Hovercraft moose hunter wins case
A hunter is allowed to use a hovercraft while hunting moose in Alaska. The US Supreme Court overturned a legal victory by the National Parks Service against John Sturgeon of Anchorage. He had hunted the animals for 40 years along the Nation River, a waterway within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in north-eastern Alaska. He […]
Fieldsports Skills Days – free range days
We did Bristol + Salisbury + Fife + Skipton in 2019 Now looking forward to summer 2020 Welcome to the Fieldsports Skills Days. Each day is a fun-packed day of rifle-shooting, stalking and shotgun skills with some of the best-known faces in shooting. Come back later to find out about our 2020 programme.In the meantime, […]
Deer Killer Steam Engine – A Year in the Life of Highland Sport part 1
One of Scotland’s premier tourist attractions is setting fire to Scotland, and that’s causing a problem for deer. The Jacobite steam train sets fire to the hillside, Scottish Natural Heritage officers look at the burnt hillsides and conclude there is not enough habitat for deer. Niall explains what can be done. Plus he’s having to […]
Roy’s Thermal Foxshoot
Roy Lupton is hunting down the foxes that are feasting on lambs. He is armed with thermal and lamp, and on patrol around a farm in the South-East of England. Roy uses a Foxpro caller and Silva Fox mouth call, Pulsar thermal scope and Pulsar thermal spotter Click here for all of Roy’s films on […]
Fieldsports Britain – Scottish Deer on the Line
What’s the deer’s biggest enemy in the Highlands of Scotland? Man? Wolves? No – it’s the steam engine. In the first in his new series, A Year in the Life of Highland Sport, deer manager Niall Rowantree explains why the ‘Jacobite’ steam train is driving out deer from the Highlands and what can be done […]
RSPB hits out at gamekeepers
The RSPB is upping its campaign against grousemoors, moorland gamekeepers and grouseshooters. The conservation work that gamekeepers undertake across the UK is the only barrier to the RSPB’s goal of being the UK’s one-stop-shop for birds, Many gamekeepers believe the bird rights and welfare organisation is piling on pressure to try to bring down their […]
Tiny the Wonder, London’s top ratting dog
Londoners are to be introduced to the joys of ratting via an exhibition. Tiny the Wonder, a champion rat-catching dog in the 19th century, is now to be told in an immersive show at the Museum of London. The Manchester terrier was once celebrated in the City of London for being able to kill 200 […]
End of the line for invasive goldfish
A pond in Nottinghamshire has been drained because of the threat posed by goldfish. The goldfish bred and multiplied over the years, after being dumped into the water as unwanted pets, and they started out-competing local wildlife for food and living space. The pond was drained and the fish – promises the company doing the […]
Did buzzard eat shot or was it shot?
Anti grouse-shooters have been whipping up anger in North Yorkshire over a dead buzzard. They shared this X-ray showing metal particles in the buzzard, and gained the support of North Yorkshire Police. UK shooting organisation BASC has asked the police to confirm whether the buzzard was shot or if the metal is ingested shot passing […]
New eagles for Isle of Wight
Natural England has issued a licence to allow the release of 60 white-tailed eagles on the Isle of Wight. It claims it ‘paid attention’ to impacts on other wildlife and livestock and it ‘carefully examined’ the potential risk of lamb predation.
