Fieldsports Britain – the 1500m shot
Here’s how to add a few bells and whistles to your rifle (plus some technique) so you can confidently shoot a target out to 1,500 metres. We take a couple of perfectly ordinary Mauser rifles to the mile-long ranges of West Wales and get firearms expert Andrew Venables to talk us into the target. It’s […]
Crowman, David, Charlie and friends – FieldsportsChannel Podcast ep02
Let’s go behind the scenes at Fieldsports Channel with episode 2 of the Fieldsports Podcast (here brought to life on YouTube with a little light filming). ▶ Charlie talks about his career as almost being a trained mime. ▶ David reveals his connection with a sticky mess in the back of an ice-cream truck and […]
David Wright interview – FieldsportsChannel Podcast ep01
How did Fieldsports begin? How did talented ITV News Producer David Wright end up on the Fieldsports News Stump? And what gives him the drive to film from behind the shoulders of great hunters and shooters, and tell such entertaining and informative stories? The answers are here: nearly 40 minutes of chat with the man […]
How to shoot FITASC – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
FITASC rules – including how to bring the gun up – are notoriously easy to get wrong. Champion shot Ben Husthwaite shows how to get them right. ▶ This item is sponsored by Gamebore ▶ For more from the clayground, visit Sporting Targets ▶ Ben’s website is BenHusthwaite.com ▶ For all of Ben’s films on Fieldsports […]
Rifle skills
150 people came to the The Blaser/Mauser/Sauer/Minox skills day at Braces’ range just south of Bristol. They learned about how to shoot off sticks, how to adjust the turret on a scope, how to shoot running boar and they shot clay pigeons with Andy Crow. And it was all free! For more about the products […]
Crow shoot
Paul Childerley becomes ‘The Childernator’. The working gamekeeper is protecting his cover crops from corvids and even doing good work as a goose scarer. Plus he has a new Remington semi-auto to play with – and it has a devastating effect on the jackdaws. Modern Gamekeeper‘s sponsors are: ▶ Marsdens MarsdensFeeds.co.uk ▶ Remington RaytradeUK.co.uk ▶ Shooterking […]
Fieldsports Britain – Gamekeeper at work
Paul Childerley has to shoot the corvids off his cover crops or there will be nothing for the game birds to eat. He decoys them in to his new Remington semi-auto. Meanwhile, Ben Husthwaite talks through FITASC techniques and shows why he is a champion. Plus we are at the Blaser/Mauser/Sauer/Minox rifle skills day to […]
Wye & Usk Foundation
The future of our rivers rests heavy on the custodians that take on the protection of these environments. It’s not just about putting more fish in the rivers its about maintaining the delicate balance and making it accessible for anglers and fish alike. Dr Stephen Marsh-Smith tells us what the Wye & Usk Foundation have […]
Pike Fishing on Trawsfynydd Lake
We head to Trawsfynydd Lake in North Wales to fish the waters of the decommissioned Nuclear power station to see if Hywel Morgan or Ant Glascoe can pluck us a pike out of this vast body of once warm water. We fish the shallows, the deeps and just about all in between but were the […]
Marsdens Feeds factory film
Here’s what to feed your pheasants. We go behind the scenes at Mardens Feeds to find out what goes into their sacks of game bird feeds. They deliver 1.4 million of them to gamekeepers a year, so they must be doing something right. ▶ For Marsdens, go to MarsdensFeeds.co.uk Modern Gamekeeper‘s other sponsors are: ▶ […]
How to raise falcon chicks
Roy’s falcon chicks are hatched and growing – and behaving just like velociraptors. He tours the raptor maternity ward and shows how to bring on young falcons and goshawks. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 445. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain445
Fieldsports Britain – how to supercharge pheasants
Ever wondered what makes pheasants fly so well? Is it the dogs? The beaters? Well, gamekeepers might say it is the feed. In the first in our new series Modern Gamekeeper, gamekeeper Paul Childerley visits the Marsdens Feeds factory to find out what supercharges his birds. Staying on birds, Roy Lupton is raising several clutches […]
Wildfowling on the Humber
It was the home marsh of the godfather of modern wildfowling, Stanley Duncan. We visit the BASC founder’s club, the Hull & East Riding Wildfowlers’ Association, to go shooting on the north bank of the Humber. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 13. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain13
Volvo XC60: does it pass the elk test?
Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam is also a motoring journalist. So he’s well placed to say whether a vehicle can be a sporting vehicle as well as a family car. We’re messing about in the snow and seeing if the big Swede can pass the elk test. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Boxing Day meets 2009
Anticipation was in the air as thousands of people turned out in all weathers for Boxing Day meets all over the country. Anticipation of the hunt and anticipation for what 2010 may have to offer. Certainly those at the Old Surrey, Burstow and West Kent Hunt, which met at Chiddingstone Castle in Kent, were hoping […]
Southern fried venison steak – Hunt and Cook Recipes
Cai Ap Bryn shows how to cook a southern fried venison steak on an open fire, with paprika, chilli, parsley, ground coriander, black pepper, salt and rosemary. ▶ This item is sponsored by Sauer Rifles and Blaser Active Outfits. Visit Blaser-Sporting.com for more ▶ For Cai’s cookery, go to GameAndFlames.com ▶ For more films from […]
How to shoot ‘lucky’ clay targets – rats and rabbits – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
It’s the stand that reduces champions to also-rans. However, the rat-in-a-pipe is not a ‘lucky’ target, says Ben Husthwaite. In the latest of his clay pigeon shooting masterclass series, champion shot Ben talks a shooter, Dave, through the process of shooting rats as they emerge. ▶ This item is sponsored by Gamebore ▶ For more […]
Fieldsports Britain – Rat in a Hole
Ben Husthwaite shows how to shoot one of the trickiest targets in shooting: a rat in a hole. The clay emerges from the pipe and dribbles along the ground, making it hard to hit. But, says Ben, it doesn’t have to be hard. Meanwhile, #FieldsportsBritain would not be complete without News, Hunting YouTube – and […]
Shooting Goats in Galloway
We’re on an estate in Galloway in south-west Scotland. Nick Latus is starting the day the way he likes it: striding on to the hill, a rifle on his back. But he is not stalking deer. He’s after goats. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 10. To watch the whole show go to […]
British girl catches world record fish
It’s more like catch of the century than catch of the day. And next to 11-year-old Jessica Wanstall from Sittingbourne, the 193lb catfish looks like a beached whale. Jessica caught the fish on a trip to the Ebro River in North-East Spain arranged by her angling father Mark, who’s also landed some serious fish in […]
The Tunny Club
Imagine catching a fish weighing 891lb – and not having to go to the Indian Ocean or the Caribbean to do it. The Tunny Club began in the 1930s. It attracted film stars and industrialists – the mighties of the age – to the East Yorkshire ports of Scarborough, Whitby and Bridlington. For two decades, […]
Coarse Angling Christmas Present Ideas
The Tackle Box in Dartford, Kent is one of the most popular angling shops in the South-East. Carp specialist Lee Jackson says what’s going to be hot for the loved one (who fishes) in your life for Christmas This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 9. To watch the whole show on YouTube go […]
Angling Christmas present ideas
Farlows in Pall Mall is one of the grandest fishing shops in the world. The Tackle Box in Dartford, Kent is one of the most popular angling shops in the South-East. We ask them both, including carp specialist Lee Jackson, says what’s going to be hot for the loved one (who fishes) in your life […]
White Gold Challenge 2015 – the video
What was the course like? Who was in it to win it? We have all the action from the White Gold Challenge and the Gamebore Gold Cup finals at Westfield Shooting Ground in Gloucestershire. For more about the competitions, go to www.whitegoldchallenge.co.uk/ This item is sponsored by Gamebore Cartridges www.gamebore.co.uk This item appears in Claysports, […]
Challenge Aaron – Shooting in a Fat Suit
Some people complain that an extra layer of clothing means they are not shooting straight. Challenge Aaron this week finds out if that is true. The top competition shot tries shooting while wrapped up in a duvet. Can he do it? This item is sponsored by Laporte clay pigeon traps www.claypigeoncompany.co.uk This item appears in […]
Coming soon…
