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Aaron Jones presents a look behind the scenes at Fieldsports Channel - a gentle chat - shooting the breeze with the likes of Andy Crow, Roy Lupton, Paul Childerley, David Wright and Charlie Jacoby.

How did animal rights extremists evolve? 04/23/2025

How did animal rights extremists evolve? Charlie's dad, Martin Jacoby, explains how the hunter-gatherers of 200,000 years ago slowly evolved into both sport hunters and animal rights activists. Find Martin's book on For more ways of listening to this podcast, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/36276195

Gamekeepers Welfare Trust 04/19/2025

Gamekeepers Welfare Trust Ian Grindy from the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust tells the story of the charity and explains why it is needed more than ever. He talks to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. For more from the GWT, visit For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34774520

Thermal drone deer counting 04/19/2025

Thermal drone deer counting Ben Harrower from BH Wildlife Consultancy uses a thermal drone for a unique aerial view of how the six UK deer species populations, and our wild boar, are expanding and contracting across the UK. As part of our filming for , Ben covers all aspects of his work from the advances in drone tech to the incredible wildlife moments he is able to witness from 400ft in the air. Find BH Wildlife Consultancy at For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/36229085

The story of the rabbit – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 110 04/19/2025

The story of the rabbit – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 110 They shot 5,000 rabbits in one day in Shropshire and 7,000 in one day at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. The rabbit has had a relatively short but dramatic history in the UK, from Roman food source through population explosions, and becoming one of the most prized quarry species of the great Victorian shots. Shooting writer Simon Reinhold tells the animal's story to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. For more from Simon, visit For more ways to listen to this, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35154865

Hunting Ethics by Nick Fox 03/18/2025

Hunting Ethics by Nick Fox Nick Fox has been working on this book all his life. The hunter, zoologist and falconer has brought out Hunting Ethics: A Personal Journey. In this podcast with Charlie Jacoby, he talks about different elements of the book, including why it is innate within us to hunt – and governments can't ban hunting. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to Buy Hunting Ethics at /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35750240

Teresa Dent CBE from the GWCT 03/05/2025

Teresa Dent CBE from the GWCT Teresa Dent CBE led the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust as chief executive for 22 years. In the spring of 2025, she retires. In July 2024, she came to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk about the trust's work, and the difficulty of producing science that politicians can use. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to Find the GWCT at /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35545675

Country Food Trust 02/26/2025

Country Food Trust SJ Hunt runs the Country Food Trust, a charity that delivers game, venison, poultry and vegetarian meals to food banks and the homeless. It is the major market for pheasants, partridges and deer carcases. Talking to Charlie Jacoby at the 2024 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, she explains how it works. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to Find the Country Food Trust at /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35435890

Value of shooting 02/12/2025

Value of shooting BASC chief executive Ian Bell explains the new Value of Shooting report , which shows how vital the sport is to rural economies. He is talking to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. for more about the report For more ways to listen to this podcast go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35257545

Eat Wild's Louisa Clutterbuck 01/29/2025

Eat Wild's Louisa Clutterbuck Louisa Clutterbuck from the game meat marketing agency Eat Wild explains her role, and how it fits in with other agencies such as Game To Eat and Eat Game. She talks to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. (And she had the baby, a boy called Jasper). For more, go to Eat Wild's: /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35063655

Greg Smith MP 01/22/2025

Greg Smith MP Greg Smith MP says how to deal with the Labour government. Of course, he was talking to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024, just after the general election, and much water has gone under the rural bridge since then – but his advice stands. To listen to the whole podcast, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34865810

Ferreter Simon Whitehead 01/15/2025

Ferreter Simon Whitehead Simon Whitehead has been a 'celebrity ferreter' all of his working life. He talks about the job to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. ▶ Find Simon on , on or on his ▶ For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34865755

