Wales accidentally outlaws shooting – Fieldsports News, 30 June 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DXGzjZLmc0 Here are the links: ‘Animal cruelty as a leisure activity’ in Wales Times newspaper plans trophy hunting splash Antis try to ‘cancel’ Phil Spencer – Twitter + Twitter + Twitter Footballers boost clayshooting – BBC Bird charity’s capercaillie record worsens – BBC New rifle range opens in Wiltshire – Fieldsports News Antis break padlocks […]
Fieldsports Britain – good, old-fashioned decoying
Knotty questions in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain: Andy Crow is putting his grandfather’s style of pigeonshooting to the test. Do home-painted decoys work as well as we hope? Meanwhile, in Somerset, Jaf Jefferson is out after rabbits with a .22LR and comes across a fox. Does he take the shot or not? David has the news […]
Win £150 Peltor earplugs – Fieldsports Extra #175
You can win Peltor EP-100 hearing protection, plus I hear from Andy Crow about early cartridges, Matt Gowman from Greenfields of Salisbury about his new rifle range, and journalist Emmanuel Koro about animal rights funding. Click here for the Peltor EP-100s Click here for the Bug-A-Salt Orange Crush V3 For the grouseshooting story, visit Fcha.nl/grousedebate21 […]
Parliament pummels Packham over grouseshooting
by Ben O’Rourke BBC TV’s Chris Packham wanted a debate that would lead to a ban on grouseshooting. Instead, he got a resounding thumbs-up for the sport, for its environmental, economic and social benefits. MPs lined up to criticise the assumptions behind Packham’s Westminster Hall debate on Monday 21 June 2021. Again and again, they […]
Crow tree of doom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkptDjlVSnk Matt Turley asks Dan Thor to join him on his pig farm crow shooting duties in Somerset. First of all, up go the decoys into Matt’s newly erected ‘crow tree of doom’. Dan is more used to the corvid control they do in the Eastern Counties. So, is there a crow-shooting east-west divide? Matt […]
Scottish Aimpoint buck hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bTnJww9ou4 Scottish deerstalker Sergio Couto specialises in shooting with iron sights. Paul Childerley enters into the spirit of it by using an Aimpoint sight on his Sako S20. Together, they go out after roebuck. For the Sako S20, go to Sako.fiPaul uses an Aimpoint H-1 sightTo go stalking with Sergio Couto, visit SerCoutWildHarvest.com Find Paul Childerley on […]
Fieldsports Britain – roebucks and red dots
Paul Childerley is on a roebuck cull in Scotland with Sergio Couto. For this one, he wants to try an Aimpoint red dot sight on his rifle. Meanwhile, Matt Turley is hosting Dan Thor on a crow shoot in Somerset. And at Westminster, MPs line up to give Chris Packham a kicking over grouseshooting. It’s […]
Grouseshooting wins – Fieldsports Extra #174
You can win a Bug-A-Salt Orange Crush V3 fly shotgun, plus I hear from Jim Shannon MP, Ian Gregory and Lord Botham about our massive win in Parliament against Wild Justice. Click here for the Spartan Javelin Lite Click here for the Bug-A-Salt Orange Crush V3 For the Browning Tour, visit BrowningTour.eu For the Tonne […]
Make your own pigeon decoy
Back in 2004, when Charlie was editing Sporting Shooter magazine, he ran this article on how to make your own pigeon decoy. Instructions Use the PDF template below to draw the pigeon outline on 1cm-thick grey-coloured foam. Cut out the foam and cut out the slots in the body where the wings poke through. Staple […]
Fieldsports Britain – Retro Crow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9vBhfaroBQ Andy Crow steps back in time for today’s pigeon decoying outing. He makes his own decoys out of plastic downpipe and paints them up. Meanwhile, Tom Davies and Ollie Williams are out after deer and foxes with a range of thermal devices. They look at the pluses and pitfalls. David has the news on […]
How to spot foxes and deer with thermal: practicalities and pitfalls
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxsAQRs6RvM Ollie Williams is stalking cull roebucks and Tom Davies is shooting foxes. They both need their thermal spotters and, this week, they are splurging on three state-of-the-art thermal devices. Ollie has the Pulsar Helion 2 XP50 Pro spotter, while Tom is using the Accolade 2 binocular spotter and Thermion 2 riflescope. Tom is an […]
Win a Spartan bipod – Fieldsports Extra #173
You can win a Spartan bipod, plus I hear from George Digweed and John Cavana about trespass, from Diggory Hadoke about a significant victory against the newspapers, and what do we have to do with GBNews? Click here for the Spartan Javelin Lite Click here for the Spypoint Link Micro LTE trailcam Click here for […]
The Duke of Portland’s .303 double rifle by Daniel Fraser
He used it to shoot his 1,000th stag. Gunsmith Roy Martin and auctioneer Nick Holt talk about the Duke of Portland’s .303 double rifle by Daniel Fraser, which comes up at Holt’s June 2021 auction, estimate £10,000-15,000.
