2022 was a challenging year for hunters and shooters. At Fieldsports Channel we have championed your causes and covered a wide range of stories from bird flu, the war in Ukraine and the death of Her Majesty the Queen. Below are the links to all the films featured in our news review of year.
All our news stories in 2022:
Shoots to get Government cash – Fieldsports News, episode 633
youtu.be/5xWzda4TQS4 Here are the links: Government money to help wildlife – Gov.uk Police helicopters nab poachers – Facebook Constabularies halt issuing licences – Telegraph Pheasants
George Monbiot backs trophy hunting – Fieldsports News, episode 634
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmoHfhpWUEo Here are the links: Animal rights extremist switches sides over trophy hunting – Twitter Police fail UK shooters over gun certificates – Fieldsports News
#ShotShow 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIM98TznHFc Charlie goes to ShotShow 2022 in Las Vegas to find empty stands and missing gun trade companies – the show is a victim of
Boris drops wildlife bans, says newspaper – Fieldsports News, episode 635
Here are the links: Ban plan bumped down by government – Guardian Sermon on the mounting hunting tourism hysteria – Mirror Packham ‘stuns’ viewers with
Big game hunting – how Zac got it wrong
Lord Zac Goldsmith wants to ban trophy imports to the UK because he thinks it will help wildlife. He could not be more wrong, as
British Shooting Show 2022 full for stands – filling up with visitors
youtu.be/lTfYwBQU698 With just days until the British Shooting Show 2022 at the NEC outside Birmingham, organisers are working at full tilt. They have been hard
Zimbabwean ambassador to the USA speaks up for hunting
youtu.be/IdSBQzMpaWE As Lord Zac Goldsmith tries to push through a ban on trophy imports to the UK, which would effectively be a ban on hunting
Cheshire sabs nicked – Fieldsports News, episode 636
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRq7J6qNBow Here are the links: Cheshire sabs in the dock – Leicestershire Police Gamekeeper kills two buzzards – youtu.be/VCN3ME-W6k0 NatureScot punishes curlews for dead hen
Telehandler hero – Fieldsports News, episode 637
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FwbpXAnxRY Here are the links: Telehandler farmer cleared of damaging Corsa – BBC Brewer’s tree planting scheme attacked over cull – Telegraph National Crime Agency
Keepers in the front line against hare poaching
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6TdqOuKcTA Animal welfare consultant Jim Barrington goes on a tour of hare poaching victims in the Eastern Counties of England. With poachers damaging crops and
Remington in the dock – Fieldsports News, episode 638
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6MA8TOddXQ Here are the links: Gunmaker settles with Sandy Hook families – BBC Police investigate sea eagle deaths – Daily Mail Antis protest at German
Wildlife counting wars: scientists vs gamekeepers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0koIQQvX_M by Deborah Hadfield Is there a shake-up heading towards the world of wildlife counting? Since the 1980s, scientists have taken control of the job
Animals Abroad laws hacked back – Fieldsports News, 23 February 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F05iyrkMUE Here are the links: UK government may U-turn on fur and foie gras import ban – BBC + Forbes Storms cause death and destruction
Scotland’s hunting with dogs disaster
by Deborah Hadfield The League Against Cruel Sports has introduced a Hunting with Dogs bill for Scotland to replace the law it wrote in 2002.
Anti-gun Westminster MP puts up anti-gun bill
A Plymouth MP is reacting to the tragic Keyham shootings in August 2021 by introducing a bill to ban pump-action guns. Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
New victims of police gun grab – Fieldsports News, 2 March 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNoEtl21130 Here are the links: Cornish police grab more guns – Fieldsports News Ukraine war spills over into shooting sports – JaegerforBundet.dk + ISSF Farmers
Police seize guns from two shooting friends
youtu.be/nxttOfnvc6Y by Charlie Jacoby Among the many stories of good, ordinary shooters losing their guns to Devon & Cornwall Police’s gun grab, the story of
Where are we on lead shot?
