Win a Jack Pyke jacket – Fieldsports Extra #244
Prize draw this week is for a green Jack Pyke Rannock jacket priced at £69.95. Plus Niall predicts the future for Scandinavian wildlife (based on Scotland), Tom Davies runs out of light and Dan Thor can’t count. There is also news about how we would like to turn Fieldsports Channel plc into Fieldsports Channel Ltd. […]
Paul Childerley tests Zeiss SFL 10×40 binoculars
Paul Childerley is a professional deer manager at home in Bedfordshire, so when he went staking red stags in Scotland he knew what he needed from his kit. He chose to carry the Zeiss SFL 10×40 binoculars, for their great performance-to-weight ratio – the SFL stands for SmartFocus Lightweight. “They are really compact and lightweight,” […]
Zeiss V8 2.8-20×56 riflescope tested on the hill in Scotland
When you’re stalking red stags on the hill in Scotland, you want gear that performs impeccably in any conditions, and is light to carry. That’s why professional deer manager Paul Childerley chose to take the Zeiss V8 2.8-20×56 scope on his Sako rifle. “It’s a no-brainer,” he says. “It’s a product that’s been tried and […]
Is it time to switch to a thermal riflescope?
youtu.be/yHqho9Jp9W0 Many shooters have adopted thermal technology for spotting, but still have a night vision or day-night scope on the rifle. With practice, it can be an efficient combination, allowing you to find your quarry easily with the thermal spotter, then take the shot with night vision. In the early days of thermal, when it […]
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 as theirs are struggling. For Val, the issue is made worse as her work was a lifeline after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Working with the birds boosted her […]
Paul’s Highland stalk of a lifetime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr5U51Q1as8 Paul Childerley has the stag stalking outing of his life – a dream come true. He is going up the hill in the Highlands of Scotland in the most traditional manner possible. It’s the red rut and the stags are holding hinds in this part of Inverness-shire. Tweeds, two-draw scopes and a garron pony […]
Fieldsports Britain – dream stag stalking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjry5Pr8xTk Paul heads up the hill for the stalk of his life. He is in Scotland for the red rut, and he is out to try stag stalking that includes not just the standard Scottish package of fabulous scenery and superb professional stalkers. This time, he gets to use a garron pony to bring his […]
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 bill attacked – YouTube Anti claims of ‘hunt havoc’ rubbished – Somerset Live NHS wild venison trial extended – Daily Mail + Countryside Alliance British Shooting’s first #TargetChange days – […]
Speedy sheep – Fieldsports Extra #243
Prize draw this week is for five party packs of airgun pellets from Crackshot and, if you win, you get to choose which five airgun pellets you will get. Plus Charlie talks to member John Buxton about Fieldsports Live, Dominic Boulton from Aim to Sustain explains the human cost of bird flu, Dog & Field […]
Shooting for the blind
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ngwrseOUJw Jason Ford is one of the best target shooters in the UK – and he is blind. He uses new technology to enjoy his sport, which is backed by the National Smallbore Rifle Association. Click here for the NSRA Visually-impaired lad trains as professional hunter:
Foxshooting and a limping fallow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0hrSSow26g Roy Lupton has hold of two new pieces of foxshooting kit. He is out to try them out. He has the InfiRay TD50L Tube night vision scope and the Unique UH35 thermal spotter. They bring him success: five foxes on the ground. For the InfiRay scope and spotter, check out deals on Kitfinder […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s five fox night
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ0LSBrymy8 Roy Lupton is out after foxes and starts with a problem fallow pricket. He goes on from that to have a bumper foxshooting night. We look at woodcock and Wild Justice’s attempt to ban woodcock shooting in England. And how do you shoot targets when you are blind? We ask the National Smallbore Rifle […]