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Fieldsports Film School
One-day introductory course on filming and storytelling. One-day course on editing films. Do you want to make great, engaging videos that can reach millions of people? At Fieldsports Channel we did it – and you can do it too. Enjoy a training day with Fieldsports Channel’s producer and cameraman David Wright as he explains how […]
What’s an Irish gun club? – Fieldsports Ireland, episode 8
Every year, a wildlife sanctuary in Co Kilkenny has a pigeon problem. Who do they call? Jenkinstown Gun Club. The lads from the club come in every year and roost shoot the birds. For Fieldsports Ireland episode 8, Jason Doyle joins them and finds out more about gun clubs and the Irish NARGC. Jason also […]
Irish keeper’s day
Jason Doyle and his girlfriend Carly join the Shelton Abbey Shoot in Co Wicklow for the end-of-season keeper’s day, where the gamekeeper gets to thank his beater friends… and it’s looking like she’s the up-and-coming shot, while Jason is having a hard time. ▶ Gamebore supplies the cartridges, Black Gold 36g no 4 Gamebore.com ▶ […]
Irish pigeon roost shoot
In the latest of his Wild Wing Shooting series, Jason Doyle is after pigeons with the Jenkinstown Gun Club, helping look after a a woodland wildlife sanctuary. ▶ Gamebore supplies the Clear Pigeon cartridges Gamebore.com ▶ The Benelli M2 came from GMK GMK.co.uk ▶ Clothing from Jack Pyke JackPyke.co.uk ▶ This item is also sponsored […]
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On Test: BSA Defiant Bullpup – with Jamie Chandler
Jamie Chandler gets his hands on the new bullpup air rifle from BSA, the Defiant bullpup. He is out to test its worth on pigeons around a Hampshire farm. This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 487 Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain487 ▶ For more from BSA, visit www.bsaguns.co.uk ▶ Click here for all of Jamie’s […]
Grey squirrel shooting tactics
Paul Childerley is after squirrels. They are chewing up the water pipes in his pheasant pens, and this is the time of year they greys tuck into songbird nests, eating eggs and chicks. He is out with fellow gamekeeper Scott, to deal with the animals and their dreys in woodland on his shoot. It’s the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Big Squirrel Hunt, episode 487
With spring underway and songbirds starting the long struggle to raise their broods, it’s a good time of year to go out and shoot grey squirrels. Gamekeeper Paul Childerley and his buddy Scott are doing just that, with Remington semi-auto and pump, in woodlands around their Bedfordshire shoot. Jamie Chandler is on pest control duty, […]
David Attenborough speaks out for salmon
Sir David Attenborough has joined the campaign to save salmon. The noted naturalist and BBC TV presenter is backing a campaign by Salmon & Trout Conservation Scotland with a new video to mark International Year of the Salmon. It includes an attack on salmon farms, and is made by keen hunting YouTubers, the Pace Brothers.
Two buzzards get into a tangle, talons locked together
Two buzzards got into a tangle – and out of it when they saw a dog, A friend of Fieldsports Channel viewer Nick Tait found the buzzards locked by their talons, lying in undergrowth in West Sussex, UK. He lifted them out with the aim of setting them free, they took one look at his […]
Yorkshire water cancels grousemoor leases
Yorkshire Water is reviewing the future of grouse shooting moors it owns in Calderdale. Following news that the Government now believes the RSPB line that grousemoors are widespread killers of hen harriers, the utility firm said it would review the future management of Baitings, Turley Holes and Higher House Moors, which spread along the South […]
Antis close down Welsh pheasant shoot
The League Against Cruel Sports has stopped shooting at a Bettws Hall shoot. The Welsh shoot operator leases the 750-acre estate at Gregynog Hall in Newtown, Powys, where shooting has taken place for centuries. The Davies family gifted the estate to the university of Wales. In 2018, the League Against Cruel Sports obtained via a […]
Who’s the best airgunner in the world?
