Fieldsports Britain – Hunting a Barbecue Buck
Hunting is so much more than firing the built. Can Ap Bryn goes on a nature ramble that includes boars and bears in order to find a buck to cook up for a barbecue. He is in Croatia with top hunting guide and keen rewilder Tomo Svetic. Meanwhile, Charlie meets a militant vegan, Jay Tiernan, […]
Roebuck hunt and big game ramble – Hunt & Cook
Cai Ap Bryn has a roebuck to shoot. Along the way, he is treated to some of the great sights in nature – European brown bears, among them. Even a pair of bears mating. He is out in Croatia in some of the most spectacular country in Southern Europe. ▶ Cai Ap Bryn is sponsored […]
Animal rights militant Jay Tiernan – Fieldsports Channel Podcast episode 8
Jay Tiernan is a militant vegan, who stamps on badger traps and condones the cutting of wire to release pheasants from game farms. The face of the anti-badger cull movement and press officer for the Animal Liberation Front, he argues his case with Charlie Jacoby. ▶ This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
On Test: Zeiss’s 2019 riflescopes
We go simulated stalking and long-distance rifle shooting out to 500 metres with Paul Childerley. It’s all so Zeiss can set out its stall to UK gunshops. We are on hand to see what they think of the product line-up. ▶ Click here for more about Zeiss sports optics ▶ Click here for our review […]
DEFRA secretary declares war on hunting
DEFRA secretary Michael Gove has moved from big game hunting supporter to anti hunter. The British government minister writes an article for the 14 July 2019 Mail on Sunday newspaper claiming wildlife should not be shot because it is sentient. This goes against his own arguments in Parliament as recently as November 2018 when he […]
Rifle destruction test: Sako 85 Carbonlight
Some people look at the new carbon stock material and worry that it will snap. Sako wants to reassure them, so has charged Paul Childerley with trying to destroy one of the Carbonlight rifles. ▶ For more information about the Sako range of rifles and bullets go to Sako.fi and follow them Instagram.com/sako_international ▶ To […]
Dr Mark Avery’s vision for the countryside – Fieldsports Channel Podcast episode 7
It’s the battle for who runs the countryside: Dr Mark Avery is part of the Wild Justice group which successfully stopped the general licences, he campaigns against gamekeepers whom, he claims, kill hen harriers, and he wants the countryside rewilded. He argues his points with Charlie Jacoby, who represents gameshooters, pest controllers and the managed […]
Fieldsports Britain – we thrash a rifle to bits
Just how tough is your rifle? Paul Childerley takes a brand new Sako 85 Carbonlight, runs over it with an armoured personnel carrier, drags it through mud water, shoots it and sees if it fires at all, let alone straight. Find out how how he gets on. Meanwhile, Charlie meets one of the most dangerous […]
Hunting show exposé funded by ads… for hunting show
Pressure from animal rights activists has scared the NEC Bimingham into banning hunting guides from exhibiting at the Great British Shooting Show in 2020. Please help reverse this situation by signing our petition on the Change.org petition website, here: Chng.it/BFrxsmKXVh – it has hit 3,000 signatures in just a few days, boosted by a call […]
Irresistible pigeon patterns – Fieldsports Ireland episode 11
This month Jason Doyle with a birds eye view shows us his secrets on how he sets out his irresistible pigeon pattern while he waits for the crops to ripen. Also he helps out John Griffin the butcher make some delicious chorizo flavoured burgers using the trimmings from the many deer that pass through his […]
Setting up pigeon decoys
While waiting for the sun to finish off the crops why not practice your skills at hide building and decoy patterns to see what works best. Jason Doyle is out with all the gear but has swapped his gun for a drone to give us a birds eye view of his thoughts on setting […]
Chorizo venison burger recipe
John Griffin gives us his recipe for chorizo venison burgers the way butchers do them on a larger scale. Using the trimmings he saves each time he butchers deer and just as the summer season starts he minces it all up and makes a mountain of burgers. He even shows us a clever way […]
Sako’s secret carbon fibre stock factory – exclusive access
Paul Childerley gains access to the Sako factory to look at how the company makes its revolutionary new rifle stocks. ▶ For more information about the Sako range of rifles and bullets go to Sako.fi and follow them Instagram.com/sako_international ▶ To go stalking with Paul, email paul@childerleysporting.co.uk ▶ Click here for all our films with […]
Fieldsports Britain – the carbon rifle revolution
