Vegan calls RSPCA to stop ferreters
A vegan woman called the RSPCA to stop ferreters. Kim Wright saw ferreters at work clearing rabbits in Trafford Park, Manchester, as she was passing in her car. She filmed the incident on her phone, sharing the footage on social media and she called the RSPCA. The rabbit cull is being carried out by a contractor using […]
Crow’s secret new pigeon cartridges
Andy Crow has a hush-hush mission on this pigeon shooting outing. Of course, he is protecting the crops on his Kent farm from marauding pigeons – but more than that he is developing a new pigeon cartridge with shotshell company Gamebore. Find out how he gets on. Jack Pyke kit from www.jackpyke.co.uk Decoying kit from […]
Paul hunts trophy mouflon
Paul has been offered a trophy 75-80cm trophy mouflon in Hungary. They grow to more than 90cm here. He is on a recce to find out about the stalking on an estate he may offer through Childerley Sporting. Paul uses a Sako from www.gmk.co.uk He has a Zeiss V8 scope http:www.zeiss.com and Shooterking clothing www.shooterking.com […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting Hungary in the Snow
Paul Childerley is out in one of the most beautiful winter landscapes in Europe. He is after trophy mouflon in Hungary. The snow and ice may be lovely to look at, but it does not make the stalking easy. Meanwhile, Crow is complaining about the weather. He is shooting pigeons on the farm he manages […]
Squirrels top US cyber security hitlist
Revealed: the most dangerous adversary the United States has faced, with no less than 879 attacks on American infrastructure, is the squirrel. According to the CyberSquirrel1.com website, squirrels top the list of animal disruption to electricity supplies and other utilities. Birds come a poor second with 434 recorded incidents and snakes third at 83. It’s […]
Gun control actress starts shooting
Gun control advocate Amy Schumer is starring in a film where she glamourises guns. The actress stars alongside Goldie Hawn as a madcap mother-daughter duo in Snatched, a kidnapping comedy. Schumer is on the Everytown Creative Council alongside Julianne Moore, Sarah Silverman and Rachel Drach. She backs increased background checks on gun sales.
Claysports Round-Up – clayshooting news
In Round-Up: CPSA Clay Shooter of the Year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgsDG6kUHqg FITASC 2017 major championships: www.FITASC.com Sunseeker Boodles Cup will be held on 8th February at Royal Berkshire Shooting School: rbss.co.uk/shooting-school/the-sunseeker-boodles-cup-leaderboard/ The British Shooting Show: www.ShootingShow.co.uk This item appears in Claysports, episode 15. To watch the whole show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/claysports15
High birds and the Browning 725 ProTrap
Champion shot Josh Bridges is at Coniston Shooting Ground to give his tips on shooting targets from the high tower, plus why he likes the Browning 725 Pro Trap. For more about the Browning, go to www.browning.eu/promo/b725_pro-trap This item appears in Claysports, episode 15. To watch the whole show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/claysports15 […]
Dartford Clay Shooting Club Floodlit Shooting
There is something of the night about this kind of clayshooting. Find out how Andy Crow gets on, shooting in the dark. Visit www.DartfordClayShootingClub.com This item appears in Claysports, episode 15. To watch the whole show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/claysports15 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter www.fieldsportschannel.tv/register
Claysports – Shooting Clays at Night
Andy Crow is shooting clays under floodlights at Dartford Clay Shooting Club. How does this work? Find out at a Saturday night shoot. Meanwhile, top shot Josh Bridges discusses high birds and Brownings. Here are the links to the items: Dartford Clays Visit www.DartfordClayShootingClub.com Josh Bridges For more about the Browning, go to www.browning.eu/promo/b725_pro-trap Round-Up […]
Advertising’s best shot
It’s the world of shooting’s current favourite commercial. This film is an advert made by German health food manufacturer Doppel Herz showing off a product made to support healthy eyes. The scene filmed in a shooting range shows some remarkable results.
