Fieldsports Britain : Shooting foxes
We’ve got two kinds of foxshooting this week. First up, twenty times world champion shooter George Digweed has got a wild boar problem on his shoot in Sussex. He is out to get them – and uncovers an even bigger fox problem. The there is Roy Lupton, reinvented this week as The Human Leaf. Just […]
Unluckiest Fox in the Quarry
Cats famously have nine lives. Foxes are not so lucky, especially not this one, who is ignoring the advice of his friends the crows. This must be the unluckiest fox there was. Not a pleasant way to go – poor animal. This first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 166. To watch the whole show go […]
Fieldsports Britain : Driven pheasant shooting + gundog training
We’ve got birds, birds and bird dogs this week. Roy Lupton is on a driven shoot in Hampshire. We’re so used to see him shooting foxes and deer, can he handle a shotgun on birds too? And when a disabled clay shooter said he wanted to go on a driven pheasant day, we stepped up […]
Fieldsports Britain : Rolls Royce rabbiting + black bear hunting
We’re in the USA this week. We’ve got a Rolls Royce converted for rabbiting in Texas, the last of the black bear hunts with hounds in California, and all the latest kit from the Shot Show in Las Vegas. Texas ranch owner Fausto Yturria could not bear to part with his late father-in-law’s Rolls Royce, […]
Schools Challenge TV – CPSA registered shoots
Find out how to enter CPSA registered shoots. We join Schools Challenge competitor Will Ford for a day at the challenging Wylye Valley ground. He is a regular at CPSA registered shoots. What’s more, he has joined the Schools Challenge Academy, which gives him additional benefits, such as subsidised cartridges. That’s not all. There is […]
Fieldsports Britain – Wily coyotes, Shot Show kit and record big game hunting
On this week’s show, we’ve come to America for coyote hunting, world record big game hunting, and the Shot Show 2013, the greatest gun show on the planet. Charlie Jacoby is after coyotes in California, the varmint of choice for the self-respecting American rifleman. We talk to Jason Bruce, star of Headhunter Chronicles on Sportsman […]
On Test: Taclight Night Master 800 torch
Lamping foxes is an art and everyone has their own way of doing it. There are the calls, the transport, the shooting rest and of course your lamp, strength of beam, colour and the way you throw it around the place. Well, tonight fox shooting fan, Roy Lupton, is trying a new lamping system which […]
On Test: Daystate Wolverine .303 – hot air or hot stuff?
The Daystate Wolverine .303 has got people talking – Some say ‘it’s awesome’. Others point out that, in order to own this work of Dr Frankenstein the UK you need to have a firearm certificate – and if you have an FAC why on earth would you bother about air when you can have powder? […]
Fieldsports Britain – DIY night vision + flying hawks on pheasants
Roy Lupton is out with his goshawk after rabbits and pheasants, and he has an apprentice with a red-tailed hawk. It’s a great spectator sport. Meanwhile, Andy Crow was appalled at Roy’s homemade attempts at night vision last week, he has brought a rat-shooting mate who has made a much better version for less money. […]
Schools Challenge TV – learning new shooting skills
It’s episode 1 of Schools Challenge TV. Backed by organisations and companies involved in the shooting industry and outside it, the School’s Challenge is a group of events tailored to under-21s from across the UK. In this film, kids learn to shoot, and Andrew Crawford of the CLA Game Fair and Nick Fellowes of the […]
Fieldsports Britain, episode 162
Fieldsports Britain, episode 162
Fieldsports Britain News – 2nd January 2013
In News this week, record numbers unbox on Boxing Day, it’s the OO-ER-S-P-C-A, airgun action you can take, a challenging TV launch, and a bogus eagle takes the biscuit. This item first appeared in episode 162.
Fieldsports Britain – Screaming pheasants + build your own night vision
Pigeon-shooting fanatic Andy Crow is out on a spectacular south-of-England driven pheasant shoot, where he shoots his best bird of the season. He offers his tips for pheasant shooting and how to behave. Meanwhile, Roy Lupton is playing with a homemade night-vision kit. The parts only cost a few quid. He tries the DIY set-up […]
Fieldsports Britain, episode 161
Fieldsports Britain, episode 161
Fieldsports Britain, episode 160
Fieldsports Britain, episode 160
Fieldsports Britain, episode 159
Fieldsports Britain, episode 159
Fieldsports Britain, episode 158
Fieldsports Britain, episode 158
Fieldsports Britain, episode 157
Fieldsports Britain, episode 157
Fieldsports Britain, episode 156
Fieldsports Britain, episode 156
Ferrari Macnab
It’s one of the great sporting challenges – a grouse, a salmon and a stag. Dominic Holtam has to achieve the challenge at two ends of the UK, in three days, and he is doing it in a four-wheel drive Ferrari
Bloopers 2012
It may come as a bit of a surprise but sometimes our well oiled production team and presenters don’t always get it right – here are some of our favourite outtakes of 2012. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 161. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain161
Fieldsports Britain – Best of 2012
It’s our review of 2012 – from the UK to the USA, to Africa, Hungary, Germany and hunting, shooting and fishing several thousand birds, fish and animals, with shotguns, rifles, bows, rods, ferrets – the best kit, and both the oldest and the newest tricks. We also have the 2012 blooper reel – where we […]
Fieldsports Britain – Driven deer + boar, and decoying crows
We’re off to Germany for a 50-gun driven hunt, courtesy of Zeiss Sports Optics. It’s fast-moving sport, shooting game on the move with rifles. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam is in the hotspot highseat. Meanwhile, Andy Crow is after his namesake,crows, protecting his crops on his farm in Kent, south-east England. And survival expert Jonny […]
Fieldsports Britain – Mark Gilchrist on camouflage + George Digweed on long shots
Are you mad about Mossy Oak? Do you rave about Realtree? Does Jack Pyke make you joyful? Well, this is the programme for you. It’s Camo Man, as you have never seen him before: manly Mark Gilchrist is trying new ways of blending in as he shoots pigeons. If you are a pigeon, be afraid. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Training goshawks to catch partridges + shooting pigeons, episode 158
Our top falconer Roy Lupton has his goshawks and eagle out on a training exercise. He has a 45mph lure he is trying out on them, to get them ‘match fit’ for partridges and pheasants. Meanwhile, Andy Crow is decorating a tree (it’s that time of year) with pigeon decoys in order to bring the […]
Biggest hunting/shooting/fishing YouTube channels
Fieldsports Channel has hit 10 million views, joining a club of (we reckon) 15 YouTube channels in hunting, shooting and fishing to have done the same. So it inspires us to produce the ‘Fieldsports Fahsand Club’. Here is the list of the biggest channels on YouTube in our world by views.
Fieldsports Britain – Rabbit shooting pellets and how to forage for food
Round pellets, flat pellets and pointed pellets – which is better when you are after rabbits? Roy Lupton conducts an almost scientific test to show which of them do the most damage to a rabbit. It’s a test that will lead to higher standards in shooting. That’s not all. Game chef Mark Gilchrist is after […]
Fieldsports Britain – Vinnie Jones’s Russian Macnab + ferreting + deerstalking
Vinnie Jones is after fox, salmon and raccoondog – the South Somerset Ferreters are after rabbits – Roy Lupton is looking for roe deer – and we’ve even got some scientists whingeing about the perils of lead shot. It’s a dangerous week to be wildlife on Fieldsports Britain. We lead on the news that Vinnie […]
Fieldsports Britain News – 21st November 2012
The headlines this week – an ex-footballers shoots and scores in Russia – Holy Halibut it’s another record catch – Deadlock in a double deer disaster – and pigeon shooting postponed because Piper plummets into pattern. Stalking the stories – fishing for facts. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 156 www.youtube.com/show/fieldsportsbritain
Wildlife Diseases and Conservation – a one day symposium
We are in London for a one day symposium on Wildlife Diseases and Conservation, run by the Veterinary Association for Wildlife Management and held at The Royal Society of Medicine in London. This film is brought to you by the Countryside Alliance Film Unit. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL420A6E1F70009222 Timetable – and links to individual speakers Session 1, chairman […]
Fieldsports Britain – Partridges in Paris and calling foxes in Scandinavia
We are going continental this week. We are on a shooting estate near Paris enjoying a day’s driven partridges with the research & development team from Browning shotguns. We take a look at the latest foxcalling techniques to come from Sweden. Back at home in the UK, we are out with the Countryside Alliance, taking […]
Advertise on Fieldsports Channel TV part 2 – Talk To James
Advertising on Fieldsports Channel part two — being the further adventures of James. For part one, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=APrc87ETB50 Brave Sir James is dashing round, seeking advertisers, From gunmakers, to engineers, to game fair organisers. He’s galloping forth globally, and nobly persuading The gun trade and the tackle trade that Fieldsports is worth aiding. James puts […]
Fieldsports Britain – The Ferrari Macnab
‘The Macnab’: grouse, stag and salmon, all in a day. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam presents the ‘Ferrari Macnab’: a stag in Cornwall, a grouse in Yorkshire and a salmon in the North of Scotland, all thanks to the new 208mph Ferrari FF. But does he make it? Find out in this film, which is […]
Driven grouse – all you need to know
There is winged game and then there is winged game. And then there is driven grouse – it is expensive – it is exclusive but with good reason.