Escape To The Chateau's Dick and Angel 01/01/2025

Escape To The Chateau's Dick and Angel Dick and Angel Strawbridge from the TV series head to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024 to talk about their lives with Charlie Jacoby. for more ways to listen to this podcast. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34672055

Jeremy Wade 12/24/2024

Jeremy Wade The star of River Monsters, Jeremy Wade, joins Charlie in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. This podcast is an amalgamation of two interviews in the theatre, where he talks about the series that made hinm famous, and what projects he plans to do next. For more from Jeremy, go to For more ways to listen to this, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34601925

Splitting Image Taxidermy's story 12/18/2024

Splitting Image Taxidermy's story Douglas Cockcroft went from hunting guide to founder of South Africa's most impressive taxidermy business, Splitting Image Taxidermy, based in Port Elizabeth and operating all over southern Africa. He tells his story. For more about Splitting Image Taxidermy, visit Thanks to Safari Club International's Life Hunter Advocate Society for supporting this film. Visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34507995

Future of deer with Niall Rowantree and Prof Rory Putman 11/12/2024

Future of deer with Niall Rowantree and Prof Rory Putman Deerstalker and wildlife manager Niall Rowantree talks to deer biologist Professor Rory Putman about the remarkable sika deer, as part of our filming of the Year in the Life of Sika. Rory explains why sika are so successful when reds struggle, how their range is increasing and why they are so difficult, in fact now impossible, to get on top of. They discuss hybridisation, rewilding, and the idea of introducing wolves and lynx to control deer, which Rory regards as fantasy. For other ways to listen to this podcast, visit For A Year in the Life of Sika, go to This series is supported by , and /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34394065

Woodcock 11/06/2024

Woodcock Andrew Hoodless of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is a woodcock specialist. He explains the difference between migratory birds, resident breeding birds, and why they are not actually that endangered at all – despite what the anti-shooters like to claim. Andrew talks to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. For more ways to listen to this, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/33818250

How IFAW kills people with elephants 10/23/2024

How IFAW kills people with elephants Mike Labuschagne has been working as a wildlife ranger in Malawi for more than 30 years. He used to have funding from the US-based animal rights organisation IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, to help the elephants of Kasungu. Now he believes that IFAW should be charged with the murder of local people for wilfully releasing 263 elephants into the area, which can’t support them. For more ways to listen to this and an accompanying article, visit IFAW’s about the Kasungu elephant relocation There is some controversy about how IFAW made its statement, as detailed on South Africa’s /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/33584542

Marina Gibson wins Flyfishers’ Club men-only debate 09/18/2024

Marina Gibson wins Flyfishers’ Club men-only debate 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 that has forced club members to vote on whether to allow women members. Marina explains to Charlie Jacoby and an audience at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024 the reasons she is right. for more about Marina For more ways to listen to this, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/33107202

Will Labour ban gamebird release? 09/11/2024

Will Labour ban gamebird release? What has the Westminster government got in store for gamebirds and shooting? The news from the is good – but their top staff warn us not to be complacent. Sir Jim Paice and Roger Draycott from the GWCT talk to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024 for more ways to listen to this. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/33009682

2024-2025 gameshooting prices and prospects 09/04/2024

2024-2025 gameshooting prices and prospects Speaking to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game fair Theatre, Digby Taylor from GunsOnPegs.com announces his new research. It’s the most accurate predictor of prices for gameshooting around. For more ways to listen to this, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/32893177

The man who beat the police 08/28/2024

The man who beat the police When the police took the guns from Chris Sharp after Chris was the victim of an assault, he turned to lawyers for help. One of them, Peter Glenser KC, joins Chris on stage at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to tell Charlie what happened, and where he has got to now with his case. for more ways to listen to this. For more on this story, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/32777922

