Pest control with Paul Hodson
Out with the night vision: Paul Hodson runs a clay ground, is a keen foxshooter and, in this item, shows of his skills as an airunner, protecting a potato farm from rats. This item is supported by Air Arms. For more, go to www.air-arms.co.uk It appears in AirHeads, episode 61. To watch the show on […]
Shooting English creeks and mud
The Langstone lads are out after duck. It’s not perfect conditions for duck, but it’s good for learning about navigation by the stars and how to unload a semi-auto. For more about Langstone Wildfowlers visit www.ladwaca.com Clothes by Seeland www.seeland.com Cartridges by Eley Hawk Bit.ly/eleyhawk For calls, go to www.mpkcustomcallsandwoodwork.com This film was first shown […]
How the Aimpoint Sight Works
Roy Lupton goes to Sweden to find out about the Aimpoint rifle site, how it is the choice of both boar shooters and Norman Schwarzkopf’s personal security, how it works and how to sue it on shotguns. Visit www.aimpoint.com For the computer training sytem, go to www.marksman.se For the pop-up targets www.mrtargets.se For the Swedish […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy learns to shoot
Did you think Roy Lupton can shoot? Think again. The boffins at Aimpoint deconstruct his rifle and s shotgun technique – and rebuild him like the Six Million Dollar Man. While there, he finds out what;’s so great about Aimpoint. Meanwhile, the Langstone Wildfowlers have more ‘dirty secrets’, there is News Stump, Hunting Youtube and […]
Fieldsports Africa – Saving Wildlife
We are hunting Lechwe and saving Sable Antelope in this episode of Fieldsports Africa. Both activities have the same end result: more African wildlife. Chris Bolton is hosting an Australian shooter in the Eastern Cape, going out after a bull Lechwe. Meanwhile, Richard Leonard goes to a game farm to go behind the scenes of […]
Balmacaan Stalking #2
It is the second part of our deerstalking trip to Balmacaan in Inverness-shire. This time Lionel Neuville and stalker Daniel Logie have a 600-metre stalk on a deer, with a 200-yard shot at the end of it. To go stalking at Balmacaan, email Lachie Smith ls@highlandsporting.com For more from Browning, go to www.browning.eu For our […]
Hunting ‘Scottish Ibex’
Will it be a red stag or a billy goat? ‘Solway Stalker’ Colin Lockerbie offers both on his ground in Dumfried and Galloway. As part of his Stalking Success series, Paul Childerley is out with Colin to see what they can find. Paul uses a Sako rifle www.gmk.co.uk Clothing by Shooterking www.shooterking.com To go stalking […]
Fieldsports Britain – Solway Stalker
It’s all the glory of sport in Scotland this week. We are in the hills north of the Solway Firth looking for red stags and billy goats, and we are on an estate in Inverness-shire in search of more red stags. Paul Childerley goes out with ‘Solway Stalker’ Colin Lockerbie in Dumfries & Galloway. Shooter […]
Boat safety for wildfowlers
Go out in a sea boat and you want to avoid being un over by another bigger vessel. Here’s how Mark from Langstone Wildfowlers on the English south coast stays safe when he is wildfowling. For more about Langstone Wildfowlers visit www.ladwaca.com Clothes by Seeland www.seeland.com Cartridges by Eley Hawk Bit.ly/eleyhawk For calls, go to […]
How to do a Suspended Gralloch
Top stalker Paul Childerley shows how he does a suspended gralloch – the easiest and most hygienic way to gralloch a small deer. You need a knife and somewhere to hang it. Paul uses a Sako rifle www.gmk.co.uk Clothing by Shooterking www.shooterking.com To go stalking with Paul, visit www.childerleysporting.co.uk This film was first shown in […]
What Happens to Pigeons when you Change your Choke
It’s Andy Crow’s guide to decoying. How he sets his patterns, what kinds of cartridges he chooses and, crucially, what chokes he selects for his Beretta. This item is sponsored by: UK Shoot Warehouse www.ukshootwarehouse.co.uk Jack Pyke www.jackpyke.co.uk Gamebore www.gamebore.com Beretta www.gmk.co.uk This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 357. To watch the […]
Fieldsports Britain – pigeon decoying explained
Ever wondered how Crow shoots so many pigeons? It’s down to how he decoys and how he shoots. Today he is out with his mate Justin,. He shows how he set up a decoy pattern for two hides, plus what kit he uses. And, as always, there is lots and lots of pigeon shooting. That’s […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting the Mighty Sheep
Don’t be fooled by the word ‘sheep’. Tim Pilbeam is up mountains in Spanish heat after craghopping Barbary sheep in this week’s episode of Fieldsports Britain. Plus there is a party of stalkers from gunmaker Browning stalking red stags on the Balmacaan estate in Inverness-shire. There is News Stump, there is Hunting YouTube, and we […]
Barbary Sheep Hunt
Tim Pilbeam is after sheep in Spain – Barbary sheep. It’s a tough mountain hunt. To go hunting in Spain, visit www.spanishunters.com For Sauer rifles, go to ww.sauer.de For Harkila clothing, go to www.harkila.com This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 356. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain356
Deerstalking at Balmacaan Estate, Inverness-shire
A team from gunmaker Browning are stalking red stags in the Highlands of Scotland. Stalker Jimmy Gibbs has a plan – but there are a bunch of people out to wreck his day. Find out what happens… To go stalking at Balmacaan, email Lachie Smith ls@highlandsporting.com For more from Browning, go to www.browning.eu This film […]
Jamie Saves Horses From Rabbits
The squirrels are stealing Jamie Chandler’s nuts. There is only one thing for the Hampshire airgunner to do. It’s out with the airgun and at ’em. This item is supported by BSA. For more, go to www.bsaguns.co.uk It appears in AirHeads, episode 60. To watch the show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/airheads60 Sign up for […]
HFT European Championship, Poland, 2016
Roger Lait captains the England Team in Poland as they compete in the European Hunter Field Target Championships. It’s the first time the rules and regulations of the HFT Masters have been adopted by another competition. Not all goes to plan, with gun issues and airport cock-ups but Team England makes some waves at this […]
AirHeads – Who is the best HFT shot in Europe?
Find out who the best airgun shot in Europe as we join the HFT World Championships 2016 in Poland. Meanwhile, Jamie has got to keep a pack of rabbits under control unless they break the legs of much-loved ponies. There is HotAir airgun news and Airstreaming, rounding up the best airgun videos on YouTube. It’s […]
How They Make the Red Dot in Your Scope
That little red dot – the illuminated reticle – has made riflescopes much easier to use. The technology behind it is staggering. We visit the Zeiss factory in Wetzlar, Germany, to find out how they make them – the finest red dots in the world. For more from Zeiss, go to bit.ly/zeisshunt This film was […]
Crow Hits the Pigeons over Wheat Stubble
Have a couple of hours to spare? When Andy Crow does, he gathers his gun and his decoys, and heads out to keep the pigeons under control. It is early autumn and today he sets up on wheat stubble. The pigeons come in high and fast, making it great practice for the pheasant shooting season […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting ‘Phigeons’
Andy Crow is out after pigeons this week – and he shows how a pest control day on pigeons can be great practice for pheasant shooting. Meanwhile, Charlie Jacoby is off to see how Zeiss make the finest red dots in the world – the illuminated dots that go into your rifle scope and light […]
How to be a Professional Hunter
The PH course at the Southern African Wildlife College is 18 months learning cool stuff like how to set up a leopard bait, conduct autopsies, build rifle-mount muscle memory, understand African ecology, shoot big bore rifles and see how you come out when you are put under intense pressure. For more about the course, go […]
Fieldsports Africa – Lessons in Dangerous Game
Want to learn how to be a professional hunter? Want to make 50 approaches to angry elephants and pick up tips on hanging a leopard bait? It’s all to be found at Southern African Wildlife College, plus there is Fieldsports Africa News, plus we are on a management impala hunt to remove an old ram […]
Fieldsports Britain – Training dogs on boar
Wild boar are tricky. You need a gun and you need a dog. The shooting side you can learn yourself. Here is how to train a dog to hunt a pig. Tim Pilbeam puts this into practice in the latest episode of Rucksack & Rifle. Meanwhile Matt from MPK Custom Calls has come up with […]
How to Hunt Boar