by Deborah Hadfield Where are we on lead shot? A study by Cambridge University, reported in the Guardian, finds that 99.5% of 215 pheasants killed
Hunting trophies: more fashionable than Zac Goldsmith would like
youtu.be/CtvSfaxuAxA by Deborah Hadfield A rare auction of taxidermy items including endangered animals spotlights the issue of hunting tourism. It begs the question: are trophies
Zac Goldsmith’s back-door ban on hunting trophies
by Deborah Hadfield Shooters say Boris Johnson and Lord Zac Goldsmith are being sneaky about trying to introduce a ban on the import and export
Shooters across Europe support Ukraine
by Deborah Hadfield Shooters from across Europe are supporting refugees. The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation is mobilising its members and partners to
Europe’s hunters send Ukraine relief – Fieldsports News, 9 March 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipoEJkVjDY Here are the links: Shooters across Europe support Ukraine – Fieldsports News Fundraising for family of dead gamekeeper in Northamptonshire – GoFundMe Vinnie backs
Spain’s failing hunting ban
by Deborah Hadfield A conservation group claims that the Spanish government plans to slaughter 5,000 red deer in a national park. Robbie Kroger of Blood
Killing deer at night – how Scotland is failing its wildlife – part 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7nujNMWZog You want a healthy herd of deer, in numbers that don’t cause environmental damage, and visible enough to admire in Scotland’s beautiful Highlands? Apparently,
Hunters and anglers mount huge Ukraine aid effort
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRkGmRB1bxY by Deborah Hadfield Around the world, people are watching the relentless and ruthless assault on Ukraine. Many are not just horror-struck. They are moved
The RSPB – never mind the birds, give us the money
The RSPB stands accused of ‘forgetting the birds’ – chasing money and political power instead of ‘saving’ birds as its members and donors fondly imagine.
Wales mulls magpie shooting ban – Fieldsports News, 23 March 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zArS1ApwfME Here are the links: Wales mulls magpie shooting ban – Fieldsports News BASC welcomes new firearms licensing database – BASC Poachers convicted of killing
The gunshop YouTuber who hunts Russians
youtu.be/BjlFn8H3zBg by Deborah Hadfield The hunting season in Ukraine runs from September until February. Ukrainians and overseas hunters stalk wild boar, deer and mouflon. Bear
Flying fibs: RSPB skews tourism figures in favour of birdwatching
The RSPB is trying to ramp up the importance of white-tailed eagles to tourism. In a new report, the birdwatching organisation says that white-tailed or
HuntingKind.com: new lobbying group for UK hunting sports
There’s a new group to help hunting. HuntingKind.com is lobbying the UK parliaments in Westminster, Holyrood, Cardiff and Stormont to help stop bans on hunting
Next season’s shoots fear this season’s bird flu – Fieldsports News, 30 March 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL1udSdtJTU Here are the links: Bird flu may hit partridge imports – NGO UK trophy import ban still twitching – The Guardian + AfricaHunting.com UK
Gary Ivey: Devon & Cornwall gun grab case study
by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Gary Ivey was returning home from a day’s shooting in October 2021 to his home in Plymouth when one
Andrew Alger: Devon & Cornwall gun grab case study
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqbEqxkWtEo by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Devon & Cornwall Constabulary started revoking shooters’ certificates in August 2021. Back then, the situation was confused. A
Nigel Doney: Devon & Cornwall gun grab case study
by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Nigel Doney from Cornwall has been shooting for 40 years. He had an unexpected police visit after he sold
Chris Hart: Devon & Cornwall gun grab case study
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTpQrSfjNn4 by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Stories are piling up of legal shooters in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset, with decades of blameless firearms ownership
Adam Troman: Devon & Cornwall gun grab case study
youtu.be/NRY47rdRvgc by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Adam Troman was lying in bed on a Sunday morning when armed police arrived, unannounced, to take away
Paul Cox: Devon & Cornwall gun grab victim
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEctbsFPXbA by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Paul Cox is a respected member of his community, a deerstalker and captain of the local shoot. Devon
Police offer compensation to gun grab victim
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4xkgjLhVB4 by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Many shooters have lost their guns to police in the South-West of England since the shooting in Plymouth
Gun grab victim: a serving police officer writes…
A serving police officer wrote this for Fieldsports News on condition of anonymity I, too, have been duped into coercively handing over my legally and
Police gun grabs: a former Met detective advises…
by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Former Metropolitan police detective Ian Jensen says police have limited legal rights to take a gun. He says: “The
Shoot costs go up by half
Game feed is 32% more expensive and poults are up by a half, if they are available at all. That’s the conclusion of one shoot
Anger at Welsh government magpie rules – Fieldsports News, 6 April 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcoKDd85CmQ Here are the links: Welsh farmers fear general licences change – Fieldsports News Westminster government advises us to eat venison – Telegraph Shoot price
Gun licensing shambles in England
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyR1vxdXE6U by Deborah Hadfield The firearms licensing system in England and Wales is in crisis. Shooters claim the fiasco has made getting a grant, renewal,
Highland buyout folds losing millions – Fieldsports News, 13 April 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMvMjOOExMk Here are the links: Highland buyout folds losing millions – Twitter + Scottish Mail on Sunday Sea eagle cull call for killing lambs –
Dublin homeless get venison from Irish deerstalkers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8viV4RyvDY by Deborah Hadfield Rising prices are forcing people into poverty in Ireland. There are now 7,000 homeless in the country, and 2,500 of them
Hunting trophies: the boom in home decoration fashion items
A major sale of hunting trophies takes place today (20 April 2022) in Yorkshire. Thanks to a revival in hanging game heads on walls, Tennants
Anti fury over animal sentience bill
Boris Johnson’s animal rights allies are spitting fur and feathers. The animal welfare (sentience) bill will receive royal assent and become law, but it does
Hunt sabs in the dock – Fieldsports News, 20 April 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPto2VXJyEg Here are the links: Sabs face trial over Boxing Day hunt clash – BBC Peak District gamekeepers reject blue hare study – Fieldsports News
How a Kyiv gunshop is helping to fight the Russians
by Deborah Hadfield Hunters and shooters are still fighting for their lives in Ukraine. Taras Oliynyk works for local gunshop IBIS Hunting and Guns in
Lies and statistics colour the blue hare debate
by Ian Coghill It is odd what triggers a train of thought. The origins of this are some of the language chosen for the BBC
British MP calls Botswana president a corrupt vandal and his actions led to ‘murder’
A senior Tory MP has lashed out at the president of Botswana. In an online video, Sir Roger Gale said Mokgweetsi Masisi committed ‘vandalism’ for
Botswana president condemns British MP over smear campaign
The Government of Botswana has formally condemned British MP Sir Roger Gale for his attack on Botswana’s president. As reported in Fieldsports News, in an
Will there be birds to shoot this Christmas?
