Fieldsports Britain – Teaching ducks to fly + fox and pigeon shooting
We’re out with George Digweed putting ducks in the air; we’re using a new torch to find foxes (to protect those ducks); and Realtree Pro Staff are saving a farm from attack by pigeons. We’re stuffed with September sporting activities and new ideas on how to shoot pests and vermin in the air and on […]
British Wild Boar II… the sequel
Want to know how to remove unsightly pigs? Sporting Shooter magazine editor Dom Holtam is out shooting wild boar in Sussex, bringing a very English slant to the hunt for this incredible animal.The UK only has pockets of wild boar but already they are causing problems for farmers – and the government says it is […]
Mark Gilchrist shoots with Cirencester students
The Royal Agricultural College shooting society asked Fieldsports Channel regular Mark Gilchrist to a walked-up-stand-and-shoot day last season. See how he got on…. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain episode 115. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain115
Driven grouse – all you need to know
We are out on Bransdale Moor in Yorkshire with two of the best-known faces in grouse shooting – Simon Ward and Mark Osborne. They explain all you need to know about shooting driven grouse – how to do it, what to use and how to behave. If you want to go to the top level […]
Pigeon shooting and roe stalking in Fife and Perthshire
Where’s the best place to go for shooting in May? It has to be Scotland, especially Fife and Perthshire. Not only do you have wonderful roebuck stalking/hunting in the early mornings and late evenings, you get to go pigeon shooting by day. We are there with the guys from retailer Decathlon’s hunting department, Solognac. This […]
Deer warden deals with RTA
In this film deer warden, Dom Holtam, takes us through the do’s and don’ts of dispatching an injured deer lying on the side of a busy road. Deer wardens give up their time to attend road traffic accidents to ensure that injured deer suffer as little as possible. Wardens often find themselves in emotionally charged […]
Confronting angry antis
When anti-hunting animal rights activists left death threats and threats of violence against our contributors on our YouTube site, we thought it would be interesting to ring up one of the keyboard terrorists and ask if he really wants to kill us… There’s a serious side to this film too. Fieldsports are legal, fun and […]
Fieldsports Britain – Airguns vs shotguns on pigeons + big-bore air rifle
What’s best for pigeons – airguns or shotguns? Roy Lupton is armed with an Air Arms airgun and Mark Gilchrist has his trusty Browning Maxus as they try to rid a farmyard of ferals. The farmer has got a feral pigeon crisis. Meanwhile, our tame gun geek Tim Pilbeam has his hands on the new […]
Long range hunting – High impact filming
Having filmed a lot of slo mo air rifle shooting we thought it was time for some slo mo gun powder shots. We join Roy Lupton on a trip to help a farmer get rid of some lamp-shy rabbits. The rabbits are causing enormous damage to the farm. He’s shooting at around 300 yards / […]
Abbey Burton
One of the faces chosen by both Puretone and Idleback Chairs for their campaigns, Abbey Burton is ranked fourth in the world for women’s Olympic trap shooting. From her base in Somerset, she offers professional coaching in clay shooting, game shooting and archery to individuals of all abilities, whether you’re an experienced shot looking to […]
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Slo mo shotgun impact – Pigeons
Understanding the concept of “lead” when shooting a shotgun can be difficult to grasp. In this film we slow the action down. It allows the viewer to see the shot being thrown out in front of a fast moving wood pigeon…the bird then flies through the cloud of pellets. Often the shot can fall behind […]
Shooting pigeons in city centres
We’re in central London where the feral pigeons are a real menace. The birds have found all sorts of places to roost around a busy shopping centre. They’re next to the shops, in the car park and on the roof. Roy Lupton is going in with his Air Arms sub 12ft lb air rifle to […]
Fieldsports Britain – Grouseshooting, rabbits with Roy Lupton and pigeons
We are off to Yorkshire with Lee Maycock walking up grouse, we are defending a garden centre from pesky rabbits with Roy Lupton, and we are shooting pigeons with Realtree UK Pro Staffer Simon Barr. Game chef and champion of the Countryside Alliance’s Game-to-Eat campaign Lee is shooting grouse at the invitation of the Moorland […]
National Shooting Week
Pupils from the Durand Academy, a large primary school in south london, are on a trip to the country to try some clay shooting. The day has been arranged by the Countryside Alliance to promote National Shooting week (25 May to 2 June 2013). Under the watchful eye of the West Kent Shooting School instructors […]
Peter Wilson, Olympic Double Trap Gold Medallist, London 2012 – interview
How did Pete Wilson get into shooting? What was his training regime like? Why doesn’t he shoot other disciplines? And which is his favourite gun? We’ll tell you that one now – it’s a Perazzi. Find out the answers to the rest in this full and frank interview with the star of TeamGB’s shooters. This […]
Fieldsports Britain – Big night foxshooting with George Digweed
Shooting champions George Digweed and Olympic gold medallist Peter Wilson star in this week’s show. George is using a rifle to protect his pheasant poults from foxes. Pete is telling how he got started in shooting. And we are in Africa shooting gamebirds – francolin or spurfowl. Then there are our regulars: News Stump, Calendar, […]
Irish Game Fair 2012, Shane’s Castle
Review of the Irish Game Fair & Country Lifestyle Festival 2012, Shane’s Castle, Co Antrim. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 137.
African animal quiz
Do you know your African animals? You get a few seconds of film of an African animal – and you have to to name it. Then its name pops up on the screen (you need to have YouTube Annotations switched on, bottom right of the screen). Planning an African safari? Play this with your friends […]
Kit Special – Pulsar Digisight N750 Night Vision Riflescope from Scott Country
The brand new Pulsar Digisight N750 Night Vision Riflescope is designed for long range nightvision observation and hunting at night out to extended ranges of up to 600metres, giving performance that exceeds comparable Gen 2+ Nightvision devices. Resistant to bright light exposure, the N750 Digisight can be zeroed during the day, and even used for […]
African bird quiz
Do you know your African bird species? You get a few seconds of film of an African bird – and you have to to name it. Then its name pops up on the screen (you need to have YouTube Annotations switched on, bottom right of the screen). Planning an African safari? Play this with your […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting pigeons in Essex, and the fallow buck season starts
Mark Gilchrist is after a big bag of birds in Essex, Dom Holtam wants his first fallow buck of the season, we are filming Andy Crow with a new camera effect called Crow-Mo, and we are in Africa hunting blue wildebeest. Our mission this week is to do the farmers a favour. With the harvest […]
Olympics shooting news from London 2012
Get the inside track on the London2012 Olympic shooting events with world Cup gold medallist Abbey Burton. As the USA and China share the medals halfway through the games, we review performances by Kim Rhode, Vincent Hancock, Yi Siling, Yu Dan, Guo Wenjun and TeamGB shooters James Huckle, Rory Warlow, Richard Brickell and Elena Allen. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roebuck stalking and hunting special
It’s the roebuck rut and this is our roebuck special with no less than four outings after Britain’s best-looking deer. Roy Lupton is off to the roebuck heartland of Hampshire, where he hopes that muggy weather will be enough to get the bucks into the open. Simon Barr from Realtree is not far away with […]
How to clean a shotgun
We learn the best way to clean your gun with the experts from Browning. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 135. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain135
Fieldsports Britain’s Calendar – 25th July 2012
To ensure you don’t miss that important Game Fair, Clay Shoot, Open Day, DSC1 course, hunting, shooting or fishing season, check out our new series “Calendar UK”. And if you’re arranging an event that you want to go with a bang, Talk to James – james@fieldsportschannel.tv This week’s events Saturday 4th August. Stead Hall Firearms […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shopping centre pigeons + bucket-and-spade prawning
We’re shooting pigeons in a London shopping centre and we are prawning – the summer sport of choice for anyone on a bucket-and-spade holiday. We’re also at the Oxford Gun company’s ‘alternative’ game fair on what would have been the CLA Game Fair weekend. And we bring you regulars including News Stump, Calendar and Hunting […]
Where to put a gun cabinet
Gun security is vital – But where is the best place to secure a gun cabinet. We walk and talk you through the basics. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 134. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain134
Oxford Gun Company – Novice Schools Challenge August 2012
Two school girls visit the Oxford Gun Company for some expert tuition from GB shot Stevan Walton. The sixteen year olds are interested in being part of the Novice Schools Challenge, which is for under-21s who have not shot before — or not shot much. They get a day’s tuition at the Oxford Gun Company’s […]
Fieldsports Britain – Game Fair alternatives, wild boar and George Digweed
Wild boar under the moon in Croatia, how to set a clayshooting Grand Prix course with world champion George Digweed, all the latest shooting kit from Scandinavia: we have lots of new stuff for you this week. We’re also comparing shooting to tennis and bicycling as a sport for anyone to take up with the […]
CLA Game Fair 2012 – report from site
We speak to the man who made the decision to cancel this year’s Game Fair. We’re also counting the cost, speaking to the traders such as York Guns. There’s comment from shooting champion George Digweed and Sporting Rifle editor Peter Carr. Plus lots of shots of the very very wet site. Do you think it […]
CLA Game Fair 2012 – Cancelled
Constant rain forces ‘heartbreak’ cancellation of CLA Game Fair
Fieldsports Britain – Martin McGuinness on fishing in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin McGuinness has been an angler all his life. Right in the middle of the peace negotiations of 1998, he took up flyfishing and, on his second cast, he caught a salmon. As he opens the Irish Game Fair 2012 at Shane’s Castle, Co Antrim, he tells his story. That’s […]
Pellet power & performance – A hunter’s guide to shooting air rifles
This film clearly explains the fundamentals of setting up your air rifle for the type of hunting you want to do. We compare drop-off between pellet sizes, look at holdover, and show how important it is to zero your rifle at the right distance to improve accuracy. High speed video is used to help us […]
Fieldsports Britain, Pigeons, roebuck and airgunning tips
We’re protecting mustard from pigeons in Kent with the redoutable Andy Crow. Meanwhile, Roy Lupton is after a roebuck and having some trouble finding one. And Nigel Allen from Airgun TV is talking about a breakthrough in modern airguns: the Daystate Air Wolf. Plus we have News Stump, Hunting YouTube and even an amusing cartoon […]
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How to strip down a semi-auto
To show how simple it is to break down and build a semi-auto, we offered a teenager a box of shells if he could do it after just one demo. He accepts the challenge. Then we blindfold him and started the stopwatch. If he can do it, anyone can! This item first appeared in Fieldsports […]
Fieldsports Britain – How to fit your gun + crow shooting
How to fit your gun to your shoulder – and improve your shooting. We find out with the experts from gunmaker William Powell www.williampowell.com at a simulated game drive on the Hexton Estate. We are also out with Simon Barr from Realtree as he helps clear corvids on a farm. We are learning the best […]
Gunfitting day at Hexton estate with top English gunmaker William Powell
How to fit your gun to your shoulder. We find out with the experts from William Powell at a a simulated game drive on the Hexton Estate. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 135. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain135
Fieldsports Britain – Airgun safari round a British garden + hunting red hartebeest
Hunting rooks, rabbits or big antelope, we want to find out where the bullet goes and what it does. Airgunners, big game hunters and anyone who owns a shotgun will find plenty to watch in this week’s Fieldsports Britain. Roy Lupton shows how to choose the best zero for your airgun – and then he […]
Fieldsports Britain – Bambi-catching, chalkstream trout and pesky dassies
We are grabbing baby red deer (calves) to tag them, we are searching out the new super-chalkstreams for trout, we are discussing bullet drop while hunting rock hyrax in Africa and we are showing how to strip down a semi-auto shotgun… while blindfold. Plus there’s news on the Olympics, woodcock, and Hunting YouTube #FieldsportsBritain Shares […]
The Schools Challenge clayshooting competition, Bredon School, 2012
School kids from across England get together at Bredon School in Gloucestershire for a schools clay competition that’s part of the Schools Challenge series of events, an initiative by the Oxford Gun Company aimed at introducing children to shooting. Which school wins? Watch the item to find out. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, […]
Fieldsports Britain – The day of the jackal, Irish crows and young people try shooting
African jackals over a rotting giraffe, Mark Gilchrist after Irish rooks, crows and magpies, and the Countryside Alliance bringing young urban kids into our sport. It’s another summer sport special on Fieldsports Britain. Learn how similar shooting jackals is to our own sport of foxshooting, see how they get to grips with crows across the […]
Scottish boar, roe and salmon with Solway stalker Colin Lockerbie
Colin Lockerbie is a Zeiss professional hunter, one of the elite group of stalkers at the top of their game. He is ground stretches along the shore of the Solway Firth not far from Dumfries where, as well as stalking and gooseguiding, he is also involved in salmon fishing and haafnetting. In this film, he […]
Rapid rabbits: how many can Crowman shoot in an hour?
There are rabbits everywhere and this farm in Kent is suffering – but there is a professional shooter to clean them up. We’re out with Fieldsports Channel regular Andy Crow for a quick fix at the end of the day. He’s a busy man so takes his chances to bowl over a few bunnies when […]
Pellet power and performance – Fast moving targets
Lots of people don’t have access to a range to get into the swing of shooting driven game. Well here’s a cheap and cheerful way of getting used to moving targets. Why not get yourself a remote controlled car and strap a target to it? You don’t have to use a high powered rifle – […]
The Schools Challenge clayshooting competition, Oxford Gun Company, 2012
School kids from across England get together at the Oxford Gun Company for a schools clay competition that’s part of the Schools Challenge series of events, an initiative by the award-winning British clay ground aimed at introducing children to shooting. Which school wins? Watch the item to find out. This film was first shown in […]
British universities clayshooting competition 2012
The Universities’ Challenge, hosted by Oxford Brookes, takes place at the Oxford Gun Company, with teams from colleges and universities all over the UK competing for the title top shooting university 2012. Find out who wins in this film, which first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 122. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain122 […]
Trout fishing: Restocking reservoirs with rainbows
Reservoir fishing is incredibly popular in the UK, with more than 700,000 people doing it. We get a chance to see how the fisheries manager rears and releases rainbow and blue trout at Bewl Water in Kent, as well as top tips on how to fish for them. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, […]
Crow shooting patrol with the Winchester SX3
We’re after crows, rooks, jackdaws and magpies, protecting livestock feed from the thieving birds, and our shooter Stuart Williams from Kendal in Cumbria is using one of the best guns for the job, the Winchester SX3. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 123. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain123
