Want to save giraffes? Buy them
Anti-hunters are good at whingeing about hunting tourism, which provides most of the money for wildlife conservation in the developing world. But will they put their hands in their pockets to save giraffes by buying them, in the same way that hunters do? That’s the challenge from the Nordic Safari Club. NSC communications officer Jens […]
Is a Midland Game Fair rescue underway?
One of the companies connected with the organisers of the Midland Game Fair may be saved by its lenders or investors in a ‘pre-pack administration’. Meanwhile, creditors are worried they will receive no payment for providing services to the show and other country shows, which include the Lowther Show, Highclere Country Show, Sussex Country Show […]
Intelligence officer on how to deal with antis – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 19
This is our chat with a former police intelligence officer, who was in charge of researching animal rights activists. He explains their organisation, and how to use the system to get back at them. He refers to two websites: ▶ WhatDoTheyKnow for making FOI requests ▶ Bite Back which is the antis’ online brag board […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy clatters his antlers
It’s the best way to get a reaction from a rutting fallow buck at this time of year. Roy Lupton takes a pair of old antlers into the woods of the South-East of England and bangs them together to see what bucks are about. We also bring you top advice on how to deal with […]
Hunting the start of the fallow rut
Roy Lupton is out stalking fallow bucks at the start of the fallow rut. He calls them by clattering fallow antlers together, which draws them out of their woodland hideaways. Find out how he gets on. ▶ Click here for more about the Leica Fortis scope ▶ Click here for all of our films with […]
Copper’s top tips for hitting back at hunt/shoot sabs
We are not helpless when antis attack our shoots, our hunts or our birds and animals. A former police intelligence officer offers his armoury of advice: ASBOs, small claims, trespass laws and even the Vagrancy Act. ▶ For the 45-minute podcast version of this film, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast19/ Ian refers to two websites: ▶ WhatDoTheyKnow for […]
Liverpool’s attack on shooting sports – Fieldsports Channel News, 16 October 2019
Here are the items Mayor of Liverpool attacks shooting sports – Fieldsports News Boris Johnson wants to ban hunting tourism – Fcha.nl/boris Stop Chris Packham in Yorkshire – Contact Simon Grace via Facebook Buzzard found shot in North Yorkshire – police press release Angus Glens estate for sale – The Courier newspaper Antis want Duke of Kent ban – Daily Record […]
Boris Johnson’s hunting ban
UK prime minister Boris Johnson plans hunting bans that threaten all shooting sports. His first move, with DEFRA minister, animal rights activist and fellow old Etonian Zac Goldsmith is to try to end overseas ‘hunting tourism’ by UK citizens. In the Queen’s speech in October 2019, Johnson confirmed his plans to put an end to […]
Shooting hero Rachel Carrie – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 18
Vegetarians and the climate change movement: shouldn’t they be hunting? With climate change at the top of the agenda and vegetarians arguing that meat-based agriculture is part of the problem, some say vegetarian diets are actually doing more harm than good. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, Rachel Carrie explores the options. Click here for […]
Mayor’s hunting show ban – Fieldsports Channel News, 9 October 2019
Here are the links British Shooting Show ban – Fieldsports News Antis won’t save black rhino – Facebook Zac Goldsmith to drive through foreign hunting tourism ban – Parliament TV Animal rights activists his abattoirs Antis ‘pre-beat’ game shoots – Facebook Grousemoors good, says science – PDF Anti-shooting doctors refuse to approve gun licences […]
The Chinese try Scottish deerstalking – and they love it
He Li is a target shooter and he has been on a few lowland stalks. This is his first time on the hill in the Highlands of Scotland. It is the red deer rut and he is looking for a stag, guided by professional deerstalker John Dodd. ▶ To go stalking with John, visit ProHuntLtd.co.uk […]
Chamois with Swarovski
The beautiful mountains around Swarovski’s optics factory are alive with chamois. The numbers are large enough that they need to be managed. Albert has worked as a professioanl hunter for Swarovski for decades. He takes professional deerstalker Darren Phizacklea out to try for one. Plus Darren gets to try out Swarovski’s new dS riflescope. Click […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting High in the Hills
Two kinds of hunting in this week’s show: professional stalker Phiz Phizacklea is out in the Austrian Alps after chamois. Meanwhile, a newcomer to deerstalking tries his luck with pro stalker John Dodd in the Highlands of Scotland after a red stag. In Austria, here are plenty of animals – the problem for Phiz is […]
British Shooting Show Liverpool banned
First it was hunting tourism they didn’t like, now it’s legal gun ownership. After successfully banning the British Shooting Show Liverpool from taking place in 2020, the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, made it his mission to ban gun shows and game fairs across the UK. Announced last week, the British Shooting Liverpool was […]
Wet weather sika stalking – Fieldsports Ireland episode 14
The best way to test hunting kit is to use it in the worst weather. Jason Doyle takes to the hills in a downpour to try out a trio of American tools for his new series, Stalking Success Ireland. He has a Savage Arms 110 High Country in .270 with Hornady ammunition and a bag […]
Jeremy Wade faces his River Monsters – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 17
Jeremy Wade’s series River Monsters has crossed the divide. It appeals to anglers and non-anglers alike. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, he talks about his new book: How to Think Like a Fish. Jeremy’s website is JeremyWade.co.uk To buy his book, visit Amzn.to/2KUyp25 ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets you […]
Majestic Swedish Moose Hunt
Tim Pilbeam is on the hunt of a lifetime. He is after Swedish elk, doing it with some of Sweden’s leading elk experts, a helicopter, three kinds of elkhound, and all of it backed by Aimpoint and 3M Peltor. ▶ Aimpoint is at aimpoint.com ▶ 3M Peltor is at www.3m.com
Fieldsports Britain – Outstanding Helicopter Elk Hunt
In this week’s show we’re flying into the wilds of northern Sweden to hunt elk. We join ‘moose virgin’ Tim Pilbeam as he trains at the Aimpoint Academy before joining seasoned moose hunter Jens Kjaer Knudsen for a trip of a lifetime. Using three different breeds of elk hound, we experience four seasons in a […]
‘Ban hunting tourism,’ says Boris – Fieldsports News, 2 October 2019
In this week’s news: Boris Johnson cracks down on hunting tourism – The Times Two British Shooting Shows in 2020 ShootingShow.co.uk Antis frightening hunters – Facebook Animal rights grabs Extinction Rebellion – website Arsonists hit ‘farmer of the year’ – Farmers’ Weekly Belvoir Hunt keeps its Boxing Day meet – Grantham Journal EBay bans […]
Great shooting court cases – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 16
Barrister and former BASC chairman Peter Glenser QC is one of the best people to end up next to on a shoot lunch. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, Peter regales with tales from the front line of guns and shooting jurisprudence. For more about BASC, go to BASC.org.uk ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just […]
670-metre shot on an impala – African Hunter episode 3
True South African wildlife management in this month’s African Hunter. Eugene Etsabeth from Nonya Safaris in Limpopo Province, South Africa, shows off proper long-rangeshooting. He tries a 670-metre shot on an impala, using a custom Howa 6.5 Creedmoor and Lapua scope. He also has a problem with a sterile bull red hartebeest – and he […]
Sako Gamehead Pro on test on deer
What are the best bullets for roebuck? Paul Childerley tries out Gamehead Pro cartridges from ammunition manufacturer Sako after a roebuck in the south-east of England, plus he visits the Sako factory in Finland to see how they are made. It is the latest in his Stalking Success series. The Gamehead cartridge is Sako’s […]
Foxshooters go partridge shooting
What happens when a load of precision dark-ops fox shooters put on tweed and a tie to go on a driven partridge day? That’s what a team from the FoxstoppersUK Facebook group did at a shoot in Derbyshire. We went along to see how they did. ▶ For FoxstoppersUK on Facebook, go to Facebook.com/groups/1301339626588471/ ▶ […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roebuck Bullet Test
Paul brings his new bullets home from the Sako factory to try them out on British roebuck. He has a cull buck to take in the south-east of England and the Sako Gamehead Pro could be just the job. Meanwhile, the partridge shooting season is underway. In an unusual twist, Charlie joins a group of […]
Rook shooting banned in Wales
