Fieldsports Britain – Red Rut Fight Sequence
We put a camera on red stag’s head so it can record the rut. It does magnificently – fighting other stags, drinking, fraying – but can we retrieve the camera? Plus we go stalking on the Ardnamurchan estate in Scotland with Niall Rowantree, who talks us through the rut. He has a guest, Alkhas Khametov, […]
The Beating Line: Blaze Orange – is it British?
We are back on the beating line with three generations of the same family. This time, we ask grandfather Peter to try something new: blaze orange. Then we ask the rest of the beating line if it will catch on. For all the films on our series The Beating Line, visit www.fieldsportschannel.tv/the-beating-line-whats-it-all-about/ The Beating Line […]
A Year in the Life of Red Deer, part 3
Red stags in the rut, fighting other stags, defending their hinds, and hunted by stalkers: the cycle of life and death continues in the Scottish Highlands. Beautiful camerawork brings you the latest in our series, A Year in the Life of Red Deer. Niall Rowantree of West Highland Hunting takes a guest out on to […]
#Stagcam – red stag drinking
Watch a red stag drink from a unique perspective. We put a camera on the antlers of a red stag during the rut and recorded what happened next. It’s #stagcam ▶ For more about Blaser in the UK, visit Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For Blaser in the rest of the world, go to Blaser.de ▶ For #LeicaHunting […]
#Stagcam – fraying
Stags rub their antlers on trees in behaviour called fraying. We put a camera on the antlers of a red stag during and record it. It’s #stagcam ▶ For more about Blaser in the UK, visit Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For Blaser in the rest of the world, go to Blaser.de ▶ For #LeicaHunting kit, visit uk.leica-camera.com/Sport-Optics/Leica-Hunting […]
#Stagcam – fight sequence
Feel the impact as the full force of a Scottish stag slams into you. We put a camera on the antlers of a red stag during the rut and record a red rut fight sequence. The grinding noise is the stag grinding its teeth – a sign of aggression. It’s #stagcam ▶ For more about […]
#Stagcam – red stag avoids a fight
When a big ugly red stag is charging at you, maybe it’s best to retreat. We put a camera on the antlers of a red stag during the rut and record what happens. The grinding noise is the stag grinding its teeth – a sign of aggression. It’s #stagcam ▶ For more about Blaser in […]
#Stagcam – red stag roaring
See a red stag roar from a totally new perspective. We put a camera on the antlers of a red stag during the rut and record what happens. It’s #stagcam ▶ For more about Blaser in the UK, visit Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For Blaser in the rest of the world, go to Blaser.de ▶ For #LeicaHunting […]
Fieldsports Britain – Drückjagd in Germany
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgAoMS0lbzw Four wild boar, three shots at foxes (missed), two roe does, a red hind and a mouflon: it turns out to be Paul’s best driven hunt ever, as he joins 40 other shooters at Laubach Castle in Germany. He is there to try out the Zeiss V6 scope, Hornady’s plastic-tipped ELD-X and lead-free ETX […]
Bloopers 2017
Here are the highs, the lows and the even lowers of making a weekly show about hunting and shooting during 2017. We’re already looking forward to 2018 (brave face). This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 422. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain422
Wild boar driven hunt
Standby for fast-action boar hunting as the world’s sporting journalists convene at Laubach Castle for the annual Zeiss Media Hunt. Paul Childerley is there from the UK, shooting a Merkel Helix with Zeiss V6 scope and using Hornady plastic-tipped ELD-X ammunition. See how he gets on… For the Zeiss V6, visit Zeiss.co.uk/sports-optics/en_gb/hunting/riflescopes/conquest-riflescopes/conquest-v6/conquest-v6-1-1-6×24.html For more about […]
Fox Bullets Classic Hunter on test on foxes and deer
Roy Lupton is out in the South of England to test lead-free ammunition on a fox. He calls it in with a FoxPro Inferno caller and shoots it with an 80-grain softpoint from Fox Bullets. Then Roy cuts open the animal to see the damage, and how effective the bullet has been at killing the […]
Sako factory tour and driven hunt
Paul Childerley and Dom Holtam go to Finland to see how Sako makes its rifles – and they go on a traditional Finnish driven hunt. They are after whitetail deer (Finland has had whitetail since the 1930s) and elk, and it’s a chance to use new Sako rifles and ammunition. For more about Sako, visit […]
Fieldsports Britain – Paul’s whitetail hunt
British pro stalker Paul Childerley is after the whitetail deer in the Finnish forests. He is visiting the Sako factory with Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam, to look at new rifles and ammunition, and to try them out on a driven hunt. Meanwhile, Roy is keen to try out lead-free bullets on deer and foxes. […]
Hunting speedy wild boar in Corsica
Hunting on tap in a holiday resort? Charlie Jacoby goes to the Mediterranean Island of Corsica to visit an estate that’s alive with pheasant, partridge and some of the fastest wild boar in Europe. To go hunting in l’Ortolu valley in Corsica, visit www.murtoli.com It is also listed in www.magicsafarilodges.com This film was first shown […]
Muntjac stalking in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire offers some of the best muntjac stalking in the UK. Hunting this deer is an obsession for some. Roy Lupton takes his rifle to see what all the fuss is about. To go stalking with Mike and Barry, visit www.muntjacstalkinguk.com This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 420. To watch the whole […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s Munty Double
Roy Lupton is stalking one of Britain’s smallest deer. He is after muntjac in Bedfordshire, and gets within shooting distance of two. Meanwhile, Charlie is in Corsica after driven wild boar. And we continue our series The Beating Line, featuring a son, father and grandfather who beat on a shoot in the south of England. […]
The Beating Line: What’s Not to Like?
Richard is the middle of three generations of beaters on a shoot in Bedfordshire. He explains why he loves going beating at his local shoot. For all the films on our series The Beating Line, visit www.fieldsportschannel.tv/the-beating-line-whats-it-all-about/ This item is brought to you by: Seeland www.seeland.com Skinners www.skinnerspetfoods.co.uk To go shooting with Paul Childerley, visit […]
Rhino darting, with Dr Kevin Robertson
Here’s what it’s like to shoot a rhino from a helicopter. We hunters are fighting the war against poaching on every level, from government, through on-the-ground conservation programmes, to education. Southern African Wildlife College trains the professional hunters and wildlife rangers of tomorrow. Join the class as they do a rhino shooting practical, with a […]
Big Buff Hunt
It is one of the most exciting hunts you can do. African PH Clinton van Tonder takes an American client, Richard Burns, out after Cape buffalo in South Africa. Using Hornady’s Dangerous Game series of ammunition – expanding and hard bullets – they stalk into a group of these incredible animals, with the aim of […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hairy Brigands Pheasants
Among driven pheasant shooters, Brigands is widely named top British shoot. We follow high pheasant specialist Ross Neville as he shoots premier league drives, including Tommy’s and Waterfall. We are also enjoying the more sedate sport of roe stalking this week, with Byron Pace and Louise Gary after a buck in Scotland, while Owen Beardsmore […]
High Pheasants: Brigands Shoot
Are these the most challenging pheasants in the UK? Ross Neville thinks so. He is at the Brigands shoot in Wales, on two of its most famous drives, Tommy’s and Waterfall, among others. Plus he is trying out those classic high pheasant guns: a pair of Miroku MK60s. For more about the Miroku MK60 shotguns, […]
On Test: Mauser M12
The Mauser M12 has rapidly become one of the most popular sporting rifles in the UK. We take two versions of it out after roe deer. Byron Pace accompanies journalist Louise Gray who is using his Mauser M12 Impact for a buck in Scotland (back in the summer). Top stalker Owen Beardsmore takes Rupert Blackwall […]
Fieldsports Africa – Two of the Big Five
We are hunting rhinos and buffalo in this episode of #FieldsportsAfrica. Dr Kevin Robertson is after the rhino with a dart gun, as part of conservation efforts by the South African Wildlife College. We get spectacular footage from helicopters of the rhino hunt. Meanwhile, back on the ground, we are after buffalo in Limpopo Province, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fast French Boar
Reach in and touch your inner Obelix. That’s what Tim Pilbeam is doing, stalking wild boar in France. Of course he uses a rifle, not magic potion, but the effects are the same on the boar. Meanwhile, there’s the first in our series The Beating Line, about what beaters do, following three generations on the […]
The Beating Line: What’s It All About?
