Game bird patrol: summer solstice fox stalking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwbx5CBOidk Paul Childerley is out to protect his ducks tonight. It’s been a big year for foxes and he has the latest thermal kit from HIKMicro to help him. Plus HIKMicro’s Paul Hodson explains what to look for in a thermal scope and spotter. For more from HIKMicro, visit EliteOptical.co.uk Find Paul on Facebook […]
Fieldsports Britain – foxshooting ‘thermology’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb7jHtiJgyU Armed with the latest thermal kit, Paul Childerley is out after foxes. He has to protect his ducks this year (pheasants are rare birds) and he has help from thermal manufacturer HIKMicro. Meanwhile, Sir Jackie Stewart holds a clay competition and explains why he chose motor-racing over shooting as a career. And Roy Lupton […]
Sir Jackie Stewart Classic – a DTL shoot with a difference
youtu.be/VgTsk2aCtoI by James Marchington Legendary Formula One racing driver Sir Jackie Stewart OBE was a top international clay pigeon champion, sponsored by Eley cartridges, before he took up motor racing. So when he created the Sir Jackie Stewart Challenge, to celebrate his life and raise funds for the charity Race Against Dementia, he insisted on […]
Falcon racing – what is it?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCqL_-PhJek Roy Lupton is producing some of the finest racing machines known to man. His falcon breeding programme is for the Middle Eastern falcon racing market – and it is a sport that’s taking off (literally) in the UK, too. He explains what it’s about. For more, visit Vowley.com More falconry:
Scots government pushes for hound ban – Fieldsports News, 22 June 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCa5xm1REfI Here are the links: Scottish foxhunting ban plea – Fieldsports News Anger as Great Yorkshire Show cancels hounds parade – Daily Telegraph Southwest gun grab victim’s court date delayed – Fieldsports News + GoFundMe Last winter saw largest ever UK avian flu outbreak – Fieldsports News UK hunting trophy ban private member’s bill – […]
Scottish foxhunting ban update
by Deborah Hadfield The Scottish Countryside Alliance is appealing to the Scottish government not to ignore its evidence during the passage of the Hunting with Dogs Bill. The bill is making its way through committee stages at Holyrood.In its current form, it will have the greatest impact on landowners who rely on hounds to flush […]
Bird flu update – effect on 2022/23 UK shooting season
by Deborah Hadfield Bird flu is bad news for game farmers and shooters who face a dire season ahead. There were more than 100 recorded cases of avian influenza in the UK during the winter of 2021/2022. As reported in Fieldsports News, outbreaks of avian flu in the UK and France have pushed up the […]
FORM Rifle Stocks – factory film
youtu.be/pTpz9Fx5j80 How does FORM Rifle Stocks make its custom stocks and grips for rifles, airguns and handguns? Peter McGregor, who founded the Devon-based company in 2017, explains the process, and talks about what FORM can do to make a great gun better. More from FORM Rifle Stocks here:
Win a £600 custom airgun stock – Fieldsports Extra #225
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:Woox custom rifle stocks […]
Police plan to price shooters out of gun certificates
Exeter Crown Court could set a nasty legal precedent in October 2023. If Devon deerstalker Andrew Andrew loses his gun certificate appeal, police throughout the UK could revoke certificates without reason. In August 2021, Andrew had his firearm and shotgun certificates renewed. A few days later, armed police came to his house at night and […]
Fieldsports Britain – to shoot or not to shoot?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJVMUroi9KE With roebuck in abundance, Paul Childerley accepts an invitation to stalk from Ruby Lewis in Wiltshire. Ruby recently completed the game and wildlife course at Sparsholt College and is looking for work. The outing lands him in a quandary: to shoot or not to shoot? No such problems for Ollie Williams in South Africa. […]
Young blood: how to get a job in fieldsports
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfV_B_Jy34Q Young pro stalker Ruby Lewis takes old hand Paul Childerley out after a roebuck. It lands Paul with a dilemma. For more from Sako, visit Sako.fi Find Paul on Facebook and Instagram More from Paul here:
Gamekeepers save stone curlews and turtle doves
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRJFscjd0eITony Lowry is a gamekeeper in Hampshire. His shoot gets the stone curlew as a summer visitor. It’s also a working arable farm. That’s bad news for the birds, which are ground-nesters. In summer, part of Tony’s job looking after wildlife on his ground is to go out and save stone curlew chicks from the farm machinery. “If we don’t protect them […]
