Fieldsports Britain – Shooting 100-yard Pigeons
How to shoot pigeons at distance, how not to shoot two deer with one bullet, plus hunting+shooting news, views, tips and tricks. 23-times world champion shooter George Digweed is shooting pigeons out to 100 yards as he protects farm crops from the pests. He shows how to do it. A deerstalker explains how he came […]
Rude Guns – look at this page at your own risk!
This single-trigger 12-bore sidelock ejector by Francotte went under the hammer at Holt’s Auctioneers. Below are the technical details. AN EXTRAORDINARY GRIFNEE-ENGRAVED 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR BY AUGUSTE FRANCOTTE, serial no. 91410, 28 1/2in. nitro chopperlump barrels with matt game rib, tubes gold-inlaid ‘AUG. FRANCOTTE – LIEGE – BELGIUM CAL 12’, ‘BRUCE HUNT LTD. GA’, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting ‘Me Old China’
We are back out stalking Chinese water deer, we are foxhunting (without foxes) the easiest way imaginable, we have rifleshooting tips, and a Danish bloke explains why lions need to be hunted. It’s another packed Fieldsports Britain – pour yourself a glass, sit back and enjoy it. Here are the links to the items: ▶ Chinese […]
Schools Challenge TV – How to Make a Clay Pigeon Trap
We are learning how Bowman makes clay traps in Schools Challenge TV this week. The family firm is just a couple of years off its 50th birthday and Andrew Davidson is still the hands-on boss he ever was. For more about Bowman Traps, go to www.bowmantraps.co.uk That’s not all. Commonwealth Games Double Trap silver medallist […]
AirHeads
A TV show for airgunners about airguns. It’s got reviews, news, hunting features, competitions and fun stuff – every two weeks, Thursdays at 7pm, go to Bit.ly/airheadstv or get it via any of these links Here are the shows: [Youtube_Channel_Gallery feed=”playlist” user=”PL3KxM9c3T7K-rylR2vb5jUAalZxzSohO0″ videowidth=”640″ ratio=”16×9″ theme=”light” color=”white” autoplay=”0″ rel=”0″ showinfo=”1″ maxitems=”98″ thumbwidth=”185″ thumbratio=”16×9″ thumbcolumns=”3″ title=”0″ description=”0″ […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting Count Buckula
See that tooth? That’s a deer’s tooth. We are out after Britain’s weirdest deer this week as the Variety Tour continues. Shooting writers and editors from all over Europe are packed on to Rihanna’s tour bus to test rifles, scopes and bullets in a variety of hunts across the south of England. This week, YouTube […]
Fieldsports Britain – Thermal Rabbits
In a packed show this week: ☆ Andy Crow (and Mrs Crow) are using thermal imaging equipment to shoot enough rabbits for them to splurge in Gatwick Duty Free ☆ Tim Pilbeam shows how to mount a scope on a rifle. ☆ David on the News Stump finds a lad who is getting hatemail for […]
Variety Tour
It’s the Variety Tour, 28 October – 2 November 2014. Ten top hunting writers are landing at Heathrow to try out the best English deerstalking and the best kit available over five days. They are using custom Sauer rifles, ZEISS Victory V8 1.8-14×50 scopes, ZEISS Victory SF binoculars, and Hornady SST ammunition. More? Read the Zeiss […]
Airstreaming – the best airgunning on YouTube
YouTube films featured on Airstreaming this week include Americans benchrest competition and a 150-yard dove, while in the UK the airgunners are reviewing guns and controlling pests at closer range. Here are the links: American Airgunner www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWVAp7FW6Wo AirgunsOfArizona www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpQW8cqSh-c Ted’s HoldOver www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AJVxNxXHmc LlegaWeapon And DIY www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l9-jEVBcBs HuntersVermin www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipRgl_eje8w AirgunGearShow www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXiizBeaS1s VerminHuntersTV www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dsRK2LeJCI CountryPursuitsTV www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjfynbRuqQo This […]
Fieldsports Britain – Predator-Style Pigeon Shoot
Autumn sport in the Home Counties this week. Andy Crow is using thermal imaging to help him get on top of a pigeon pest problem. It makes him look a bit like Predator. Meanwhile, Roy Lupton is keen to get into the fallow rut which should be underway, but has to make do filling the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Pigeon Shoot