The Welsh government has banned the shooting of several birds under new general licences. Due to come into force on 7 October 2019, there are also new restrictions on shooting carrion crow, magpie, jackdaw, rook, jay, Canada goose, collared dove and wood pigeon. These are the changes to bird species on the new general licences: […]
Marina Gibson and the launch of the Northern Fishing School – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 15
Orvis ambassador and angling guide Marina Gibson explains why she felt the need to launch the Northern Fishing School recently, based at Yorkshire’s Swinton Estate. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, she asks: can more be done to encourage newcomers to the sport? For more from the Northern Fishing School go to NorthernFishingSchool.com ▶ Join […]
A box full of fat September woodpigeons – Crowhow
Andy Crow takes time off farmwork to shoot a basket of wood pigeon to give to David, who is hosting a woodpigeon barbecue. The wind is tricky but it’s all about relief for the Crowman, who has been almost solidly on agricultural machinery for the last three months. He builds a hide on a stubble […]
Fieldsports Britain – Crow’s pigeon happy place
Combine-harvesting is both rewarding and mental torture for Andy Crow. He is getting the crops in – but he is seeing clouds and clouds of pigeons hitting his fields and, there he is, trapped in a cab. Step forward Fieldsports Channel. Our cameraman Carlos drags him from the combine and puts him in the pigeon […]
General licences chaos is coming back – Fieldsports News, 20 September 2019
In this week’s news: New general licences survey Bit.ly/defrasurvey Calor Gas gives £5,000 to LACS – website Gloucestershire shooters winning the ‘boar war’ RSPCA kills shoot turkey – news story Findhorn Bay wildfowling – Facebook and YouTube Animal Liberation Front releases partridges – press release Shooter saves fish from poachers French approve bird trapping American […]
RSPCA kills much-loved shoot turkey
A turkey that lived semi-wild on a shoot was impounded by the RSPCA and then killed. Camilla the turkey became the mascot of a shoot near Bristol. Something of a celebrity with locals and shoot members, a concerned member of the public found her on the roadside and reported her to the RSPCA. Not wishing […]
Tackling dog theft – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 14
Bibby Curtis lost her spaniel Amo at the Midland Game Fair. They were joyfully reunited earlier this year. She tells her story at the Game Fair Theatre 2019. As dogs are stolen and then ransomed across the British countryside, what should the police do about it and how can we protect our dogs and ourselves? […]
RSPCA kills much-loved shoot turkey
A turkey that lived semi-wild on a shoot was impounded by the RSPCA and then killed. Camilla the turkey became the mascot of the Redhill shoot near Bristol. Something of a celebrity with locals and shoot members, a concerned member of thebpublic found her on the roadside and reported her to the RSPCA. Camilla in […]
Ruger skeletonises the 10/22
The new trend of ‘skeletonising’ rifles has reached Ruger. Maker of probably the most customised rimfire in the world, Sturm, Ruger & Company introduces a new 10/22 competition rifle to the Ruger Custom Shop line of firearms. This new variation boasts a skeletonized green mountain laminate stock and a stainless steel bull barrel. The 16⅛in […]
UK gets nasty about guns and animals – Fieldsports News, 11 September 2019
In this week’s news: Scotland wild mammal consultation – website UK consultation on firearms licensing – website Perruque buck (it’s a fallow, not a roe – apologies) Stolen puppies returned – Facebook Badger cull – Facebook Antis hit East Essex Hunt country Rachel Carrie cookbook – website Hunt Magazine – website Muntjac book: British MP […]
Arundell Arms fishing beginners’ course
Want to learn to fish? Edmund Jacoby heads to the the Arundell Arms in Devon for their polar flyfishing beginners’ course, led by the remarkable David Pilkington, who taught Edmund’s dad Charlie the same course 40 years ago. ▶ For the Arundell Arms, go to ArundellArms.com ▶ Click here for more films with Charlie Here […]
Fallow herd cull: need to shoot 20 animals
Roy Lupton is setting out to make a deer herd healthy. There’s not enough food for these fallow in the South-East of England, so he is going to reduce numbers by up to 20 in a single day, using a team of deerstalkers. ▶ Leica Leica-Camera.com/Sport-Optics/Hunting ▶ Click here for more films with Roy
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s big deer cull
This is an example of professionalism and efficiency. Roy Lupton leads a team of stalkers as they reduce numbers in a fallow deer herd. He is out in a deer park in the South-East of England and the target is 20 animals. Meanwhile, Charlie and his sone Edmund head off for autumn trout fishing in […]