How to move a gun collection
Moving to a new home can be stressful. Moving a gun collection with you more so. Mary Berger from US removals specialist Roadway Moving says what to keep in mind from the get-go Comply with all laws for transporting guns Since guns can cause danger when used improperly, it’s important to follow all […]
J Fairman ‘from Purdey’ pinfire
Gun expert Diggory Hadoke of VintageGuns.co.uk selects a J Fairman gun, a poor man’s Purdey, coming up at auction soon. He also looks at the idea of gunsmiths that added ‘from Purdey’ to their names. The Farman gun is a 19th-century pinfire hammergun with an unusual safety catch, part of the Captain Alan Marshall collection, […]
Fieldsports Britain – black is back
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8WUCKiHX1s Black – in the shape of crows – is casting its shadow over a Devon dairy farm. Pest controller Tom Davies is ready to take them on in a pre-dawn decoying raid. Meanwhile some gamekeepers and shoot operators are worried about the effect covid is having on bookings for next season’s gameshooting. David Whitby, […]
There are too many elephants
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrGVrFBsIuQ by Ben O’Rourke “What people don’t understand about the elephant situation is this,” says Ron Thomson, sharing an experience from his decades of wildlife management in Africa. “Let me give you some idea. Imagine elephants doubling their numbers every 10 years, which has been going on for more than 60 years in Botswana. “Over […]
Gameshooting in 2021/22: what will it be like?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd06nxjxkeU Following a tough shooting season in 2020/21, gamekeepers, shoot owners, operators and sporting agents are taking bookings for 2021/22. Some of them are being tougher about money upfront. Some report nervousness from shooters about losing deposits. Find Gwysaney Estate on Facebook More films about pheasant and partridge shooting:
Devon dairy farm crow shoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRlhp7XHhSY Got a problem with crows? You need to set up your hide and decoys while it is still dark, and start shooting as they drop in to investigate. Tom Davies gets a full three hours of crow shooting on a Devon dairy farm ending at 8am before they work out what is going on. […]
MP to debate grouseshooting – Fieldsports News, 9 June 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN5mD1a3k6w Here are the links:MPs to debate grouseshooting – Countryside AllianceWild Justice announces money-wasting legal move – Countryside AlliancePetition aims to send Packham packing – Change.orgFalconer forces Scotland to re-examine hare laws – Scottish governmentGovernment to bump up laws on livestock worrying – English governmentReports of gunshots lead cops to clay pigeon shoot – East […]
Leopard in a tree – Fieldsports Extra #172
You can win a cellular trailcam from Baileys Countrywear, plus I hear from a shoot owner about next season’s pheasants and the head of a South African shooting organisation about leopards. Click here for the Crosman 2300T Click here for the Spypoint Link Micro LTE trailcam Click here for the Vario Novo Natural, click here […]
Fieldsports Britain – the wonderful .22-250 calibre
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mTUzu-qVo If Paul Childerley had to take one calibre to a desert island for the rest of his life, it would be the .22-250. In Scotland, you can use it to shoot everything from rabbits to roe deer, and that’s what he does, showing the versatility of this round. Meanwhile, Tom Davies is in Devon […]
Can you use a thermal spotter for fish?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgBY6cjAqWs Tom Davies wants to check that the fish in his dad’s fishing lakes are all in the right lakes. Armed with sunglasses, a rod, an underwater camera and the latest £5,000 thermal spotter, he sets out to spot fish. For the Pulsar Accolade 2, visit Bit.ly/accolade2To fish at Hatchlands, visit HatchlandsTroutFarm.co.ukFor Snowbee, go to […]
Buck, bunny and crow hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LoRg5gL304 Home counties deer manager Paul Childerley is trying out his .22-250 on roebuck, rabbits and crows. He is in Scotland with Sergio Couto, where the .22-250 is legal for roe – and shows how effective the calibre is. This item is sponsored by Sako rifles (Paul shoots the Sako S20). Visit Sako.fiFind Paul on […]
Girls take top slots in Schools Pistol Champs
This season’s Schools Pistol Championships has come to a climax with a national final – and three top three seniors winners are girls. It was a close tussle for the podium positions, but it was the Cornish athlete Charlotte Hicks who took the individual title.After a few seasons out pursuing all her other sporting ventures […]
Air pistol and an emu – Fieldsports Extra #171
