How to shoot pigeons that won’t decoy
Dan Thor is out with his mate Dean near Epping in Essex, and they’re hoping for a good day decoying pigeons. There are plenty of birds about, they set up a great pattern with floaters and a whirly, the hide is good – but the birds just won’t come to the decoys. They shoot a […]
Fieldsports Britain – last of the summer pigeons
www.youtube.com/watch?v=99iCWp3OiOQ Dan Thor is out with his mate Dean in Essex, trying to shoot pigeons that show no interest in his carefully laid decoy pattern. Meanwhile in Dorset, Fieldsports member Tony Orton enjoys his prize of a wonderful simulated game day with his son James. Will the new Labour government try to ban gamebird releasing? […]
Fabulous Dorset simulated game shoot
Fieldsports member Tony Orton enjoys his prize of a wonderful simulated game day with his son James, at Patson Hill Farm in Dorset, which offers a memorable shooting experience alongside the sort of hospitality you’d expect on a top-notch driven game shoot. Find out more at PatsonHill.farm/ To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 772, […]
White muntjac deer culled – Fieldsports News, 11 September 2024
Here are the links: White muntjac shot – Alex Hinkins on Facebook Facebook.com Capercaillie nears extinction – ScottishGamekeepers.co.uk Brian May badger film complaint – AHDB.org.uk Gun shop barred by ‘Facebook robots’ – FieldsportsChannel.tv/socialsgunban and DABShootingSupplies.com Water bosses face jail – AnglingTrust.net Holts charity clay day – HoltsAuctioneers.com BASC wildlife fund needs trustees – BASC.org.uk Gun expert’s […]
Flying start to the game season – Fieldsports News, 4 September 2024
Here are the links New game season underway – BASC Blue tongue fears – BASC and Gov.uk Hunting knife surrender call – Gov.uk Warter Priory country sports fundraiser – WarterPriory.com Salmon numbers crash – GWCT Angling Mentors launch – Orvis Otters make a comeback in Norway – Jegeravisen.no Child killed by wolf in India – […]
Fieldsports Britain – Who is Britain’s top clay shot?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-9l26_C9zIBritain’s top clay shooters flock to North Yorkshire for the climax of the competition season at the EJ Churchill ground at Swinton. We follow the action to see who will be crowned British Open Sporting Champion. David is in Lapland hunting roe, foxes and Volvos. Fieldsports membership solves one problem for gun grab victim Lewis […]
British Open Sporting Championship 2024
For Sporting clay shooters, the British Open is the big one: the one they would all love to win. This year ‘The British’ returns to the lovely EJ Churchill ground at Swinton in North Yorkshire. The event has a festival vibe as shooters flock from near and far. The cream of Britain’s clay shooters are […]
Update – Kent gun grab saga drags on
Lewis Dedman told us his gun grab story at the start of the summer (Watch that one here). The professional pest controller contacted us because Kent Police had asked for a psychiatric report to prove he wasn’t a suicide risk before they’d consider returning his firearms, but no-one was willing to assess him. Our film […]
Scandi road trip – Hunting foxes and Volvos
As part of a 4,000-mile road trip to pick up a 1971 Volvo from 100km inside the Arctic circle, David and his son, Archie, meet up with our Lapland correspondent Lars Munk from Heart of Lapland. After the car is strapped to the trailer Lars shows David a 100-year-old fox trap that was found in […]
Shooting the fox that retrieves rabbits
Pest controller Simon Grimmer is after rabbits and foxes at a livery yard in Surrey, close to the M25 motorway. The rabbits damage pasture and risk injuring the horses, while the foxes are creating a health hazard around the buildings. Simon is using two Sako rifles for the job: a .17HMR and a .223, both […]
Gareth Wyn Jones bashes Brian May – Fieldsports News, 28 August 2024
Here are the links: Brian May badgers the nation on the BBC – Youtube and BBC European trophy hunting ban may be illegal – CIC-wildlife.org Wildfire tsar to ‘halt blazes’ – The Times ‘Sack Packham’ RSPCA and RSPB told – Countryside Alliance Gun grab victim hopes police learn lessons – FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast95 Artificial Intelligence deters deer – […]
Fieldsports Britain – M25 foxshooter
We’re out with Surrey pest controller Simon Grimmer, shooting rabbits and foxes at a livery yard beside the M25. Plus it’s the .410 Open Championship, and the smallbore battle royal between Paul Childerley and Geoff Garrod. Find out who wins. Ian Hodge says what the well-dressed shooter is wearing in the field this season. We […]
The man who beat the police – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 95
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4wLW8p_niA When the police took the guns from Chris Sharp after Chris was the victim of an assault, he turned to lawyers for help. One of them, Peter Glenser KC, joins Chris on stage at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to tell Charlie what happened, and where he has got to now with his […]
