New hunting video awards 2017 – enter now
At last: an awards for hunting videos on YouTube. Fieldsports Channel is on the judging panel of The Monocular Video Awards 2017. Sponsored by Blaser, Sitka and Garmin, the most public votes for your video wins you a Blaser R8 Professional Success rifle worth £2,200. The second most public votes wins a Garmin VIRB 360 […]
On Test: Gamo Maxxim Elite
Gamo has brought out a semi-auto springer airgun. Jamie Chandler tries out the Gamo Maxxim Elite. For more about Gamo, visit www.gamo.com This film was first shown in AirHeads episode 68. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads68
Egyptian Goose Pest Control with an Airgun
It is August and Richard Leonard has a new pest control problem on the farm in South Africa’s Eastern Cape that can be solved by airguns. He is out after Egyptian geese and the largest African waterfowl, spur-winged geese. Richard uses an Air Arms S510. Richard is supported by Air Arms. For more, go to […]
Airheads – Huge Goose Hunt with Airguns
It’s our airgun show AirHeads: Richard Leonard is after Africa’s largest waterfowl as part of a, literally, huge pest problem on the farm in the Eastern Cape. Meanwhile, Jamie Chandler is trying out the new Gamo Maxxim Elite – it is a semi-auto springer. There is HotAir airgun news and the best airgunning videos on […]
Wild boar bites Japanese pensioners
A wild boar has spread havoc in a peaceful residential area in southern Japan by attacking a man in a wheelchair, biting two pensioners and charging into a motorbike and a car. The boar which was on the loose for eight hours in Sasebo city, was stopped by a man with a golf club before […]
Prince William’s favourite charity tackles poaching
Prince William’s favourite charity is promoting an anti-poaching operation in the Serengeti. United for Wildlife is a collaboration between seven of the largest field based international conservation organisations and The Royal Foundation. The Singita Grumeti reserve in Tanzania was set up by American billionaire and hunting lodge owner Paul Tudor Jones. A new film on […]
Shooters and birdwatches team up to fight poaching in Lebanon
Shooters and birdwatchers have come together to try to stop the slaughter of dozens of birds of prey in Lebanon. Calling themselves the ‘bird guards’, an international team of bird conservationists teamed up with local pro regulation hunters and birdwatchers to carry out anti-poaching operations. They witnessed the shooting of more than 100 protected birds […]
Sir Humphry misses pheasant season to go riding
One of Britain’s top shoot owners will miss the start of the season because he is riding his horse the length of Britain. As the pheasant-shooting season gets underway in the UK, 81-year-old Sir Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield who owns Chillingham Castle in Northumberland is riding his horse Barack, named because the horse is half black […]
Packham jumps on National Trust bandwagon
BBC TV presenter Chris Packham is in the limelight again after publicly supporting proposals to ban trail hunting on National Trust land across the UK. Trail hunting was adopted by hunts ten years ago after the fox hunting ban came into force. The legal practice involves dogs chasing an artificial scent rather than a live […]
‘Rocrow’ drone trains birds of prey to hunt
We are with Roy Lupton as he gets his hands on the Rocrow falconry flight trainer. He uses it to train his birds of prey to chase and bring down their quarry. But what exactly is Rocrow? The company, which is based in West Wales, has been involved in falconry science since 1968. Its staff […]
How to set up Pulsar XP50 Trail thermal night vision
The pheasant shooting season is underway and gamekeepers are under pressure to keep fox numbers down. Paul Childerley tries out a new thermal scope from Pulsar, the XP50 Trail, with the help of Johnny Muston from R&K Stockcraft. Paul Childerley is best known on Fieldsports Channel for his deer stalking but he also runs a […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fighter Falcons
Incredible footage of falcons hunting and in flight as Roy Lupton teaches his birds of prey to hunt by using a specially-designed drone, called a Rocrow. These birds will be able to take these skills into the hunting field and use it to knowck down birds and animals for real. Meanwhile, Paul needs to go […]
Blaser Sporting’s Christmas kit 2017
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Scottish sporting rates – new tax for Scotland
From 1 October 2017, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon will mount a new attack on Scottish sporting estates. Her years of forcibly buying their land, shooting their deer, poisoning their salmon, and briefing against them and the people they employ to manage Scotland’s landscape have failed. She has not ‘driven the foreigners out of Scotland’, nor […]
A lad’s first stag
A young stalker is out after a red stag for the first time. He is stalking at the Ardnamurchan with Niall Rowantree of West Highland Hunting. Rifle is a Blaser R8 and scope and binos by Swarovski. This film is sponsored by Swarovski and Blaser. For more about Blaser, go to www.blaser-sporting.com For Swarovski’s range […]
Fieldsports Britain – Scotland
A young lad on his first stalking trip has a stag in his sights. In this week’s #Fieldsports Britain, we look at why Scottish stalkers and gamekeepers are the heroes of Scottish tourism. Plus we look at what Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is doing to destroy their work. It’s all about Scotland – and […]
Axis Deer Hunt in Argentina
Axis deer are a pest to farmers in northern Argentina. In the latest in his Rucksack & Rifle series, Tim Pilbeam has come from the UK to hunt them, a trip which starts with him paddling a canoe up a South American river. To go hunting axis deer + doves, water buffalo and wild boar, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Tropical Deer Stalking
Tim Pilbeam leaves his comfort zone of fallow and roe stalking in England to pick up Rucksack & Rifle and paddle up a river in Argentina in order to hunt axis deer. It is an extraordinary hunting experience for him, both the tropical landscape and the thick scrub where the animals hide out. Back in […]
Crow’s New Toys
Crow has been sent loads of new kit to try on pigeons and deer: – a new stock on his Blaser F16 – a new Blaser R8 with two barrel options – a personalised Aimpoint gun sight – new UK Shoot Warehouse pigeon decoys – new Gamebore Clear Pigeon cartridges Jon Carrington from Blaser Sporting […]
What does it take to launch a shotgun in the UK?
