Pigeon decoying over oilseed rape
Irish pigeonshooting guru Stephen Dunbar talks Jason Doyle through a December day over oilseed rape. The pigeons are feeding on and damaging the crop. With the sun and the wind on their back, and the feeding area in front of them, Stephen and Jason can try out different patterns to see what pulls them in. […]
On Test: Ridgeline Clothing
Will O’Meara and Jason Doyle go on a two-day backpack hunt in the Wicklow Mountains in winter weather conditions. They are after sika as part of Will and Jason’s cull plan for deer in the area. Why put themselves through it? Ridgeline Clothing wants the guys to crawl in its clothing through filthy bog conditions […]
December Irish shooting sport – Fieldsports Ireland, episode 5
For Fieldsports Ireland episode 5, Jason Doyle is out after pigeons over oilseed rape and sika in the Wicklow mountains. The pigeons are coming in well and Jason enlists the help of pigeon guide Stephen Dunbar to explain how he decoys and shoots them. By the time Jason gets into the Wicklow mountains, the temperature […]
Outrage at Packham CBE
The countryside has turned to social media to express its outrage that animal rights activist and BBC TV presenter Chris Packham is to be made a CBE. Packham’s ‘services to nature conservation’ include the launch of a group dedicated to ending grouseshooting and a campaign to ban hunting/shooting in Malta. In both campaigns he has […]
Delicious Festive Pheasant Parcels – recipe
Ingredients 4-6 pheasant breasts 8-12 rashers smoked back bacon Butter For the stuffing: 2 small onions diced 100g bread crumbs Small handful of sage leaves 100g chopped chestnuts Small handful of cranberries 300g sausage meat Salt and pepper . Add all stuffing ingredients into a mixing bowl and with a small dash of hot water […]
Bloopers 2018
We have had a wonderful year making films about hunting and shooting in 2018. It hasn’t always gone smoothly. Here are the best of the outtakes and pratfalls from a year of producing Fieldsports Britain and other shows. Thanks to all of you for watching us. ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month […]
Never Never Let Your Gun…
‘A Father’s Advice’ was written by a member of Parliament, Mark Hanbury Beaufoy, who gave it to his 15-year-old son at Christmas 1902 along with a 28-bore. The Edwardian gun safety video has charmed generations of British shooters, and many are not allowed to pick up a gun until they learn it. In this video, […]
Giant Turkish Wild Boar Hunt
Boar in Turkey are truly enormous and cause colossal damage to crops including rice. The locals don’t hunt them – boar meat is ‘haram’ (forbidden) in Islam – so it is up to visiting hunters from Europe to do the job for them. Charlie Jacoby goes to Çorum in Anatolia with Jeremy Boyd, Claire Zambuni […]
Fieldsports Britain – it’s a big big pig
A wild boar this size can devastate a farmer’s field. That and a love of wild boar hunting is why Charlie and a group of Brits are in Turkey. It is some of the best driven wild boar hunting in the world – and some of the biggest boar. That’s not all. In a packed […]
Antis try to hit Larysa with the ‘estate rifle exemption’
Larysa Switlyk is back in the news. After posting a picture of a goat, she shot on Islay in Scotland, the presenter of American TV show Larysa Unleashed has had numerous death threats from violent antis. Now they have reported her to prosecutors under section 11a of the Firearms Act 1968, which refers to authorised lending […]
French to re-start ‘presidential hunts’
French president Emmanuel Macron says he could reinstate the tradition of presidential hunts at the Château de Chambord (pictured), south of Paris. There is speculation in France that this could begin next year during the French-Italian commemorations of the 500th anniversary of the death of the artist Leonardo da Vinci, who spent his final years […]
Conservationists slam Corbyn for being anti trophy hunting
The reality of the benefits of trophy hunting is hitting home among the readers of the left-wing Guardian newspaper. After the Guardian orchestrated a campaign against African big game hunting by antis including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and actress Joanna Lumley, it has climbed down in the face of angry letters from the staff of […]
Antis gear up for Boxing Day 2019
