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
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
When your hunting season is only six months long what do you do during the summer to keep your skills up to scratch? How
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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’.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
While waiting for the sun to finish off the crops why not practice your skills at hide building and decoy patterns to see what
John Griffin gives us his recipe for chorizo venison burgers the way butchers do them on a larger scale. Using the trimmings he saves
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
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
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.
The China Hunting Show is underway at the National Convention & Exhibition Centre in Shanghai. The first hunting show in China, 55 exhibitors from all
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Summertime for Scottish deerstalkers is a time to make plans. Which deer must be shot – and which will go on to be the fathers
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
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