youtu.be/twiXg9H6Xuk by Deborah Hadfield There are rumours that poult prices have bust through the £10 barrier and gone as high as £17 per poult. If
Steel yourself: the Westminster government is having a pop at lead shot
by Deborah Hadfield British shooting organisations may not unanimously agree on a future for lead ammunition – but they all want shooters to respond to
Lead shot ban hangs over shooting – Fieldsports News, 11 May 2022
Here are the links: UK shooters urged to take action over lead ban proposals – HSE consultation + Fieldsports News UK drops trophy imports ban
Gun grab and gun surrender: two extremes of British police gun policy
by Charlie Jacoby You can see the relief on Gary Ivey’s face. Until eight months ago, he had been a firearm certificate holder. He was
How the Scottish government is forcing hunters to vote for a ban on hunting
Opinion by Charlie Jacoby Anti-hunting civil servants are clever. Like spetznaz sleepers, they look like normal people and do their jobs to the best of
Act now to save the pheasant season – Fieldsports News, 18 May 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MahQqY7GFA8 Here are the links: Pheasant and partridge imports hang in the balance – NGO + please write to your MP to say that DEFRA
Lead ban: what it means for old guns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ylO5M7kP4 With the government holding a consultation on lead shot, lead pellets for airguns and lead bullets, it’s time to act and make your views
Lead shot ban hits a bump – Fieldsports News, 25 May 2022
youtu.be/vq9ST1Jw670 Here are the links: Lead shot ban hits a bump – FACE challenges ECHA’s consultation: www.face.eu/2022/05/can-we-reach-fair-play-in-the-eus-approach-to-restricting-ammunition/ Guinea pig mystery: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-61521356 Harboro Rocks Clay Shoot:
Antis track grousemoors from space – Fieldsports News, 1 June 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1XQTm4e0Q4 Here are the links: Conservation groups attack shooters over muirburn – BBC Bird flu restrictions mean 40% fewer pheasants – GunsOnPegs.com New migrating bird
Protected: Chris Packham’s death threat
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Amazon, Sotheby’s face £250,000 fines over ivory sales
A day after the Westminster government introduced £250,000 fines and criminal convictions for dealing in ivory, shops such as Amazon and eBay and auction houses
How to save rhinos
by Charlie Jacoby It’s dark. The baby rhino is in the South African savannah with her mother. Dawn is coming. She has survived the night
Scramble for pheasant eggs – Fieldsports News, 8 June 2022
youtu.be/IOYmk24k-eE Here are the links: Pheasant and partridge poults in price war – Facebook + Facebook Police tackle Animal Rebellion nutters – YouTube OM for
Foxes, evolution and where humans are heading
Start with two foxes: one is bold, the other is cautious. They both exhibit ‘foxiness’. What happens to foxiness if you shoot one of them?
Animal rights professor attacks shooting – Fieldsports News, 15 June 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXaVe0-Wo3M Here are the links: Gamebird report ‘inaccurate’ – Harris report + GWCT New UK food strategy promotes venison – DEFRA District council attacks Chris
Gamekeepers save stone curlews and turtle doves
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRJFscjd0eITony Lowry is a gamekeeper in Hampshire. His shoot gets the stone curlew as a summer visitor. It’s also a working arable farm. That’s bad news for the
Police plan to price shooters out of gun certificates
Exeter Crown Court could set a nasty legal precedent in October 2023. If Devon deerstalker Andrew Andrew loses his gun certificate appeal, police throughout the
Bird flu update – effect on 2022/23 UK shooting season
by Deborah Hadfield Bird flu is bad news for game farmers and shooters who face a dire season ahead. There were more than 100 recorded
Scottish foxhunting ban update
by Deborah Hadfield The Scottish Countryside Alliance is appealing to the Scottish government not to ignore its evidence during the passage of the Hunting with
Scots government pushes for hound ban – Fieldsports News, 22 June 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCa5xm1REfI Here are the links: Scottish foxhunting ban plea – Fieldsports News Anger as Great Yorkshire Show cancels hounds parade – Daily Telegraph Southwest gun
Sir Jackie Stewart Classic – a DTL shoot with a difference
youtu.be/VgTsk2aCtoI by James Marchington Legendary Formula One racing driver Sir Jackie Stewart OBE was a top international clay pigeon champion, sponsored by Eley cartridges, before
Pulsar is game-changer for wildlife identification, says scientist
Wildlife scientist and shooter Professor Jaimie Dick from Queen’s University, Belfasst, explains how thermal spotters are going to revolutionise wildlife counting across the world. He