Where do you start? A glossy promotional campaign? Attractive models? And the skilled craftsmanship to produce a high-end product? Well, that’s exactly what the latest launch from Sauer has. The new firearms off the production line are the Sauer Artemis a shotgun specifically designed for women, and the Sauer Apollon, designed for men. The German […]
How to shoot loopers – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
We are with the bad boy of shooting, Ben Husthwaite who looks at how to take a looping bird. Ben breaks down the shot, the posture you need and how to take the shot. Ben also goes into the mentality he has before and between a stand and how it will help a shooter’s composure […]
Walked-up partridge with the new Sauer Artemis
It is a partridge shoot that is more than just a shoot. This is a day for shooters and dog handlers, organised by gundog trainer Jason Mayhew. The day gives the dogs the field experience they need before the trialling season starts. Meanwhile, Jenna Gearing, a countrysports sculptor, swaps her usual rifle for the new […]
Driven grouse in Scotland
It is driven grouse at its finest. Shooter Ross Neville is on a tour of British grousemoors. We spend a day with him at Lochan in the Angus Glens, where the birds are in numbers never before seen on this moor. He tries out one of the guns from the John M Browning Collection. For […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fastest Birds You Can Shoot
The cream of the cream of British sport in in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain: we are in the Angus Glens on a driven grouse day, and shooter Ross Neville is trying out a new Browning in one of the most abundant seasons the moor has known. Plus we get to look at how shooters get on […]
Countryside Alliance launches podcast
The Countryside Alliance has launched a podcast. The online radio show is hosted by Rachel Smedley and the CA’s head of shooting, Liam Stokes. It is called ‘Voice of the Countryside,’ and presenters will regularly delve into topical rural issues. The first podcast is available to download now and touches on the topic of trail-hunting […]
Shooters ain’t mathematicians
One of the biggest problems facing pheasant shooters is calculating where they are to stand on a peg when the shoot captain has said ‘numbering left to right and moving up two’. There is now an app to solve that problem. Shooter and Fieldsports Channel viewer Stephen Brown designed the app, which is available free […]
Sauer launches new shotgun
Gunmaker Sauer is launching two new shotguns. They are called the Apollon and the Artemis. The Artemis is specifically designed for women. Top sporting sculptor and Fieldsports Channel regular Jenna Gearing, models the Artemis shotguns in the new campaign alongside her sister Ellen. You can see Jenna put the gun through its paces in an […]
Fisherman catches 225kg tuna off Wales
A sea angler took two hours to reel in one of the largest tuna caught in British waters while he was hunting for shark. Using a rod he designed himself, Andrew Alsop caught the 225kg Atlantic bluefin tuna about 20 miles off the Welsh coast, near an area known as the Celtic Deep. The fish […]
Old duckhunting trick makes firefighters national heroes
Two firefighters who used an old duckhunting trick to put out a fire caused by Hurricane Harvey are now national heroes. Jason Hunt and Beau Bishop had been seconded from Arkansas to help fight fires in Houston. They attempted to attach a hose to a fire hydrant, only to discover there wasn’t enough pressure for […]
Former rugby star warns of the dangers of tick bites
With the deer stalking season back in full swing and red stag stalking underway in Scotland, Lyme disease is back in the spotlight. Former England rugby captain Matt Dawson has revealed he had to have heart surgery after being bitten by a tick. He was bitten by the bug in London while visiting a park […]
Fieldsports Channel lights up Pulsar
Fieldsports Channel features products from across the shooting industry – and top brands keep coming back to showcase their latest piece of hardware off the production line on our YouTube channel. One of the latest collaborations is with Thomas Jacks, the UK’s distributor of Pulsar night-vision and thermal gear. It is essential kit for rabbit […]
Buzzard attack leaves runner with head injuries
A jogger has been left with a painful wound on his head after being attacked by a buzzard while out running. Andy Llewellyn was jogging in Chellaston, Derby, when he was set upon by the bird of prey. Mr Llewellyn, said: “I was just jogging along and without any warning I got an almighty smack on […]
AR Foxshooting in Essex
The rabbits have taken over a nice garden in Essex, and the foxes aren’t far behind. Who you going to call? Roger Lait. He has an AR-style rifle in .223 and the new Pulsar N970 LRF night vision scope. We know Roger Lait best for his air-gunning exploits, you can normally see him on the […]
Goose Shoot
Around 400 canada and greylag geese are landing on a stubble field in Bedfordshire. The farmer wants them moved on, so he calls on Paul Childerley and Jason Doyle. Usually deer experts, they turn their hands to gooseshooting – and approach it with careful planning and man power. It is a new pairing this week: […]
Fieldsports Britain – ‘The Professionals’
It’s like Bodie & Doyle – except it’s Childerley & Doyle. And what mission is Paul Childerley and Jason Doyle undertaking? They have got to move around 400 geese off a farmer’s stubble field. They do that, dropping more than 60 on the way. Meanwhile, Roger Lait has got a rabbit and fox problem in […]