Andy Crow is trying out giant decoys on pigeons, They seem to work as the amazing close-ups of pigeons shot show. That’s not all. Roy Lupton is trying to cull deer between the dogwalkers and George Digweed is concerned about cheating in clayshooting. There is plenty of hunting to chew on in this week’s Fieldsports […]
Schools Challenge TV – Pre-Season Blast
Schools Challenge TV – Pre-Season Blast
The Schools Challenge gang are out in force at the Oxford Gun Company open day. The shooting ground ids offering a preseason blast at clays, with airguns and even with throwing axes. TSC Academy members and young hopefuls are there to compete in competitions, plus see what the gun trade has on offer. It’s […]
Tracking Trajectory – .22 vs .177 airgun pellets
Here’s how to compare the trajectories of .177 and .22 pellets. Airgun World and Airgunner magazines technical editor Phill Price sets up the ‘chalk’ test. This item appears in AirHeads, episode 21. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads21
Ask Tel – Best Airgun Innovation
What’s the best airgun innovation of the 20th century? Who better to answer than Airgun World and Airgunner magazines editor-in-chief Terry Doe, here to put the Doe into Doyen… otherwise it would be just ‘yn’. This item is in AirHeads, episode 21. To watch it on YouTube, go to bit.ly/airheads21 Sign up for our weekly […]
AirHeads – Thermal Rat Shoot
The airgun show AirHeads has rat-shooting with thermal imaging equipment, shooting squirrels in the trees, the mysteries of pellet trajectory, sage words from Terry Doe, news and the best of YouTube’s airgun output. If you shoot airguns, here’s the latest from the word of airgunning. Here are the links to the items: Phil with AirTech […]
On Test: Guide IR510 thermal imager
Night vision expert Darren Rogers reviews the Guide IR510 thermal imager. It shows up rats, car engines, even how much corn you have left in the feeder. For more, go to www.thomasjacks.co.uk/guide_infrared/product.asp?ref=2204 This item is in AirHeads, episode 21. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads21
Rat on a Moving Handrail – HotAir Airgun News
On Test: Crosman 2250 Ratcatcher airgun
James Marchington is testing the Crosman 2250 Ratcatcher on squirrels. His dogs chase them into trees where he can get a shot at them. This item is in AirHeads, episode 21. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads21
Close-range foxes: the work of the Terrierman
What do terriermen do? Terrierman Martin Clarke from Somerset explains the job from start to finish: how they are the backbone of the hunt, how they help landowners and gamekeepers dispose of problem foxes, and how they are essential to the countryside as a rural pest control service. He also answers the essential question: what’s […]
Hunting YouTube – the red stag rut
Fieldsports Channel News – Man fights bear to the death
Hunting YouTube – the red stag rut
Fieldsports Channel News – Man fights bear to the death
How to scare grouse stiff
How do you scare a grouse with a kite? What happens on The Glorious 12th? How do you go about stalking a real life Monarch of the Glen? What is a Macnab? Meet the man who can explain all this. Alastair Robertson has written Robertson’s Guide to Field Sports in Scotland. He tells the story […]
Deerhunting skills in the trenches: Sniping in France, 1915-1918
All sides brought their big-game hunting skills to the trenches of the First World War. The Germans dominated sniping for the first months of the war. On the British side, Major Hesketh Prichard set up the First Army’s sniping school at Linghem, training troops from all over the world in sniping skills. In this film, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Sniping, Grouse & Terriers
A wide range of hunting and shooting for you in the show this week: ☆ We go back in time 100 years to look at sniping in the First World War and how the shooting community made it happen ☆ We look at the job of the modern-day terrierman. is it all about charging around […]
Crow on Ducks
It’s the new series of CrowHow. Andy Crow has been feeding ducks into a pond and this evening he is going to have his first duck harvest of the season. Mallards come in nicely all evening, as do mandarin ducks – which we are not allowed to shoot in the UK, even though they are […]
Club Digweed, episode 1
For a technical talk-through shooting technique from probably the best shooter the world has ever seen, it’s the first episode of the Club Digweed monthly TV shows. Future episodes will be members only, via www.georgedigweed.com Club Digweed member benefits include: ✩ Discounted entry and Club Digweed special offers to shooting grounds. ✩ Annual subscription to […]
