Long range pest control + flyfishing international
Long range rabbit shooting – graphic images – age restricted
Is there an animal welfare issue with long range shooting? Some believe a miss is a miss and a hit will inevitably kill small quarry like a rabbit. We discus the effectiveness of the wildcat round Tac.20 and show close up slow motion images of rabbits being hit by it and a 22.250 at ranges […]
Driven pheasants – Roy goes on a shoot day in Hampshire
He’s good at hunting with his rifle, but what’s Roy like on pheasants with a shotgun? Home to writer Jane Austen, the pretty village of Steventon in Hampshire also has a good pheasant shoot. They ask Roy along to try out a day, and we follow him with a camera. For more about the Steventon […]
Fieldsports Britain : Long range pest control + flyfishing international
Hunting rabbits? We’re remote controlling rabbits — and we want to know what you lot think about long range shooting. Roy Lupton in the red corner says yes, do it. Tim Pilbeam in the blue corner says no. Then we are fishing. Which home nation has the best fly fishing team? – England, Scotland, Wales […]
Fishing Show – Sportfish open day 2013
Fishing tackle technology is the theme of this year’s Sportfish open day in May 2013. The tackle shop that overlooks a trout lake in Theale, Berkshire, UK, opened its doors to international fishing tackle companies including Sage, Loop, Wychwood and Hardy Greys, as well as agents such as Frontiers. It’s a show where anglers can […]
Fly Tying – turkey tail nymph for trout – how to tie it
Chris Reeves is one of the top UK trout flytiers. He shows how to tie a classic turkey nymph fly for trout looking feeding on mayfly and damselfly nymphs. Chris is tying flies on the Partridge of Redditch stand, so of course uses one of their hooks. For more about Chris’s flytying, visit www.fishingclass.co.uk This […]
Fly Tying – classic saltwater bass fly – how to tie it
Jo Stephenson is one of the top UK sea bass flytiers. She shows how to tie a classic ‘fry’ fly (filmed at the Sportfish open day in May 2013). Jo is tying flies on the Bass Anglers’ Sportfishing Society (BASS) stand. BASS is both a fishing club and an organisation dedicated to the conservation of […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting by Segway
Roy Lupton is has a new set of wheels and it is revolutionising his deerstalking. He takes an offroad Segway-style vehicle (we still don’t know who makes it) out after muntjac. Meanwhile, Charlie is at the Sportfish open day looking at the latest fishing tackle technology, and we find out whether anglers and shooters/hunters are […]
Schools Challenge TV – British kids go shooting
It’s the Schools Challenge Bredon weekend! The second leg of the Schools Challenge takes place at Bredon School in Gloucestershire, with dozens of schools and hundreds of kids taking part. Watch the highlights in this week’s episode of Schools Challenge TV. The School’s Challenge is a group of events tailored to under 21’s, offering clay, […]
Hunting pheasants and rabbits with a goshawk and a redtail
Roy Lupton’s goshawk A young female goshawk, a few 100 years ago she was the equivalent of Ocado, the perfect predator to put food on the table. Hares, rabbits, pheasants. She was a vital part of any kitchen’s utensil drawer. So today we are off to God’s larder to see what she can get her […]
Shooting high pheasants, with Andy Crow
Some of you, especially if you are a pigeon, will only have seen Andy Crow from the neck up, but today he is stepping out from the hide for some exceptionally high flying pheasant shooting. He’s a guest here today as a thank you for helping out with the cover crops which, as many you […]
Fun day ferreting rabbits in Somerset
The South Somerset Ferreters are a group of families who get together on a Saturday not to go shopping, not to go to a theme park but to go ferreting. We’ve filmed the South Somerset Ferreters before. They are back and this time they reckon have the ultimate warren. It is a hill not far […]
Hunting Chinese water deer – gold medal buck – Zeiss HT review
[embedy]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b92RzSyszU[/embedyt] It has already been a successful morning. Ralph Nebe and Stefan Buehring from Zeiss Sports Optics have both bagged a muntjac buck in Bedfordshire. But this is a day of success for both the hunters and Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. This little deer is a particular favourite with German hunters. This visit filmed in […]
How to design a FITASC course, with George Digweed
A tennis court is a tennis court, a rugby pitch a rugby pitch but for some sports the design of the course makes all the difference. Golf, motor racing and of course shooting are all affected by the layout, the set-up, and make-up of the ground. For the first time, 20 times world champion, George […]
Calling coyotes in California
Californian Coyote Calling You might think California is all about roller blading, margaritas and reconstructive surgery, but no! There is normal stuff too, such as heading out on a cold morning with a rifle, a fox pro and some new friends.
