Tangled buck in the rut
Roy Lupton is after fallow bucks in the rut, trying out a new set of antlers and call, when he comes upon a buck in
Roy Lupton is after fallow bucks in the rut, trying out a new set of antlers and call, when he comes upon a buck in
When deer manager Peter Littlejohn was assaulted, naturally he called the police. Little did he think that months later he would be without his guns,
Ollie Williams and his father are shooting partridges at the superb Aikengall shoot in East Lothian. There are plenty of birds, and the weather is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J76VFx6n_Ms Thermal imaging is a gamechanger for hunting – but has the technology gone too far, with a bewildering array of features and menu options?
Essex butcher and Fieldsports member Jon Wright is on a mission to educate the public about the benefits of eating venison. He is running a
Sika deer have become firmly established in the UK following escapes from private collections, but due to their secretive nature their success has largely gone
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qrig05bKUo There are two types of luck – and Surrey deer manager Simon Grimmer is getting all the wrong sort as he sets out at
Charlie joins spearfishing enthusiasts in Cornwall for the big annual celebration of their thrilling and growing sport. The Spearfishing Cartel Rodeo 2024 is a three-day
Andy Ford enjoys a traditional celebration of everything that’s great about the countryside – from the people and animals to every sort of hunting, shooting
It is one of the highlights of the flyfishing calendar: the Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival 2024 brings together enthusiasts to see who can catch
Paul Childerley heads to North Wales to shoot legendary driven partridges on the Gwysaney shoot near Mold. Trouble is, he still hasn’t fully recovered from
The Flyfishers’ Club has been men-only since its foundation in 1884. A chance remark by Marina Gibson at the Hay Festival sparked a media storm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDEQLlV268 What has the Westminster government got in store for gamebirds and shooting? The news from the GWCT is good – but their top staff
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Britain’s Olympic skeet silver medallist Amber Rutter drew praise for the sporting way she reacted to Olympic officials robbing her of gold. Amber won a
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
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
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
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
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
It’s all the action from the 2024 Sea Angling Classic, an international fishing event combining a major sea angling competition, conservation, and environmental initiatives, education, and research, while introducing a whole new generation to the sport of angling. It took place from Wednesday to Sunday, 20-23 June 2024, out of Premier Marina Port Solent, and offered the largest prize table of any event of its kind in the UK – worth in excess of £100,000 including a fabulous fully rigged Extreme 646 Game King boat and SBS trailer. Find out who won it…
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
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
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
There have been several failed attempts to push through a trophy import ban – and now, as we approach the 2024 election, both Conservatives and
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
How far away would you shoot a rabbit with a .22 rimfire? 50 yards? 60? Maybe even 80? That’s nothing to Robert Bucknell’s gamekeeper friend,
Bergara ambassador Lewis Macfarlane has spotted a roebuck he wants to cull on his trail camera. It’s a ‘murder buck’ – its antlers have no
Layla McGuigan from the FAB Fieldsports Advice Bureau says what she has been advising members who are battling police firearms departments against certificate revocations and
Ruaridh Ormiston’s family have been working with Highland ponies for more than 150 years. As he prepares to showcase this hardy pony’s historical significance at
Twenty-one teams of six battle it out at Rutland Water, in a traditional loch-style fly fishing competition. After a fantastic first day with 995 fish
It was a shooting accident on a farm in the Forest of Dean late at night. The police and the ambulance service were magnificent. Gloucestershire
Pigeon shooting can be hard enough before the crops ripen, without added problems like not having any decoys. Essex gamekeeper Geoff Garrod isn’t going to
Stalker John Prince is setting up a massive game meat processing plant just off the M4 motorway. It’s called Oakland Park, it opens in August
Lifelong fieldsports enthusiast Chris Sharp was the victim of an unprovoked assault – and police took HIS guns away. Shockingly, 10 months later Chris was
Layla McGuigan from the FAB Fieldsports Advice Bureau says what she has been advising members who are battling police firearms against certificate revocations and renewals
Helen Tinner is out with Nick Elsdon from Anglia Sporting, on a pig farm with a massive corvid problem. Nick does his best to put
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