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, locally-sourced venison. Shooters say that venison is possibly the most under used, misunderstood red meat available in the UK. For most people looking, the first stop is a supermarket. All […]
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 Notts Hunt staff rescue horses – Countryside Alliance Beaver to get legal protection in England – Farmers’ Weekly Shooting Australia launches Commonwealth Games campaign – Shooting Australia Africa nature strategy […]
Wildlife wonders: the British roebuck rut
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mext6ol5zrk Roy Lupton is stalking roebuck during one of the most magical times of the year: the roebuck rut. He sees animal after animal and explains whether or not he wants to shoot it. More of Roy’s outings here:
Fieldsports Britain – know your roe
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Zk1VP0mOo It’s one of Britain’s great nature spectacles. Roy Lupton guides us through the roebuck rut in Hampshire, with commentary on which deer to shoot and which to leave for a future season. And what happens to all that lovely venison? News correspondent Deborah Hadfield finds out, as she sets herself the challenge of buying […]
Win a Spypoint trailcam priced at £120 – Fieldsports Extra #230
You can win a Spypoint Force 20 trailcam from Baileys Shooting in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have Roy Lupton on superstition, Deborah Hadfield on venison, and a disastrous attempt at a game drive in Africa.This week’s prizes and other links:Meopta Optika 8×42 HD on KitfinderSpypoint trailcams at Baileys: Bit.ly/spypointforce20Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre […]
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 due to expire on 13 March 2022. He put in his renewals seven weeks before his certificates’ expiries. Devon & Cornwall police firearms licensing department told him that, had he […]
Four-fox night with a thermal riflescope
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu1r00vFQqIWith the silage cut, it’s the perfect time to go foxshooting. Youngsters are appearing and are easy to target. Tom Davies explains his strategy and shoots foxes. Tom runs Dartmoor Deer Services Find the Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XP50 Pro scope on Kitfinder More on foxes:
Vinnie Jones’ massive charity shoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV1R0KsyuZ4 Vinnie Jones raises more than £50k by holding a charity shoot. The Hollywood star and former footballer wants to give back to the English countryside. The shoot at Six Mile Bottom benefits CALM, the GWT and the NGO. The son of a gamekeeper, Vinnie spends as much time as he can shooting and fishing, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Vinnie v Crowie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEcOAA8-EKU Vinnie Jones brings together shooters from all over the country for his charity shoot at Six Mile Bottom. Among them is Andy Crow, and also there is Helen Tinner and Katie Hargreaves. It’s quite the Fieldsports Channel get-together. Thanks to Vinnie stardust, it raises £50,000+ for charity, and it answers a crucial question: who […]
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 Complaints spark BBC investigation into Countryfile show – The National + Daily Express Amber Hill breaks Richard Faulds’ record – Claysports Loch’s David v Goliath fish farm victory – Insider […]
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 by hunt sabs. Mark Hankinson was found guilty in October 2021 of using two training webinars hosted by hunting’s governing body to explain how to stay away from antis. Now […]
Win Meopta binos priced at £320 – Fieldsports Extra #229
Win Meopta binos priced at £320 – Fieldsports Extra #229 You can win a Meopta Optika 8×42 HD binos in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have Vinnie Jones, more on Kitfinder, Tom Davies on roe identification, an angry dog trainer and Charlie’s Dad.This week’s prizes and other links:Game Fair tickets Bit.ly/gamefair2022Meopta Optika 8×42 HD
‘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.
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
How to buy guns at sealed bids auctions
Gun expert Diggory Hadoke from VintageGuns.co.uk talks to Charlie Jacoby about what some serious collectors consider to be the arse end of the auctions market
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
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
Crow’s fruity night-vision rabbit shoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIxno1pX8uc Andy Crow and cousin Gary are on a strawberry farm shooting rabbits. The rabbits can’t reach the strawberries, which are grown at picking height.