It may be months until Boxing day – but already the UK’s Boxing Day hunt meets are under threat from animal rights activists. Antis are lobbying local councils, trying to persuade them that large numbers of hounds and horses alongside crowds of supporters poses a health and safety risk. The Countryside Alliance is fighting back. […]
Venison mince pies – recipe
Ingredients Diced onion 300g fruit 500g venison 1 heaped tbsp marmalade Generous glass of port 400ml venison or beef stock 1 heaped tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg ½ tsp clove ½ tsp mace Shortcrust pastry Simmer for 1½ hours, leave the mixture to cool, then place in pastry ▶ For more about Blaser Clothing, Sauer […]
Pheasant shooting near Paris – great days
We’re out at pheasant shooting at Domaine la Feuge near Arthies in France, trying out the Browning 525 Crown and the Browning 725 Black Edition. It’s a fabulous day on the pheasants. ▶ To go shooting at pheasant shooting at Domaine la Feuge, visit www.domainedelafeuge.fr ▶ For more about Browning shotguns, go to www.browning.eu ▶ […]
Slingshot Hunting Squirrels
Wayne Martin is an expert shot with a slingshot. He goes out with Andy Crow for a mooch around the farm. Andy wants him to have a go at squirrels and feral doves. Wayne shoots enough with his catapult for a good moocher’s pie. ▶ For more about Wayne’s slingshots, visit Facebook.com/CattyShackShooter ▶ Wayne and […]
Fieldsports Britain – Catty Shack man shoots doves and squirrels
We have got everything from smart driven pheasants to mooching around with a slingshot in this week’s show. Wayne Martin is the man behind Catty Shack catapults, and he pops over to Andy Crow’s farm to show how he sorts out both farmyard and woodland pests. It’s amazing shooting. He kills a squirrel stone dead […]
Record-breaking air rifle shot
How does a brilliant match air rifle shot achieve those scores? Watch as a British junior air rifle shooter breaks a national record. At a competition in Luxembourg, the RIAC 2018, Pheobe Taylor of Rugeley Rifle Club broke the GB Junior record for a qualification. She eventually came 8th in the Air Rifle Women Juniors, […]
New rifle range for UK’s South-West
Rifleman Firearms in Somerset, UK, is close to finishing its new indoor rifle range. The building will open in February 2019, will have five firing lanes and includes 500 metres of rail for the targets to run on. Visit RiflemanFirearms.com for more details. Images by Andy McGarty
Belgian rangers busted for exotic deer moneymaker
Belgium has charged two government officials for breeding, releasing and then shooting muntjac deer. Two forest rangers, one from the Nature and Forest Agency and one from the Agriculture and Fisheries Agency, are to go on trial in Leuven for breeding muntjac, releasing them into the wild, shooting them and selling the meat. European pro-hunting […]
Deer manager local councillor under fire
Antis are targeting a local councillor in Wales who is studying deer in New Zealand. They say James Evans, pictured here with prime minister Theresa May, should not keep his role as a member of Powys County Council after he won a National Farmers’ Union scholarship to study deer farming and venison production. Instead of […]
British Government’s kill orders on rare birds
The UK government has issued licenses in the last three years to shoot at least 40 problem bird species, including rare and endangered birds. A wildlife blogger’s freedom of information request reveals that Natural England and Natural Resources Wales issued licensed for birds including skylark, linnet and mistle thrush. Curlews, buzzards, red kites and peregrine […]
Iowa puts hunting on the school curriculum
You can learn hunting and shooting at school in America. Iowa Department of Natural Resources runs a hunter’s education programme alongside its apprentice and mentor hunting programmes. The state of Iowa also runs shooting sports initiatives in schools and even hunter safety as part of its physical education class curriculum. And it runs a programme […]
New record whitetail?
There may be a new world record whitetail deer. Keith Szablewski of Illinois (below right) shot what could be a record-setting buck during the first week of shotgun hunting season. The animal’s antlers have 51 points, beating the previous record of 47 points, set in 2016 by Stephen Tucker of Tennessee (below).
Fieldsports News, 12 December 2018
In News this week: Did hunt sabs chase foxhound on to busy road? Green politician admits ban on hunting with hounds doesn’t work Chris Packham’s Revive group says housing more profitable for moors than grouse Daystate celebrates 40th birthday Australia’s helicopter cull of 5,000 animals Saudi Arabia holds hunting show US rangers bust poachers visa […]
Deerstalking at last light
Cai Ap Bryn is meeting a man in a car park… Chris Dewbury from rifle, clothing and accessories distributor Blaser Sporting has come along with supplies of new kit for Cai to try. And he has the perfect chance to try it. Not far from the car park, there are deer in a field, and […]
YouTubers go Wild Boar Hunting
Lots of well-known hunting YouTubers get together in a German forest for a driven hunt. Paul Childerley is here for Fieldsports Channel, Kristoffer Clausen has come from Norway, Pierre Norberg from the Jakt är Jakt channel in Sweden is here, as is Ulrik Orskov, who is Danish with an Australian accent. They are shooting wild […]
Fieldsports Britain – Christmas Boar Hunt
Let’s get a little festive and go wild boar shooting. Paul Childerley heads over to Germany to hang out with other hunting media luvvies to shoot boar, mouflon, red deer, roe and foxes over two days – and he ends up with a large chunk of the bag. Plus we talk to other YouTubers Kristoffer […]
Did antis kill this hound?
Hunt saboteurs may have chased a foxhound on to a busy road where it was hit by a car and killed. The Fitzwilliam Hunt was trying to turn hounds back from the A14 dual carriageway. However, footage shot by Cambridgeshire saboteurs shows them chasing the hound on to the road, where they filmed it being […]
‘Hunting ban does not work,’ says Green politician
A Green member of the Scottish Parliament admits that the ban on hunting with hounds is unworkable. Alison Johnstone MSP plans to tighten laws, but she has not said how. Her announcement follows the trial of Timothy Allen and Shaun Anderson, of the Buccleuch Hunt, who were cleared this week of deliberately hunting a fox […]
Antis’ plan to turn grousemoors into housing
Chris Packham’s Revive group has struck its first blow against Scottish grouse shooting, and it is leaving legislators puzzled. Revive’s new report ‘Back To Life’ says that grouseshooting produces just £30 per hectare. The organisation backed by the TV naturalist says that if Scotland’s grousemoors were turned over to housing or horticulture, they would make […]
Daystate hits 40
British airgun manufacturer Daystate celebrates its 40th birthday. At a party at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, it drew attention to the company’s illustrious past, with 50 classic Daystate models on display, plus an 18th-century Girandoni air rifle, the earliest example of PCP technology. Daystate Ltd’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
Saudi’s first hunting exhibition
Saudi Arabia held its first falcon and hunting exhibition in the capital Riyadh last week. More than 250 exhibitors came from the Kingdom and 20 other countries. The five-day event exhibition was organized by the Saudi Falcon Club in an area the size of two football pitches, attracting 40,000 attendees.
Poacher Facebook bust
Rangers in the USA are using social media to bust poachers. In West Virginia, until you have reported your deer on WVhunt.com, you could be committing an offence. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources officers are now looking at locals’ social media accounts. If they post their deer on Facebook but do not report it, […]
Fieldsports News, 5 December 2018
An MP has written to the Home Secretary after an airgun shop opened in his constituency. The South London Airgun Centre opened in a pawnbroker in Norbury, prompting Croydon MP Steve Reed to lash out at the retailer as “utterly irresponsible”. He believes that “advertising guns in a shop window encourages the use of guns […]
How to Breast a Goose
Thorfinn Craigie on Orkney is one of the few butchers in the UK allowed to deal in wild greylags. He is an expert on breasting geese and shows how in this film. ▶ To contact Thorfinn, email craigiesbutchers@hotmail.co.uk Watch how the birds are decoyed and shot: This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Superb goose shooting in Orkney
The Orkneys is a Mecca for goose shooters. Huge numbers of greylags come through the islands every year, and goes guide Steve Rogers of Orkney Shooting Holidays leads parties of shooters to reduce numbers and help local farmers. In this film, he is looking after a party of shooters from the Capreolus Club. ▶ To […]
Wild Muntjac Fever #1
Roy Lupton is out to test a theory. Can Continental driven big game hunting work in the UK? He is joined by experts from Swedish hunting sights manufacturer Aimpoint. Together, they set about trying to replicate the deer drives of Germany, France, Spain and Scandinavia in the South-East of England. ▶ For more about the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Should We Shoot Running Deer?