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 of rough shooters, prepared to travel great distances and at short notice when they hear that ‘the woodcock are in’. Woodcock shooting is not commercial like pheasant, grouse and partridge. […]
Best spring-powered air rifles for hunting 2022
youtu.be/PSwh4Gs1iB0 So you’ve got a problem with rats, or rabbits, and you want an airgun. Will a spring-powered air rifle do the job, and how much will it cost? West Country gunshop owner Ian Hodge picks two great value guns off his shelf: the BSA Lightning and the Gamo Black 10 Maxxim. They’re both up […]
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 capercaillie loss – SGA Antis arrested after pouring milk in shops – ITV Record breaking bluefin tuna in UK – BBC + our film about the old record on YouTube […]
Wild Justice aims at woodcock – Fieldsports Extra #242
Prize draw this week is for a £285 CCTV/trailcam, plus a woodcock guide explains why shooters are the best people to look after the bird, Roy Lupton gets technical on when you can shoot deer, and James Marchington find a new gadget: it’s a whistling device that guides blind shooters on to their targets.This week’s […]
Everything you always wanted to know about F Class
www.youtube.com/watch?v=79UzdIffh-w Head to the home of British shooting, Bisley, to see rifle shooting at its finest. With superlative skill and kit, F Class shooters get to put bullets into a five-inch circle at 1,000 yards. They talk about how they do it. For more on F Class go to GBFClass.com More from the NRA:
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 among captive birds. The latest outbreak in Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex has seen the disease at 16 poultry premises. It’s a notifiable animal disease, which means you report […]
Essex pigeonshooting: back with a bang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UtV7d-f8XU Geoff Garrod is back in the pigeon hide, shooting over freshly-drilled wheat. The birds have been absent from his part of Essex all summer. He uses all of his autumn tactics to bring them in. Find instant deals on the Browning Maxus 2 on Kitfinder For info on the Browning Maxus 2, visit Bit.ly/maxus2 […]
Fieldsports Britain – Geoff’s pigeon drought is over
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj4KVFihX2M It’s been a long, sad summer for Geoff Garrod. The reason? No pigeons to shoot. At last they are back, and he is in the hide and happy. Meanwhile, it could be a tough winter for pheasant shooting as bird flu grips the UK countryside. Deborah finds out what shoots and shooters should be […]
ATN X-Sight 4K Pro: a day-night rifle sight that calculates holdover for you
by James Marchington There are a few digital day-night sights available nowadays, giving you the option of shooting from dawn to dusk and through to dawn again. That’s a massive help if you want to use the same rifle set-up, without needing to swap scopes and re-zero, or even buying a whole new rifle and […]
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 – Andrew Alger’s appeal 100+ antis arrested after London attacks – Twitter Urban Britain is failing wildlife and farming, says Gareth Wyn Jones – Fieldsports News Scottish farmers attack beaver […]
Gareth Wyn Jones – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 68
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRr0vpam8LI Gareth Wyn Jones is the outspoken Welsh hill farmer who starred in the BBC’s The Family Farm. He believes that the disconnection between town and country is driving a wedge between the two communities – and, in this talk, he spells out why. Find Gareth on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook Other ways to listen to […]
Win a £379 rifle accuracy course – Fieldsports Extra #241
Prize draw this week is for a £379 ticket to a rifle accuracy course with Richard Utting of #SharpShootingUK. Richard is a Fieldsports Nation member and runs his excellent courses on miles of beautiful moorland in Co Durham. Plus Geoff Garrod is missing pigeons, Dominic Boulton of the Game Farmers Association has a bird flu […]
The Blaser R8 ‘family tree’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MXo8BnRUDA Cluny Country is a Blaser main dealer. Robbie Shedden explains the various options for the Blaser R8 rifle. Click here for more on Cluny Country’s Blasers More from Cluny Country here:
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 builder Dmytro Andreichuk. He and his wife are buying up ex hunting vehicles – typically used for lamping foxes on rough ground – and delivering them to the Ukraine. Ipswich […]
Bullet speed, drag and distance, with #SharpShootingUK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB4vdUreHoU Ballistics apps are amazing. They are, says Richard Utting of SharpShootingUK, perfect. When it comes to shooting a 600-yard crow, we know all the numbers but one. We can feed all the information we need into our ballistics app. But we have to estimate down-range wind speed and direction. He gives a taste of […]
Venison jerky – recipe – from Weschenfelder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfoL17-mlCw Cai Ap Bryn makes delicious venison jerky. Watch and learn the recipe here. Ingredients: Venison Soy sauce Worcester sauce Garlic Brown sugar Get 10% off Atacama Pro Dehydrator. Use discount code FS10 at checkout. Offer valid until 31 October 2022. Bit.ly/profooddehydrator Click here for more from Weschenfelder For more from Cai, visit GameandFlames.com
Thieving foxes in the crosshairs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2IxpJ5EF_I Foxes are stealing cake from the mouths of sheep. Down on the farm in Dorset, foxshooter David Pomeroy has an unusual problem. The farm milks ewes and feeds them on cake while they are milking. Local foxes are sneaking in and taking the cake. David has his rifle, night vision and Pulsar Accolade II […]
Fieldsports Britain – cakesnatching foxes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pziEGd1JYxQ Foxshooting, gamekeepers’ vehicles, rifle accuracy, bird flu, a venison recipe and the story of a rifle – it’s a truly packed programme this week. Dorset foxshooter David Pomeroy has to deal with foxes that are stealing the sheep’s cake. Richard Utting from #SharpShootingUK explains how to shoot straighter (given that you shoot straight anyway). […]
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 up about the story to Fieldsports News. He calls out the lies during the 2015 scandal, including the revelation that the lion was enticed out of Hwange National Park in […]
Win £170 of night vision kit – Fieldsports Extra #240
You can win £170-worth of night vision kit from Mileseey. Plus members unite to provide us with Fieldsports Britain this week, including David Pomeroy foxshooting in Dorset, James Bendall coordinating our bird flu coverage and Richard Davis introducing us to a scheme to provide the Ukraine front line with foxshooting vehicles… not for shooting foxes.This […]
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 Law Handbook with his wife Laura Saunsbury, says: “I say that with a heavy heart. I don’t want that to be the case. But no system of firearms licensing is […]
Replacing the regulator in a faulty PCP airgun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmtOJuXEDME Your PCP airgun making a funny sound, and shots not going where you put them? It could be the regulator. It’s especially a problem with the BSA R10. Never fear – Huma is here. Huma makes a replacement regulator. James Head from South-Devon airgun centre Crackshot explains what it’s for and shows how to […]
Decoying: how to turn the pigeon tide in your favour
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAGAtNLhO0 You know the pigeons are there. You set up your hide, you put out the decoys, you stack up the cartridges – but no pigeons. What do you do? Dan Thor is in Essex showing his strategy for turning a pigeon no-show into a pigeon showtime. For Browning and Miroku shotguns visit Browning.eu For […]
Fieldsports Britain – pigeon shooting banter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVIGCCOKCSU How to turn a pigeon shooting problem into a success story. Dan Thor is decoying pigeons on crops in Essex. It doesn’t start well but, with characteristic banter, it gets better. Meanwhile, a barrister warns that government underfunding of police firearms licensing is going to lead to more mass shootings. And James Head shows […]
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 – Countryside Alliance Farmer furious after antis leave rubbish – Farmers Weekly Osprey chicks fledged at Scottish estate – Scottish Land & Estates Antis vandalise Norfolk pheasant release pens – […]
Win £100 of gundog training kit – Fieldsports Extra #239