FACE – the European Federation for Hunting and Conservation – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 13
What does FACE do? Hunters’ representation in Europe has a new head, David Scallan. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, he spells out his mission. He talks about the problems facing shooting and hunting sports in the European Parliament and the European Commission, and what he is doing about them. Visit www.face.eu ▶ Join the […]
UK newspapers attack children
The London-based Daily Mirror, Evening Standard and Sun have lashed out at children who go on hunting holidays. The news websites put up photographs of the children, easily identifying them. The Daily Mirror headline is: ‘Children encouraged to kill animals on sick trophy hunting holidays’. Read the story here. Daily Mirror writer Nara Fahoud raided […]
RSPB ramps birdcrime – Fieldsports News, 4 September 2019
In this week’s news: RSPB’s birdcrime report Capercaillie heads for extinction thanks to RSPB – blog Wales plans to stop some pest bird control Gamekeeping methods praised in wildfire report Deerstalker finds deer tangled in rope – Facebook ALF hits game farm – YouTube UK government responds to Packham grouse ban petition – petition Scottish […]
Bullet finder: how to choose the right hunting ammunition
Sako’s secretive ammunition factory in Finland opens its doors to deerstalker and big game hunter Paul Childerley. Paul wants to find out which type of bullet does what, and which he should choose for different animals and different ranges. Sako demonstrates the distinctions with the help of its rifle ranges and lots and lots of […]
Shooting Scotland’s Goats
Here’s how to hunt feral goats in Scotland. Remember goatgate? The politicians who condemned Scottish deerstalkers for shooting goats were the same politicians who ordered the goats shot. Niall Rowantree explains Scottish goat hunting, both the politics and how to do it. ▶ This film is supported by Leica and Blaser ▶ To go goat […]
Fieldsports Britain – do goats float?
Niall Rowantree doesn’t just hunt deer. He also manages herds of feral goats on his native Ardnamurchan peninsula in Scotland. And one thing that’s notable about goats is they can’t swim from island to island. He explains how to manage them, and how to stalk and shoot them. Meanwhile, Paul Childerley is at the Sako […]
What does Parliament have in store for hunting? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 12
Hunting and shooting usually wins in Parliament, it mostly wins among the civil service, but it is being torn apart in TV studios. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, former head of the League Against Cruel Sports Jim Barrington discusses the case for and against countrysports. Jim is now a consultant for the Countryside Alliance […]
Precision Rifle Series part 1 – Fieldsports Ireland episode 13
When your hunting season is only six months long what do you do during the summer to keep your skills up to scratch? How abut PRS or Precision Rifle Shooting? Jason Doyle and his shooting partner Daniel O’Flaherty are kitting themselves out with some new gear and taking to the 1,000-yard range at Midland […]
Falcon attacks drone
How do you train your falcon? Until recently, it was by experience. Now you can get it to have a go at drones. Roy Lupton flies birds at a ‘Drone Crow’. For your own bird-shaped drone, visit Rofalconry.com
Tahr Meat Hunt
New Zealand has a pest problem. Happily, they are both a sporting shot and delicious. Niall Rowantree goes to a farm to help deal with the tahr. Niall is in in Zealand with Magic Safari Lodges and Venator Cardona Safaris
Fieldsports Britain – Tackling New Zealand’s alien invasion
What to do about great big aliens tearing up the countryside? New Zealand’s government says it has a problem with a Himalayan goat species. Niall Rowantree says that tahr are a sporting asset. He goes on a pest control trip in New Zealand to test his theory. Meanwhile, Roy is training his birds to attack […]
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The vocal yokel: Robin Page’s vision of the countryside – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 11
Former TV presenter, national newspaper columnist and founder of the Countryside Restoration Trust Robin Page does not tolerate fools or antis. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, he explains what’s wrong with the modern countryside and how his way is the right way to put it right. For more about the CRT, visit CountrysideRestorationTrust.com ▶ […]