You can win an air pistol from Crosman, plus I hear from Paul Childerley and David, Richard Taylor and I meet Tom Davies’s dad’s emu. Click here for the Crosman 2300T Click here for the Peltor LEP-200 ear plugs For the Tonne of Letters campaign, visit Fcha.nl/writetoboris How to enter Fieldsports Nation competitions: for members […]
How to shoot down on a clay target, with Sam Green
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH6olDCU-JU The clay is flying fast, between trees and shrubs, and below your feet. You are on a platform above it. How do you approach a target like that? FITASC world champion shot Sam Green explains. For Browning, go to Browning.eu Sam shoots a B525 Ultra XS Read our review on Fieldtester For lessons with […]
Pine martens: good or bad for the countryside?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ7H6sdawWk by Ben O’Rourke “If I were going to choose somewhere to radio track pine martens, I wouldn’t have chosen this,” says Craig Shuttleworth, who’s researching pine martens for Bangor University. “This terrain is a nightmare. The animal can go underground. Sometimes I come in and it takes me ages and I could have found […]
Dark Scottish buck stalking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cuDAomm3yo Home counties deer manager Paul Childerley is on his first roestalking trip north of the Border. He is in Aberdeenshire with Sergio Couto of SerCout Wild Harvest, looking for bucks. Not much deerstalking last year means they are thick on the ground. Find out how they get on. This item is sponsored by […]
Fieldsports Britain – Childerley’s Highland adventure
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k65krscCcU It’s the 600th episode of Fieldsports Britain, so we have made it a good one. Paul Childerley is stalking roebucks in Aberdeenshire with Sergio Couto – and it’s roe deer soup on Sergio’s ground – lots of animals. News ed Ben O’Rourke tells the story of the pine marten and its reintroduction across the […]
Blair hunting ban ‘a failure’
Tony Blair’s foxhunting ban didn’t help the fox. That’s the conclusion of a new book, which shows up the failure of Blair’s 2004 Hunting Act. Two decades after Blair announced his bill to ban foxhunting, writer Charlie Pye-Smith and animal welfare campaigner Jim Barrington set out to find out whether the law met its animal […]
Sea eagles grab lambs – Fieldsports News, 26 May 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaSj1N61ZvU Here are the links:Scotland drags feet on sea eagles – Scottish Farmer + Press & JournalAnimal rights extremists block McDonald’s distribution centres – Instgram + BBCVandals take down high seats in Norfolk – InstagramHen harriers missing from RSPB reserve – FieldsportsChannel.tv/geltsdaleBrown bears shot dead after escaping zoo – BBCLapwings lost after badger attack – […]
Antis and phones – Fieldsports Extra #170
You can win hearing protection from Peltor if you fill out our form, plus I talk to the former head of the League Against Cruel Sports, David has a plan, and one of our clients gets a phone call. For the Leupold rangefinder, go to Bit.ly/rx1400 Click here for the Peltor LEP-200 ear plugs For […]
English Open Sporting Championships 2021 – Claysports, episode 18
youtu.be/ogCCNsn3KUk Claysports TV is back. We report from the first major championship of 2021, the CPSA English Open Sporting at Barbury, where Richard Faulds fights in horrendous conditions for a title he hasn’t held for 13 years. It’s a thrilling head-to-head battle with Richard Bunning. Here are the links to the event, day by day:
Blowing up barrels – Fieldtester, episode 8
youtu.be/S9NUs580-j0 In this episode of Fieldtester we push shotguns barrels to the limit. Using real ‘in the field’ scenarios, we stuff the barrels with soil, sand, cartridge wads, ice, water and one of the most commonly discussed issues, a 20-bore shell accidentally inserted in front of a 12-bore shell. We also get a little carried […]
Scottish dead red deer horror – Fieldsports News, 19 May 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSyGZbocMX8 Here are the links:Scottish unborn red calf massacre – Facebook + Twitter + Evening StandardDEFRA plans minimum numbers of animals – DEFRAVine & Craven hit in online leak – Hunting LeaksGovernment restricts gamebird release sites – DEFRAPackham turns attentions to game meat – FacebookAfrican community leaders talk up trophies – Resource AfricaTeam GB confirms […]
Semi-auto fast shooting – Fieldsports Channel record
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiDAu2CnRWc Do you want to set a Fieldsports Channel record? How many shells can you load into a standard two-shot magazine semi-auto and shoot down range in under ten seconds? If you can do more than 12, send us a video and we will feature you in our show. Imagine the glory 🙂 Send your […]
Deerskulker
