Squirrel hunting: quick and easy hide set-up with Terry Doe
Terry Doe is faced with a squirrel conundrum. The pests are chewing electric cables in the attic, which could cause a house fire. He plans to bait them away from the house, and shoot them on the feeder. Setting up a quick and effective hide is a breeze, with poles and camo nets from Jack […]
Fieldsports Britain – Firestarter squirrel shoot
Terry Doe is called in to deal with squirrels that are threatening to start a fire in the attic. George Lawrence leads a team of guns out after a variety of waterfowl in Essex. Plus our podcast this week shows how to get fishing prescribed on the NHS, and David has the news on the […]
Nail-biting duck and coot shoot
George Lawrence is hosting a group of friends and paying clients on a duck shoot at a reservoir which feeds the farm he works on outside Clacton on Sea on the south-east coast. It’s his first day of the season, and he’s feeling the pressure. George sets out the guns and we wait for the […]
Win Browning goodies – Fieldsports Extra, episode 353
You can win Browning goodies including its Ars Mechanica coffee-table book in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have Terry Doe on his aches and pains, George Lawrence on his favourite duck for the table, Tim Shayle of Countryman Sports in Gloucester on how he and other local shooters forced a U-turn out of local […]
Deerhunter Game Pro Lite jacket and trousers
Cai ap Bryn has always worn Deerhunter clothing as it is comfortable, durable and affordable. After a morning’s stalk he explains why the Game Pro Lite jacket and trousers are ideal for all sorts of hunting from wildfowling to deer stalking. You can win Deerhunter Game Pro clothing like Cai was wearing on FieldsportsCompetitions.co.uk To […]
All the Gear with Terry Doe: Pixfra Mile 2 thermal spotter
Airgunning legend Terry Doe continues his All The Gear series with a look at the affordable Pixfra Mile 2 range of thermal monoculars, which he reckons are invaluable for any type of hunting. Find Pixfra on Facebook and Instagram Thomas Jacks are on Facebook, Instagram, and at TJ-Focus.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Packham attacks shooting again – Fieldsports News, 27 November 2024
Here are the links: Packham’s latest grouse shooting petition – Countryside-Alliance.org Black grouse relocation project – GWCT.org.uk Snares banned in Scotland – GWCT.org.uk LACS changes tune on hunting with dogs – League.org.uk Scottish boar disease cull – BBC.co.uk Scottish farmers’ rally – NFUS.org.uk Fieldsports women mentor scheme – WomenWhoWorkInFieldsports.co.uk Usk salmon boost – AfonyddCymru.org AI […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fallow in the fog
Cai Ap Bryn needs venison for the freezer, and there are fallow that need to be culled. It’s a win-win, so long as he can beat the fog. Charlie bumps into Andy Crow at a lovely pheasant shoot by the South Devon coast. Terry Doe is checking out some affordable thermal gear from Pixfra, David […]
Andy Crow on a Devon pheasant shoot
Andy Crow and Rob Speed are at the Carswell Coastal Shoot in South Devon. It’s a lovely, friendly shoot that’s great for nature, and Andy uses a new word… topography. Carswell Coastal Shoot on GunsOnPegs: GunsOnPegs.com/shoots/devon/carswell-coastal-shoot The shoot has plenty of beds in its own holiday cottages for guns and partners, plus good pubs locally. […]
Stalking fallow for the freezer
The fallow doe season is in full swing, and game chef Cai Ap Bryn needs to fill his freezer. The thermal spotter can see through the fog, but it’s going to be difficult getting close enough for a shot. When he does, he can see that one doe has an injured back leg. You can […]
Win gundog training vests – Fieldsports Extra, episode 352
You can win one of two gundog traiing vests in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have Cai Ap Bryn on the grey streak in his hair, and shoot owner Geoff Sayers explains the novel way he funds the Carswell Coastal Shoot in South Devon. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance […]
Fieldsports Britain – Gwent police ramp up gun grabs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9aQm39Du4k Gwent police double down on two shooters, threatening to destroy the guns they grabbed for dubious reasons in the first place. We’re out hunting in the North of England and looking at the impact of a Labour ban on another chunk of country life. Plus we are at the London farmers’ protest, Terry Doe […]
Farmers have had enough – Fieldsports News, 20 November 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4KIUqw2hTI Here are the links: London farmers’ protest – Youtube Grants to farmers suspended – CAAV.org.uk RSPB cuts to nature reserves – RomfordRecorder.co.uk New gun controls approach – BBC.co.uk and Judiciary.uk Man arrested in hunt for farmer attacker – Facebook.com British public supports some hunting in new survey – Yougov.co.uk Raptor law reduction on grouse moors […]
All the Gear with Terry Doe: Skout Epoch air rifle
Terry Doe has been testing the gamechanging Skout Epoch air rifle in the latest episode of All The Gear. The gun’s innovative design takes airguns to the next level, offering superb accuracy and features like adjustable regulator pressure, interchangeable barrels, and a groundbreaking new valve system. Terry is hugely impressed, and has some useful advice […]
Gwent police double down on gun grab