Paul Childerley travels to the Sako factory in Finland to find out how the Finns make their advanced carbon rifle stocks. Join him behind the closed doors of the Sako factory to watch them produce stocks. Meanwhile, Charlie is getting stressed in Italy. Swarovski is hosting its #huntingsummit2019 and the theme this year is how […]
Stress-testing shooters at #huntingsummit2019
Charlie Jacoby is at the #huntingsummit2019 in Tuscany, where co-sponsors Swarovski, Steyr Arms, norma ammunition and Sitka clothing have built a rifle range into the side of old cliffs. He is there with 20 other ethical hunters to find out how stress affects them when they go shooting. ▶ For more films and pictures for […]
Swarovski launches new riflescope
Austrian optics manufacturer Swarovski has launched a new all-round riflescope to add to its Z8i line. Aimed at the Hunter who might be shooting long-range one day and at close quarters the next, the new scope has an incredible nagnification. The 3.5-28×50 scope keeps its weight down with an objective lens that’s smaller than usual […]
Crow’s back on the jackdaws
After the general licences debacle, it’s time for Crow to get back to day-to-day pest control on the farm. Today, he has jackdaws on the end of his shotgun – and a few choice words about the damage the government has done to farming with its Natural England cock-up. ▶ For more on the general […]
Fantastic pheasant shooting in China
Charlie Jacoby heads to Shanxi Province in China, where pheasants come from, and goes shooting on 200 sq km of open country above the Yellow River. He encounters birds, butterflies and Liu, the Chinese equivalent of Andy Crow. ▶ Click here for all our films with Charlie ▶ For Fieldsports Channel’s work in China, go […]
Fieldsports Britain – Charlie goes to China
For some people it’s all about finding the source of the Nile. In this week’s show, Charlie Jacoby tracks down the source of the pheasants. He goes to the mountains above the Yellow River in China to shoot the original pheasants. He is also in Shanghai, at the first ever China Hunting Show, finding out […]
China Hunting Show launches with a bang
The China Hunting Show is underway at the National Convention & Exhibition Centre in Shanghai. The first hunting show in China, 55 exhibitors from all over the world have taken more than 80 stands. Most of the standholders are safari companies, with most of those from southern Africa. It is a retail show and standholders […]
Public bodies admit sea eagles in Scotland are killing healthy sheep
Sea eagles reintroduced to Scotland are preying on healthy lambs, it has been formally acknowledged for the first time. Crofters have long believed that the birds of prey will kill and eat very young sheep, but public bodies behind the reintroduction of sea eagles have finally admitted that it is the case. The white-tailed eagle […]
Bowland hen harrier chicks give ‘hope for future’
The hatching of hen harrier chicks at nests on a private estate for the second year running “gives hope for the future”, the RSPB has said. However, they fail to acknowledge the driven grouse shoots and gamekeepers who’ve been hosting them. The charity said it found the hatchlings in four nests on the Bowland Estate […]
Fieldsports Britain – Wild boar meat feast
This week, Cai and Tomo Svetic are hunting game for a long over due dinner date. The game chef jumps on an aeroplane from his native Kent and heads for the Balkans, where the wild boar and roe grow fat in the Mediterranean sunshine. Watch him hunt them and cook them in the new episode […]
Wild boar and roebuck in Croatia – Hunt & Cook
There’s nothing Cai likes better than a cooking up a game meat feast. That’s why he’s off to Croatia to hunt some of the best wild meat on the planet and cooking up using some Croatian flavours . It’s the new episode of Hunt & Cook. ▶ This item is sponsored by Blaser. Visit […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting giant guinea-pigs
Tim Pilbeam is in Argentina shooting a range of farm pests, including the world’s largest rodent, the capybara, and gigantic Asiatic buffalo. It’s a pest control job much like back home in the UK, but with surprising South American twists. Ben Husthwaite explains how to swing-through in the latest in his Smokin’ Targets series on […]
Swing-through with negative hold – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
Improve your shooting with a top shot. Ben explains the technical aspects of swing-through and how to get the best out of it. ▶ Smokin’ Targets is sponsored by Gamebore Gamebore.com ▶ For more from Ben, visit Facebook.com/benhusthwaite/ ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets you Fieldsports Channel membership. Click here This item […]
Fieldsports Britain – Paul goes intercontinental calling
We know Paul can call in bucks to his clients in his native Bedfordshire (and we give that a go just to make sure he is on song) – but can he do the same with a duiker ram in South Africa? Paul takes guest Claes Björksten from Sako rifles out after muntjac – then […]
Can you call in antelope?