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egm1ezPFcbY Cai Ap Bryn heads in to Essex woodland after muntjac – but it’s a wood that offers more questions than answers. Why so many fallow? Where are the munties? How do you cook hare? and what’s nipping the twigs off oak trees. Find out the answers – and answer some of these yourself – […]
Fieldsports Britain – Cai’s deerstalking mooch
Cai’s looking for muntjac in a wood in Essex. There’s plenty of wildilfe, from squirrels via hares to fallow, but he’s struggling to find the animal he came for. Still – plenty of opportunity to ‘read’ the wood and see what’s going on. Meanwhile, Charlie gos out with a team of practical shotgunners to try […]
Win a Leupold rangefinder – Fieldsports Extra #169
You can win a Leupold rangefinder, plus I talk to an author who has brought out a book of shooting short stories, and to Fieldsports Channel plc shareholder Andy Norris. For the Weschenfelder sausage stuffer, go to Bit.ly/weschenfeldersausage For the Leupold rangefinder, go to Bit.ly/rx1400 For the Tonne of Letters campaign, visit Fcha.nl/writetoboris For the […]
Interview: Francis Ray Hoff, author of Fur, Feathers & Fish
youtu.be/tFmTp6WmSHU Charlie Jacoby talks to Francis Ray Hoff, author of Fur, Feathers & Fish. Click here to buy the book on Amazon:
World Gunmakers’ Evening sells to the Game Fair
The Game Fair has bought the World Gunmakers’ Evening from its founder, ITAP Group, which runs GunsOnPegs.com. The Game Fair paid an undisclosed sum for the event, which attracts low hundreds of high net worth attendees to a tabletop event at a London hotel each year, where they can look at the latest guns from […]
Sentience, trophies and a government muddle over animals
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMDT0MhTP_I The government in England wants to bring in laws making it illegal to cause distress to various animals in a range of different circumstances. These are all covered by existing animal welfare laws, especially the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Nothing daunted, a new, glossy, embargoed brochure from DEFRA called Our Action Plan for Animal […]
How to get started on bouncing rabbits, with Sam Green
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e5_YpQb-7k Ellie is new to clayshooting. FITASC world champion Sam Green talks and walks her through the first stage of her shooting career, starting with bouncing rabbit basics. For Browning, go to Browning.eu Sam shoots a B525 Ultra XS Read our review on Fieldtester For lessons with Sam Green, visit Facebook.com/samgreenshooting More of our films […]
Cosmic Cornish crow shoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_4bK0rGaog Fieldsports Nation member Jon Reed is a shooting sportsman from West Cornwall. Charlie risks falling off the edge of the world by driving down to see him for a day’s crow, rook and jackdaw shooting, not far from RNAS Culdrose, which explains the helicopters. Crow calls: Jon’s choice from Primos and Nordik Barrborn
Fieldsports Britain – how to call in crows, rooks and jackdaws
Look out Cornish crows. Charlie is off to the Lizard this week to meet Fieldsports Nation member Jon Reed, who is decoying crows over newly-drilled barley. Jon gives Charlie a masterclass in calling corvids. Meanwhile, FITASC world champion Sam Green is back to improve your shooting, this week helping a novice shot with her first […]
Queen’s Speech plans for hunting and shooting – Fieldsports News, 12 May 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrqVD02TVfo Here are the links:Boris plans animal rights laws – Fieldsports News English Heritage attacks local wildlife management – TwitterRSPB gets its talons into Invercauld Estate – Police Scotland and West Mercia PoliceBritain’s biggest bird of prey to be reintroduced in Norfolk – Roy DennisNada Farhoud’s hare out of place Twitter and TwitterNorthern Irish anti speaks […]
Win a sausage stuffer – Fieldsports Extra #168
Win a sausage stuffer – Fieldsports Extra #168 You can win a sausage stuffer (yes, really), plus we talk animal sentience, social media networks and hedgehog poo. For the Weschenfelder sausage stuffer, go to Bit.ly/weschenfeldersausage For the ISOTunes Sport Advance, visit Bit.ly/isotunesadvance For the Tonne of Letters campaign, visit Fcha.nl/writetoboris How to enter Fieldsports Nation
Gunbuck.co.uk – the relaxed social media network that’s (slowly) taking on Facebook
Mark Heath from Staffordshire is a fieldsports photographer-turned-Zuckerberg. Back in the 1990s he worked as a photographer specialising in hunting and shooting sports for titles
Roebuck stalking prize
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ7E9IYSTOg Nigel Appleton won a stalking outing with Tom Davies in a competition on Fieldsports Extra. Tom runs Dartmoor Deer Services and takes Nigel to
