be group of three – Peterborough Today and Festival of HuntingRSPB says eco-tourism could add up to £6.4 billion – reportRSPB reserve empty of game – FacebookAntis try to […]
Crow vs Childerley at the Jack Pyke Open 2021
The Jack Pyke Open at Sporting Targets in Bedfordshire is one of the highlights of the sporting clay shooting season, attracting nearly 1,000 entries over five days. Fieldsports Channel’s Andy Crow and Paul Childerley are usually spotted shooting pigeons, pheasants or deer – but they’ve taken time out of their busy schedules to shoot the […]
Win Choke Demons – Fieldsports Extra #176
You can win one of four Choke Demons (to help you extract stuck or sticking chokes), plus I talk to an angry big game hunter, a photographer who has got one over the antis and Nicky Driver, the real powerhouse behind the Fieldsports Nation. Click here for the Peltor EP-100s Click here for the Choke […]
Choke Demon – shotgun choke removal tools
youtu.be/MFFT9F3OchE If you ever struggle getting your shotgun chokes out or your worried about over tightening then Richard Pinch has the product for you. For the full range of ChokeDemon products go to ChokeDemon.co.uk Use as part of your routine maintenance or for extracting stubborn or difficult to remove chokes.
Steel shot vs clay pigeon – how far does it break them?
youtu.be/Nl1DLfzOzk8 While we were filming our steel vs barrels challenge at Orston Shooting Ground we asked professional clay coach and top competitor Nick Hendrick if he could see how far he could smash a CCI eco-clay with an Eley Eco Wad Cartridge. Let’s just say we started at 100 metres…
Eco-Clay pigeons – Evolution and performance
youtu.be/MHToJcQx9nw CCI has produced a toxin free clay pigeon that performs as well as the pitch and coal tar traditional clays we all know and shoot. After spending lots of £££s, Johnny Goodhart’s company has created the perfect recipe of chalk and resin and a secret ingredient. But does it perform and what hurdles did […]
George Digweed MBE’s 130 yard shot: 10 years and 4.7 million views
youtu.be/Q0dMNgm49GY George relives the moment when infront of hundreds of spectators he breaks a clay at 130 yards using standard Gamebore shells. As part of an exhibition shoot at the Bisley Live event, George started at 10 yards and made his way back to the incredible distance of 130 yards. Not only was it a […]
Long range catapult shot – 100 metres+ – new world record
Wayne Martin attempts to set a new world catapult shooting distance record by hitting a clay with a steel ball at over 100m. Wayne’s kit: Catty Shack’s “Evo Field Pro” Catapult His own custom 1mm CattyShack Great White bands
Setting world records – Fieldtester, episode 9
It’s all about shooting world records in our new kit-testing show Fieldtester. Wayne Martin attempts to break the world record for shooting a clay pigeon with a catapultl. George Digweed talks about his 130-yard clay, which we filmed 10 years ago, and how that has inspired video after video on YouTube. We also look into […]
World Cup gold for GB women’s Olympic Trap team
Great Britain won gold in Women’s Olympic Trap at the ISSF Croatia World Cup. The team – Charlotte Hollands, Kirsty Hegarty and Sarah Wixey – won 6-4 to overcome Russia in the gold medal match in Osijek. Speaking after the match, Charlotte Hollands (centre of photo) said “It’s great to be out there with these […]
2022 Commonwealth Shooting Championships cancelled
The 2022 Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships, scheduled to take place in India, have been cancelled. The Championships were arranged after the controversial decision not to include shooting in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The decision to cancel the event was taken by Commonwealth Games India and the Commonwealth Games Federation. They say it was […]