Tim Pilbeam is out after boar in Sweden. Find out how he uses dogs to bring them down. For more about Mamima Jakt, go to www.mamimajakt.se For Sauer rifles, go to ww.sauer.de For Harkila clothing, go to www.harkila.com This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 354. To watch the whole show go to […]
Massive duck call
Mark from MPK Custom Calls has come up with the duck call that reach duck the other cannot reach. Find out how it works here. This item is sponsored by Seeland www.seeland.com and by Eley Hawk Bit.ly/eleyhawk This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 354. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain354
Rutting Bucks for Larysa and Michaela
The girls are on tour – and they want to hit the bucks. Larysa Switlyk flies in to Prague to go to one of the Czech Republic’s top buck-hunting areas with local shooter Michaela Fialova. There’s shopping, there’s shooting – find out what else they get up to. This film was first shown in Fieldsports […]
On Test: Winchester Extreme Point ‘Deer Season’
Winchester designed a polymer-tipped bullet especially for whitetail deer that’s now available in Europe for roedeer. Charlie Jacoby goes stalking with Carl Harrison of Devon Stalking, and with the shooter with no hands Jamie Chandler to try it out on the range. Find out whether it measures up to softpoints for avoiding carcass damage. This […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roebuck Hunts
With the roebuck rut now over, we are stalking them in some of the best hunting locations in the world. We catch up with roestalkers in the English West Country and on the Continent. With the launch of Winchester’s new Extreme Point cartridge, Charlie Jacoby wants to find out the difference between polymer-tipped bullets and […]
FITASC Compak Sporting World Championship 2016
The World Compak Championship took place at EJ Churchill with over 400 shooters. We talk to Mark Winser, George Digweed and those behind the scenes to see what makes this course so challenging. This item appears in Claysports, episode 14. To watch the whole show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/claysports14 Sign up for our weekly […]
Olympic Zen
Fresh from their success in Rio we talk to Team GB medallists Steve Scott and Ed Ling as they give tips on how they prepare to tackle those high-pressure targets. From breathing techniques to mental strength they give us an insight into how they shoot. This item appears in Claysports, episode 14. To watch the […]
High Lodge hosts Laporte’s young shots
Top shooting school High Lodge in Suffolk, UK, hosts a team of talented young shots that have come together thanks to Laporte. We speak to their mentors and find out what is being done to develop these big talents. This item is sponsored by Laporte clay pigeon traps www.claypigeoncompany.co.uk This item appears in Claysports, episode […]
Claysports – Compak Shooting Glory
We are at the World Compak Championship at EJ Churchill where top sporting shots from around the globe look to end the season on a high. We speak to Olympic shooting medallists Steve Scott and Ed Ling about what makes them shoot straight. Plus we are at High Lodge where young shooters are honing their […]
How not to fall in the marsh, swamp or mud
Nick Horten from from Langstone Wildfowlers shows how he makes sticks that keep him upright on the marsh when he is wildfowling. It is the latest in our series ‘Wildfowling: The Dirty Secrets’. To contact Langstone Wildfowlers, go to www.ladwaca.com This item is sponsored by Seeland www.seeland.com by Benelli www.gmk.co.uk and by Eley Hawk Bit.ly/eleyhawk […]
Crow’s Fat Fallow Cull
The fallow bucks are wreaking havoc on Andy Crow’s crops. He is out to get them with a heavy barrelled Tikka T3 in .243 with Steiner Ranger optics, Stalon mod, and 70 grain Federal V Shok. For more about this kit, go to www.gmk.co.uk Andy says: “Please do not headshoot deer unless you are an […]
Unboxing and setting up a Sako 85
Paul Childerley has a new Sako 85. The deer manager from Bedfordshire unboxes it and sets it up to go stalking. For more about Sako, visit GMK.co.uk To go stalking with Paul, email paul@childerleysporting.co.uk This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 352. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain352.
Fieldsports Britain – Headshooting Deer – when do you do it?