Battle for a grouse moor – Fieldsports News, 29 June 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgbmd82CWo Here are the links: Campaign to protect moorlands from antis – Countryside Alliance Pulsar is game-changer for wildlife identification, says scientist – Fieldsports News
Gamebird shortages: how are shoots coping?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSxfDEdsmSY by Deborah Hadfield The shortage in game birds is pushing up the price of shooting and birds. Pheasant and partridge chicks may not be
Alert system for England’s ‘mental’ gun owners – Fieldsports News, 6 July 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHp5_ns6U6U Here are the links: New medical alert for shooters – Daily Mail Environment secretary stands with animal rights extremists – Twitter Antis pour out
How hunting and shooting sports help the blind and partially-sighted
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN9kirnvQhQ Malik Ezzi wants to be a professional hunter. His first problem is that he only has 40% daytime vision and no vision at all
General licences in Wales: no rooks, magpies or jackdaws
www.youtube.com/watch?v=srDW6v7UWoY by Deborah Hadfield New general licences in Wales are bad news for rare birds and worse news for farmers. From 1 July 2022, Welsh
Popular North London shooting ground to close
Photo: Franco Capaldo A popular North London shooting ground is closing down after increasing pressure from property development nearby. The A1 Shooting Ground, just inside
Boris replacement might be pro-shooting – Fieldsports News, 13 July 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImO16fJ2EP8 Here are the links: New prime minister could be shooting supporter – antis furious – Twitter DEFRA announces gamebird research programme – Countryside Alliance
Wildlife trust tries to ban anglers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eREsBKDjbv8 Angling is a gentle sport. In Nottinghamshire fishers are showing they can also be tough when their sport is threatened. The threat? Their new
The new face of British Shooting
youtu.be/q63FKLqlehQ An English shooting champion is the ambassador of a new initiative to encourage more people to get involved in the sport. Ruth Mwandumba is
Zac Goldsmith makes dog law by letter
A government minister is trying to make law by letter. In what’s likely to be his last days in office, DEFRA minister Lord Zac Goldsmith
‘Animal sentience’: how Michael Gove and George Eustice get it wrong
BBC radio wants Charlie to debate sentience, consciousness, empathy and, if animals display these, should we be banned from shooting them? So Charlie goes to see his dad. Martin Jacoby says the first problem that most people face in this debate is a failure to understand the language.
Former MFH Mark Hankinson wins webinar appeal
The former director of the Masters of Foxhounds Association did not break the law when he told other hunts how to avoid being beaten up
Zac Goldsmith’s last days as Minister for Animal Rights – Fieldsports News, 20 July 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhcOJz7tAlM Here are the links: Zac Goldsmith makes dog law by letter – Fieldsports News Former MFH Mark Hankinson wins webinar appeal – Fieldsports News
Police delay firearms licensing as livestock and wildlife suffer
by Deborah Hadfield Daniel Holmes from Bodmin Moor in Cornwall submitted his gun certificates renewal applications on January 2022. His firearms and shotguns certificates were
British government fails to ban kids from using airguns – Fieldsports News, 27 July 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCjWYXPWZjY Here are the links: Government rejects airgun age restriction – BASC More than 3,000 respond to Countryfile impartiality survey – Countryside Alliance survey South
How to buy wild venison
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KeT518v10I by Deborah Hadfield With the cost-of-living crisis starting to bite, is wild deer a solution to eat cheaply? The challenge is to find reasonably-priced,
Love Island ❤️🏝️ Ollie hunts kudu in Africa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ukUeLDjG4 It’s one of the best ways to spend a year after you leave school. The students at the Northern Cape Professional Hunting School learn
Will bird flu cost gamekeepers’ jobs?
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8cuf3y by Deborah Hadfield Nearly 100 gamekeepers may have already lost their jobs as a result of bird shortages caused by bird flu in France,
Princess Royal backs Game Fair – Fieldsports News, 3 August 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u7BhUeGatc Here are the links: Princess Royal presents awards at the Game Fair – BASC Game Fair thefts – DogLost + Howes & Wayko on
Police want shooters to report mental health issues
by Deborah Hadfield Feeling depressed? A new campaign in Scotland aims to encourage gun owners to report mental health issues and hand in their guns.
