Lead shot: behind the ban
Lead shot is on its way out. That’s what a raft of organisations want, including BASC, the Countryside Alliance, GWCT and the National Gamekeepers Organisation. The evidence against lead is…
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Recent short films
Wild boar montería driven hunt – part 2
It is part two of Paul’s Portuguese driven hunt. He is on farmland in the heart of the country where he is protecting farms from both wild boar and red…
Wild boar montería driven hunt – fast action
Paul Childerley travels to Portugal for a traditional montería. We are in the rural heart of the country, and wild boar are causing problems for farmers, ploughing up fields and…
Carly and Paul stalk Chinese water deer
As she learns the ways of deer hunting, Carly Coates joins Paul Childerley. They are out after a Chinese water deer buck, a tiny deer found in Bedfordshire and…
Deerstalking and donating venison
Cai Ap Bryn is following in the footsteps of William the Conqueror. He is shooting deer in the New Forest, set up by King William as a hunting forest in…
Out shooting with BASC chairman Eoghan Cameron
What’s the future of lead ammunition? Is hen harrier persecution everything the antis say it is? BASC chairman Eoghan Cameron explains where BASC stands on these issues, all on a…
Gameshooting with a world champion: Sam Green
FITASC world champion James Green is out shooting pheasants near Peterborough in the English Fens. He is sharing a peg with a friend, James, and shows how he coaches guns…
Deer reaction to being shot
Some fall over. Some run – even though they may both have been shot in the same place. Roy Lupton is out stalking fallow for the freezer. He looks at…
Operation Squirrel
They destroy trees, they eat eggs and chicks in the nest, and they carry a virus that kills our native red squirrels. What kind of monsters are they? They are…
Crow’s big Essex driven day
The partridges are flying – and so is Andy Crow. He changes over his Blaser F16 12-bore for a 20-bore and keeps up with the best of them at…
Quick-draw Paul culls three deer in seconds
Paul Childerley is looking after his ground in Gloucestershire. He was there the other day to shoot roe and ran into muntjac. This time he is back for roe…
The dangers of mixing shotgun shells
Accidentally put a 20-bore cartridge down a 12-bore barrel and the result could be tragic. Andy Crow explains the risks.
Pheasant shooting with a world champion
World champion Amy Easeman is pheasant shooting. We join her for a day on her dad’s shooting Buckinghamshire. Find out how she gets on – and what the other guns…
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Fieldsports Podcasts
My dog Tawny, by Simon Whitehead – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 21
Top ferreter Simon Whitehead talks about his lurcher Tawny and friends, including ferrets and some hawk action. ‘She is a honest stamp of a dog and that is all can…