PETA’s fur fury over Warhammer
The global figure phenomenon Warhammer gained a little more interest that it planned with its latest release. The futuristic wargame played with figurines, has warriors and characters wearing faux fur and this has annoyed PETA. The animal rights group released a statement condemning the fake costumes and even asked the Warhammer CEO to ban the […]
Fox in a hen coop
What damage can a fox do in a chicken coop? #CartuchosArmusa posted this CCTV video.
Army cooks game meat – Fieldsports Channel News
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Hen harrier egg on the RSPB’s face
The RSPB is in a new pickle over a hen harrier. The bird charity is trying to monster gamekeepers and believed it had the perfect story in 2016 when the transmitter on a hen harrier stopped working. The charity announced that the bid it called ‘Highlander’ had undoubtedly been killed by a gamekeeper in order […]
Hogs boom in USA
Feral hogs will spread to most parts of the USA, says a new study. Researchers at the USDA’s National Wildlife Research Center say in a statement: “Without immediate and enhanced efforts to curtail the spread of [feral hogs], we predict that large portions of the USA are in immediate risk of invasion.” The USDA collected […]
Hare fights back
This video of a brave hare fighting of a large bird of prey has gone viral. The clip doing the rounds on Facebook via newsflare.com shows the bird coming down trying despatch the hare. However, it does not expect the hare to put up a fight-back – with the old one-two.
Gunmakers’ new optics: Blaser Primus and Browning Kite
They are moving into the binoculars market with a bang. Two European gunmakers have launched a range of new optics. Browning Europe has brought out its Kite range of riflescopes and binoculars, priced in the mid market at up to €1,000 for 8×42 binoculars. Meanwhile, launched at the Jagd & Hund hunting show in Dortmund, […]
Lamping clampdown by Irish police
See someone lamping in Co Kerry, Ireland, and the Gardai would like you to call them. The Irish constabulary told the Irish Independent that those genuinely trying to catch rabbits have nothing to fear from with Gardai approaching them. Police came up with the initiative following a meeting between senior Gardaí, farmers concerned about interference […]
Headmaster who likes shooting
West Rise is no ordinary primary school. The Sussex school welcomes kids from ages seven to 11, and teaches them the usual math and French – and shooting. Find out why the headmaster of West Rise thinks this is a good idea. Visit www.westrisejunior.co.uk Watch Channel 4’s film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=McGynHspkos This film was first shown in […]
How a field trial works
Paul Childerley is hosting a field trial – and Andy Crow joins him to help put birds on the ground for the dog handlers. Find out how a field trial works. Paul Childerley’s website is www.childerleysporting.co.uk For more of our films with Paul go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/paul-childerley/ This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode […]
Warter Priory driven pheasants
They are some of the best pheasants in the country, and Ross Neville is in Yorkshire to see whether he and the Browning B15 are up to the task of tackling them. Find out more about the B15 at www.JohnMBrowningCollection.com For Warter Priory go to www.facebook.com/warterpriory/ This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain […]
Fieldsports Britain – Super High Birds
The last of the season’s stratospheric pheasants: we are at Warter Priory in Yorkshire with high-bird specialist Ross Neville to enjoy some spectacular shooting. Also, as the pheasant season draws to a close in the UK, we visit a field trial on Paul Childerley’s shoot in Bedfordshire. And we go to the school in Sussex […]
Florida brings in Indians to remove snakes
Florida has a well-known problem with Burmese pythons that now roam wild in the Everglades. Wildlife officials have tried all kinds of different methods of removal, incluing a bounty and a well-publicised public hunt. Now they have recruited tribesmen from India to hunt the snakes. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission believe Irula tribesmen, […]
Recoil film goes viral
A film of a lad facing off the kick from a shotgun has gone viral. Anthony Campbell from Illinois is shooting two-shot from a 12-gauge: a coyote round. And it bites back.