Nigel Farage on big game fishing and more – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 60
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg73ZsLmMgY Nigel Farage may be passionate about Europe but he is fundamentalist about bluefin tuna fishing. He says that, thanks to Brexit, the UK is
Labour’s Daniel Zeichner on countrysports – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 61
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqR-kNYJk9s Shadow food, farming and fisheries minister and Labour MP for Cambridge Daniel Zeichner makes the case for a Labour government running the countryside and
The Metropolitan Police’s head of firearms licensing – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 62
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCT4_dvQQ4 There are 30,000 legal gun-owners in London. Chris Downs, head of SCO 19 at the Met, and Daryn Hufton-Rees from Medcert, which provides medical
Bluefin tuna are back 🐟 and anglers are keeping it that way
by Deborah Hadfield Anglers are spotting huge numbers of bluefin tuna off the coast of Britain. The magnificent fish swim thousands of miles to British
Grouse shooting prospects for 2022 – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 64
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_nDMXdrYxo A panel of experts discuss grouse prospects for the 2022 season, plus the political threats facing grouseshooting. They are Mark Osborne from William Powell
Countryfile under fire – Fieldsports News, 10 August 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJbbr1bywGo Here are the links: BBC fails to represent rural issues – Daily Mail Packham vs Gareth Wyn Jones Tweet spat – Twitter + C4PMC
Grouse-shooting 2022 season preview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=veDtyq0sX14 Antis target the grouse season. They know that disrupting a grouseshooting day will bring them publicity. Their biggest target is opening day, the glorious
Helen’s Way raises £6,000 for gamekeepers
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8d0aoy Gamekeepers Welfare Trust chief executive Helen Benson has finished her journey from the north of Scotland to the south coast and back up to
The Westminster Eight – 18 years on – FieldsportsChannel podcast, episode 66
youtu.be/jeHHVbF7C94 In September 2004, eight campaigners burst in to the chamber of the House of Commons to protest against Tony Blair’s ban on hunting with
RSPB’s new attack on gameshooting – Fieldsports News, 17 August 2022
youtu.be/zichjyqUi-M Here are the links: RSPB ignores evidence on gamebird releasing – BASC Secrets of merlins revealed in NGO film – YouTube Study links broken
The 2022 Ken Hill wildfire and what happens next
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F09b6SGDOR4 The flames and smoke from one lowland wildfire in Norfolk in July 2022 could be seen from miles away. The fire damaged 120 acres
Hen harrier success – Fieldsports News, 24 August 2022
Here are the links: Hen harrier brood scheme success – YouTube + Moorland Association Scottish government looks at snaring ban – Fieldsports News Anti media
A car hits a deer every seven minutes in England
youtu.be/zCwrztM7YVU In the UK, in 2022, you are twice as likely to hit a deer than in 1997. That risk has gone up fourfold since
Scotland snare scare
by Deborah Hadfield The Scottish government is considering the future use of snares. It has approached a range of fieldsports groups for their views. However,
Plan to eradicate deer in England – Fieldsports News, 31 August 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrHNih-sctk Here are the links: BASC attacks England’s deer strategy recommendations – BASC Countryside Alliance Packham sabs complaint – Daily Mail Government crackdown on sewage
Dog trainer lams into the Kennel Club
Controversy over force-free approach to gundog training by Deborah Hadfield There’s a growing split at the heart of gundog training, and it centres on the
Borth Zoo: from lions and lynx to dogs and ducks
by Ben O’Rourke This is the story of the British relationship with pets and livestock. In June 2020, Fieldsports News visited Borth Wild Animal Kingdom
BASC firearms licensing overhaul
youtu.be/GCi5JQRX0Sc by Deborah Hadfield It’s time to scrap the existing gun certificate system across England and Wales and replace it with another. That’s the conclusion