Why is Fieldsports Channel starting a crowdfunding campaign? Your investment in Fieldsports Channel will let us expand the subjects we cover in our popular TV shows. This means we can bring in new advertisers and eventually help us launch our programmes in foreign languages. And it is not going to stop us serving up […]
Browning Owners’ Club day 2011
Members of the Browning Owners Club come together at the Oxford Gun Company for a day of fun shooting and other activities – including who can dismantle and rebuild a Browning Maxus blindfold! This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 78. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter FieldsportsChannel.tv/register
British Deer Society AGM 2018
The British Deer Society AGM covered the big issues facing wild deer in the UK, including chronic wasting disease, ticks, hybrids, government policy and the nation’s love for our largest wild animals. Scottish Trustee Director and Area Chair John Bruce ran the two-day conference, which started at the Budongo Lecture Theatre at Edinburgh Zoo. Day two […]
How to shoot quartering birds – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
In the latest of his clay pigeon shooting masterclass series, champion shot Ben Husthwaite talks a shooter, Dave, through the process of shooting quartering clay targets. Shoot them where you are comfortable, says Ben. This item is sponsored by Gamebore For more from the clayground, visit SportingTargets.co.uk Ben’s website is BenHusthwaite.com For all of Ben’s films […]
Venison steak on an open fire – Hunt and Cook Recipes
Cai Ap Bryn shows how to cook a fallow haunch steak on an open fire. Make sure the fire is burning hot. Just add butter, thyme and garlic, and cook until the outside is brown (and the inside is still pink). ▶ This item is sponsored by Sauer Rifles and Blaser Active Outfits. Visit Blaser-Sporting.com […]
Fallow for the pot – Hunt & Cook
Cai has to set up an ambush if he is to shoot a fallow buck for the pot. He knows where they are – but they seem to know where’s safe. Find out how he gets on. For Cai’s fallow steak recipe video, visit ▶ This item is sponsored by Sauer Rifles and Blaser Active […]
Ben Husthwaite on what’s wrong with clayshooting
Ben Husthwaite speaks out: how come anyone can be a shooting instructor? what can the CPSA do better? what’s the point of pattern plates? (don’t expect modesty!). This item is sponsored by Gamebore For more from the clayground, visit SportingTargets.co.uk Ben’s website is BenHusthwaite.com For all of Ben’s films on Fieldsports Channel, click here This item […]
Fieldsports Britain – Deer Ambush
We’re out after a fallow buck for the pot with Cai Ap Bryn in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain. The game chef plans a steak supper – plus he gives his recipe on how to cook the perfect venison steak. We are also talking to the bad boy of British shooting, Ben Husthwaite, about how to shoot […]
Who is the best shot with a Beretta?
There is only one way to find out. We are off to the West Midlands Shooting Ground for the 2015 Beretta World clay shooting event. Find out what happens here… This item first appeared in Claysports, episode 3. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/claysports3 Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets […]
Cub scouts learn about keepering
Cub scouts from the Hawes Cubs pack learned about grousekeepering on a visit to the Bolton Castle estate. The cubs visited the shoot in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. Keepers show the 14 boys aged between eight and ten and their leaders different aspects of moorland management. In a post on Instagram, the estate reports: […]
Rare white roebuck pops up on Czech hunting ground
A rare white roebuck is living quietly in the Czech Republic. The albino buck is on the hunting ground of Fieldsports Channel viewer Folkert van Hoogevest. He runs hunting agency ArtemisBohemia – but he says he will not allow this animal to be shot. “Although we already got offers from hunters around EU, having seen the film […]
Close range ratting with a springer
We are spring-loaded and after rats at a local aviary. James Marchington doesn’t have to be too stealthy on this occasion as the rats are just intent on eating the readily available bird seed. This film first appeared in episode 3, bit.ly/airheadstv This item first appeared in AirHeads episode 3. To watch the whole show […]
Spring powered air rifle safety – Watch those fingers!