Hunting blue wildebeest
It has been a hot busy morning in Namibia in search of game. We are guests of Zeiss Sports Optics who have taken over Blaser’s Sney Rivier ranch in Namibia. As part of the management plan here in Africa and part of Zeiss’s marketing over Europe, Spanish Zeiss dealers have been offered a trip of […]
Budget rifle test: Ruger American vs Savage vs Howa Model 1500
Budget rifle review Here we have three bundles of rifle joy. Three UK distributors have put together some super price busting kit in time for Christmas. The cheapest is under £600. The most expensive is under £900 and Sporting Rifle magazine’s rifle reviewer, Tim Pilbeam is going to talk us through them.
Calling in foxes, with Roy Lupton
Close call foxes with Roy Lupton Roy is usually a man on a mission, but today there is extra fire burning in those eyes. The reason, he has only got a few days sport left before he goes under the knife for operation number 25 on his hips. It could mean he is out of […]
Fieldsports Britain : How to shoot pigeons + muntjac stalking
Want to improve your bird hunting, deerstalking and dog work? Learn how shotgun cartridges kill pigeons this week, and how to improve your shooting. Andy Crow is pigeon shooting. His new series CrowHow kicks off with a graphic demonstration of how pellets work to bring down birds. Roy Lupton is trying to find a medal […]
Fox plays with terrier – funny animal film
We’ve got a gamekeeper who’s a bit of an old softie. Although he has ‘dealt with’ lots of foxes in the line of his work, he couldn’t resist this one as a cub, and adopted it. Now, we in the hunting/shooting community use terriers to catch foxes. Judging by the way it’s besting the terrier […]
Fieldsports Britain – Saucy airgun pellet test + fox shooting + new guns
It’s Carry On Ratting this week. First we test which is the best airgun pellet for penetration – the .22, .20 or ,177 – on a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey (and get Roy Lupton, Andy Crow and Mark Gilchrist to read out the passages their pellet hits – fnarr). then we use the […]
Fieldsports Britain : Hunting ibex, crow control, trout and ferreting
We’re hunting ibex, shooting crows, restocking (and catching) trout, and ferreting rabbits in a packed show this week. * Max Hunt is in Spain after Europe’s most stately game animal, the Spanish or beceite ibex. It turns into a week-long hunt and the animals are keeping him fit. * Roy Lupton has his work cut […]
Hardcore ferreting
Hardcore ferreting Simon Whitehead is a professional ferreter, that’s part pest controller, part clown, part poet and part transportation engineer. When he’s not sorting out the local rabbit population he’s writing for Shooting Times or keeping us entertained around game fair arenas across the country.
Foxes by lamplight
Foxing with Mark and Roy Do you ever get that feeling it’s going to be a long night? Tonight we are off lamping foxes with Roy Lupton and Mark Gilchrist and it does not start so well. Low fuel in the Argo means a trip to the nearest petrol station. Then Mark starts talking about […]
Boar and fox shooting in Britain
This story starts in September. A few days before the start of the shooting season, George asks us over to film some driven boar shooting… Not in Germany, but Sussex. The reason? Unprecedented boar damage to his cover crops. It’s put him in an impossible situation. George loves to see boar about and thinks they […]
Schools Challenge TV – Becky Bream teaches straight shooting
World class shooter Becky Bream visits the Oxford Gun Company to tell the Schools Challenge how to be a medal winner this week. She is there on behalf of gun distributor Edgar Brothers. There’s also news, with the latest from the trapshooters in UAE, a look at different cartridge types with David Florent, and what […]
Gundog training – Steadiness
Steadiness is like obedience, but much, much more. Top gundog trainer Ricky Moloney keeps his gundogs steady on a shoot day.