What will Liz Truss do for the countryside? – Fieldsports News, 7 September 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHCHHk5hNgI Here are the links: What the new PM will do for the countryside – Twitter Government consultation on firearms – Home Office NSRA opposes
Charity clay shoot raises £135,000 for GWCT
Bushbeaters’ Ball 2022 The annual Charity Clay Shoot at Warter Priory Estate in East Yorkshire has raised an incredible £135,000 for the Game and Wildlife
HM Queen Elizabeth: a country life
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had a lifelong love of the countryside. Born in Mayfair, she once told a friend that, if she hadn’t been Queen,
Countryside mourns Queen – Fieldsports News, 14 September 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKmpo0iJa20 Here are the links: Balmoral gamekeepers carry Queen’s coffin – Fieldsports News Anglers consider legal action over pollution – Glos Live Anti-hunting Goldsmith family
Northern Ireland hunting ban: battlelines drawn
by Deborah Hadfield For a people who have seen more than their share of fighting, the anti-hunting lobby is drawing up new battle lines. In
HM Queen’s sporting gun salute – Fieldsports News, 21 September 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AUCgsLwyT4 Here are the links: HM Queen’s funeral gun salute – Facebook + Twitter Police face criminal investigation over Plymouth shooting – Independent Office for
Why does the conservation industry want to kill off African wildlife? Answer: cash
youtu.be/KU-11RVVDwQ by Deborah Hadfield The role of trophy hunting in conservation and the economic survival of communities in Africa is in the spotlight. A new
Cornwall Council kicks out anti hunting ban – Fieldsports News, 28 September 2022
youtu.be/8wOi9m3R1Kg Here are the links: Antis fail to ban trail hunting on Cornish council land – Countryside Alliance Trail hunting ban remains on NRW land
Firearms licensing crisis warning
youtu.be/EjbfeeA0utk With the firearms licensing system in crisis, barrister Nick Doherty fears there’s an increased risk of a tragic incident. Nick, who wrote The Firearms
How animal rights extremists conned the world with Cecil
The Cecil the lion story was simply a fundraiser for a Zimbabwean NGO. That’s the conclusion of big game hunter Ron Thomson, who has spoken
British gamekeepers supply shooting trucks to Ukraine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEAU6cYf10U The Ukrainian army needs gamekeeping trucks. They are less of a target than military trucks and they have amazing offroad capabilities. Step forward London
Scottish gundog ban fears – Fieldsports News, 12 October 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ZTyyoU7B8 Here are the links: Scottish gundogs could be caught in foxhunting clampdown – The Scottish Farmer Police plan ‘public immunity’ gun licence legal swerve
Bird flu 2022: what should shoots and shooters do?
by Deborah Hadfield The UK is facing its largest ever outbreak of avian influenza. DEFRA confirms more than 170 cases in less than 12 months
Bird flu spreads – Fieldsports News, 7 September 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIjLEHg58bo Here are the links: Bird flu spreads across UK – DEFRA Antis march on London – Evening Standard Scottish gamekeepers blame conservation industry for
Woodcock shooting: how Wild Justice is trying to ban it
youtu.be/IIjLEHg58bo by Deborah Hadfield it is one of the most challenging birds you can shoot in the UK. Woodcock shooters are considered among the elite
No 10 welcomes shooting supporter – Fieldsports News, 26 October 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrPFJWxvLe0 Here are the links: UK welcomes grouse-shooting prime minister – Countryside Alliance RSPB fresh attack on gamebird releasing – BASC Scottish Hunting With Dogs
Human cost of bird flu
youtu.be/bQJRBQqy1io by Deborah Hadfield Kevin and Val Russell run Hawkstone Falconry in Yorkshire. With the bird flu outbreak following two years of covid, businesses such
Breakdown in Devon & Cornwall gun licensing puts businesses at risk
youtu.be/c-VlnQpCK0Q With police firearms licensing across Devon, Cornwall and Dorset in meltdown, local country and gun shops are having to diversify. Martin and Chris Lamb
How ecotourists kill wildlife with their cameras
youtu.be/Sx5G1Cn4vho by Ben O’Rourke Ask a wildlife enthusiast how to fund conservation in Africa without hunting tourism, or trophy hunting as some like to call