Who is the best air rifle and air pistol shot in the world? The International Shooting Sports Federation found out at the 10-metre championships – and you can watch it all here. These fims have all the action from Osijek, Croatia, March 2019, at the ISSF European 10m Championships. Air rifle Air rifle men final […]
The Deerstalking Fair at Kelso
Lucky deerstalkers in the Borders of Scotland – they live next to the UK’s premier deerstalking event, the Deerstalking Fair at Kelso. This year it’s on pver the weekend of 23-24 March 2019 at the Border Union Agricultural Society in Springwood Park. Seminars planned over the course of the weekend include deer biology, rifle accuracy […]
London Flyfishing Fair
Keen flyfishers in London gathered at the Building Design Centre in Islington on 22-23 March 2019 for the London Flyfishing Fair. Just a few years old, this show has matured into a lovely day’s outing, with some of the top brands in the business represented, as well as stands with curios, fishing magazines and videos, […]
#StopTheCull calls for violent action
Animal rights activists around the UK are being told: attack game farms. The violent wing of the anti-badger cull movement is run from a Facebook page called StopTheCull. With the badger cull only taking place for a few weeks a year, activists turn to other animal rights activity during the rest of the year. Posts […]
Fieldsports News, 20 March 2019
Animal rights activists drive pheasants out of game farm Grousemoors to blame for killing of hen harriers Packham has a pop at pest controllers Shoot goes fibre-wad only Carp fishery erects otter-proof fence Wolf kills 50 sheep and goats A moose loose in the hoose! For a full news round-up, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/category/fieldsportsnews News is […]
Fieldsports Britain – Paul’s holiday hunt, episode 486
What do gamekeepers do in March? They go on holiday. For Paul, it’s a safari in the Eastern Cape, shooting plains game including a lovely bushbuck. He is in the hands of expert guide Nico Els. It is the latest in his Barrels & Brass series with Sako of Finland. He is using a Sako […]
Catapults – how to mooch
Top catapult shot Wayne Martin is on the look-out for squirrels to shoot, plus other benefits of stalking woodland – good quality Y-shaped forks he can turn into catapults. He explains what makes a good mooch. ▶ For more about Wayne’s slingshots, visit Facebook.com/CattyShackShooter ▶ Wayne is sponsored by Jack Pyke. Visit JackPyke.co.uk ▶ Join […]
Bushbuck hunt in the Eastern Cape
In the third in Paul Childerley’s Barrels & Brass series, he is out with guide Nico Els in the Eastern Cape after bushbuck. It is one of Africa’s prettiest little antelope – and Nico has a good cull ram in mind. Paul is using a Sako 85 Carbon Wolf and Powerhead II rounds. ▶ For more […]
Hunt saboteurs aim for confrontation
Masked hunt saboteurs will do anything to get a violent reaction out of people enjoying legal trailhunting. For a similar film, click here. After years of harrassment by masked thugs, there’s a new trend in the countryside: mask up and hit them back. In this film, two cars carrying hunt saboteurs are rammed by an […]
Otter-proof fence
A carp fishery has spent a six-figure sum putting up two miles of 6ft high fencing to protect its fish from otters, reports The Freshwater Informer. Wingham Fisheries in Canterbury, which has huge carp, including what is thought to be the country’s biggest, weighing 80lb, has spent the money after losing several prized fish to […]
Wolf kills flock of sheep
French farmers blame wolf attacks for the deaths of a more than 50 sheep and goats in a single night. The attack took place in Avançon, in the Hautes-Alpes region of France. The following morning, the farmer affected reported eight ewes, 21 lambs and four kids killed, with 10 kids and 16 lambs missing. Un […]
Rabbit Meatballs
Here is a quick tutorial on how to cook wild rabbit and mozzarella meatballs, a delicious recipe to please all members of the family. Also, try swapping the rabbit meat for pheasant and partridge. ▶ More from Cai at GameAndFlames.com This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 434. To watch the whole show […]
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George Digweed wins African Grand Prix
George Digweed takes gold at the South African Hunting Route Grand Prix. The competition took place at the Valley Gun Club, 16 to 17 March 2019. Top five places look like this: 1. DIGWEED, George 192+212. MAC DONALD, Nicholas 192+183. STUBBS, Tristan 186+194. MATTILA, Tuomas 186+155. LOYEN, Jean Francois 1835. WIENANDTS, Hendrick 183 Jean Francois […]
Good headlines for gamekeepers: Fieldsports News
In this week’s bulletin: ▶ Moorland gamekeepers get good headlines from report ▶ BBC makes promotional film for hunt saboteurs ▶ Hunt saboteurs ‘turn fox into the path of hounds’ ▶ Sussex foxhunter killed in fall ▶ BASC backs the British Game Alliance ▶ NGO charity shoot at Six Mile Bottom ▶ Berlin allows bowhunting […]