Gareth Davies had a horrific shooting accident while out foxing in January 2024. His shooting buddy Mark Wise saved his life. After we put out a film about the incident – watch it here (age-restricted) – and about their local police firearms licensing department’s slowness in restoring their guns, the police told them it would […]
Hunting in the North of England
Ed Swales of Hunting Kind visits the opening meet of a hunt in the North of England to find out about hunting’s cultural heritage and hear from the people whose lives would be affected if Labour were to ban trail hunting. Find out more about the campaign to save hunting’s cultural heritage at HuntingKind.com To […]
Win a £250 Jackal Medical kit – Fieldsports Extra, episode 351
You can win a Bleeding Control Kit from Jackal Medical, priced at £250 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have more from a gun grab vicitim in South Wales, Tim Pilbeam explains his deerstalking training and we’re at the London farmer’s protest. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual […]
All the Gear with Terry Doe: RTI Arms P-3 air rifles
In the latest episode of All The Gear, Terry Doe has thoroughly tested the RTI Arms P-3 air rifle – both the compact and the full-length version. He is very impressed with the rifle’s performance, but suggests you think carefully about which model is best suited to your type of shooting. For more about RTI […]
Fieldsports Britain – Dawn goose flight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPIiqCLnbNo Cai Ap Bryn is flighting greylags at dawn, and has a mouth-watering recipe for Canada goose jerky. Apparently it tastes as good as beef. Ollie Williams is awestruck by soaring pheasants at the magnificent Ridgeway Shoot in the Welsh Marches. Terry Doe casts an expert eye over the RTI Arms P-3 air rifle, David […]
Ollie Williams at The Ridgeway: “The best pheasant drive I’ve ever shot”
Ollie Williams is at The Ridgeway shoot, on the border between England and Wales, near Bishops Castle. The shoot is famous for its steep bracken banks, deep wooded valleys, first class driven pheasants and, on a clear day, outstanding views. Ollie is awestruck by the sheer quality and number of birds on each drive – […]
Poachers ram farmer’s truck in shock video – Fieldsports News, 13 November 2024
Here are the links: Poachers attack farmer – Wiltshire.Police.uk Gloucester police suspend firearms licensing – BASC.org.uk SCI celebrates US election triumph – SafariClub.org NZ sika show attracts 10,000 visitors – SikaShow.co.nz China backs boar hunting – ChinaDaily.com.cn New CEO for GWCT – GWCT.org.uk Avian flu Yorkshire outbreak – Countryside-Alliance.org Swans die in pylon strike – […]
Shooting geese to make delicious jerky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy22FBc3SzY Award-winning game chef Cai Ap Bryn is flighting geese with his friend Alex on a splash near the Sussex coast. They set up in the dark, to be in position for the greylags that will arrive at first light; the canadas will come later. Cai breaks out his canada goose jerky – and reveals […]
Win a Danum Blades rifle sling – Fieldsports Extra, episode 350
You can win a beautifully handmade rifle sling from Danum Blades in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a buffalo stories, Cai Ap Bryn on cooking geese, Ollie Wiliams on how much lead to give high pheasants, John McLaurin from SCI on the Trump presidential election victory and a load of Kiwis shouting ‘Hello […]
Father v. son at Long Acre charity clay shoot
Gamekeepers Geoff Garrod and his son Justin pop along to Long Acre Shooting School near Cambridge for a charity clay shoot, raising money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance. It’s a cause that’s close to the heart of Fieldsports member David White, who took over the ground a year ago. There’s fierce competition between father […]
Sim buff: cape buffalo professional hunters’ course
To shoot a charging buffalo needs blood of ice – and enormous amounts of self discipline. That’s what the Northern Cape Professional Hunting School teaches on its ‘simulated’ buffalo PH course. Seven young professional hunters are out to try the simulated stalk, shot, charge and follow-up shot on a range in South Africa – and […]
Man bailed in keeper attack investigation – Fieldsports News, 6 November 2024
Here are the links: Keeper attack latest– NationalGamekeepers.org.uk Water march success – RiverActionUK.com Inheritance tax advice for shooting estates – CarterJonas.co.uk NGO highlights importance of humane cable restraints – NationalGamekeepers.org.uk Anti-hunting politician sparks social media row – Facebook RSPB claims stoat cull success – OrkneyNativeWildlife.org.uk Hunter killed by bear – DailyDispatch.dps.alaska.gov 4WD thefts increase – […]
Woodcock – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 100
Andrew Hoodless of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is a woodcock specialist. He explains the difference between migratory birds, resident breeding birds, and why they are not actually that endangered at all – despite what the anti-shooters like to claim. Andrew talks to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. Other ways […]
Fieldsports Britain – How to stop a charging buffalo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxEdq7vJVnc When a buffalo charges you have seconds to make the perfect shot, or you’re dead. We join the professional hunters of tomorrow learning life-or-death skills in South Africa. Geoff Garrod and his son are shooting clays to raise money for the air ambulance. Terry Doe launches a new series ‘All the Gear’ with a […]