You can win £100-worth of gundog training kit from Dog & Field, plus it’s the last few days of the Baileys discount, Ian Jensen warns about the future of firearms licensing and Dan Thor discusses doughnuts.This week’s prizes and other links:For Rifleman Firearms, go to Bit.ly/riflemanfirearms Dog & Field prize Bit.ly/dogandfield Ursula Von Der Leyen pony Baileys […]
Hunting ‘rare’ capercaillie with a Blaser drilling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDp6t3Kgo_s Niall Rowantree is in Swedish Lapland to shoot capercaillie over Finnish spitz. Plus he tries out a Blaser D99 drilling in 7×57, and he looks at why the RSPB has failed to reintroduce the capercaillie to Scotland where, in Sweden, they hunt and eat them for lunch. For the Blaser D99, visit Blaser.de […]
Fieldsports Britain – shooting the world’s biggest grouse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=50j800QOEoM The world’s biggest grouse, capercaillie, were abundant in Scotland within living memory. Since then, a combination of hopeless management by the RSPB and a change in climate has wiped them out. Niall Rowantree goes to Swedish Lapland where they are doing well – so well that the locals hunt and eat them. He finds […]
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 film produced by South African film producer Phillip Hattingh focuses on Namibia. The inspiration for his documentary The Eco Colonialists – an Exposé came back in 2020 when, in the […]
Great value shotguns for clays and game 2022
youtu.be/Cm-q9ucYsiY You want a stylish, well-made shotgun that handles well and looks good – but you don’t want to spend a fortune. What do you buy? Dan Bibb from Shooting Sports UK recommends you take a look at the Zoli range of over-and-unders. “Zoli isn’t a brand that’s as well known in the UK as, […]
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 Police Conduct Police whistleblower sacked over gun claims – Employment Tribunals [PDF] Lord Goldsmith sacked as environment minister – Guardian Packham firebombing ‘hit job’ claims – Mirror Countryside Alliance Awards open […]
Useful crow decoy – Fieldsports Extra #238
We look at the Prime Minister’s contribution to corvid shooting, and you can still win a £560 Athlon scope, kindly donated by Rifleman Firearms. Plus Niall Rowantree talks about capercaillie and Cai Ap Bryn and Mat Coombe discuss this year’s Cornish spearfishing festival.This week’s prizes and other links:For Rifleman Firearms, go to Bit.ly/riflemanfirearms Baileys Shooting […]
Rural Devolution Bill
Rural Devolution Bill
Background The highest levels of government started to discuss rural devolution in the 2010s. In 2017, Liz Truss backed English counties’ call for ‘radical’ rural devolution. A report by Oxford Economics called Understanding County Economies, commissioned by the County Councils Network, said that providing counties with full devolution of public spending and tax raising powers […]
Walked-up grouse over German wirehaired pointers and a bracco Italiano
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfX3Ka8_5Y Malin Hewins has brought together members of the German Wirehaired Pointer Club, plus friends (including a bracco Italiano), to pick up on a walked-up grouse day designed specifically for them. It’s on moorland above Edale in Derbyshire, beautifully organised by the Edale Estate. We see hundreds of grouse, shoot a few and all the […]
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 2021, the Northern Ireland Assembly rejected John Blair’s private member’s bill which sought to ban hunting wild animals with dogs. The Stormont Assembly has been unable to sit since the […]
Helen Tinner has to take a quick shot on a muntie
youtu.be/UZx6dsMJ5Uc Helen Tinner is in North Norfolk to improve her deerstalking and, if she can, take an animal for the freezer. Gareth Maund of the Le Strange shoot at Hunstanton has asked her along. He teaches her about different shooting positions, and then a muntie takes her by surprise. It’s her first solo stalk – […]
Fieldsports Britain – muntjac surprise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCLVU-L4Kk8 A muntjac takes Helen Tinner by surprise. She is out stalking deer on the Le Strange Shoot in North Norfolk with her new Browning X-bolt. Meanwhile, Charlie joins a group of unusual dog owners at Edale in the Peak District for a walked-up grouse day, especially designed for German wirehaired pointers and even a […]
