Police want shooters to report mental health issues
by Deborah Hadfield Feeling depressed? A new campaign in Scotland aims to encourage gun owners to report mental health issues and hand in their guns. The message from the Scottish Association of Country Sports (SACS) and others is that public safety is more important than gun ownership. The Scottish Firearms Licensing Practitioners Group is putting […]
Princess Royal backs Game Fair – Fieldsports News, 3 August 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u7BhUeGatc Here are the links: Princess Royal presents awards at the Game Fair – BASC Game Fair thefts – DogLost + Howes & Wayko on Facebook Conservative leader hopeful in trophy ban media claim – Independent + Express Labour shadow environment minister supports shooting – Fieldsports News Police declare critical incident in Northern Ireland – […]
Will bird flu cost gamekeepers’ jobs?
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8cuf3y by Deborah Hadfield Nearly 100 gamekeepers may have already lost their jobs as a result of bird shortages caused by bird flu in France, redundancy figures from the National Gamekeepers Organisation suggest. That figure is disputed by Chris Horne of GunOnPegs, however. He has surveyed 700 shoots and says that, while 13 per cent […]
Hunting wild boar 🐗 on foot at night
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOJ0Lv5Vbsk Thermal is a game-changer for wild boar hunters. British boar hunter Paul Donegani is out after pigs in Portugal and tries out the latest kit from Infiray. The team are using TH50 thermal scope and TD50L night vision. Find the Infiray Tube TD50L night vision scope on Kitfinder Find the Infiray Tube TH50 thermal […]
Fieldsports Britain – thermal boar hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S9AUxIr_aM Wild boar are difficult to hunt at night – until you have the latest thermal and night vision, that is. British boar hunter Paul Donegani heads for Portugal to try out a range of thermal and night vision kit from Infiray. Meanwhile, Geoff Garrod is on the pigeons in the latest in his Gamekeepers’ […]
Win Vario hearing protection priced at £150 – Fieldsports Extra #231
You can win Vario hearing protection priced at £150 from Ian Hodge Fieldsports in this week’s Fieldsports Extra. Plus we have the Princess Royal, quite a lot of Game Fair, a Portuguese sporting agent in a T-shirt, and Deborah is in Cornwall.This week’s prizes and other links:Spypoint trailcams at Baileys: Bit.ly/spypointforce20Ian Hodge Fieldsports Dominic Wightman fundraising […]
What to look for in a hunting rangefinder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfdxysB83yY What should you look for when buying a rangefinder? Robbie Shedden from gunshop Cluny Country has sold thousands of them. He explains how people choose between rangefinders currently for sale from Zeiss, Swarovski, Leica and Kahles. For a selection of rangefinding binoculars go to Cluny Country. Rangefinders reviewed by our experts Tim Pilbeam tests […]
Love Island ❤️🏝️ Ollie hunts kudu in Africa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ukUeLDjG4 It’s one of the best ways to spend a year after you leave school. The students at the Northern Cape Professional Hunting School learn to deal with large African animals, and today they are taking a client, Ollie Williams from the hit TV show Love Island, out after kudu. Ollie is a trophy hunter, […]
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
BBC celebrates Amber Hill’s shooting success
The BBC, not noted for its shooting sports coverage, is hailing Amber Hill’s achievement in Changwon, South Korea. The 24-year-old Olympic Skeet shooter won silver
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
Popular North London shooting ground to close
Photo: Franco Capaldo A popular North London shooting ground is closing down after increasing pressure from property development nearby. The A1 Shooting Ground, just inside
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
Vorn EV45 hunting backpack with rifle quick release
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us7SWBihgkM Fieldsports Channel’s Jason Doyle is a professional deerstalker who needs a good, comfortable backpack for hunting. He’s often stalking in demanding terrain, such as
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
Gamekeeper’s gun and ammo choice for clays
youtu.be/XvjVgU8vdTA Essex gamekeeper Geoff Garrod has set up a 60-bird clay shoot on his estate, raising money for the National Gamekeepers’ Organisation. He’s shooting with
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
Leupold VX-6HD 3-18×50 riflescope – tested in the field
youtu.be/1BvUZ3XiuU0 Owen Beardsmore of Cervus UK is a professional deer manager and stalking guide, who demands a lot of his kit. He needs a scope
Leupold BX5 Santiam 10×42 binoculars – review
youtu.be/2_nDCIaMktQ Owen Beardsmore of Cervus UK spends most of his time out in the woods, either hunting professionally or guiding stalkers. “I give my kit
Leupold GR4 12-40×60 spotting scope – review
youtu.be/GL7g_Rwo-kE Owen Beardsmore of Cervus UK demands the best kit in his job as a professional deer manager and stalking guide – and he’s a
Leupold RX-1600i rangefinder – pro stalker review
youtu.be/sc0V-KSHMMM As a professional deer manager and stalking guide, Owen Beardsmore demands the best kit. He’s been trying out the Leupold range of optics, and
Meopta MeoPro Optika6 3-18×56 riflescope
youtu.be/1WamXNj3UAA OIlie Williams talks to former editor of SA Hunter, Johan Van Wyk, about the Meopta Optika6 3-18×50 riflescope. It comes with a 4C reticle
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 –