We are out with three generations of beaters from the same family: Jack, Richard and Peter Smith are father, son and grandson. It’s the first in our series about beating, and the youngest, Jack, explains what beating is all about. In the second film, we meet dad Richard. He explains why he loves going beating […]
Boar Hunting in the Sologne
Tim Pilbeam stalks wild boar in the Sologne, one of the great hunting regions of France. He is out with JP Bourgneuf and Désirée Lantz. To go hunting with JP and Désirée, visit www.wildboar-hunting-france.com Contact Tim Pilbeam at tim@rucksackandrifle.co.uk For more about Steyr’s rifles, go to www.steyr-mannlicher.com For the Zeiss binos Tim is using, go […]
Fieldsports Britain – Crow’s Challenging Game Day
They are some of the most challenging pheasants that Andy Crow has seen. He is at the Upperwood Estate in Yorkshire, where pheasants and partridges are driven off high moorland. He is shooting with a team of guns invited by Jack Pyke. Meanwhile, David and Sam Pomeroy are Dorset fox shooters with a duck-guzzling fox […]
High Pheasants: Upperwood Estate
Close-up, slow-motion photography reveals just how much lead a high pheasant needs, as Andy Crow goes shooting in Yorkshire on of the UK’s specialist high-pheasant shoots, Upperwood Estate. It is a Jack Pyke day – and he is there to shoot the Jack Pyke catalogue, too. Expect banter. Crow is shooting at the Upperwood Estate, […]
Dorset Foxshooter
There’s a big, fat fox taking ducks on a shoot, and other foxes congregating in the lambing fields. It all means work for Dorset foxshooter David Pomeroy and his son Sam as they do their rounds with a rifle after dark. David Pomeroy’s kit is: Blaser R8 Professional Success www.blaser-sporting.com Pulsar spotter from www.thomasjacks.co.uk Armasight […]
Vinnie’s new shooting vehicle
Vinnie Jones has a new shooting vehicle. The Hollywood actor, former footballer and keen shooter made this video himself as he went to pick it up from Stuart Brown Body Repairs, which did the work on it. An incredibly detailed job, it took two years. Based on a 1995 Land Rover Defender and a Sperrin […]
Fieldsports Britain – A Year in the Life of Red Deer, part 2
We are stalking red stags with Niall Rowantree on the Ardnamurchan Estate. A few weeks in the late summer and autumn are almost all the time a Scottish estate has to make money out of deerstalking. Niall and his team are working flat out to give the clients what they want: the glorious Scottish landscape […]
Fast action ferreting
The South Somerset Ferreters are back in action, with loads of dogs – but do they have enough ferrets for a monster of a rabbit bury? They are ferreting a hill that is a honeycomb of rabbit holes. For more films with the South Somerset Ferreters, go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/south-somerset-ferreters/ Find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/143234755731581 […]
Roy calls a fox and a buck
With the fallow buck rut taking place haphazardly across Roy’s ground, it’s a challenge to call a buck. Roy Lupton has a morning’s stalking, and tops it off by calling in foxes. For more films from Roy, go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/roy-lupton/ This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 415. To watch the whole show […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fallow Buck Rut
Roy Lupton is back where he shot a huge buck last year. The fallow buck rut is once again underway, so the perfect time of year for Roy to put his calling skills into practice. He calls in fallow bucks and follows it up calling in foxes. Meanwhile, the South Somerset Ferreters are faced with […]
Hampshire Macnab
Every area has its own Macnab. In Hampshire, says Keith and Gavin from local sporting agent Glorious Game, it’s a roebuck, a partridge and a trout, all in one day. Roy Lupton gives it a whirl. To go shooting with Keith and Gavin, visit GloriousGame.com For high-res still pictures from the day, visit www.flickr.com/photos/fieldsportschannel/albums/72157662131680168 For […]
Lighting up the bunnies
Roger Lait has his hands on more thermal spotting kit and scopes from Pulsar. Tonight he is using it to keep down the rabbit population in his home county of Essex. For more about Pulsar night vision, go to www.thomasjacks.co.uk For more films from Roger, go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/roger-lait/ This film was first shown in Fieldsports […]
Zeiss Conquest V6 riflescope – review
