Tracking an injured sika in Ireland
What do you do when the shot goes wrong? A Swedish shooter and his Irish guide have to follow up an injured sika. Jens Ulrik Högh’s shot is blighted by a – well you will find out what when you watch the film. Happily, Norman Mulvany of Irish Safaris has the right dog for the […]
Sikajakt i Irland – Fieldsports Nordic #2
Jaktjournalist Jens Ulrik Högh besöker Irland för första gång. Norman Mulvany från Irish Safaris har inviterad på hondjursjakt på hans marker i County Wicklow. Vi jagar i bergen, på åkrarna och i skogen, men när jakten går snett måste vi jobba hårt i mörkret för att göra rätt för os… Irish Safaris’ sika stalking is […]
US trophy ban starts to kill wildlife
Sad news for the wildlife of Tanzania. The US trophy import ban on Tanzanian elephant and lion trophies is now having real – and potentially devastating – consequences, including the loss of decades of successful nature conservation. The following sad message is from Eric Pasanisi, one of the largest outfitters in Tanzania. Until now. “I confirm […]
Fieldsports Britain – Rifles for under £500
With rifles getting cheaper – and yet remaining as accurate as ever – what can you buy for less than £500? Tim Pilbeam gets together with Mark ‘260rips’ Ripley and gamekeeper Roy Foster to look at three of them, Remington 783, Savage Axis XP, and Winchester XPR, and to make a judgement. Meanwhile, for head […]
On Test: best rifle under £500
We review three rifles that sell in the UK for under £500: the Remington Model 783 in .243, the Savage Axis XP in .243, and the Winchester XPR in .270. Tim Pilbeam brings together a professional gamekeeper, Roy Foster, who wants a classic yet workaday rifle, and long-range specialist Mark ‘260rips’ Ripley, who wants to […]
On Test: Browning B525 Liberty Light
Here is an exclusive first look at Browning’s new Liberty Light in action. The Oxford and Cambridge University teams try it out at Varsity clay shoot at the EJ Churchill clay ground in Buckinghamshire. Plus Richard Wilson of the Cambridge University Clay Pigeon Shooting Club explains Browning’s connection with the varsity teams. Visit Browning.eu This […]
Wildlife: when animal rights gets it wrong
Animal rights organisations believe in letting animals run free. But look what happens when you do. Animal welfare consultant and former head of the League Against Cruel Sports Jim Barrington examines wheat we can learn from wildlife disasters including Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands and the Baronsdown deer ‘sanctuary’ in the UK, where well-meaning […]
Deerhunter on Strange Ground
Here’s a test for his stalking skills: Tim’s out with a Scottish stalker who simply points him in the right direction and lets him get on with it. Robbie Rowantree (brother of deerstalker Niall Rowantree) looks after land in Sutherland. Tim’s there for an unguided doe cull in the Scottish hills. Find out more: ▶ […]
British Shooting Show, NEC 2018
Shooting sports owned the NEC for three days in February 2018. The British Shooting Show saw tens of thousands of visitors come through the doors to visit stands that filled four halls. And we had a stand. A great pleasure to meet so many viewers. ▶ For the British Shooting Show, go to BritishShootingShow.co.uk ▶ […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fast February Pigeons
It’s a week of challenges and a week of new opportunities. Andy Crow has pigeons rocketing in to his Kent farm, looking for food. He has his work cut out shooting them in the wind. Meanwhile, Tim Pilbeam goes to a new piece of ground in Sutherland – and he is left to get on […]
Crowhow: defending winter crops from birds
The crops on Andy Crow’s farm in Kent are under attack from pigeons. With a good wind whipping them along, it’s challenging decoying and shooting. So what other challenges do a February pigeon day produce? ▶ For more about Blaser, go to Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For Gamebore cartridges, it is Gamebore.com ▶ UKShootWarehouse is at UKShootWarehouse.co.uk […]
Fieldsports Britain – The People’s Rifle
It’s a kit exclusive: we get the first look in the UK at the new Mauser M18 rifle, a workaday gun for deerstalkers and fox shooters alike. Tim Pilbeam goes all German on us, starts driving a VW Beetle and reviews the M18. Meanwhile, Roy Lupton continues his mission to prove that ‘green’ ammunition works […]
On Test: Fox ammo on deer
Roy Lupton is out in the South of England, testing lead-free ammunition on a fallow buck. Then Roy cuts open the animal to see the damage, and how effective the bullet has been at killing it humanely. Roy is a falconer as well as a rifleshooter, and he is worried about lead rifle bullets […]
On Test: Mauser M18
Tim Pilbeam puts on a German hat and climbs into a German car to discuss the merits of this new rifle by German gunmaker Mauser. The M18 is rugged and, well, boring – but does it do the job? For more about the Mauser M18, visit UK distributor www.blaser-sporting.com This film was first shown in […]
Fieldsports Britain – Deer Pioneer
What was the UK like when we hardly had any deer? How did modern deerstalking start? How did New Zealand gets its deer? We answer these questions and more in the latest in our series A Year in the Life of Fallow Deer. We follow stalker Phiz Phizacklea during the fallow rut and we talk […]
The Beating Line: Beaters’ Day