We are shooting fast moving deer in this week’s episode. Do you want to see driven big game hunting in the UK? Or do you like your deer to stand still? Roy Lupton shoots some spectacular running animals as he weighs up the arguments for and against. They try driven muntjac days with the experts […]
Calling Sika Stags in the Rut
Roy is out with the guys from Jelen Premier, trying to get on to a big old sika stag. They use every calling trick in the book. Find out how they get on. ▶ For more about the Blaser R8 Roy uses, visit Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ Click here for the Leica Magnus scope ▶ For Jelen […]
Fieldsports Britain – Stag Stalking Special
Roy Lupton is whistling in sika stags with Ryan and Mike from Jelen Premier Wildlife Services. It’s not easy. Warm weather is having a bad effect on the sika rut. Roy tries to call in a massive old sika stag with both antlers and a whistle. Meanwhile, Tim Pilbeam is after red stags, first cousin […]
Meat hunting in Portugal
Ever looked and a deer and felt hungry? In the latest in his series Rucksack & Rifle, Tim Pilbeam is hunting red stags for their meat. He is out in a Portuguese national park with Sergio Coutoand his pal Tiago. ▶ If you want to hunt with Sergio and Tiago in Scotland or Portugal, go […]
Benelli 828U – how to adjust the stock
Jason Doyle gets to grips with the Benelli 828U, showing how to adjust it so it is the perfect fit for you. ▶ To see the Benellis 828U in action, click here ▶ This Benelli 828U came from GMK.co.uk This item appears in Fieldsports Ireland, episode 4 Fcha.nl/fieldsportsireland4 Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets […]
Superb Irish driven pheasant shooting – Fieldsports Ireland, episode 4
For Fieldsports Ireland episode 4, Jason Doyle is pheasant shooting and red stag stalking. They are tall, Irish birds at the Shelton Abbey shoot in Co Wicklow. He is trying out a Benelli over-and-under, the 828U, and Gamebore’s Black Gold cartridges. The 828U is adjustable, so he looks at it in more detail – what […]
Stalking stags in Argyllshire
The steep hills and deep glens of the Dalness Estate in Argyllshire are the setting for Jason Doyle to take his cousin Larry out stalking stags. They are in the hands of professional deerstalker Colin Fraser, and they get to see a garron in action, too. ▶ To go stalking at Dalness, visit DalnessEstate.co.uk This […]
High Pheasants: Shelton Abbey Shoot
Jason Doyle is on a driven pheasant day on the Shelton Abbey shoot in Co Wicklow, where he first started pheasant shooting. He is trying out the Benelli 828U and Gamebore Black Gold 32g, 6-shot fo the first couple of drives and then 4-shot. This is part of Jason’s Wild Wing shooting series. ▶ Gamebore […]
New gun & new cartridge vs armour-plated pigeons – Crowhow
It’s all new, new, new in this episode of Crowhow. Andy’s Blaser F16 has been off to the factory for a series of bespoke tweaks, he is trying out new fibre-wad Clear Pigeon cartridges from Gamebore, and he even has a new, improved cameraman, Carlos (David is flouncing around Europe waving his camera at foreign […]
High Pheasants: Sweet Lamb Shoot
High-bird specialist Ross Neville tries out the Sweet Lamb shoot in Wales. Well-known as a rally circuit, Sweet Lamb also has a fabulous shoot, in the best traditions of the best Welsh shoots. Plus he tries out the new Browning Crown – testing it on some of the most sporting birds in the UK. […]
Balkan Chamois Hunt
To the Rhodopes Mountains for one of Europe’s most attractive animals. He might be close to the border with Greece but Bulgaria can be cold and our hunter, Al Khametov, is feeling that windchill. They can only shoot three chamois a year here and Al is one of the lucky ones. He is shooting a […]
Fieldsports Britain – Monster Screaming Pheasants
It’s one of the country’s most challenging high-bird shoots. Ross Neville pits himself against the pheasants and partridges of the Sweet Lamb shoot in Wales, not just a rally circuit but a thriving shoot as well. Will he succeed – or will they race past him? Meanwhile, Andy Crow is shooting pigeons on the farm […]
