Blake Fewster makes some of the prettiest in-car gun cabinets that money can buy. Charlie Jacoby meets him, finds out about his cabinets and picks up top tips on how to bring a shine back to a scratched gunstock. ▶ For more, go to BlakeBespokeFurniture.com ▶ Click here for more of Charlie’s films ▶ Join the Fieldsports […]
Read moreCharlie Jacoby looks out for new and spectacular hunting and shooting kit at the 2019 ShotShow, including: ▶ Winchester Extreme Point Copper Impact ammunition ▶ 9.3 PRC calibre rifles from Mauser and Ruger ▶ Christensen Arms Traverse rifle ▶ Daniel Defense Delta 5 rifle ▶ Savage Model 10 High Country rifle ▶ Winchester Wildcat .22LR […]
Read moreDid you know that hare density is 18 times higher in coursing areas than in non-coursing areas? That’s the conclusion of research by Queen’s University, Belfast. Coursing may be banned in the UK but it’s alive and well in Ireland. They even print the results from coursing meetings in the national papers in Ireland. Charlie […]
Read more‘A Father’s Advice’ was written by a member of Parliament, Mark Hanbury Beaufoy, who gave it to his 15-year-old son at Christmas 1902 along with a 28-bore. The Edwardian gun safety video has charmed generations of British shooters, and many are not allowed to pick up a gun until they learn it. In this video, […]
Read moreBoar in Turkey are truly enormous and cause colossal damage to crops including rice. The locals don’t hunt them – boar meat is ‘haram’ (forbidden) in Islam – so it is up to visiting hunters from Europe to do the job for them. Charlie Jacoby goes to Çorum in Anatolia with Jeremy Boyd, Claire Zambuni […]
Read moreOn the Swedish island of Ven, hares reach pest proportions. They have no natural predators. There are no foxes on the island so, every year, the islanders hold giant hare shoots to keep down numbers. Charlie Jacoby takes part. ▶ For Aimpoint, visit Aimpoint.com Click here for all of Charlie’s films ▶ Join the Fieldsports […]
Read moreA party of guns is getting ready for the game season – and how better to do that than on a ‘simulated’ shoot? – clay pigeons launched off the steep hills of Exmoor where a couple of months later real pheasants and partridges will be flying. ▶ To go shooting with Rich, go to Facebook.com/SomersetDrivenClays […]
Read moreCharlie’s off with his dad to sort out the scourge of the cabbages with a shotgun. Yes – he is shooting butterflies Unlike most butterflies, which are in serious decline caused mainly by insecticides, the cabbage white has no large natural predators – apart from Charlie. ▶ To find out about Albert Meek’s butterfly shooting, […]
Read moreCharlie Jacoby goes to High Lodge shooting ground in Suffolk to look at the airgun range there. This item appears in AirHeads, episode 34. To watch the whole show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/airheads34 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter FieldsportsChannel.tv/register
Read moreCharlie reckons he has a squirrel in his garden that he can mount on his wall – a rare piebald squirrel! Well… see how he gets on. This items appears in AirHeads episode 28. to watch the whole show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/airheads28 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter FieldsportsChannel.tv/register
Read moreOn test, we have the Laserware ND-100 Glacier, a piece of kit best used for rabbiting or foxshooting, but Charlie wants to try it out on rats. This item appears in AirHeads, episode 25. to watch the whole show as a playlist, go to bit.ly/airheads25 The Laserware ND-100 Glacier is £299 from www.laserware.co.uk Sign up […]
Read moreLet’s go behind the scenes at Fieldsports Channel with episode 2 of the Fieldsports Podcast (here brought to life on YouTube with a little light filming). ▶ Charlie talks about his career as almost being a trained mime. ▶ David reveals his connection with a sticky mess in the back of an ice-cream truck and […]
Read moreWater, Water everywhere! Charlie chats to the owner and fishermen of the Summerhayes Fishery about what effect the floods has had on their lakes and stocks. This item first appeared in Fishing Britain episode 004. To watch the whole show on YouTube go to bit.ly/fishingbritain For more information on Summerhayes Fishery visit www.summerhayesfisheries.com Sign up for […]
Read moreOur very own Charlie ‘Fearless’ Jacoby takes on the Severn bore on a surfboard with a fishing rod! Will he survive? This item first appeared in Fishing Britain, episode 001 bit.ly/fishingbritain Sign up for our weekly email newsletter FieldsportsChannel.tv/register
Read moreShooting quail and doves in Malta is not as simple as walking out with a dog and a gun. The spring hunt is a political battleground, as antis try to close down hunting in an EU member state. Charlie Jacoby meets the people out to stop the animal rights activists, and enjoy their season’s shooting. […]
Read moreShooting sports owned the NEC for three days in February 2018. The British Shooting Show saw tens of thousands of visitors come through the doors to visit stands that filled four halls. And we had a stand. A great pleasure to meet so many viewers. ▶ For the British Shooting Show, go to BritishShootingShow.co.uk ▶ […]
Read moreIt’s Charlie Jacoby’s report from ShotShow 2018, Las Vegas, featuring close-up looks at these new products: ▶ Mauser M18 rifle www.blaser-sporting.com ▶ Zeiss Victory RF rangefinder www.zeiss.com ▶ Browning rifles, shotguns and Winchester’s plans for the SX4 www.browning.eu ▶ Sig Sauer EarthRoamer earthroamer.com This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 426 bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain426
Read moreCharlie Jacoby enjoys a couple of days shooting wild birds in Cornwall and West Devon. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust says British shooters should exercise restraint when shooting woodcock this shooting season because of their poor breeding season in Western Russia in 2017. What do shooters think? ▶ For more about shooting at the […]
Read moreHere are the highs, the lows and the even lowers of making a weekly show about hunting and shooting during 2017. We’re already looking forward to 2018 (brave face). Sign up for our weekly email newsletter www.fieldsportschannel.tv/register This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 422 bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain422 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter […]
Read moreHunting on tap in a holiday resort? Charlie Jacoby goes to the Mediterranean Island of Corsica to visit an estate that’s alive with pheasant, partridge and some of the fastest wild boar in Europe. To go hunting in l’Ortolu valley in Corsica, visit www.murtoli.com It is also listed in www.magicsafarilodges.com This item appears on YouTube […]
Read moreWe’ve gone 360! Immerse yourself in a driven big game hunt in Germany. Join Charlie in the stand for the highs and lows of a driven hunting day, in the Zeiss Media Hunt 2016. For more about the Victory V8 scope and SF binos, visit www.zeiss.com/sports-optics For the new Sauer 404 Synchro, go to www.sauer.de/en/products/bolt-action-rifles/sauer-404/sauer-404-synchro-xt […]
Read moreWhen the rest of Europe freezes in winter, woodcock head for the west coast of the British Islaes where the gulf stream keeps the land warm and allows them to probe in the mud for worms. That makes the west coast – from Cornwall through Wales and Ireland to the Scottish Highlands and Islands – […]
Read moreThat little red dot – the illuminated reticle – has made riflescopes much easier to use. The technology behind it is staggering. We visit the Zeiss factory in Wetzlar, Germany, to find out how they make them – the finest red dots in the world. FOr more from Zeiss, go to bit.ly/zeisshunt This item appears […]
Read moreWinchester designed a polymer-tipped bullet especially for whitetail deer that’s now available in Europe for roedeer. Charlie Jacoby goes stalking with Carl Harrison of Devon Stalking, and with the shooter with no hands Jamie Chandler to try it out on the range. Find out whether it measures up to softpoints for avoiding carcase damage. For […]
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It’s where pheasants come from. Charlie Jacoby goes undercover in China to see if hunting and guns are really banned
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Californian Coyote Calling You might think California is all about roller blading, margaritas and reconstructive surgery, but no! There is normal stuff too, such as heading out on a cold morning with a rifle, a fox pro and some new friends.
Read moreWhen anti-hunting animal rights activists left death threats and threats of violence against our contributors on our YouTube site, we thought it would be interesting to ring up one of the keyboard terrorists and ask if he really wants to kill us… There’s a serious side to this film too. Fieldsports are legal, fun and […]
Read moreReservoir fishing is incredibly popular in the UK, with more than 700,000 people doing it. We get a chance to see how the fisheries manager rears and releases rainbow and blue trout at Bewl Water in Kent, as well as top tips on how to fish for them. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, […]
Read moreWe are hunting mouflon near Berlin – some of the most exciting sport you can hope to enjoy. It is a driven hunt for the benefit of 70 gunshop owners from around the world, organised by Zeiss Sports Optics. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 101. To watch the whole show go to […]
Read moreWe join the Blencathra for a snowy day at Caldbeck, the home of the famous huntsman John Peel, known from the song “D’ye ken John Peel”. We look at the state of modern fellhunting, the legend of John Peel and why repeal of the foxhunting ban is more important than ever. This item first appeared […]
Read moreThe Fox Project in Kent is letting foxes go next to a chicken run. It’s incredible how cruel animal welfare groups and animal rights people can be. Local foxshooter Roy Lupton is infuriated and imagine how the chicken owner feels. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain episode 84. To watch the whole show go […]
Read moreBadger bumped by a car? Knock it on the head. Oiled seabird? Give it a lethal injection. That may become official policy from the UK animal welfare charity RSPCA if research it is conducting finds that releasing some species of wildlife does not lead to high survival rates in the wild. If it finds that […]
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