Technical editor of Airgunner and Airgun World magazines, Phill Price, explains how to handle and load a spring powered air rifle. It may be something many of us take for granted but the film shows just how important it is to grip the barrel and not let go whilst always keeping it pointed at the […]
The most expensive rat shot in the world!
Bringing together top-end Infra red illuminators, an FX Verminator air rifle plus Hawke scope with a thermal imaging camera, our technology expert Darren Rogers uses £10,000s worth of expensive optics to hunt down a single rat. Surely, this is the most expensive rat shoot ever?! This item first appeared in AirHeads episode 2. To watch […]
Stalking roebuck with Sporting Rifle editor Peter Carr
Peter Carr has been editor of Sporting Rifle since April 2009. He took over from Fieldsports Channels Charlie Jacoby. Now Charlie is going to visit Peter on his home ground in the Yorkshire Wolds with an invitation to shoot a roebuck. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 2. To watch the whole show […]
Grouse shooting in Perthshire on Atholl Estates
We’re out with a team of guns on the Glorious 12th August itself, thanks to the East Haugh House Hotel at Pitlochry – and they’re doing it in some style. Not only are the birds flying and coming down, the well dressed party are having a silver service picnic on the moor complete with piper. […]
Bisley Shooting Ground Review
At the heart of British shooting lies a lovely, leafy clay ground in old colonial style that provides shooting and instruction from novices to champions, clubs to corporates. We talk to clay ground manager Alex Roupell about what it’s like – and then we check if that’s true by asking the shooters. For more go […]
Crowhow: Pigeon Shoot Reconnaissance
Andy Crow shows how planning and reconnaissance can make a pigeon day work. He sets up his hide under a tree in the middle of freshly drilled crops. ▶ For more about Blaser’s F16 shotgun, go to Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For Gamebore’s Clear Pigeon and bespoke Andy Crow shells, it is Gamebore.com ▶ UKShootWarehouse is at […]
Fieldsports Britain – Delicious Deer
It’s the last episode in our series A Year In the Life of Fallow Deer. We are out with Phis Phizacklea looking not just at deerstalking but how to get the best out of the venison afterwards. He picks up tips from a speciality pig farmer. Meanwhile, Crow snatches a reasonable pigeon day from the […]
Grouse prospects 2009
It’s the run-up to the 2009 grouse shooting season. We ask three people closest to this incredible game bird – a scientist, a sporting agent and a Highland gamekeeper – just what’s in store for grouseshooters this year. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain episode 1. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain1 […]
English Open Sporting 2015
All the highs and the lows of one of the biggest clay competitions in the UK. Find out how the shooters get on at the English Open, held at High Lodge Shooting Ground in Suffolk. This item first appeared in Claysports episode 1. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/claysports1 Join the Fieldsports Nation. […]
Crow Buck
What a combination: Andy Crow and Jason Doyle head out roestalking on a lovely warm day in the south of England. Andy is sponsored by: ▶ Blaser Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ Gamebore Gamebore.com ▶ UKShootWarehouse UKShootWarehouse.co.uk ▶ Jack Pyke JackPyke.co.uk This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 441. To watch the whole show go to […]
Rest, Relaxation & Roe Therapy
Deer manager Paul Childerley is in Gloucestershire to stalk and cull roebucks. On a glorious English summer’s evening, what better way is there to shake off the cares of the world? The buck season is well underway and he wants to bring down numbers before the crops grow and they become hard to spot. He […]
Fieldsports Britain – Spring Roebuck
Everyone’s hunting British bucks. Paul Childerley is out on his ground in Gloucestershire, looking for cull roebucks. On the other side of England, Jason Doyle and Andy Crow team up to find bucks in Kent. And out how they get on. Plus we have a bumper News Stump this week, leading on the BBC’s recruitment […]
Packham’s fake news over Fred
Did animal rights activists stage the death of Fred? On 15th February 2018, BBC presenter Chris Packham released a film on YouTube suggesting that a golden eagle he calls Fred, hatched last year, was killed by a gamekeeper. Its satellite tag, maybe still attached to the eagle carcase, was apparently dumped in the North Sea. […]