Shooting fashion, from Ian Hodge Fieldsports
Ian Hodge talks through what clothes sell to women who go shooting, from fun to functional. Some of these items are now in the Ian Hodge Fieldsports sale. Check Ian’s website IanHodgeFieldsports.co.uk More from Ian Hodge Fieldsports here:
British Open .410 championship 2024
Geoff Garrod and Paul Childerley shoot it out between them at the 2024 British Open .410 championship at EJ Churchill, with help from James Marchington, Richard Taylor, Martin Jeminson and Rob Jess. Find the full results on Facebook To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 770, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain770 More clay shooting here
Fishing against Packham
Fieldsports member Nick Edwards is flyfishing for trout on the river Itchen with Fieldsports Channel’s news editor Andy Ford, who also happens to be an England international fly angler. Nick bought the day in our auction last year, when we were raising funds to fight a legal attack by Chris Packham. To watch all of […]
Stalking a roe for its cuts
Chef José Souto knows how to present game. He can take a roebuck and make it look as appetising as any cut of meat gracing the plate in a quality restaurant. He demonstrates how he butchers a roe carcass, selecting cuts from the haunch that he says taste better than the loin. Then he takes […]
Bergara Crest Carbon – with the ‘aggressive’ palm swell
Bergara’s man in the UK, Lewis MacFarlane, talks about the Bergara Crest Carbon fullbore rifle – the one with the ‘aggressive’ palm swell. For more from Bergara via distributor Artemis Outdoors, visit Bit.ly/aobergara To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 769, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain769 More from Bergara here:
Fieldsports Britain – José and Paul out for a buck
José Souto takes Paul roestalking and teaches him how to get the best from a haunch. Fieldsports member Nick Edwards is trout fishing on the Itchen with Andy Ford, a day that he bought in our auction to support us against Chris Packham last year. Facebook and Instagram seem to be set on closing down […]
Brian May badger documentary furore – Fieldsports News, 21 August 2024
Here are the links: Fears over Brian May BBC badger documentary – BBC, Nature.com and Countryside Alliance No action over Packham’s Barclays outburst – Telegraph Moorland fires death fears – Regional Moorland Groups Rigby suffers Facebook ban – JohnRigbyAndCo.com and Facebook.com/JohnRigbyandCo Free deerstalking qualification – HighWeald.org and YouTube Scotland deer pilot scheme launched – Nature.Scot and BASC […]
Pro pest control: how to choose an FAC air rifle
James Head from Crackshot compares a Daystate Red Wolf HP 60 ft/lb, a Daystate Wolverine R 30 ft/lb and a BRK Ghost 30 ft/lb. For more from Crackshot, visit G.co/kgs/PVN44v8 More from Crackshot here:
Pigeon catch and cook with chef José Souto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ5HP4nwO5g Game chef José Souto is picking up some top pigeon shooting tips from the master, Essex gamekeeper Geoff Garrod. Geoff offers José advice on hide building, decoy set-up and more – and at the end of the day José returns the favour by cooking up a delicious snack for Geoff with the pigeons they […]
For the love of catapults
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h112l5oWSqg The England Slingshot Federation championship is a friendly meet-up and camp-out on a farm next to the River Severn in Gloucestershire. The competition is on a tough course centred around a pond. Organiser Keith Dighton shows us around, and we catch up with some legendary slingshot shooters and makers. Find the England Slingshot Federation […]
Roy’s roe rut dilemma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CogoXM2zNNM Roy Lupton is complaining. David is late because of torrential rain flooding the lanes leading to “roe rut central”. Once he’s stopped having a dig they head off in search of the roe bucks he’s been watching parading around his permission but with no-one to film them. As would luck would have it there […]
Fieldsports Britain – how to call in a roe stalker
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU5S2VoYUcA Roy Lupton is calling in roe in the rut with a buttolo call, while David is calling in Roy with a packet of M&Ms. Geoff Garrod teaches top chef José Souto pigeon decoying tips, and José shows Geoff how to cook up a tasty pigeon snack. Charlie is off to the England Slingshot Federation’s […]
Packham rants at bank’s customers – Fieldsports News, 14 August 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch70wPTAexg Here are the links: Packham lashes out at Barclays customers – FieldsportsChannel.tv/actionforwildlife2024 Media debates rights for hunters – Telegraph.co.uk and FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportchannelpodcast93 DEFRA minister Zeichner offers reassurance on shooting and shadow DEFRA minister Barclay blasts Zeichner – FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportchannelpodcast94 New Zealand hunters target 10,000 goats – DOC.govt.nz GB Olympic shooting success cost £6.2 million – BBC […]