Swedish politician in hunting bribery squabble
The EU’s top finance minister is in trouble over hunting. Anders Borg (pictured), the former centre-right finance minister of Sweden and currently deputy chairman of investment company Kinnevik and a senior adviser to Citigroup, is also being investigated for allegedly accepting a hunt worth £700 (SEK7,000). The hunt took place in October 2014, after Mr […]
Famous Grouse backs grouse shoot ban charity
The Famous Grouse whisky is has a new brand called ‘Black Grouse’ and, to celebrate, it is raising money for black grouse protection. It has raised £600,000 so far and has decided to donate it to the RSPB, the charity that is working to ban grouse shooting. While grouse-shooters take on the hard work of […]
Tasmania gun law confusion
Tasmania is banning guns that the police ‘do not like the look of’. Tasmania Police’s new guidelines will allow them to deem guns illegal if they do not fit the right appearance. Instead of banning a gun type on the basis of its action, a new police document bans guns that ‘resemble’ a ‘machine gun’ […]
Duck decoy expert’s new start
Decoy manufacturer Sillosocks has a new owner. UK ShootWarehouse has acquired the business’s interests outside the USA and Canada. Sillosocks makes pigeon, crow, goose and duck decoys, and UK ShootWarehouse expects to add to these lines. UK ShootWarehouse director Kelda Bassett says: “We have an exciting new line-up of wildfowl decoys that we will be […]
Hunt master’s rude joke goes wrong
The perils of talking to antis: mobile phone footage captures the moment a hunt master tells a female activist he’d ‘quite like to s***’ her after she confronts him. Charles Carter, 33, was filmed telling the 41-year-old mother-of-four she was ‘very pretty’ before asking for her number and saying: ‘Can I take you to bed […]
Chinese Water Deer Double
Paul Childerley, Cai Ap Bryn and Johan ‘Trigger’ Solheim are stalking the field margins of Bedfordshire in search of Chinese water deer, perhaps the UK’s most extraordinary deer species. Find out how they get on. For Sako rifles, go to www.gmk.co.uk For Shooterking clothing, go to www.shooterking.com Paul’s website is www.childerleysporting.co.uk Ben’s work is at […]
Catching Rabbits with Goshawks in Scotland
Roy Lupton is in Scotland flying his goshawk on rabbits over pointers. It is fast-action sport – and a beautiful combination of man, dog and bird working together. For more films with 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 374. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain374
Fieldsports Britain – Fancy a Chinese?
It’s a deerstalking double as Paul Childerley takes Cai Ap Bryn and Johan ‘Trigger’ Solheim out after Chinese water deer. They are stalking these fascinating little deer in the South of England. That’s not all. enjoy the thrills and spills of catching rabbits with a goshawk in Scotland. Roy Lupton is working his bird over […]
Trump increases support for US gun owners
Donald Trump’s ‘Big day’ on national security includes new guidelines on gun control. The good news for the American NRA and most American gun owners is that he is moving to protect the Second Amendment – US citizens’ right to bear arms. A statement on WhiteHouse.gov makes clear the Trump administration’s position: “Supporting law enforcement […]
Bird flu hits game farm
Bird flu has hit a game farm in Lancashire. DEFRA says it will oversee the slaughter of 10,000 pheasants after the H5N8 strain of avian flu was confirmed by the UK’s chief veterinary officer. Some of the birds have already died. DEFRA has put in a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone around the infected […]
Deer killed by bottle
Here’s a new reason to pick up litter in the countryside. A deer that found an empty glass bottle has died. The animal put it’s tongue into the bottle, which stuck there. It smashed most of the bottle off but the remaining neck of the bottle constricted blood flow to its tongue, which started to […]
Olympic coach shoots tops of beer bottles
An Olympic shooting coach has shown off his skills on Chinese TV. Olympic shooting coach Zhou Shibing uses his air rifle to blast lids off bottles of beer in the TV special. Guns are banned but tolerated in China.
Airgun distributor helps Clarkson’s Grand Tour
UK airgun distributor Armex stepped in to help the Grand Tour. Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond’s new series needed a gun rack. Armex put in the hours to provide the UK’s most aspirational airgun rack.