At last it comes round. In the final film in our Beaters’ Line series, it’s the end-of-season beaters’ day. Our three heroes – Jack, Richard and Peter – representing three generations of beaters, father, son and grandfather, are out with guns enjoying the sport they have provided for others over the last five months. For […]
Fieldsports Nordic #1 – Utforsker nye jaktmarker (Assessing new hunting ground)
Velkommen til den første episoden av Fieldsports Nordic. I denne filmen ser Cai Ap Bryn og Johan Trygve “Trigger” Solheim etter jaktbart vilt på Cai’s nye jaktmarker i Sør-England. Viltkamera har allerede vist at det er både dåhjort og villsvin her. Trigger beskriver også sine jaktopplevelser etter sikahybrider i Irland. Abonner på vårt ukentlige nyhetsbrev […]
Cai’s new hunting ground
Cai Ap Bryn and Johan Trygve ‘Trigger’ Solheim are looking for animals on Cai’s new ground in the South of England. Cai is using trail cams to check what’s on the land, so he knows what’s there: wild boar, fallow and – far too close to the lambing fields for comfort – foxes. ▶ Cai’s […]
Passing your DSC1
How do you learn to hunt deer in the UK? We follow deerstalker Sim Hay as he takes his Deer Stalking Certificate 1 with Mike Allison of Jelen Premier Wildlife Services. Then Mike takes Sim out on his first stalk. Find out how he gets on. ▶ To do your DSC1 with Mike, go to […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fallow Stalking Fun
Is the DSC1 worth the paper it’s written on? Sim Hay goes through the stresses and tantrums of taking the UK’s deerstalking certificate, and then uses his new learning in the field, stalking fallow. He also gets to try out the Sauer 404 Synchro. Meanwhile, Cai Ap Bryn has new ground and he wants to […]
Fieldsports Britain – 2018 Shooting Kit Special
Dove shooting in Argentina – is it as good as they say?
It’s relentless: dove after dove comes over shooters in perhaps the biggest pest control operations in the world. In the latest in his series, Rucksack & Rifle, Tim Pilbeam is on ground outside Buenos Aires, putting lead in the air and finding out why Argentina is one of the world’s finest sporting destinations. Tim goes […]
#ShotShow 2018
It’s Charlie Jacoby’s report from ShotShow 2018, Las Vegas, featuring close-up looks at these new products: ▶ Mauser M18 rifle www.blaser-sporting.com ▶ Zeiss Victory RF rangefinder www.zeiss.com ▶ Browning rifles, shotguns and Winchester’s plans for the SX4 www.browning.eu ▶ Sig Sauer EarthRoamer earthroamer.com This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 426. To watch […]
Exclusive first look: new Tikka rimfire T1X MTR
Paul Childerley heads to Finland to look at the new rimfire from rifle maker Tikka. Tikka hopes that its T1X will do for rimfires what its T3 has done for stalking rifles. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam gives his views, too ▶ For details of the new rifle, go to www.tikka.fi/en-us/rifles/tikka-t1x/t1x ▶ To go stalking […]
Fieldsports Channel tops new TV audience report
Who has the biggest TV audience for hunting and shooting? Which gunmaker has the biggest following on YouTube? Which ammunition and optics companies have the biggest digital audiences? And who are the biggest hunting/shooting YouTubers? The answers may surprise you. All are revealed in a new report, Gun and Hunting TV Channels and the Shooting […]
Fieldsports Britain – Snow Hare Hunt
Watch eagle acrobatics as they hunt mountain hares in Scotland. The Angus Glens are a winter wonderland and Roy Lupton is there to catch hares for the pot with his golden eagle, plus there’s always a chance of a rabbit with the goshawk. Plus Charlie Jacoby is in Devon and Cornwall after snipe, woodcock and […]
Snipe, Woodcock and Golden Plover Shoot
Charlie Jacoby enjoys a couple of days shooting wild birds in Cornwall and West Devon. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust says British shooters should exercise restraint when shooting woodcock this shooting season because of their poor breeding season in Western Russia in 2017. What do shooters think? ▶ For more about shooting at the […]
#Eaglecam 2
Ride on the back of an eagle as it catches mountain hares in Scotland. We mount a tiny camera on the back of Roy Lupton’s golden eagle, and he takes it. Out after hares in the Angus Glens. We film incredible flights and hunts from a distance and from right up close. ▶ Roy’s clothing […]
Fieldsports Britain – Whitetail Hunt in the Forests of Finland
Paul is out after whitetail again, this time with more success. He is trying out new ammunition from the Sako Factory in Finland, and he visits the factory to see how it is made. Meanwhile, Tim Pilbeam is off to France for an emotional rendezvous with a stag. There’s lots to win in this episode […]
Red stag: an emotional hunt
Tim Pilbeam is back in France and gets the opportunity to stalk a large trophy red stag. He is there at the heart of the rut, and explains his feelings – perhaps the feelings of many hunters – as he takes the shot. It’s the latest in his Rucksack & Rifle series. ▶ To go […]
On Test: Sako Super Hammerhead
What are the best bullets for whitetail deer? Paul Childerley tries out Super Hammerhead cartridges from ammunition manufacturer Sako on a whitetail hunt in Finland, plus he visits the Sako factory in Finland to see how they are made. It is the latest in his Stalking Success series. ▶ For more about Sako, visit Sako.fi […]
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 […]