Eco-friendly foxshooting with George Digweed
George and his mate Steve are in a field in Sussex hitting the stealth mode button. George has taken delivery of a new electric powered Polaris UTV and it will mean the foxes won’t know what’s gliding towards them, let alone what’s hit them. “It is silent,” says George. “The only noise you make is […]
The five-yard fox
Calling Foxes in Close Roy Lupton may look like a mild mannered man taking a stroll in the woods but don’t be fooled. With the coast clear, he nips behind a tree and transforms himself into “The Human Leaf”. It’s not the most flamboyant of costumes but he needs to be brown, buff and beige […]
Californian black bear hunt
Hunting Bear with Hounds When we go down to the woods today we’re in for a big surprise – we hope! … we are going bear hunting.
George Digweed’s wild boar hunt
George Digweed’s boar problem started last autumn but the shooting season put a stop to any control measures. He has tried driving them in the daytime, lamping them at night time and he still hasn’t been able to enjoy that Asterix and Obelix moment of roast wild boar. Tonight he’s feeling confident. The local gamekeeper […]
Big cod angling
Wreck fishing for record cod We have invited a few friends to join us swapping guns for rods on a sea water fishing trip. We are heading out from Eastbourne Sovereign Harbour with Deep Blue Charters. We have chosen this particular vessel with Steve the skipper, because this is the boat responsible for landing a […]
Fieldsports Britain : Stalking red deer + high-octane ratting with terriers
He’s hunting stags but it’s a mercy killing as Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam takes out two unhealthy red hinds from the Cumbrian herd in this week’s show. He also takes time to test the new Subaru Forester.. has the farmer’s friend gone soft? Andy Crow’s rat problem comes to an end thanks to a […]
Fieldsports Britain – FerretCam – amazing rabbit-hunting footage
We’re hunting rabbits with ferrets and, for the first time, we have given the little animals movie cameras to record all the underground action. The rabbits are damaging crops and hedgerows, so the farmer wants them removed. Ferrets are the best option, and Shooting Times columnist Simon Whitehead is the UK’s best-known ferreter. He is […]
Schools Challenge TV – University Challenge 2013
It’s the university and college clayshooting cup – the University Challenge 2013. Forget Jeremy Paxman and all that intellectual bobbins. This is the prize that matters. There are plenty of teams in with a chance today. There is a strong showing from the agricultural colleges, but Cambridge University, Aberystwyth and Plymouth are all in with […]
Fieldsports Britain : How to get hunting/shooting ground
It’s a question we’re asked a lot: “How do I get some ground to shoot/hunt over?”. Mark Gilchrist has the answer. In this week’s Fieldsports Britain, he shows how to approach landowners, what to say and, more importantly, what not to say. Meanwhile, Roy Lupton is out saving twin and triplet baby lambs from horrid […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s rat hunt
Shooting rats in a barn with Roy Lupton, learning how to keep your dog steady, and a preview of the CLA Game Fair. That’s this week’s Fieldsports Britain. We’ve got rats, big as bloomin’ cats, in the crosshairs – and even cats (not in the crosshairs) cleaning up the dead rats. We’re out with Skinner’s […]
Schools Challenge TV – National Clay-Shooting Championships
It’s the event we’ve been waiting for. The first Schools Challenge clay competition of 2013 takes place at the Oxford Gun Company. Kids from schools all over England are here to take part in a festival of clay-smashing designed partly to find out who’s best and mainly to have a fun day they will remember. […]
Schools Challenge TV
Fieldsports Channel recorded The Schools Challenge young shots initiative from 2009 to 2015. We are delighted that the UK’s premier young shots programme now runs its own YouTube channel. here are some of the films we made: Infro about game shooting, vermin and pest control for under-18s in Britain You can have a shotgun certificate from […]