This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 414 The revolutionary new riflescope the V6, shoots long ranges, says Zeiss. We take it to West Wales to try it out with members of the British gun trade, plus Paul Childerley and Andrew Venables. For more from Zeiss, visit Zeiss.co.uk/hunting For WMS Firearms Training, go […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roe, rod and redleg
We have a challenge. Can Roy shoot redleg partridge, a roebuck and catch a trout all in one day? If he can, he has achieved the Hampshire Macnab. We follow him as he tries to achieve it. Meanwhile, Zeiss has brought out a long-range version of its new V6 scope. It invites the gun […]
Stag selfie craze causes injury
A ‘stag selfie’ craze is emerging among walkers in urban and suburban public parks that contain deer. Members of the public have been pictured posing in front of fallow deer at London’s Richmond Park in order to get a good picture for Instagram. Others have been condemned for doing the same with red stags at […]
State Government of Texas releases bird hunting forecast
The State Government of Texas remains an example to us all. It has released a 2017 Bird Hunting Forecast via Texas Parks & Wildlife. According to the film on YouTube, it’s a ‘season of plenty’ for upland bird hunters this year thanks to lots of rain and a mild summer. It adds that hunting in […]
British government tries to ban guns… again
The British government is exploring the possibility of another gun ban as it releases a consultation paper on .50 calibre rifles. Despite the extensive background checks required to become a firearms licence holder in the UK, it believes that a ban on the rifles will stop them being used in criminal and terrorist activities. The […]
Painting commissioned for Gamekeepers in need
Holt Auctioneers has commissioned a painting of a dog for one of its charity shoots. The artist, Aengus Dewar, posted a film of him creating the drawing of, ‘Sandringham Sydney’, who is probably the Queen’s most famous Labrador, on his YouTube channel. The shoot was held in aid of the Gamekeepers’ Welfare Trust (GWT). The […]
National trust vote to ban trail hunting sees low turnout
The vote to ban trail hunting on National Trust land was narrowly defeated. The result of the vote shows just how little anyone cares about hunting, just 30,686 people voted in favour of trail hunting, a figure that makes up just less than 1 per cent of the overall membership of the trust. Just 2% […]
Corbyn ‘not keen’ on grouse shooting
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he is ‘not keen’ on grouse shooting and is looking forward to a review of Bradford Council’s contract on grouse shooting on the Ilkley moor. The Ilkley Gazette asked Mr Corbyn whether the Labour-led authority should end the arrangement. And he told the reporter that he has “never been grouse […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fallow Cull
It’s everything you need to know about managing one of our most common deer, in this episode of #FieldsportsBritain. Fallow deer were released all over England to provide sport for kings and noblemen. Now it is up to deer managers to ensure the herds stay healthy. In Part 1 of ‘A Year in the Life […]
A Year in the Life of Fallow Deer
Human-animal conflicts hit the headlines as Britain becomes more crowded, and there’s no animal in Britain as big or as conflicting as deer, writes Alex Howell. In urban parks in the summer, they are placid and approachable. The autumn brings dark nights, increased risk of collision with animals and – intoxicated by the deer rut […]
How to shoot teal – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
It is the target that catches the clay shooter unawares. It should be easy. Top clay shot Ben Husthwaite shows how to make it easier. This item is sponsored by Gamebore For more from the clayground, visit EJChurchill.com Ben’s website is BenHusthwaite.com For all of Ben’s films on Fieldsports Channel, click here This film was first […]
Farmer drives at hunt sabs with quad bike
An angry farmer drives at a hunt saboteur with his quad bike – while shouting “get off my land”. Violence erupted as West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs in black balaclavas tried to disrupt the Atherstone Hunt on Saturday 14 October. The farmer, dressed in green John Deere overalls, drives a quad bike up to three men […]
Violent sweary antis attack hunt supporter
Hunt saboteurs Paula Lamont (red rucksack) and Emily Hepburn / Fox (red hair) from @Bedsandbuckssabs found guilty of assault on Charlotte Tyers, shown in this video, and fined more than £2,000. In 2015, Paula Lamont, then aged 37, from Hertfordshire, was among a group of antis found not guilty of aggravated trespassing at Redhill Magistrates […]
