Hunting Ethics by Nick Fox

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 Amazon For more ways of listening to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast116

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 TheGamekeepersWelfareTrust.com For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportchannelpodcast106  

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 A Year in the Life of Sika, 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 BHWildlifeConsultancy.com For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast115

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 SimonReinhold.co.uk For more ways to listen to this, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast110

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 FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast114 Buy Hunting Ethics at Falcons.co.uk/product/hunting-ethics-a-personal-journey/  

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 FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast113 Find the GWCT at GWCT.org uk

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 FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast112 Find the Country Food Trust at TheCountryFoodTrust.org  

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. Click here for more about the report For more ways to listen to this podcast go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast111

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:  Website  Instagram  Facebook  X.com 

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 FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportchannelpodcast108