Big game hunter buys a new Chapuis Armes double rifle
Roy Lupton wants a new double rifle. He travels from his home in the UK to France to buy a lovely new gun – and he takes time to tour the factory. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 106. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain106
Review: the Quex Museum – the Powell-Cotton collection
We take a look behind the scenes at the world famous Quex museum in Kent. Major Percy Horace Powell-Cotton (1866-1940) made 27 trips to Africa in an attempt to bring back and catalogue every species of African game. The museum even has his ripped safari suit on display… and the lion that got just a […]
The Blencathra Foxhounds
We join the Blencathra for a snowy day at Caldbeck, the home of the famous huntsman John Peel, known from the song “D’ye ken John Peel”. We look at the state of modern fellhunting, the legend of John Peel and why repeal of the foxhunting ban is more important than ever. This item first appeared […]
Fieldsports Britain – Blencathra foxhounds and blowing up Christmas baubles
It’s a bad day to be a Christmas bauble. We’re shooting a load of guns and calibres from .223 to .470 at them, then we are fellhunting with the fabulous Blencathra Foxhounds and we are pheasant-shooting in Dorset on the beautiful Crichel Shoot. Every day is like Christmas for Sporting Rifle tester Tim Pilbeam as […]
Shooting rats with the help of a digger
It is the final straw. Roy Lupton has tried to get rid of his rats by smoking them out, using terriers and air-rifles. Now he has had to bring in heavy plant machinery… This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 96. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain96
Taylor’s Travels: wildfowling in Cumbria
Countryside Alliance shooting director David Taylor goes to the Walney Island Wildfowling Club near Barrow-in-Furness to see how it manages its land and steers a path through the different political pressures of wildlife conservation groups, the submarine building industry and locals who drive across the sands. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 107. […]
David Florent teaches shooting
Shotgun instructor David Florent of the Oxford Gun Company teaches people who are new to shooting the basics of the sport, including gun mount and foot position. It’s easy to try out at home – even without a gun.
How to find lost or stolen dogs with DogLost
When Archie, a much-loved cocker spaniel, disappeared in 2009, his owners Simon Barr and Selena Masson thought they would never see him again. We meet Simon and Selena just after Archie was taken, and we talk to Jayne Hayes, the woman behind DogLost.co.uk, the service that reunites dogs with their owners. This item first appeared […]
Schools Challenge, Bredon School, 2011
Join the UK’s premier clayshooting initiative for young shots. It is the first of two clay competitions for school and college kids, held in the spring at the Oxford Gun Company. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 76. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain76
Fieldsports Britain – Kristoffer Clausen eats fox + chasing rabbits with lurchers
We are catching rabbits with lurchers, we are decoying crows and pigeons, and we even have a bloke eating a fox. On this week’s Fieldsports Britain, ace hunter Kristoffer Clausen talks about living in the wilds of Norway for a whole year. He is over in the UK to enjoy some crow shooting with Mark […]
Schools Challenge, Oxford, 2011
Join the UK’s premier clayshooting initiative for young shots. It is the first of two clay competitions for school and college kids, held in the spring at the Oxford Gun Company. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 69. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain69
Fieldsports Britain – Norma Ammunition
How does the world’s best ammunition manufacturer make bullets? We visit the Norma factory in Sweden to find out. We blow up all kinds of gunpowder and propellant, we look at the difference between plastic-tipped bullets and soft-points, and Charlie gets to shoot a Sterling SMG and a .505 Gibbs hunting rifle. With unprecedented access […]
Rhino hunting: do you or don’t you?
Torben Espensen saved up and made the trip of a lifetime: to hunt and shoot a southern white rhino in South Africa. It cost him ‘half a farm’ and it was, he says, the greatest experience of his life. But was he right to do it? This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode […]
Fieldsports Britain – Scottish stag rut and airgun safety
To Scotland to watch the red stag rut in the Monadhliath Hills with David Taylor of the Countryside Alliance and stalker Jimmy Irvine, star of the Highland Keeper DVDs. Then to the south of England to learn how to play a range of fox calls with Roy Lupton and to watch the definitive airgun safety […]
Taylor’s Travels: the red rut
Every autumn, Scottish stags clatter into each other and roar out their desire for their hinds. Countryside Alliance director of shooting David Taylor meets Highland keeper Jimmie Irvine on an estate in the Monadhliath Hills to watch this great natural drama play out – and learn a little about the politics of deer management in […]
The white fox of Kent
Game chef Mark Gilchrist describes how he and a friend shot two rare white foxes on farmland in Kent. The sighting has been described as a “once in two lifetimes” event. The farmer, however, doesn’t care what colour the foxes are – he needs them off his land to protect his livestock. Mark is quids […]
Zander and barbel fishing on the River Trent
Barbel and zander offer exciting and challenging coarse fishing. We are on the banks of one of the best spots in the country, Collingham Weir. Fishermen even queue up to fish here. We are after both fish species with Sporting Shooter magazine editor Dom Holtam and his old pals from school who have some luck […]
Taylor’s Travels: the grey geese
Greylag and pinkfoot geese brave a 1,000-mile journey across wild seas to come to the UK every year in their hundreds of thousands. Countryside Alliance shooting director David Taylor goes to Easter Ross in the Highlands of Scotland to witness this spectacle, and to find out how shooters help conserve these birds. This item first […]
Fieldsports Britain – Driven mouflon and how to call in geese
Blow those hunting horns! This week we are mouflon shooting and calling geese. We are on a 25,000-acre hunting estate outside Berlin as the guests of sports optics manufacturer Zeiss enjoying driven mouflon, wild boar and deer, with all the pomp and ceremony that a top German hunting trip affords. We are also in Easter […]
Fieldsports Britain – Our 100th birthday blooper reel
It’s our 100th Fieldsports Britain programme! And in it we have George Digweed explaining how to shoot straight, sika stags rutting in Dorset, foxshooting with a £330 new lamp and the blooper reel from our first 100 programmes. George recently shot the world’s longest clay pigeon at 130 yards, so he is in great shape […]
Airgun shooting, safety and ownership guide by Terry Doe
Want to shoot airguns? Here are a few tips from Airgun World editor and king of the airgunners Terry Doe. It’s a useful guide for anyone whether new to the sport or a national champion! Produced by AMTA, this film shows basic air rifle safety and awareness. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fallow buck in a tangle + Hampshire foxes + calling muntjac
What happens when a deer gets tangled in rope and fencewire? How do you call in a muntjac? Are Hampshire’s foxes really bigger? And how much fun can a Scottish estate be? You will find the answers to these vital questions and more in this week’s Fieldsport Britain, brought to you faithfully every Wednesday evening. […]
How to track down a man-eating lion
Faced with a man-eating lion, professional hunter Don Heath, tells us how he dealt with the disease-ridden cat. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 74.To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain74
Fieldsports Britain – Australian-rules fox shooting + YouTubers who hunt
A pair of keen Australian foxshooters sent us one of their fox calls – and we are trying it out in Pomshire. It’s the Thunder from Down Under but it brings in the foxes. We are also deerstalking in South Ayrshire with Chris Dalton of Ayrstalk.co.uk, we are training a peregrine to stoop on a […]
How to tell if a buffalo is about to charge
Professional hunter Don Heath needs to be able to read the body language of dangerous game. In this film he talks us through incidents involving buffalo. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 73. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain73
How to tell if an elephant is about to charge
Professional hunter and ballistics expert Don Heath talks us through the body language of African game. His job is to make sure his clients don’t get killed and to teach other professional hunters how to stay cool when faced with elephant, lion and buffalo. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain episode 77. To watch […]
Idleback Chair works at Bisley ranges
The Idleback Chair is comfortable – but does it provide the same accuracy as shooting prone? We ask GB fullbore target shooter Martin Watkins to check it out. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 97. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain97
World record longest shot at a clay pigeon
Twenty-times world champion George Digweed has set a new world record for shooting a clay pigeon. In front of the cameras from Fieldsports Channel, and using standard cartridges, he shot one at 130 yards. George pulled off the incredible shot at the Bisley Live shooting show. The record rounds off an incredible year for George, […]
Fieldsports Britain – World record long-distance clay + stalking Harry Potter’s stag
A world record long-distance shot at a clay pigeon, a dramatic stalk for a red stag across a Scottish estate made famous in the Harry Potter films and a happy afternoon firing shotguns at shooting glasses to see how safe they really are. It’s another quiet week on your favourite hunting TV show Fieldsports Britain. […]
How to call in roebuck in the rut
It’s a textbook demonstration of how effective a call can be during the roe deer rut. We are on a estate in Hampshire which hasn’t been touched for a few seasons in the hope of bringing in a big buck. The does are particularly receptive and they come back time and time again to play […]
Head shot? Bucks in tricky positions
We talk through shooting situations that present themselves during the roebuck season in the south of England. Is there a safe backstop, or is a head shot appropriate? These are some of the questions we should be asking, but what do you think? This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 85. To watch the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Zander, barbel, rats (with a digger), trout and game cookery
Zander fishing, rat shooting (you liked it so much last week we’re back with more) and why Cornwall is the must-shoot must-fish county in the UK. Dom Holtam takes us out after zander and barbel, two of coarsefishing’s best-kept secrets. Roy Lupton has put away the airguns and is moving on the rat-holes with diggers […]
Fieldsports Britain – The Warrener + driven rats + driven partridge
The Warrener, driven partridges, driven rats, and our competition to find Britain’s biggest rat. Roy Lupton uses everything from chainsaw smoke to Chinese takeaways to bring rats to his shotguns, airguns, terriers and blokes with spades. Meanwhile, a viewer from Hartlepool has sent in a picture of a rat that measures 18in from head to […]
Happy Birthday To You
For a shooter or hunter on your birthday, Browning offers this unusual version of ‘Happy Birthday To You’: bang-de-bang-bang, bang-bang! This first appeared as an item on Fieldsports Britain, episode 96. Music thanks to Al Mobbs at MobbsMusic. Venue thanks to the Oxford Gun Company.
Fox shooting and rabbiting with a Harris hawk
We pile on to Roy Lupton’s Argocat and head off with a rifle and Harris hawk. Both prove deadly this evening with foxes responding to the call and the birds hitting their targets time and time again. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain episode 64. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain64
Stalking muntjac in Oxfordshire
We’re out in the early morning with top stalking agent Owen Beardsmore of Cervus UK and his client Mark Broadhurst. We are looking for muntjac on an estate in the Chiltern Hills of Oxfordshire. Owen explains how he looks after the deer in his care with salt and mineral licks. Keith Watson turns up to […]
Hunting Hares with a Golden Eagle
Roy Lupton is on the Kingsclere Estate in Hampshire with his golden eagle ‘Baby’ on the look out for brown hares. We work hard for our quarry but there is an awesome flight showing just how incredible these birds and this style of hunting can be. This item first appeared on Fieldsports Britain, episode 62. […]
Shooting British wild boar in the snow + Ford Ranger test
We are shooting wild boar and testing the Ford Thunder pick-up. Editor of Sporting Shooter magazine Dom Holtam is also ex editor of Performance Car magazine and also a deer warden in Sussex. We attend a roadside casualty before going onto Dom’s high seat to feed in the boar with apple pulp. We return later […]
Maritime Media’s big screens for shows and events
Maritime Media was formed in 2009 and is an independent digital outdoor media owner, specialising in the supply, installation and management of large-format digital screens, monetised by advertising. With more and more ad spend being pumped in to digital, the sector is growing at an unprecedented rate and it isn’t hard to see why — […]
Fieldsports Britain – Pigeonshooting, gundog pups and how to be a better person
Pigeons, gundogs, and how to get qualified as a hunter and a shooter this week. – Andy ‘Crowman’ Crow is shooting pigeons with a Winchester SX3. – The Fieldsports Channel cocker spaniel is having puppies (here’s a blow-by-blow account of how to do it AND how not to do it). You can be better through […]
NVQ for hunt staff
Hunt staff are taking an NVQ1 in animal care and health & Safety, backed by the Countryside Alliance and run by Haddon Training from Wiltshire. So what can a Government-sponsored course do for hunting folk? We join a lad from the Kimblewick Hunt who is on it. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain episode […]
How to pass your DSC1 Deer Stalking Certificate
We pick up tips from a group of deer stalkers on the National Gamekeepers Organisation DSC1 course. They get to learn about gun safety, rifle accuracy, deer habits and the law, a quarry identification test and questions about meat hygiene. For the last part, they visit a £3 million game processing unit on a private […]
Partridge shooting with tanks
As a thank you to the forces serving in Afghanistan, the shoot at Sedgeford Hall on the Norfolk coast invite the locally based soldiers as guests on a driven day. In return light dragoons arrive with a machine that’ll certainly put some birds up. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 64. To watch […]
How to cook sea bass on a barbecue
Game chef Mark Gilchrist cooks bass on an open fire in the British countryside. Also on the menu are homemade venison burgers and pigeon kebabs, all served with homemade tomato sauce. Meanwhile, Dom Holtam tests a pie iron from Bushwear to ensure the sausages are done to perfection. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, […]
Wildfowling in Scotland
We’re with the Wigtown Bay Wildfowlers Club learning about how they acquired land with help from the Wildlife Habitat Trust. Then we’re sharing a muddy hole with a young wildfowler and his father’s hammer gun. With a 40mph wind he makes the best shot of his life bringing down a pinkfooted goose that’s going like […]
Air rifle review S410 vs old BSA
Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam compares the old with the new, testing the power of the Air Arms S410F with that of an old BSA – a tool many of us would of started shooting with as kids. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 86. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain86
How to make cheap shooting sticks
Mark Gilchrist talks you through how to fashion yourself a new set of shooting sticks with some baling twine and a few poles from a garden centre. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 77. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain77
Hunting big cats in the UK
Using sheep as bait, Peter Carr goes in search of one of the big myths of the British countryside: are there leopards or lynx, beasts of Exmoor or Surrey panthers, roaming our wild places? He heads for Pembrokeshire where there have been more than a dozen sightings. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
How to set up a quad bike for rabbit shooting
Mark Gilchrist shoots thousands of rabbits a year for farmers and landowners. He needs to be efficient at what he does and tonight he tells us how he likes to set-up and shoot from a quad. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 79. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain79
Fox charity dumps doxes in countryside
The Fox Project in Kent is letting foxes go next to a chicken run. It’s incredible how cruel animal welfare groups and animal rights people can be. Local foxshooter Roy Lupton is infuriated and imagine how the chicken owner feels. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain episode 84. To watch the whole show go […]