It’s a difficult question this week. Andy Crow wants the deer dead. There is a band of marauding fallow bucks on his crops. He is in a highseat to wait for them. This is not a hunting sport – this is a cull. He headshoots deer in this situation because it drops them on the […]
How to call in roebuck
John Tobin has animal magnetism. A lot of it may be to do with the instrument tucked in his pocket – but it’s what he does with it that counts. We’re a week into the roe deer rut and we’re out in 1,000 acres of farmland just south of Guildford on the Surrey/Hampshire borders. He […]
Calling in muntjac deer using a buttolo
So do muntjac respond to the call? We are in Bedfordshire with Muntjacstalker.com to find out. They have plenty of the Britain’s smallest deer on their ground including some medal bucks. But will these fascinating deer throw caution to the wind and come looking for love? This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 99. […]
Tim Pilbeam is Seeking Sika
In the latest of our Rucksack & Rifle series, Tim Pilbeam is in Inverness-shire with Lachie Smith looking for a sika stag. It is autumn and the stags are spooky and hard to get to. Find out how he gets on. This film is sponsored by Harkila clothing and Sauer rifles For more about Harkila […]
Scottish pheasant shooting at the Aberarder estate
We join a party of guns at the Aberarder shoot in Inverness-shire for a day’s driven pheasant and partridge. It is a beautifully-kept estate run by an enthusiastic team. The guns – all of them from Texas – have a wonderful day ahead of them. If you would like to go shooting at Aberarder, contact […]
Roebuck stalking in Inverness-shire
Creeping up on roebuck in Scotland, were out with top deerstalker Lachie Smith. He looks after some ground near the Monadhliath Hills – scrubby, lumpy and perfect for roe. He shows us lowland deerstalking sport, even though were on the Highlands. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 4.
Scouts go shooting
10,000 scouts turned up at the Essex International Jamboree in the summer of 2016, and they queued up to go shooting. Scouting and shooting go together well. The Scout movement is all about providing kids with new experiences. Browning provided the guns and BASC ran the coaching. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain […]
Fallow and Fox Shooting Combo
Fallow bucks are in season and foxes are easy to shoot. Andy Crow hosts Dominic Holtam from Sporting Shooter and long-range shooting specialist Ulf Lindroth from THLR.No on the farm he manages in Kent. Crow is using a heavy barrelled Tikka T3 in .243 with Steiner Ranger optics, Stalon mod, and 70 grain Federal V […]
Roy Calls in the Bucks
It’s a long hot afternoon after roebucks. Roy is calling them in, looking for the right cull animal to shoot. He discusses technique, both for calling and for stalking. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 351. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain351 Roy’s using a Buttolo call to bring in […]
Fieldsports Britain – Foxes, Roebuck, Fallow, nothing is safe
Foxshooting is easy, roebucks are rutting, the fallow buck season is open, and the Scouts Jamboree has gone nuts for shooting (in a good way). There is grouse in the News Stump and Hunting YouTube even touches on wild boar and wildfowling. It’s close to the whole quarry list on this week’s Fieldsports Britain, as […]
Fieldsports Britain – Digweed Shoots Grouse
George Digweed shoots grouse, Roy Lupton goes after mountain hares with golden eagles, and we enjoy all the sport and action on a sporting estate in the Angus Glens for a whole year. It’s our seventh birthday episode (we launched Fieldsports Britain on the Glorious Twelfth of August 2009) so sit back and enjoy Scotland […]
A Year in the Life of a Grouse Moor
We follow the work on a Scottish sporting estate for a whole year – shooting grouse, then pheasants, catching hares with eagles, watching nature at its most wonderful, block cocks lekking and breathing life into the landscape. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 350. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain350
AirHeads – Jamie goes nuts for squirrels
How to feed in squirrels and shoot them with an air rifle. That’s Jamie Chandler’s mission for the week, with the help and hindrance of farmer Tom. Meanwhile, our night vision specialist Darren Rogers is out after rabbits with a new thermal sight. Plus there is HotAir airgun news and Airstreaming rounding up the best […]
On Test: Optix Identifier 60 thermal sight
Our lord of the dark arts Darren Rogers tests thermal night vision on rabbits. The Optix Identifier 60 thermal sight sits atop his FX Impact. This item appears in AirHeads, episode 59. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads59