Fieldsports Africa – Hippo Hunt
It’s a hippo hunt- one of the African big five. We follow aprofessional hunter, who manges a hippo herd, and we look at hippo hunting in South Africa and how it pays for conservation of a wide range of species. For more episodes of Fieldsports Africa, free to watch, visit www.fieldsportschannel.tv/channel/fieldsportsafrica/ Shares To find out […]
Fieldsports Africa guy launches hunting business
Rich Leonard, our man in South Africa has started his own outfitting business. As well as producing our series Fieldsports Africa you can now book hunting with him by visiting: AfricanHuntingSafaris.co.za To watch a film produced by Rich, showing you the type of hunts you could be a part of, watch the video at the […]
Kid finds gun and his mother pulls the trigger
A 10-year-old boy found a handgun in a dressing room in an Adidas store while out shopping with his mother in Atlanta, Georgia. When he brought the gun to his mother’s attention she pulled the trigger to see if it was real. The gun, a .22-calibre handgun fired a bullet through a wall in the […]
Thousands of salmon escape from fish farm into the Pacific
Thousands of Atlantic salmon have escaped into the Pacific after a net pen holding 305,000 of the fish was damaged. The fish farm in Washington State is blaming the mass breakout on a ‘structural failure’. Wildlife officials are calling for anglers to catch as many of the fish as possible. The fish farm company is […]
What is Emberleaf?
Emberleaf knives have been featured in episodes on Fieldsports Channel since 2017, showcasing high-end craftsmanship that not only looks pleasing but also performs exactly how it should. The business, which opened its doors in 2011, prides itself on making the finest contemporary handmade knives. It also offers a professional tool sharpening service in the Sussex […]
Behind the scenes foxing with Roy – what goes on behind the camera
At Fieldsports Channel we try to give a professional and educational outlook on all things conservation and hunting, whether that is new technology or pests that need taking care of on a farm. But, what is it really like being at the forefront of these films? In the latest episode we are with a Fieldsports Channel […]
PETA’s new anti-hunting campaign goes wrong
PETA has launched a new anti-hunting campaign that is going viral, but not in the way it wants. The American anti-hunting organisation came up with the overlay ‘Shoot Selfies not animals’ for its supporters to put on top of their profile photos on Facebook. They have also been producing t-shirts bearing the slogan. Hunters all […]
British Army sends super tracker to hunt poachers
The British army is sending a ‘super tracker’ to Gabon to help the government tackle elephant poachers. Corporal Gyanendra Rai of the First Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles is among those mentoring local guides on anti-poaching techniques. He is one of a group of 16 sent from the 2 Rifles infantry battalion. The central African […]
Fieldsports Britain – Half Cut Foxing
The trouble with foxshooting at this time of year is when farmers are cutting late. Fields are grown up and disguise the animals just when they are easiest to shoot, as this year’s young are starting to move around independently. Roy rises to the challenge and gives us a short, sharp foxing expedition. There is […]
On Test: Crosman air pistols
We ask a couple of kids to tear themselves away from Minecraft to take up shooting. They try out Crosman air pistols, including the PFM16 and The Iceman, and give their verdict. For more on Crosman air pistols, visit www.a-s-i.co.uk This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 405. To watch the whole show […]
How to sharpen your knife with leather – Stropping
You have used a stone to get your knife sharp. Now it’s time to turn to leather for the finishing de-burring. It’s the difference between a blade and a razor. For more from Emberleaf, go to www.emberleaf.com This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 405. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain405
How shoots protect against bird flu
What are the risks of an avian influenza outbreak in the UK? And what can shoots and shoot owners do about it? We ask a top gamebird vet and we talk to a shoot that has found an insurance policy to protect it. For ShootProtect bird flu insurance, visit www.shootprotect.co.uk To contact Alan Beynon, visit […]
Foxshooting in August
Roy Lupton is out after foxes in August. With the harvest just over, he wants to call in the foxes that have recently been disguised by crops. 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 405. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain405
How to shoot driven birds – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
Top shot Ben Husthwaite shows how to shoot driven targets – useful for both calyshooters and gameshooters. 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 shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 404. To watch […]
Hunting the boar that hunt sheep
Tim Pilbeam is in Argentina after lamb-killers. But these are not foxes or coyotes. These are wild boar. The pigs released in South America have developed a taste for lamb, and the only way to control them in the thick brush is to ride after them with horses and dogs, and shoot them at close […]