Paul finds out in South Africa. He is out with Nico Els in the Eastern Cape – plus he is guiding a guest, Claes Björksten from Sako rifles, after muntjac in Bedfordshire – just to show it can be done. It’s all a big surprise for Nico. ▶ For more information about the Sako range […]
Eco hunting clothing from Red Kettle
Forget microfibres and ceramic-based fabric. What could be more environmentally friendly than cotton? Well, that’s all very well – but cotton doesn’t keep you warm and dry. Not true, says the founder of hunting clothing manufacturer Red Kettle, Christian Saugmann, who has worked out a system of using venture cotton for his jackets. ▶ For […]
Grilled Rabbit with garden herbs barbecue recipe
Jason Doyle takes rabbit meat from a recent shoot and gives us his grilled rabbit with garden herbs barbecue recipe. Ingredients 2 Jointed rabbits 1 Chopped onion 4 Cloves of garlic Some fresh thyme A sprig of rosemary Salt & pepper For the marinade A handful of fresh thyme A handful of fresh rosemary 2 […]
Pro gun fit – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
Where do you put your gun stock on your shoulder? Top Shot Ben Husthwaite explains the mysteries of gun fit, how fitting the shotgun to your shoulder properly can help you achieve medal success in clayshooting and raise your game on the pigeons, pheasants and grouse. ▶ Smokin’ Targets is sponsored by Gamebore Gamebore.com ▶ […]
Shooting geese in the Netherlands
We join a Dutch pest controller for a morning’s goose shooting. In a country where they even gas geese outside airports, we are after a range of birds, including Egyptians, Canadas, greylags and barnacles. ▶ For more about Igor’s magazine, go to Waidmannsheil.nl ▶ Find out more about the UK’s general licences chaos at Fcha.nl/generallicences […]
Fieldsports Britain – How the Dutch cope with general licences
As the UK general licences chaos continues, we go to the Netherlands to see how they shoot pest birds there. We join shooters Igor Timmermans and Bastian Maris on a morning after Canada, Egyptian, greylag and barnacle geese. It’s just across the water from the UK but completely different rules. Meanwhile, top shot Ben Husthwaite […]
Knocking over foxes in Co Wexford
Stephen Dunbar and Jason Doyle are up early to look for foxes and check the larsen traps. When the ewes start lambing in Ireland, it’s all hands to trap and gun to keep the vermin away. Stephen uses Viperflex sticks and Hausken moderators, imported into Ireland by John Lambert, tel: (086) 261 6907 For the […]
Rabbit from field to barbecue
Stephen Dunbar and Jason Doyle go to a dairy farm in Co Wexford to shoot rabbits for the table. Stephen shows a quick way to paunch a bunny – by treating it like a piping bag. Stephen uses Viperflex sticks and Hausken moderators, imported into Ireland by John Lambert, tel: (086) 261 6907 For the […]
Foxes, magpies and rabbits – Fieldsports Ireland, episode 10
We’re shooting foxes, trapping magpies and then shooting rabbits in this month’s Fieldsports Ireland. Jason Doyle has put together a Stephen Dunbar double bill, as Stephen tidies up pests around the farm, protecting lambing sheep. Here are the links: ▶ Foxes Stephen uses Viperflex sticks and Hausken moderators, imported into Ireland by John Lambert, tel: […]
RSPCA ‘too middle-class’ to police dogfighting
Five years ago, Julie Wright, a single woman from Slough in Berkshire, had two happy Staffordshire bull terrier crosses, Jack and Homer. Both of them were up to date with their injections, they were chipped and insured. She had been looking after another, Honey aged seven, who had gone back to her owner in 2013, […]
Behind the scenes: Maral Movie, with Alberto Rizzini
Alberto Rizzini made a beautiful film about hunting a Maral stag in Kazakhstan with a Browning Maral rifle. So, what really happened on his trip? He tells the story of the making of ‘Maral Movie: the Ultimate Maral in Kazakhstan’ ▶ Watch the original film: ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets […]
General licences: the blame game
Charlie Jacoby sits in on the parliamentary committee charged with finding out what went wrong at Natural England to have caused such chaos with the general licences. He listens to the excuses, and talks to committee chair Neil Parish, plus gets reaction from shooting organisations including the GWCT. ▶ Find out more at Fcha.nl/generallicences ▶ […]