Nicked! The thief at the gun show
A suspect has been caught on camera allegedly stealing a Trijicon scope and American Defense MFG mount at the ShotShow in Last Vegas. Standholder American Defense Manufacturing announced its gratitude to local police for their help in arresting a man suspected of stealing the kit. They sent out a Facebook post on Wednesday asking for […]
Professional hunters welcome China ivory ban
Namibia’s professional hunting association NAPHA welcomes China’s decision to ban ivory trade and processing by the end of 2017. NAPHA vice president Royston Wright says the move will decrease the pressure on the elephant population. Although ivory poaching only plays a small role in the total number of elephant deaths, restricting the trade in ivory […]
Scottish airgun ban makes 400,000 criminals
There are as many as 400,000 new criminals in Scotland. That’s the conclusion of BASC, which warns that BASC is warning that more than 400,000 airguns could be unlicensed in Scotland when the new airgun licensing law came into force on New Year’s Day. Of Scotland’s estimated half a million airgun, 17,000 have been handed […]
Squirrel nicks chocolate
In HotAir airgun news this week: BASC condemns Scottish airgun laws, Armex helps out the Grand Tour, HatsanUSA moving into bigger warehouse, Zhou Shibing blasts lids off bottles of beer, Daystate launches Saxon Limited Edition Wolverine 2, and Toronto store bans squirrels. Watch the whole show here
Beast of Cumbria spotted
Two ramblers claim to have spotted a black panther known as the Beast of Cumbria. Husband and wife Liz and Stuart Wild were walking in the Lake District when they came across the creature (pictured) near the hamlet of Little Langdale. Liz, 54, told The Sun: “There were some sheep in the field and one […]
RSPCA condemns pest control
A video which shows lads and their terriers keeping the streets of Liverpool clean from rats is the new target of animal rights activists at the RSPCA. A film on YouTube, called Liverpool Rats, shows dogs ripping into rats in a deserted Liverpool back street. A group of men can been seen guiding the dogs […]
Headshots: what makes rabbits boing?
Jamie Chandler investigates what makes animals including rabbits and squirrels jump in the air when you shoot them in the head. This item is supported by BSA. For more, go to www.bsaguns.co.uk It appears in AirHeads, episode 63. To watch the show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/airheads63 Sign up for the AirHeads newsletter. Go to […]
Dove hunting with airguns
Rich Leonard is after doves on a farm in Cape Privince, South Africa, armed with his Air Arms S510. This item is supported by Air Arms. For more, go to www.air-arms.co.uk It appears in AirHeads, episode 63. To watch the show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/airheads63 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter www.fieldsportschannel.tv/register
AirHeads – African Dove Control
Rich Leonard has his Air Arms S510 on dove patrol in South Africa. He is controlling these pest birds on a farm in the Cape. Meanwhile, BSA man Jamie Chandler wants to know why rabbits and other animals jump in the air when you shoot them in the head. He gets all scientific on us. […]
Elk test: why not to brake in snow
Dash cam footage shows an impressive near miss with four moose. Canadian James Levesque is driving on Highway 631 in northern Ontario when four moose abruptly appear on the roadside. As he approaches, two of the moose move towards the road, making it nearly impossible for him to avoid a collision. According to The Weather […]
Rhino War: Fieldsports Africa special report
Piet Warren looks at the carcase of his latest dead rhinos and says resignedly: “Live rhinos are worth only a third of dead rhinos. If you are worth more dead than alive, you will die.” This dead iconic African animal is yet another reason why the trade in rhino horn must be legalised. Conservationist and […]
Predator calling comp kills hundreds of coyotes
Around 300 shooters paid US$50 each to take part in the 2017 Eastern US Predator Calling Championship in Virginia. Brown and Mike Burgess from Maryland won the most kills category with 31 foxes. The US$6,000 grand prize for most coyotes went to Alex Poole and Logan Jones of Tennessee with 20. For more go to whackstarhunters.com/predator-calling-championship/
