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 ▶ […]
Buffalo – African Hunter episode 2
This month’s episode offers some of the finest big game hunting in South Africa: roan antelope, nyala and buffalo. Hoyt Bows ambassador Dani Hill is bowhunting roan antelope. Rich Leonard is filming a promo for the Hoyt Carbon RX3 and it turns into one of the more exciting hunts that Rich and Dani have shared. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Packham’s post-match analysis
Roy’s out foxing in this week’s show, and Charlie’s out the back of the Bird Fair tent with Chris Packham. It’s a tough night for Roy and an even tougher crowd for Charlie. Packham gives his take on ‘the debate’ at the Bird Fair, plus what he has planned for both grouseshooting and the general […]
Chris Packham: ‘I’ve never been anti-shooting’
TV wildlife presenter Chris Packham says he is not against shooting birds. On stage with fellow members of birds rights pressure group Wild Justice, the presenter of BBC programmes including Autumnwatch and Springwatch told an audience of hundreds at the Bird Fair at Rutland Water, Leicestershire, this weekend, that: “We have never been anti shooting.” […]
Crow, Pilbeam, Lupton, Holtam, Childerley: what do they think of Fieldsports Channel?
For our tenth birthday, we ask some of our best-known faces how Fieldsports Channel has changed their lives – and which are their favourite films. Thanks to Andy Crow, Tim Pilbeam, Roy Lupton, Dom Holtam, Paul Childerley and everyone who has made this channel such a success. ▶ This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports […]
Fieldsports Britain – Our Tenth Birthday
Are hunting and shooting popular? They certainly are, if Fieldsports Channel’s tenth birthday is anything to go by. We round up 10 years of filming, thousands of films and – at the last count – 7.5 million viewers on YouTube. We talk to the guys involved, Roy, Ti, Crow and the rest Aaron makes a […]
News and film production
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyL5znhrHuU Are you covering hunting, shooting, fishing, or the English countryside? Here’s what Fieldsports Channel can do for you. We are a fully-equipped TV production company with hundreds of hours of great-quality footage of countrysports. We know how to film shooting, hunting, falconry and a range of countrysports – and get the best out of […]
Antis’ mass grouse shoot trespass underway
Mass trespass of grouse shoots is underway, as antis in black balaclavas take to the moors to try to stop shooters enjoy the Glorious 12th. The antis’ ‘hen harrier day’ in Derbyshire on 11 August 2019 was the rallying point – on 12 August, they are trying to close down shoots taking place across the […]
‘Team Grace’ exposes anti grouseshooting propaganda in Yorkshire
A small group of bedraggled League Against Cruel Sports supporters in Bradford, West Yorkshire, city centre, protesting against grouse shooting, were hampered by pro-shooting campaigner Simon Grace and his team. While the antis were calling on passers-by to sign a petition asking Yorkshire Water to end grouseshooting on its land, Simon and his gang convinced […]
You’ve been asked shooting. Here’s what to expect
words by John Roll Pickering You are going to shoot game. Perhaps it is something that you have not done before, though you may have shot wildfowl, pests or clay pigeons. This aritcle gives you all the information you need about what equipment you should take and what may happen at the shoot. […]
Fatal disease in hares briefly stops coursing in its tracks
A disease that has jumped from rabbits to hares briefly led to a ban on coursing in Ireland. Following the first confirmed case of type 2 rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHDV2) in hares, found in Co Wexford and Co Clare, Ireland’s Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht suspended licences issued to the Irish Coursing Club […]
Ben Husthwaite on the incoming chandelle clay pigeon – Smokin’ Targets
World champion shot Ben Husthwaite on how to plan the ‘incoming chandelle’. His technique for the incomer is almost the opposite of his technique for the going-away targets. ▶ This item is sponsored by Gamebore Gamebore.com ▶ Improve your shooting with a Shotkam from our shop ▶ Click here for more films by Ben Husthwaite […]
Solo red deer stalking – Rucksack & Rifle
Tim Pilbeam packs rifle and rucksack, and heads out on his own after red hinds. He has the blessing of deer manager Niall Rowantree. He is deerstalking in Argyllshire. ▶ This item is sponsored by Kite Optics ▶ To go stalking with Niall Rowantree, visit West Highland Hunting ▶ Click here for more films by […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting Beach Holiday
Here’s why holidaymaking deerstalkers should shoulder the deer cull in the UK. Just as the Scottish government plans to hire professional deer shooters, Tim Pilbeam and Niall Rowantree point out that there’s a huge, free resource available to the Scottish taxpayer: hunting tourism. Tim is the tourist and Niall the professional deer manager who briefs […]
2019 grouse prospects – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 10
What will the 2019 grouseshooting season be like? In this short, sharp podcast, Duncan Thomas reveals the prospects for grouse to Charlie Jacoby on stage at the 2019 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre at Hatfield House. Duncan Thomas is northern regional director for BASC. ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets you […]
Gavin Gardiner talks about guns at his 2019 Gleneagles sale – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 9
Your Scottish sporting week should be matched with a great gun. THE place to shop for them is the Gleneagles gun auction in Perthshire. Gun auctioneer Gavin Gardner talks about guns coming up in his 26 August 2019 sale at Gleneagles Hotel, including Edward Sutton’s Stephen Grant pinfire, a Holland & Holland stalking rifle in […]