Summer deer management – A Year in the Life of Highland Sport part 2
For around three months of the year, red deer are off the shooting menu. Well, that doesn’t mean that Scottish deerstalker Niall Rowantree can hang up his boots. There is general gamekeeping to do – including dealing with pine martens – there are deer to select for culling, and when a crofter complains that stags […]
Fieldsports Britain – Marauding Stags
Summertime for Scottish deerstalkers is a time to make plans. Which deer must be shot – and which will go on to be the fathers and mothers of future herds. In part two of our series A Year in the Life of Highland Sport, Niall Rowantree from Ardnamurchan is looking at what he has got […]
Birds kill 200 lambs on a single Isle of Wight farm
We visit Cheverton Farm on the Isle of Wight, where ravens, crows and other birds have killed 200 lambs in spring 2019. The farm has a herd of 1,750 sheep. However, this is just the start. Natural England and the Roy Dennis Foundation want to impose 60 sea eagles on the Isle of Wight. Farmers […]
Why push and pull when you can twist? – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
Top clay shot Ben Husthwaite does the hokey-cokey to explain how to shoot clay pigeons better. He says shooters (right-handed) are too keen to use their left hand to push and pull the gun barrels on to the target – and that’s a bad habit. ▶ Smokin’ Targets is sponsored by Gamebore Gamebore.com ▶ For […]
On Test: seven different carbon-stock rifles
Gun reviewer Tim Pilbeam has more than £50,000-worth of rifles to test. He looks at the latest carbon rifles from manufacturers including Blaser, Mauser, Sauer, Sako, Browning, Christensen Arms and Dane & Co – and a Canyon bike. ▶ Blaser R8 Carbon Success ▶ Browning Bolt Pro Carbon ▶ Christensen Arms Ridgeline ▶ Sauer 404 […]
Fieldsports Britain – Tim’s crackers about carbon rifles
New materials are revolutionising rifles. The same carbon technology that’s creating amazing new bicycles, tennis rackets and fishing rods has come to guns. Tim gathers together seven examples, from Browning, Blaser, Sako, Sauer, Mauser and Dane & Co, gives them all the once-over and looks at increasing his carbon footprint. We are also reporting form […]
How to prepare for shooting – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
Top clay shot Ben Husthwaite explains the pre-shot routine: what you need to do to get ready to go shooting. ▶ Smokin’ Targets is sponsored by Gamebore Gamebore.com ▶ For more from Ben, visit Facebook.com/benhusthwaite ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets you Fieldsports Channel membership. Click here This item appears on […]
Rifle skills with Browning: shooting beyond 1,000 metres
Want to shoot super-accurately at more than half a mile? Browning brings the new X-Bolt Pro and Winchester XPR to WMS Firearms Training in West Wales, where Andrew Venables shows some of the UK’s top gundealers how to do it. ▶ For more about Browning’s and Winchester’s ranges of new rifles, visit Browning.eu ▶ To […]
Fieldsports Britain – Crunch Week for Pigeonshooting
The UK government may or may not restrict pigeonshooting and other pest control this week. It all depends what we, the shooters, tell them. There are three ways to get your message across to the bureaucrats:Email DEFRA direct: glevidence@defra.gov.ukFill our our survey: Fcha.nl/2019surveyFill out BASC’s survey: Research.net/r/BASC-GLsurveyDespite what the British government is trying to do […]
General licences protestors plan London march
Shooters, farmers and other country people are planning a London March on Saturday 29 June 2019. It starts at 11am at Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park, and heads for Westminster. Here is one of the organisers explaining it: Called The Countryside Rally 2019, its main method of communication to protestors is Facebook. The UK’s countryside is […]
Now Natural England mucks up the new general licences
The first of the new general licences is not fit for purpose, the second ‘appalling’. That’s what shooting organisations are telling Natural England. The National Gamekeepers’ Organisation condemns a new general licence for controlling crows in England as “hurried, botched and completely unfit for purpose.” Meanwhile, BASC chairman Peter Glenser QC says its drafting is […]