All The Gear with Terry Doe: DNT ThermNight multispectral scope
In the first of a new series, All The Gear, Terry Doe demonstrates the amazing new DNT Optics ThermNight riflescope. It’s a multispectral scope, meaning it combines day, night and thermal vision. You can cycle through the different views at the press of a button, and there is picture-in-picture mode so you can see two […]
£1,450 defibrillator week#2 – Fieldsports Extra, episode 349
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/membershipAnnual members can upgrade hereGroup membership at £80 per person hereFieldsports Competitions is at FieldsportsCompetitions.co.ukNeed to talk to Layla on our FAB advice line? legal@fieldsportschannel.tv or call/WhatsApp +447902508789Farming Britain on YouTube + Instagram + FacebookHad […]
Poachers run down gamekeeper – Fieldsports News, 30 October 2024
Here are the links: Attack on gamekeeper – Hampshire.Police.uk RSPB accused of false raptor claims – RSPB.org.uk and RSPB email Defibrillator is suitable for shoots – WelMedical.com and YouTube Scottish deer cull incentives failing – Countryside Alliance Greys released by public kill reds – Facebook.com/SaveBedlingtonRedSquirrels ‘Write to MPs’ hunt supporters told – BHSA Zimbabwe imports Scottish […]
Fieldsports Britain – Dynamic Ladies smashing it
The Dynamic Ladies Shooting Club is having a great day out shooting simulated game on the South Downs. Plus, with a heavy heart Steve McGuigan controls hares to deter poachers that are targeting a Cheshire farm. Terry Doe talks Wayne Martin through the best choice of scope mounts for his air rifle. Paul Childerley gives […]
Swazi overtrousers tested by Paul Childerley
Paul Childerley is deerstalking in the bogs of Ireland, so soggy legs are pretty much guaranteed – yet he stayed bone dry thanks to his Swazi overtrousers. Not only that, but with high tick levels on the moorland the trousers provided another layer of protection from the disease carrying insects. Find out more at Swazi.co.nz […]
Dynamic Ladies shoot simulated game
The Dynamic Ladies Shooting Club is opening up the sport of shooting to women – and they’re loving it. We join the group as they tackle their first ever simulated game day, organised by Fenner Country Sports on the rolling South Downs near Seaford. Find the Dynamic Ladies on Instagram and Facebook Contact Fenner Country […]
Shooting hares to control poachers
When aggressive, destructive poachers get out of hand, drastic action is needed. The poachers are targeting this farm because it has plenty of hares. Sadly the farmer decides that the only answer is to reduce the number of hares until the poachers lose interest, and Steve McGuigan of Cheshire Wildlife Management is called in to […]
Win a £1,450 defibrillator for your shoot – Fieldsports Extra, episode 348
You can win a defibrillator from WEL Medical priced at £1,450 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have Sir Johnny Scott on the troubles facing shooting if trailhunting falls, a young lad, Zach Turner, is raising money for the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust and Alan Johnson from Danum Blades answers that knife-sharpening question from Vivian […]
Plinking good air pistols
For fun plinking at tin cans and toy soldiers in the garden, you can’t beat an air pistol that looks and works just like the real thing, whether that’s a cowboy six-shooter or a Colt 1911 semi-auto. James Head from Devon and online airgun shop Crackshot runs through the options and picks his own favourites. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Irish rut double
Paul Childerley is in Ireland stalking roaring reds and sneaky sika. Whistleblower Mike Labuschagne used to be a ranger for the anti-hunting group IFAW until he realised what they are up to. Now he is out to stop them. Wayne Martin wants to know how to clean his airgun barrel for ultimate accuracy; Terry Doe […]
Hunting rutting stags in Ireland
Paul Childerley is in Ireland hoping for a rutting double: a red and sika stag. It’s tricky, but if it works then we should witness one of the most exciting hunter-wildlife interactions. If not then we have to gatecrash the party. We are guests of Deer Stalking Ireland and, in particular, Mark Bellamy who has […]
Northern Ireland hunting ban proposed – Fieldsports News, 23 October 2024
Here are the links: John Blair seeks Northern Ireland foxhunting ban – SurveyMonkey.com No trophy hunting private members’ bill – Parliament.uk Glasgow cancels Commonwealth Games shooting – ISSF BASC reaches 50,000 schoolchildren – BASC RSPB releases hen harrier ‘shooting’ film – YouTube Government fails water health pledge – EveryRiverCountsAppeal.fishlegal.net Hunters take 181 alligators – AGFC.com […]
How IFAW kills people with elephants – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 99
This is the story about Kasungu National Park, as told by Mike Labuschagne, who has been working there as a ranger for more than 30 years. He used to have funding from the US-based animal rights organisation IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, to help the elephants of Kasungu in Malawi. Now he believes that IFAW should be charged with the murder of local people for wilfully releasing 263 elephants into the area, which can’t support them. “It was completely unprepared to receive them,” he says.