Media attacks practical shotgunning – Fieldsports News, 9 November 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqfVyJd5mQc Here are the links: Practical shotgunning under attack from newspapers – Worcester orton Shooting Club film + Bisley film Footballer fined for poaching –
RSPB attacks gamekeepers – Fieldsports News, 16 November 2022
youtu.be/28bOufT6twM Here are the links: RSPB ‘persecution’ report attacks gamekeepers – Sky + Fieldsports News Wildfire destroys National Trust Snowdonia land – Liverpool Echo Bird
Why one woman wants more people to go big game hunting
by Deborah Hadfield Emma Stander believes that big game hunting needs an influx of women. She says it would boost the hunting business – and
Grouse shooter vs RSPB – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 69
It’s Ian Coghill, ex chairman of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, vs Duncan Orr-Ewing of the RSPB, slugging it out on the Carter Jonas
Kids’ driven shoot day in North Wales
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUtMSAbbkJE A team of young guns go on a driven shoot experience day in North Wales. They get a chance to shoot pheasant, partridge and
Now you can’t disturb a fox – Fieldsports News, 23 November 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEIG8RaGeGg Here are the links: Hunt master fined £600 for failing to call hounds – Shropshire Star Farmer’s sale of the century – Farmer’s Weekly
RSPB lies and the language of hate
The RSPB president says that shooters are ‘subhuman’, a senior RSPB official tells lies about raptor persecution to a live audience, and the RSPB ‘bird
Westminster government backs anti-hunting bill
The government is backing a private member’s bill to ban the import of hunting trophies. DEFRA minister Rebecca Pow told the House of Commons: “I
Anti-hunting hate campaign – Fieldsports News, 30 November 2022
Here are the links: Antis brand hunter a serial killer in hate campaign – Fieldsports News Antis lose fight to ban English boxing day hunt
Top prof says why animal rights extremists are wrong about trophy hunting
Professor Adam Hart speaks up for hunting tourism. He is one of the few British academics brave enough to support regulated trophy hunting. Science says
British Shooting Show 2023 bucks talk of downturns
Exhibitor attendance numbers at the British Shooting Show (17-19 February 2023) are, yet again, up on previous years. “It’s going to be a good Christmas
Anti hunters’ hurricane of misinformation – Fieldsports News, 7 December 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=syRfThkYb9o Here are the links: Antis mislead MPs on trophy hunting – Fieldsports News Anti attacks hunters over trophies – Mirror Grouse shoot licensing threat
Ladies Deer Stalking UK Facebook group holds open days
youtu.be/usGapUVTP-g A Facebook deerstalking group is holding a series of events around the UK. The Ladies Deer Stalking UK Facebook group held its latest open
Falconer seeks hare licence – Fieldsports News, 14 December 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6neQm_Oy_wg Here are the links: Scottish falconer gives evidence at parliament – Facebook Leading conservation charity supports trophy hunting – LionLandscapes.org Huntsman convicted of illegal
UK government plans tuna sportfishing ban
youtu.be/Qv4lLopkJmw Landing a giant bluefin tuna is a challenge – not least because anglers around the UK have only been allowed to do it for
Which UK shooting organisation for you in 2023?
Here’s our rundown of the insurance offer from the top 12 shooting organisations you can join in the UK (full annual membership price in brackets):
Sab beats up hunt supporter – Fieldsports News, 21 December 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppj7BdIP0yw Here are the links: Sab hits 81-year-old over the head – Daily Mail Boxing day meets UK interactive map – Countryside Alliance Crunch meeting
Lead ammo ban will dash Olympic hopes
youtu.be/owq_RR_vp0U The Westminster government’s new, heavy handed approach to banning lead pellets and bullets will be a disaster for rimfire and airgun shooting. That’s the
Zoo to zoo: how animal charities earn millions moving lions from the UK to Africa
Once upon a time, the British public paid money to see lions and tigers in zoos and circuses. Now they pay to translocate them from