Shadow DEFRA minister tells Zeichner ‘get off the fence’ 08/14/2024

Shadow DEFRA minister tells Zeichner ‘get off the fence’ Shadow DEFRA minister Steve Barclay says Daniel Zeichner should ‘get off the fence’ and announce Labour’s plans for the countryside. Plus he warns that even though the DEFRA minister is broadly pro-shooting, he can’t do much to stop Labour bringing in anti-hunting and shooting legislation. Barclay was talking to Fieldsports Channel’s Charlie Jacoby at the 2024 Game Fair. for more ways to listen to this /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/32575962

Hunters are a ‘protected minority’ 08/07/2024

Hunters are a ‘protected minority’ Ed Swales and Ronan Brown from Hunting Kind join Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2024 to explain how hunting could qualify for protection under human rights legislation, with hunters classified as a ‘protected minority’. For more ways to listen to this, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/32482707

What to expect from the Labour government 07/31/2024

What to expect from the Labour government With a new government in power in Westminster, three people with a stake in the future of fieldsports and the countryside come together to talk to Charlie about what Labour could or even will do – to trail hunting, trophy imports, shooting sports and farming. Speaking at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre at the end of July 2024 are chief executive Tim Bonner, farmer and former MP , who used to chair the EFRA committee at Westminster, and first up is Christopher Graffius, who runs communications and public affairs at . for more ways to listen to this /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/32366967

Election '24 with Neil Parish 05/29/2024

Election '24 with Neil Parish Former MP Neil Parish looks at the likely outcomes from the 2024 UK general election, including which MPs will make it, which won't, what to expect from a Labour government (if it wins), and what you can do to limit the damage. For Neil's own podcast, go to For more ways to listen to this, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/31515527

How to get fishing on the NHS 04/12/2024

How to get fishing on the NHS Podcast this week is from the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, back in July 2024. It’s an interview with David Lyons, an angler who suffered from depression and successfully persuaded the NHS to prescribe him fishing. He runs the charity , which takes fellow-sufferers fishing. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34266120

Servicing your gun: how the pros do it 03/20/2024

Servicing your gun: how the pros do it It’s the job that many of us put off, sometimes for weeks, a few for months, a handful for several seasons. John Spary and Joe Hocking are gunsmiths: the ones who get to clean, check, repair and occasionally pick up the pieces of our guns. They explain what goes into a gun service, plus how to treat your gun throughout the year in order to reduce your service bill. John and Joe run Duchy Gunsmith in Cornwall. Visit For more ways to listen to this, visit This podcast is brought to you by the , the UK largest gun show, held at the NEC, Birmingham /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/30462053

How Tony Blair got it wrong on foxhunting 01/05/2024

How Tony Blair got it wrong on foxhunting UK prime minister Tony Blair said that his 2004 Hunting Act would benefit foxes. Twenty years later, it turns out he was wrong. In a chat with Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2023, Jim Barrington, former head of the League Against Cruel Sports, spells out the mistakes that Blair made, and how he damaged both animal welfare and rural communities. to buy the book For more ways to listen to this, visit This podcast is brought to you by the , the UK largest gun show, held at the NEC, Birmingham /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/29355088

Gareth Wyn Jones – angry farmer 12/06/2023

Gareth Wyn Jones – angry farmer Gareth Wyn Jones says join the revolution - the food and farming revolution. He is talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2023. Find Gareth on For more ways to listen to this, visit This podcast is brought to you by the , the UK largest gun show, held at the NEC, Birmingham ▶ for our weekly email newsletter ▶ Take part in nature. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/28939853

The Firearms Law Handbook 11/29/2023

The Firearms Law Handbook Nick Doherty and Laura Saunsbury are the authors of the definitive book on British gun laws. The Firearms Law Handbook provides useful info for shooters, police firearms licensing officers, shops and gun ranges. The couple works in the UK during the week and live near Toulouse. Charlie Jacoby goes to meet them at their home in France to record a short, sharp podcast (before the rain starts). The Firearms Law Handbook on For more ways to listen to this, visit This podcast is brought to you by the , the UK largest gun show, held at the NEC, Birmingham ▶ for our weekly email newsletter ▶ Take part in nature. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/28840763

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