Hunting YouTube – buck hunting all over the world
Martial Eagle – Grace and Power
Want to see gorgeous films of eagles in flight? We are out with a martial eagle, a golden eagle and, at the other end of the size scale, a peregrine/merlin hybrid – a ‘perlin’. Falconer Roy Lupton is getting them trained for a British Falconers Club meet. The eagles chase hare lures and the perlin […]
Gazza finds fish happiness – Fieldsports Channel News
How to check your rifle barrel
The Holland & Holland stalking course teaches all you need to know about safe rifle shooting. Here’s Holland & Holland chief instructor Chris Bird on making sure that your rifle barrel is clear – free of obstructions – and won’t explode when you fire. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 253. To watch the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Bird Speed Merchants
How to train an eagle to go faster – and how to shoot fast-flying ducks. That’s what you will learn from this week’s Fieldsports Britain. Roy Lupton is getting a martial eagle, a golden eagle and a ‘perlin’ ready for a British Falconers Club meet. He is training them to hit lures hard. Sporting Shooter […]
Fishing Britain – Weapons of Mass-tication
This episode of Fishing Britain has lots of teeth in it. First we are off up the River Avon with predator fishing expert Gary Palmer. We count the teeth in pike and zander to see what fearsome predators they are. In Gear Guide, we take a look in the pro angler’s tackle box as world […]
Hooked on YouTube – Trout & Salmon
Icelandic River Monster Puzzle Solved – Fishing Britain News
How Many Teeth Have Pike Got?
What’s the difference between the hundreds of teeth on the roof of a pike’s mouth and the vampire-like fangs of a zander? Pro Predator Guide Gary Palmer takes us out for a morning session on the river Avon where we are looking at the mouths of predators and the lethal weapons they have inside. This […]
What does a Pro Angler take to a match? – Gear Guide
World class fly-fishing champion Hywel Morgan takes us through his kit setup for fishing a major competition on a large reservoir. He shows us fishing rod choice, the importance of comfort, and his extensive fly line armoury. Then all he has to do is pack it all up in his car and go and win! […]
AirStreaming – airgun reviews
Spectacular Shooting – clay pigeons with airguns
World champion clay pigeon shooter George Digweed and friend shoot flying clay pigeons with airguns. Oustanding shooting! For more about Club Digweed, go to www.georgedigweed.com For Sam, go to www.greenfieldsshooting.co.uk This item appeared in AirHeads, episode 20. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads20
Ask Tel: How Many Squirrels do you Eat in a Year?
Airgun World and Airgunner editor-in-chief Terry Doe discusses grey squirrels, how many he eats in a year, and why they taste so good. This item appeared in AirHeads, episode 20. To watch the whole show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/airheads20 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter FieldsportsChannel.tv/register
80-yard Rabbits with an Air Rifle
James Marchington is hunting rabbits on the Isle of Skye at long distance with only a sub-12-ft/lb airgun. he explains how he can kill a rabbit at more than 80 yards with a an ordinary .177 PCP. This item appeared in AirHeads, episode 20. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads20
HotAir – Shooting Swans
Hunting YouTube – duck and deer
‘Hallo Charlie!’ – deer and spears
Sika deer stalking with Chris de Margary
The beautiful Glenmore Estate in Donegal, owned by Chris de Margary and Mick Hucknall from Simply Red, offers deerstalking on both sides of the border. Chris is off to Co Tyrone in Northern Ireland, a few miles away, to see if he can shoot a sika stag. It’s all thanks to a good bottle of […]
Fieldsports Channel News – Record Mississippi Alligator
Check your rifle fit
The stalking course at Holland & Holland is the ideal way to brush up on your deerhunting skills. This week, chief instructor Chris Bird is teaching rifle fit. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 252. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain252
Driven Grouse Shoot in Cumbria
It’s probably the most exciting birdshooting there is. We are driven grouse shooting on a Cumbrian moor. The day is organised by students from a gamekeeping college. Newton Rigg, part of Askham Bryan College, has taken a lease on the moor. It’s the perfect way for students at the Northern School of Game and Wildlife […]