Pro hunter school: wildebeest and springbok
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO4vpDvCmpI The trainee PHs have a new challenge today: they have to find Ollie Williams a bull blue wildebeest and put him in a position to shoot it. Find out how they get on – and what Ollie thinks of their efforts. For the Northern Cape Professional Hunting School go to NCPH.co.za or find it […]
Animal rights professor attacks shooting – Fieldsports News, 15 June 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXaVe0-Wo3M Here are the links: Gamebird report ‘inaccurate’ – Harris report + GWCT New UK food strategy promotes venison – DEFRA District council attacks Chris Packham over ‘vandalism’ claims – Derby Telegraph Wales quashes country sports ban claims – BASC Controversy over long-service awards for gamekeepers – BGA press release + NGO rebuttal New scheme […]
Foxes, evolution and where humans are heading
Start with two foxes: one is bold, the other is cautious. They both exhibit ‘foxiness’. What happens to foxiness if you shoot one of them? And what happens to the world if we continue to exhibit ‘humanness’? Charlie Jacoby’s dad Martin Jacoby has his say on the evolution of both genes and ideas. More from […]
Win a £500 custom rifle stock – Fieldsports Extra #224
This week’s prize draw is for a Woox custom rifle stock priced at more than £500. Plus Andy Crow is trying to shoot running boar, there’s superb footage of a barn owl coming in to a fox call, a newly qualified woman gamekeeper talks about the difficulty finding work, James Marchington is spotting turtle doves […]
Scramble for pheasant eggs – Fieldsports News, 8 June 2022
youtu.be/IOYmk24k-eE Here are the links: Pheasant and partridge poults in price war – Facebook + Facebook Police tackle Animal Rebellion nutters – YouTube OM for New Zealand duck hunter – NZHerald Shops ignore UK ivory ban – Fieldsports News Game meat 60th on European lead list – EFSA research Birds of prey numbers up 22% […]
Wiltshire double roe buck fever
youtu.be/MZ0aUAwooTQ Cai Ap Bryn is out after a roebuck or two for the freezer. He is catering for lots of weddings this summer. And those lucky brides and grooms – it’s a perfect evening to find a buck in Wiltshire. He is out with local guide and taxidermist Tom Douglas. For more about the […]
Fieldsports Britain – summer stalking
youtu.be/wo-YnpJ4kmQ Cai Ap Bryn is out after meat for his catering business, stalking roebucks in Wiltshire. His host is local taxidermist Tom Douglas. It’s a blissful English summer evening as they find an abundance of animals and talk about buck fever. From roe to rhinos and Charlie tells the story of a baby rhino that’s […]
How to save rhinos
by Charlie Jacoby It’s dark. The baby rhino is in the South African savannah with her mother. Dawn is coming. She has survived the night – but the mother senses there is something wrong. She moves away from her daughter. The little rhino makes frantic peeping noises and tries to follow. It’s hopeless. The mother […]
How to milk a rhino – Fieldsports Extra #223
This week’s prize draw is for two entries to the British Open .410 Championships in August. There’s a stylish JCB gun bus and Purdey shows off its 1935 silver jubilee hammergun. Plus Cai talks through the pleasure he gets taking other people stalking, and you will learn the basics of how to milk a rhino.This […]
Amazon, Sotheby’s face £250,000 fines over ivory sales
A day after the Westminster government introduced £250,000 fines and criminal convictions for dealing in ivory, shops such as Amazon and eBay and auction houses including Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonhams are still offering the product. The ban under the 2018 Ivory Act is designed to stop the trade in ivory. It came into force on […]
Protected: Chris Packham’s death threat
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Cattle farm crow decoying
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj8GMcDEl4k When crows, rooks and jackdaws hit the cattle feed, this Sussex farmer calls in Tristan Surgey. Tris explains how he decoys the corvids – and he gets some help from farmer’s son Aiden (who should be revising for his A-levels). More corvids here:
Fieldsports Britain – farmyard crowshooting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2naa2zoVNs Tris Surgey is in the hotseat when it comes to shooting corvids on one Sussex farmyard. He has a big job on his hands to protect cattle feed. Meanwhile, Ollie Williams is in South Africa after just one animal, a waterbuck, which he approaches with the help of students from the Northern Cape Professional […]
❤️🏝 Ollie hunts waterbuck in South Africa