Ben Husthwaite on the going-away chandelle clay pigeon – Smokin’ Targets
Top shot Ben Husthwaite takes his Shotkam out after the ‘going-away chandelle’ on the clay ground. He reveals his techniques for shooting one of the most difficult targets in sporting clays. ▶ This item is sponsored by Gamebore www.gamebore.com ▶ Improve your shooting with a Shotkam from our shop fieldsports.shop/?product=shotkam-shotgun-camera This item appears on YouTube […]
Bring roe deer in close with a simple squeak
Roy Lupton is out after roe deer. With the bucks rutting at the end of July, he calls them in to cull them. Join him on some of the most exciting deerstalking the UK has to offer. ▶ £200 off Leica rangefinders (only UK & ROI) fieldsports.shop/?product=leica-crf2700b ▶ Buy a buttolo and call your own […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy of the Rutters
With the roe rut underway, Roy Lupton calls in bucks using a buttolo call. Find out how easy that is to do at this time of year. Meanwhile, Ben Husthwaite brings you the latest on chandelle targets in his Smokin’ Targets series. David is on the News Stump, Charlie brings you Hunting YouTube, and we […]
Bushpigs – African Hunter episode 1
It’s all about hogs in the first episode of African Hunter. This series is by Africans for Africans. Find out how the locals do it. We are in the Winterburgs of the Eastern Cape hunting two of them with bow and rifle, including a couple of monsters – the ‘Mountain Boar’ and, the really big […]
Pigeons and corvids over crops – Wild Wing shooting
It’s summertime and that’s bad news for birds feasting on crops near Jason Doyle’s home in southern Ireland. He is out pigeonshooting, and keeping an eye out for passing corvids, too. Here are the links to the sponsors: Gamebore supplies the Black Gold 28g no 6 and Clear Pigeon 32g no 6 cartridges www.gamebore.com The […]
Shooting pigeons over crops – Fieldsports Ireland, episode 12
Jason Doyle is pigeon-shooting in Ireland in this episode, plus seeing how Ireland’s ICP set and hosted an international clay competition, and he joins gunshop owners as they look at new products in Ireland from the Beretta group, with the help of importer GMK. It’s summer Irish sport in our monthly show, Fieldsports Ireland. Here […]
Packham pulls out of general licences court case
Chris Packham’s Wild Justice group has withdrawn its latest legal action against the Government over the general licences saying it has ‘run out of time’. Wild Justice closed down the general licences in the spring with a single legal letter. It had hoped to do the same to the rules over control of corvids to […]
Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2019
Fieldsports Channel ran three days of chatshows at the 2019 Game Fair, in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre. From shooting organisations to TV stars such as Jeremy Wade, Charlie grilled, toasted and roasted the most prominent voices in the world of shooting and fishing. Here is a selection: See also FieldsportsChannel Podcast #14 […]
Wonderful Wicklow sika stalking with John Fenton
Irish deerstalking legend John Fenton takes Paul Childerley, Jason Doyle and a Sako 85 Carbonlight into the Wicklow Hills to stalk sika. In the latest in our Barrels & Brass series with Sako rifles, find out about the history of this deer in Ireland, and how difficult they are to find and shoot. ▶ For […]
Animal Liberation Front kills thousands of pheasants
Last week, activists hit a small family game farm in Kent. They struck in the middle of the night and released thousands of birds to certain death. Kent Police says it is investigating. Officers are appealing for anyone with information to call the appeal line on 01622 604100 quoting crime reference 46/132523/19. You can also […]
Andy is back after pigeons on the stubble – CrowHow
When the government stopped the general licences, we thought that was it for shooting pigeons over stubble. Not a bit of it. Andy Crow is now back enjoying a big clean-up day with friends, and a keen young shot who has only been pigeon shooting once before. Andy is sponsored by: ▶ Blaser Blaser-Sporting.com or […]
Fieldsports Britain – Crow’s new young pigeon shot
Jack Carrington takes pole position in the pigeon hide next to Andy Crow this week. The 13-year-old and his dad are out with Crow, as well as other friends and relations scattered across four hides on the farm Andy manages in Kent. They are shooting pigeons over stubble, and it could be one of the […]
Grouse moors deny Packham raptor allegations
Managing Britain’s uplands is more about managing media attacks these days. Bewildered grousemoor keepers and other estate staff are reeling from attacks by Chris Packham and other bird campaigners after he uncovered a surprisingly large number of birds he alleges the estates have killed. All the estates say they are not responsible for the birds’ […]
Wild Justice plans fabulous waste of taxpayers’ money
DEFRA’s most vexatious litigant is at it again. Wild Justice is crowdfunding a £40,000 legal bill that will allow its solicitor to write a letter aiming to force DEFRA to ‘assess’ the impact of pheasant and partridge release in the UK. Wild Justice says that the 43 million captive-reared pheasants and 9 million red-legged partridges […]
NRA removes signposts to tenant it wants to run out of town
New visitors to Bisley Shooting Ground at the top end of Bisley Camp will now have to find it using their satnavs. The NRA has removed all of the shooting ground’s signs from Bisley. The action is believed to be connected with a dispute over renewal of the shooting ground’s lease. “We simply cannot understand […]