Fieldsports Britain – What’s next in hunting tech
Future tech: Niall Rowantree and David visit thermal and night vision specialist HIKMicro in China for a glimpse at the revolutionary new technology that’s coming soon to scopes, spotters and drones. Back in the UK, Cai is a pigeon plucker and David is the pigeon plucker’s mate as they deal with birds after a day’s […]
Packham scores own goal – Fieldsports News, 7 August 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZrA5-LI-aA Here are the links Packham scores own goal – FieldsportsChannel Podcast Rutter robbed of Olympic gold + Peter Wilson speaks out – Fieldsports News Grouse numbers crash – Roxtons Moorland fire blamed on barbecues– WestYorksFire.gov.uk BASC launches fourth deerstalking scheme – BASC.org.uk/new-deer-stalking-opportunities-for-basc-members-in-east-of-england/ and BASC.org.uk/deer/stalking-schemes/ Scouts and Guides try clays – Facebook Wolf warning to Dutch […]
New Chinese hunting tech: HIKMicro experience 2024
Future hunting tech: Niall Rowantree and David head to HIKMicro HQ in China to see for themselves the exciting new technology we’ll be using for hunting scopes, spotters and yes, even drones, in the next few years. They are seriously impressed by the sheer scale of the operation, as well as the groundbreaking new tech […]
Pigeon pluckers
David has bought a plucking machine to help him prepare chickens for the table. Cai Ap Bryn wants to try it out on pigeons, so they spend a few hours in the hide, then head back to pop some birds in David’s machine, amid a barrage of innuendo. The results are… well, mixed, but Cai […]
Hunters are a ‘protected minority’ – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 93
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z2ZVslPc4IEd Swales and Ronan Brown from Hunting Kind join Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas theatre at the Game Fair 2024, to explain how hunting could qualify for protection under human rights legislation, with hunters being classified as a ‘protected minority’. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Shooting gold for Team GB – Fieldsports News, 31 July 2024
Here are the links: Olympic gold for GB trapshooter Nathan Hales – TeamGB.com Grim outlook for grouse – WilliamPowellSporting.co.uk Shooting organisations have positive dialogue with DEFRA – FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast92 Hinkley Point C ‘will kill two fish a minute’ – FGS.world and YouTube Shooting needs more women – BASC Deer carcases should be left to rot say […]
Fieldsports Britain – Skye stag stalk
Skye gamekeeper Scott MacKenzie and his young daughter have a cull job to do on a red stag. Tom Davies continues his non-toxic journey and finds a copper cartridge that works on roebucks. Terry Doe gives his view on the Accumax air rifle, a fun, lightweight break-barrel with power enough for hunting. David has the […]
Skye gamekeeper and daughter cull a red stag
Skye gamekeeper Scott MacKenzie is setting out to cull a red stag. The stags are causing damage to the tenant farmer’s silage fields. He is accompanied by his 16-year-old daughter, Orla, who is studying to follow in Scott’s footsteps. We find a suitable beast among a group lying in the grass, but it’s a long […]
Why Terry Doe loves the Accumax break-barrel airgun
Terry Doe mostly shoots high-tech PCP air rifles, but when it comes to fun and relaxation he turns to a great little break-barrel springer like the Accumax from ASI. It is well made and accurate, comes in three different stock finishes, and has a clever anti-resonance system inside to reduce the shake when you fire. […]
Tom Davies talks about Rushbrooke knives
Tom Davies tries out his new Rushbrooke knife gralloching two roe deer, and explains what he likes about it. Go to RushbrookeKnifeCompany.com To watch the knife in action, go to YouTube For more about Tom’s venison business, go to DartmoorDeerServices.com To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 766, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain766 More knife reviews here:
Tom’s copper journey: roebuck cull
Tom Davies is trying out a new copper round on roebucks. He has a farm to clear of deer using the ammunition that manufacturer Wapiti has sent him. It works, twice – giving him the opportunity to try out a new gralloching knife too. For more about Tom’s venison business, go to DartmoorDeerServices.com For Wapiti […]
Fieldsports Britain – squirrel vandals
The squirrels have gone barking mad in Charlie’s dad’s wood. They have killed a dozen young oak trees by stripping off the bark. It looks like sheer vandalism. Charlie calls in Jaf Jefferson from the South Somerset Ferreters to solve the problem. While we’re on ferrets, Charlie is off to Chris Potter’s 16th annual ferret […]