Fieldsports Britain – Crow’s on rabbits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eb625CuJeg The fruit farm needs help. Rabbits are nibbling the raspberry canes. The good news is that Crow and his cousin Gary have the latest
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
Kitfinder launches – Fieldsports Extra #228
You can win Game Fair tickets in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we launch Kitfinder tommorrow – find out how it’s going. We have a deer tracker on shotgun cartridges for dee, Charles Jardine from the Countryside Alliance on the good fishing does, and Andy Crow gets a bit lary with David.This week’s prizes and
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
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
Scottish roebuck: from field to skinning to Kilted Chef
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5JzfG95vtw The ‘Kilted Chef’ Craig Wilson and deerstalking guide Milton Ferguson have got together to raise money for the Children’s Heart Unit Fund. First-time stalker
Fieldsports Britain – roebuck stalking with bells, whistles and pipes
We’re in Scotland this week to report on a charity roebuck stalking outing with a pro guide and the ‘Kilted Chef’. We’re in Wales where
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
Win £165 Kite binos – Fieldsports Extra #227
You can win Kite binoculars in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. The Fitis model has an RRP of £165. Plus there’s deer skinning (by car), driven buffalo (by car) and BASC tells us to get in touch with our MPs (not by car). And Kitfinder – how’s that going?This week’s prizes and other links:Reolink KEEN Ranger
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
Catapult masterclass: hunting steel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyYBTyLqooI When it comes to well-dressed sports, you might think golf, you might think tennis, you could even think some of the top claygrounds. Now
Fieldsports Britain – what gamekeepers do in the summer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKc5c-j4Lm8 Your local gamekeeper brings life into the world with the pheasants hatching and growing up. He or she protects other wildlife from predation by
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
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
We launch Kitfinder – Fieldsports Extra #226
This week’s prize draw is for a FORM custom airgun stock priced at £600. Plus Sir Jackie Stewart explains how shooting helped him as a racing driver, Paul Hodson talks about the amazing world of thermal, and a sea lion uses an octopus as an offensive weapon.This week’s prizes and other links:Kitfinder.co.ukFORM Rifle Stocks –
Game bird patrol: summer solstice fox stalking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwbx5CBOidk Paul Childerley is out to protect his ducks tonight. It’s been a big year for foxes and he has the latest thermal kit from
Fieldsports Britain – foxshooting ‘thermology’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb7jHtiJgyU Armed with the latest thermal kit, Paul Childerley is out after foxes. He has to protect his ducks this year (pheasants are rare birds)
Falcon racing – what is it?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCqL_-PhJek Roy Lupton is producing some of the finest racing machines known to man. His falcon breeding programme is for the Middle Eastern falcon racing
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
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
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
FORM Rifle Stocks – factory film
youtu.be/pTpz9Fx5j80 How does FORM Rifle Stocks make its custom stocks and grips for rifles, airguns and handguns? Peter McGregor, who founded the Devon-based company in
Win a £600 custom airgun stock – Fieldsports Extra #225
This week’s prize draw is for a FORM custom airgun stock priced at £600. Plus Sir Jackie Stewart explains how shooting helped him as a racing driver, Paul Hodson talks about the amazing world of thermal, and a sea lion uses an octopus as an offensive weapon.This week’s prizes and other links:Woox custom rifle stocks
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
Fieldsports Britain – to shoot or not to shoot?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJVMUroi9KE With roebuck in abundance, Paul Childerley accepts an invitation to stalk from Ruby Lewis in Wiltshire. Ruby recently completed the game and wildlife course
Young blood: how to get a job in fieldsports
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfV_B_Jy34Q Young pro stalker Ruby Lewis takes old hand Paul Childerley out after a roebuck. It lands Paul with a dilemma. For more from
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
Pro hunter school: wildebeest and springbok
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO4vpDvCmpI The trainee PHs have a new challenge today: they have to find Ollie Williams a bull blue wildebeest and put him in a position
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
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?
Win a £500 custom rifle stock – Fieldsports Extra #224
This week’s prize draw is for a Woox custom rifle stock priced at more than £500. Plus Andy Crow is trying to shoot running boar, there’s superb footage of a barn owl coming in to a fox call, a newly qualified woman gamekeeper talks about the difficulty finding work, James Marchington is spotting turtle doves
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