Grouseshooting + great grouse recipe
Game chef Lee Maycock is on his first ever day on the moor in search of red grouse. He wants to find out why this bird isn’t used more often in British cooking. He joins the Hancock family in Yorkshire where they’re hosting a walked up grouse shooting day. And he finds out about the […]
Shooting badgers illegally
Guilty party? – Meles meles, the common badger Fieldsports Channel has been sent a disc and a statement. It says we should all be shooting badgers – and it shows a badger being shot.
Fieldsports Britain – How to call in great big bucks
Roy Lupton has an appointment with some fallow bucks in Sussex, and he has the right instruments to call them to him. You can learn some tips on how to call male fallow yourself. Meanwhile, a viewer called Keith from Middlesex near London has devised a new trap for catching urban foxes in order to […]
Feral pigeons in the crosshairs
Feral pigeon in the crosshairs You don’t have to be a game chef like Mark Gilchrist to appreciate that no-one wants pigeon poo in their sandwiches. But when the skies start to darken thanks to bird numbers around wheat storage barns it’s time to send some of them to the big grain store in the […]
Pellet power & performance – hunting feral pigeons in the farmyard
Using high speed video we illustrate how the pellet flies through the air and the compensation you need to make a clean kill. We are after feral pigeons sitting on rooftops at all ranges. The pigeons are making a real mess of a grain store so we need to act quickly and efficiently with an […]
Perthshire in the spring
Charles Helderwerdt – Solognac marketing & communication director – with his buck Forget the traditional ‘week’ in August and September. Charlie Jacoby argues that May is the best time of year for Scottish shooting
Fieldsports Britain – Violent poachers, Tackle & Gun Show, rifle/scope combos
Farm manager Andy Crow went to talk to some lads on his farm who looked like they were shooting pheasants out of the trees with a .22, and they turned the rifle on him and started firing. Andy tells the story – and the poor response by local police. Meanwhile, Sporting Rifle’s Tim Pilbeam has […]
Hunting YouTube – deer hunting, fishing and wingshooting
Hunting YouTube is a weekly item which aims to show the best hunting, shooting and fishing videos that YouTube has to offer. This week, we are in England’s New Forest on a red stag hunt, we are in Ireland, shooting birds, and fishing from British chalkstreams to Kazakh catfish. We are ferreting, wildfowling in Germany […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting badgers and wheelchair guns
As animal rights activists bring fear to farms in the South-West of England, Fieldsports Britain widens the debate. We have been sent a film of what looks like illegal badger-shooting in the East of England, and with it a statement that doesn’t mention bovine tuberculosis. Instead, it talks about the damage that badgers do to […]
Fieldsports Britain – Close encounters with deer and mapping rabbits
We are sneaking up on deer when a group of roe sneak up on us; we are looking at a new hunting app you may find useful; and we are on the coast of Cornwall, ferreting rabbits. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam is out after a fallow buck but he is taken by surprise when […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting foxes, rabbits and how Italians run estates
Roy Lupton is calling foxes, Andy Crow is lamping rabbits and Charlie Jacoby is swanning off to Italy. In this week’s Fieldsports Britain, Andy is catching up on his rabbiting with a .17HMR, accompanied by his son and Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam. Meanwhile, Roy is out fallow stalking and has a go at the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Driven grouse, Birr Castle game fair and foxing
We’re off to Yorkshire, to Ireland and to the South-East of England this week. Yorkshire is home of Bransdale Moor, where William Powell Sporting is showing excellent driven grouse with guns including Mark Osborne and Simon Ward. We’re at Birr Castle, Co Offaly, where the Great Game Fairs of Ireland are doing what they do […]
Louisiana hog hunting
Here is the Alabama kid with his 1,051lb pig. Click here for the story Americans enjoy hunting both of their hog varieties. There are the wild boar, known as the ridgeback, and the wild pigs, domesticated breeds, gone feral. The wild boar grow to around 300lb and have a reputation for being aggressive. The feral […]
Go large! USA gun shops – watch and weep
Hunting and fishing is on a different scale in the States and so is the shopping experience. Before visiting the Shot Show in Vegas we enjoy some retail therapy. We check out a BassPro and an independent gun store that dwarfs anything in the UK. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 113. To […]
How to shoot zombies with real bullets
America has a new and dangerous quarry species that’s emerged this year: the zombie. Of course, they don’t exist… or do they? It all starts in the swamps of Louisiana. Last year, a local hunter claimed he found his trailcam smashed. He retrieved the card from it and found this picture. Fake or not, […]
Pigeons The Experts’ Way
It’s our new pigeon DVD – the perfect Christmas present for the keen pigeon shooter. Pigeons The Experts’ Way, with Andy Pye & Mark Gilchrist, makes great viewing and is packed with tips for successful decoying. Whether you’re an experienced shot or a complete novice, we can all learn by watching an expert pigeon shooter […]