The students at the Northern Cape Professional Hunting School are hosting Ollie Williams. Three of them – SP, Jared and Reese – are guiding Ollie on to a waterbuck. Find out how they get on. For the Northern Cape Professional Hunting School go to NCPH.co.za or find it on YouTube For Ollie, visit CornishSportingAgency.com or […]
Antis track grousemoors from space – Fieldsports News, 1 June 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1XQTm4e0Q4 Here are the links: Conservation groups attack shooters over muirburn – BBC Bird flu restrictions mean 40% fewer pheasants – GunsOnPegs.com New migrating bird map – MigrationAtlas.org August date for .410 championships – Claysports TV Finnish farmers complain of goose plague – IS.fi Hunters want the European Union to recognise them – SignForHunting.com + […]
Roo shoot – Fieldsports Extra #222
This week’s prize draw is for tick-proof Rovince trousers priced at around £100. Plus we have two teenage professional hunters, Tristan Surgey on crow calling, Johan Van Wyk on the Meopta scope, Dr Cathy Mayne on heather burning – and did you know that the Chilterns Macnab is a fox, a fallow and a wallaby […]
Lead shot ban hits a bump – Fieldsports News, 25 May 2022
youtu.be/vq9ST1Jw670 Here are the links: Lead shot ban hits a bump – FACE challenges ECHA’s consultation: www.face.eu/2022/05/can-we-reach-fair-play-in-the-eus-approach-to-restricting-ammunition/ Guinea pig mystery: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-61521356 Harboro Rocks Clay Shoot: www.harbororocksclayshoot.co.uk/ Wolf’s killing spree in French nature reserve: www.rtl.be/info/regions/liege/17-moutons-tues-par-un-loup-dans-une-reserve-naturelle-a-nassogne-certains-ont-du-mourir-dans-d-atroces-souffrances-deplore-l-eleveuse-1377406.aspx?dt=13:41 [French news site] Dog injured in mountain lion attack: www.outdoorlife.com/survival/dog-fights-mountain-lion-saves-owner/ Schoolboy catches monster carp: www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/boy-catches-giant-carp-france/ Tourist sues safari operator after elephant […]
English Open Sporting Championship 2022
youtu.be/Z8Q0Dh7Niko There’s a surprise winner at High Lodge in Suffolk, where clayshooters gather for the first CPSA Major Sporting Championship of the year, the English Open. Paul Batchelor beat the big names, including George Digweed and Richard Faulds, in a tense shoot-off that went right down to the final pair. James Marchington reports. Full results […]
Rock pigeon hunting with Ollie Williams
youtu.be/NG4QaivC578 Ollie Williams is in South Africa trying out pigeon shooting on a grand scale as he protects sunflower crops from the hordes of rock doves. “They’re like woodpigeons on steroids,” he says – and there are millions of them! For more about pigeon shooting with Kotoko Hunting, visit Kotoko.co.za Thanks to our cameraperson on […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shotguns, sunflowers and shades
This week Charlie and Ollie Williams are in sunny South Africa doing some keeping the locust-like doves and pigeons off the sunflower seeds. Ollie has to get used to shooting a semi-auto and the volume of birds…the wood pigeon shooting back at home in Cornwall is not as fast and furious as here. We also […]
Win a rifle scope as David takes over Fieldsports Extra #221
This week understudy David steps in to cover for Charlie who’s playing with Ollie Williams in South Africa. To prove he’s actually working, Charlie files a report to give us a flavour of what he’s up to. We also get a sense of the importance of hunting in Denmark as Fieldsports Nation member Ian Jensen […]
Best boots for hunting – Fieldtester’s guide
Fieldsports folk do a lot of walking over all kinds of difficult terrain, from rocky mountain slopes to slippery mud and grass. We want a sure footing and dry, comfortable feet all day long – ideally in a boot that will last a season or two of hard use. That’s a big ask, but boot […]
Gold for GB in Junior World Cup
Photo: Karen Norton / Nortonsport The GB Women’s Skeet team won gold at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl. The team of Phoebe Bodley-Scott, Sophie Herrmann and Beth Norton did it in style with a massive 7-1 win over Slovakia in the final on 18 May 2022. Berkshire CPSA posted: “Phoebe and her team […]
Lead ban: what it means for old guns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ylO5M7kP4 With the government holding a consultation on lead shot, lead pellets for airguns and lead bullets, it’s time to act and make your views know. Dan Reynolds form BASC explains the timeline of the consultation anbd Diggory Hadoke from VintageGuns.co.uk says what will happen to prices for old shotguns. Take part in the consultation
Are bunnies bouncing back?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cj2hOFkE7s Tom Davies finds a field with a rabbit problem in Devon. Is that unusual? Well, yes. Rabbits populations have dropped across the UK as RHD (rabbit haemorrhagic disease) takes hold. He says this may be a sign that British rabbits are turning a corner and coming back. Click here for Pulsar Find Tom […]