Win a Rodger McPhail book – Fieldsports Extra, episode 347
You can win a book by wildlife artist Rodger McPhail priced at £35 in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have a Countryside Academy outing with Steve McGuigan, Paul Childerley discusses the magic of deerstalking, an African anti-poaching ranger, Mike Labuschagne, lays it on the line about IFAW, and Charlie gets photobombed by pigs. This […]
Tangled buck in the rut
Roy Lupton is after fallow bucks in the rut, trying out a new set of antlers and call, when he comes upon a buck in distress. It is badly tangled up in discarded rope, and Roy must decide what action is best for the welfare of the trapped deer. To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, […]
Deer manager police gun grab
When deer manager Peter Littlejohn was assaulted, naturally he called the police. Little did he think that months later he would be without his guns, unable to manage the deer on his permissions, and struggling even to get a response from the police who grabbed his guns even though his assailant was found guilty. To […]
Lottery funds pine marten threat to wildlife – Fieldsports News, 16 October 2024
Here are the links: NGO blasts £1.8m pine marten scheme – NationalGamekeepers.org.uk Night shooting safety course – Scottish Gamekeepers Police fall short on rural crime – Countryside Alliance SCI conservation initiative – SafariClub.org Salmon crisis confirmed – Press release UK’s first tuna competition – Cornish Guardian BASC wins wildlife award – BASC Racoons intimidate wildlife […]
Superb Aikengall partridges
Ollie Williams and his father are shooting partridges at the superb Aikengall shoot in East Lothian. There are plenty of birds, and the weather is perfect so they will be flying well. Ollie and his dad are on adjacent pegs, so there is bound to be plenty of banter, and not a little poaching of […]
All-round deer rifles
Ian Hodge says that more and more of his customers are choosing to buy one rifle for all their deerstalking, and the .308 is a popular calibre as it can deal with all six of the UK’s deer species. He picks out the most popular value-for-money options that he sells as a do-it-all deer rifle. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s mercy mission
Roy Lupton has to decide the best course of action when he discovers a buck in a tangle in the woods. Ollie Williams and his father are at the wonderful Aikengall shoot in Yorkshire. Police in Hertfordshire grab a deer manager’s guns and then drag their heels. Wayne Martin is back for another session with […]
Win a Le Chameau wallet – Fieldsports Extra, episode 346
You can win a Le Chameau wallet in this week’s Fieldsports Extra, kindly donated by West Country Guns. Plus we have completely mucked up foxshooting with Roy Lupton, father-and-son rivalry between Ollie Williams and his dad, and Ian Gregory gets political advice from Neil Parish. This week’s prizes and other links:For membership now with insurance […]
Packham hit with up to £200,000 costs – Fieldsports News, 9 October 2024
Here are the links: Packham must pay out up to £200k – Telegraph Princess Royal visits Viking – FieldsportsChannel.tv/princess-royal-visits-gun-company Labour lord plans new trophy ban – FieldsportsChannel.tv/labour-lord-plans-new-trophy-imports-bill Police arrest hunt sab – Instagram Working dog rescue – ITV Jail for creating Frankensheep – Justice.gov and Facebook Norway escaped wolves shot – NRK.no Rats with nipple tassles […]