Fieldsports Britain : Fallow deer cull + grayling on the Kennet
The fallow deer cull is coming to an end. To keep the herd healthy, it’s Roy Lupton’s job to take five animals with the minimum disturbance. That means head-shooting, and headshooting means you have to hit an something the size of an apple at 100 yards ten times out of ten. Miss and you will […]
Fieldsports Britain – Slingshot Special + IWA 2013
We’re off to meet the king of the catapults. He is a hilarious Bavarian called Joerg Sprave who has come up with devices to throw spears and saw blades as well as being superbly accurate with ball bearings. He shows how to make and how to fire catapults, and explains his deep fascination for rubber. […]
Schools Challenge TV – Perfect country school
Bredon School in Gloucestershire has a clay pigeon shooting team and its own clay layout. Does that make it the perfect country school? It offers shooting – and plenty of other ways to get your boots muddy. Bredon’s shooting team is one of the main contenders in the Schools Challenge shooting competition. David Florent of […]
Fieldsports Britain – Stalking stars Tom Wood, Ray Mears, John Wilson
We have England rugby player Tom Wood on his love of fieldsports and his road to recovery from injury thanks to his bow. Bushcraft TV star Ray Mears is talking the importance of having a good pair of binos, Northampton Saints’ Scott Armstrong is enjoying long-range shooting this week, and top angling TV presenter John […]
Fieldsports Britain – Rabbiting with ferrets and lurchers, foxshooting and gundogs
* We’re out with ferrets, lurcher and Shooting Times’s Simon Whitehead in Norfolk after rabbits * The legendary Roy Lupton teams up with Captain Camo himself, Mark Gilchrist, to go foxshooting in Kent * Ricky Moloney is our Skinners gundog training expert, with his tip about how to show displeasure to a dog + We […]
Schools Challenge TV – What are we shooting in 2013?
It’s a big programme this week: there’s a preview of all the Schools Challenge events from March to May, at the Oxford Gun Company and at Bredon School, there’s a review of Bowman’s new range of clay pigeon traps,plus the various clays on offer from CCI, there is News, and there are reviews of the […]
World of hunting and fishing – map
A handy Google Map of hunting, shooting and fishing around the world. This interactive map (below) shows the great estates, rivers, forests, hills and seas where Fieldsports Channel has filmed – and where you can book a day’s hunting, shooting or fishing. Click on each blue marker to watch that film.
Fieldsports Britain – Hare vs eagle + British wild boar + Welsh miners hunting
We are launching eagles on hares in Lincolnshire, George Digweed on wild boar in Sussex and we are out with the Banwen Miners foxhounds pack in the Valleys of South Wales. It’s a packed programme this week, with incredible footage of hares’ tactics when faced with Roy Lupton and friends’ flying eagles. Meanwhile, George Digweed […]
Taylor’s Travels: Olympic gold medallist Peter Wilson
Olympic shooting star Peter Wilson tries out the new Holland & Holland Sporter, enjoys the South Dorset Hunt, talks Olympics and Rio 2016 and hangs out with his girlfriend, Michelle McCullagh. In advance of National Shooting Week 2013, Countryside Alliance shooting director David Taylor spends a day with Pete at home in Dorset. In this […]
Fieldsports Britain – Cat vs Fox – night vision in action
It’s not just night vision. Roy Lupton and his friends have found a way of turning night into day. As a result they see a lot more wildlife action than they ever have before, and a lot more foxes to shoot, too. Meanwhile, we’re at the Shooting Show with George Digweed and Andy Crow. And […]
Schools Challenge TV – Gorgs Geikie goes for Gold
Special guest this week is London 2012 Olympics pistol shooter Gorgs Geikie. She’s out with Double Trap Commonwealth Games double gold medallist Stevan Walton and David Florent of the Oxford Gun Company to try out the new Range Rover Vogue, to shoot clay pigeons and to fulfil a Top Gear-style challenge. She also gives her […]