Will tree mania kill Scottish deer stalking?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wRLeXeMhZo Niall Rowantree and Dr Cathy Mayne go hindstalking with heavy hearts. They have to help bring down deer numbers so that Scottish landowners can plant trees. But is this mania for treeplanting self-defeating? Cathy looks at the science and Niall tells the story from a deer manager’s perspective. Find Niall and Cathy on Facebook […]
Fieldsports Britain – Scottish rewilding madness
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4wSBbY1vPI Niall Rowantree and Dr Catghy Mayne go out after red hinds in Scotland in order to tell the story of Scottish Government wildlife policy and where it is going wrong. The new mania for wiping out deer in order to plant trees can only end, they say, in more deer. Meanwhile, better news on […]
Act now to save the pheasant season – Fieldsports News, 18 May 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MahQqY7GFA8 Here are the links: Pheasant and partridge imports hang in the balance – NGO + please write to your MP to say that DEFRA should allow 28 days (not 90 days) for bird flu no-movement – or thousands of jobs in shooting will be at risk and 20 million+ gamebird chicks destined for the […]
Win a rifle scope, priced at £617 – Fieldsports Extra #220
This week’s prize draw is for a new 3-18×50 Meopta scope with a 4C reticle priced at £617. Plus we have Dr Cathy Mayne on trees and whether they are worth it, Diggory Hadoke on compensation for guns that can’t shoot steel, Neil Wragg talks about a week in the world of running a gunshop, […]
Semi-auto shotguns 2022 – best buys for pest control, pigeons, duck or clays
youtu.be/gA8sD_e6DFw Like irregulars in a war film there are gangs of different shooters who rely on semi-automatic shotguns. Wildfowlers love them, gamekeepers, pigeon and crow shooters need them, some clayshooters swear by them (and occasionally at them). Semi-autos have a lot going for them. They handle and point well, and the mechanism soaks up recoil, […]
How the Scottish government is forcing hunters to vote for a ban on hunting
Opinion by Charlie Jacoby Anti-hunting civil servants are clever. Like spetznaz sleepers, they look like normal people and do their jobs to the best of their ability. Give them an opportunity to stick the knife into Britain’s rural community without getting caught and they do it. Then they turn to their colleagues and smile as […]
Gun grab and gun surrender: two extremes of British police gun policy
by Charlie Jacoby You can see the relief on Gary Ivey’s face. Until eight months ago, he had been a firearm certificate holder. He was allowed to own rifles so he could go deerstalking, shotguns so he could enjoy clay pigeon and pheasant shooting, and he used his guns for pest control. That’s a social […]
Shooting uphill and downhill – Ballistic Tips with Braces
In the final episode of this series of rifleshooting tips, Josh McKeown from Braces of Bristol explains how shooting uphill or downhill affects your point of impact. We filmed this at the Braces of Bristol range. Braces offers a wide range of shooting products. Go to BracesofBristol.com For Braces’ rifle open day on 11 June […]
Smoked venison haunch – recipe – from Bradley Smokers
A recipe for delicious smoked venison haunch, from Cai Ap Bryn. This recipe is brought to you by Bradley Smokers. Visit Bit.ly/bsmoker and use the discount code FIELDSPORTS at checkout for 20% off. Offer ends 31 December 2022. For more from Cai, visit GameandFlames.com More recipes:
Cai’s wild shopping trips – Sussex fallow buck
Imagine an extra aisle in your local supermarket. Instead of plastic-packed meat in chillers, it’s a woodland ride with deer browsing along it. That’s how deerstalker Cai Ap Bryn stocks his larder. He is out to shoot a fallow buck next to woodland in the South-East of England, so his catering company, Game & Flames, […]
Fieldsports Britain – click-bang and collect
While others go to the shops, Cai goes to the woods. He needs venison for his catering business and the woods can supply it better and more sustainably than the shops. He is stalking fallow in the rolling hills of Sussex. Meanwhile, Josh McKeown explains how to shoot uphill and downhill at Brace’s range outside […]
Lead shot ban hangs over shooting – Fieldsports News, 11 May 2022
Here are the links: UK shooters urged to take action over lead ban proposals – HSE consultation + Fieldsports News UK drops trophy imports ban – Queen’s Speech + Jagen + NewerAlive.na + YouTube + NY Senate South Downs breeding project boosts falling curlew numbers – GWCT + Guardian Badger tries to steal a lamb […]