Grey squirrel tree killers
After a successful squirrel eradication programme in the winter, disaster strikes in the summer. A dozen good-quality oak trees are dead and all the indications are that squirrels killed them. Have new squirrels moved in? Does shooting squirrels create vacancies for more squirrels? Jaf Jefferson and Martin Jacoby explore the problem. To watch all of […]
NGO calls for deer plan – Fieldsports News, 24 July 2024
Here are the links: NGO launches deer strategy – NationalGamekeepers.org.uk Government hands out DMQ funding – BASC Estate hit with general licences restriction – Strathspey Herald Antis plan to publish pro-hunting ‘list’ – Protect The Wild Clean up rivers, says FishLegal – Change.org Danish King promotes Olympic skeet – Instagram Brown bear hunting opens in […]
Shooting enthusiasts start their own game farm
The last few years have been a nightmare for game farmers, with covid, bird flu, and massive hikes in costs. Despite all that, keen shooters and Fieldsports Channel members James Elliott and Mark Rea plunged into game farming last year, setting up their own game farm at Mark’s parents’ farm in Essex. With support from […]
For the love of ferrets
It’s Chris Potter’s 16th annual ferret show. Organised in and around the village hall at Nynehead in West Somerset, ferret fanciers, lovers and aficionados of all kinds, from working ferreters to urban pet owners, make their way there to talk ferret. There are prizes and there’s shopping, as Charlie Jacoby discovers. For more about the […]
Caught on camera: fox eats curlew chicks – Fieldsports News, 10 July 2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCnYan5IxBU Here are the links: Fox eats curlew chicks on camera MoorlandAssociationNew DEFRA minister offers hope BASC and TheyWorkForYou.comShooting Show dates announced ShootingShow.co.ukCautious optimism for new grouse moor rules Countryside Alliance and Scottish Land And EstatesNorwegian salmon rivers re-open NRK.no and Miljodirektoratet.noKing Charles in pigeon row The GuardianMoor initiative welcomes children BASC and YouTubeAnglers get sewage […]
Firearms cops grapple gundog-trainer granny
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8vtuRQ0lOo Armed police subjected gundog-owning granny Helen Cadman to a terrifying and painful ordeal. They smashed down the gates to her Warwickshire home at 8am on a Sunday. Still in her nightdress, she was dragged screaming across the yard. Her crime? Training her labradors in her paddock using a dummy launcher. She is now taking […]
WokeWatch1: Forced to use .223 on squirrels – and it’s rubbish for foxes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=irnNGp_V27o WokeWatch: Government-owned Forestry England now uses non-lead ammo to shoot grey squirrels. The government agency uses non-lead airgun pellets and shotshells, and it leads to the ludicrous situation where the small pests may be shot with .223 centrefire rifles on Forestry England land, when we all know an airgun or .22 rimfire is ideal […]
First roebuck with women’s stalking group Artemis
It’s a big day for Deborah Pritchard. She has always been interested in stalking. But so far she has only shot paper targets on a range. Today she is attending a training day organised by women’s stalking group Artemis – and if she is lucky, at the end of the day she may be able […]
Fieldsports Britain – Emotional first roebuck
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PcTZDwzty0 You never forget your first roebuck. Deborah is out with the Artemis stalking group, hoping to shoot her first deer in the Scottish Borders – and yes, it’s emotional. Woke Watch: the government has banned its own Forestry Commission from using lead bullets on squirrels, so they’re shooting them with copper .223s. We try […]
Pulsar Telos LRF XL50 – walk-through
Tom Davies of Dartmoor Deer Services takes a look at the Pulsar Telos LRF XL50, a thermal imaging monocular he uses for foxshooting and deerstalking. For more, go to ThomasJacks.co.uk For Dartmoor Deer Services, visit Bit.ly/ddsvenison More thermal and night vision kit here
Trophy hunting – the problems with a ban
There have been several failed attempts to push through a trophy import ban – and now, as we approach the 2024 election, both Conservatives and Labour are jumping on the ‘ban’dwagon to stop something most of them don’t understand. Despite this cross-party enthusiasm, former Conservative MP Neil Parish doesn’t think introducing a ban on hunting […]
Dan Thor decoys pigeons with a Hushpower .410
Dan Thor is on summer crop protection, keeping the pigeons off growing crops on the farm. He starts on a patch of laid barley, but there’s a problem: his gun keeps jamming. Today is Sunday, so to avoid upsetting the neighbours he is using a Hushpower .410 – but the little pump-action isn’t ejecting properly, […]
