Fieldsports Britain – Rabbiting like Star Wars
Summer hunting sports this week: shooting roebuck, rabbits and trying to find foxes at their most elusive. Charlie takes Star Wars techniques to join the South Somerset Ferreters shooting rabbits, Andy Crow is deerstalking – and has a word to say about the people who have been shooting his deer with airguns. News leads on […]
Crow Stalks Roe
Andy Crow is after a roebuck this week. He has all the gear… but no darn deer, until a doe turns up. Will she have a buck in tow? This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 286. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain286
Feeding Ferrets with Lasers
Look out rabbits. The South Somerset Ferreters need to feed their ferrets. It is May – not a good time for ferreting – so they turn to their .22 rimfires. Charlie Jacoby is determined to help with his laser sights… This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 286. To watch the whole show go to […]
Fieldsports Britain – Tracers: Where do Bullets Go?
When you pull the trigger of a rifle, your bullet does not necessarily fly in a straight line to your target. Sporting Rifle magazine expert Tim Pilbeam has some tracer rounds and shows where it goes. That’s not all. Mike Powell has the last in the series of Outfoxing – he is looking at thermal […]
Tim Pilbeam on Bullet Accuracy
Sporting Rifle magazine expert Tim Pilbeam uses tracer rounds to find out where his bullet is going. It’s a fascinating experiment and worth anyone who shoots with a rifle watching. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 285. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain285
Best thermal imager for foxshooting
In the last in the current series of Outfoxing, Sporting Rifle foxshooting expert Mike Powell turns the weight of his experience on thermal imaging, how to use it, what it can do and which one he recommends. Outfoxing is sponsored by Browning www.browning.eu This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 285. To watch […]
Abbey’s Young Shots Days
Team GB shooter Abbey Burton runs popular young shots days in Somerset. They feature clay pigeons, airguns, archery and pigeon hide building with professional instructors, and they attract kids from all over the West Country. Abbey also runs all kinds of shooting days, from stag and hen parties to coaching/loading on driven pheasant days. For […]
AirHeads – Jamie Gets Competitive
It’s the first ever HFT Masters competition and our airgunning star Jamie Chandler is getting competitive. Held at Lea Valley in Hertfordshire in May 2015, HFT competitors from all over the UK took part, including former world champions. In a close competition find out how they and Jamie got on – and learn new skills […]
HFT Masters – the First Competition
It’s the first ever HFT Masters air rifle competition. Held at Lea Valley Shooting ground near Hertford, the event attracted world champions and novices alike from across the country. With top class course designer Ian Bainbridge involved with it alongside competitive HFT shot Roger Lait it was always going to be a strong addition to […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s Love Helmet
Love and death on this week’s Fieldsports Britain: Roy Lupton is wearing his special ‘Love Helmet’ to help his breeding peregrines. Meanwhile, a deerstalker has his roebuck carcase stripped in just a few minutes – are there wolves in Kent? There’s our guide to voting for hunting and shooting in the UK general election, News […]
Wolf Attack in Kent?
Something did this to a roe deer carcass in Kent in less than 15 minutes. A friend of Roy Lupton was stalking, shot a buck and was away for just a quarter of an hour bringing up his vehicle. By the time he got back, the carcass had been stripped on one side and moved. […]
Funny: how to artificially inseminate a falcon
You have to get the calls right and you have to wear the right hat. Peregrine breeder Roy Lupton puts on his ‘love helmet’ in order to get semen from a peregrine tiercel. It has to be seen to be believed! He can then inseminate a falcon. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 284. […]
2015 UK General Election resources
Here is our list of useful websites to help you choose who to vote for (who supports hunting and shooting). Find out what your candidate thinks about guns and shooting – and contact your candidate to voice your views – via BASC’s online candidate finder. campaign.publicaffairsbriefing.co.uk/BASC/emailsupport.aspx Vote-OK aims to ensure that in May 2015 that […]
Schools Challenge TV – Bredon School Clayshooting Winners
It’s the Bredon School leg of the Schools Challenge series of competitions, and teams from schools around the country are slugging is out on the clay pigeon stands. The added bonus this time is that the winners also get the chance to enter the final in December where the top prize is a £12,000 car […]
Fieldsports Britain – Teaching Americans to Lamp Foxes
Roy Lupton is out with a lamp, rifle and an American in this week’s show. He is after foxes – and he is after teaching our American cousins a thing or two about the joys of lamping. Meanwhile, Charlie Jacoby is on a tour of British gun launches. he tries out the AYA Centenary, he […]
The Men Who Look For Injured Animals
In some countries they are treated as rural heroes. The UK has a long way to go. There is a small group of men dedicated to following up and dispatching injured deer and boar. They have specially trained dogs and now, thanks to Blaser, they have R8 Tracker rifles, specially designed for this kind of […]
Browning’s New Foxshooter
It’s an extraordinary time to buy new guns in the UK. the slow collapse of the euro means any gun manufactured for the eurozone is getting cheaper and cheaper. Browning has announced its line-up of new guns at a press launch at Bisley, the home of British shooting. Top of the list is the B725 […]
On Test: Browning B725 Pro Trap High Rib
We are at the Browning UK press launch this week to learn about how it plans to take the world of trapshooting by storm. Browning has launched the Browning B725 Pro Trap range, including a high rib. There are also guns to suit every taste, including great quality wood on the Sporter range and a […]
Schools Challenge TV – On Test: Browning B725 Pro Trap High Rib
We are at the Browning UK press launch this week to learn about how it plans to take the world of trapshooting by storm. Browning has launched the Browning B725 Pro Trap range, including a high rib. There are also guns to suit every taste, including great quality wood on the Sporter range and a […]
On Test: AYA Centenary
A hundred years, a Spanish gunmaker called AYA started out in business. Around 60 years ago, the King family asked it to make guns in the English style. The rest is history. To mark its anniversary, AYA has brought out its Centenary model, with a number of features from the AYA No 1 and some […]
New World Record Mahseer? – Fishing Britain News
The headlines: – New world record for the rare chocolate mahseer – World record catfish – Great whites on the move – Two-mouth bream – Do hydropower turbines kill fish? – Serbian angler builds coal-powered backpack This item appears in Fishing Britain, episode 40. To watch the whole show on YouTube, go to bit.ly/fishingbritain40 Sign […]
How to paint fishing
Artist Lawrie Williamson has an exhibition of his fishing paintings at the Panter & Hall gallery in London. He explains why fishing is such a good subject for painting and how he captures the ‘light behind’. For more about the exhibition, go to www.panterandhall.com This item appears in Fishing Britain, episode 40. To watch the […]
Pike on the Kennet & Avon Canal
Fishing on his home water, Martin Salter is after pike. Not so difficult, huh? Well it is when you are using tackle you would normally use in the foothills of the Himalayas after mahseer. See how he gets on… This item appears in Fishing Britain, episode 40. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fishingbritain40
Fishing Britain – Catching Pike with Mahseer Tackle
Martin Salter has a mahseer trip coming up – and he is keen to kit himself out. Not just that, he wants to catch fish with his new rod, reel and lures. There are no mhaseer in Berkshire, however, so he goes after the next best thing: pike. Helped by Allan Shephard at Sportfish and […]
On Test: FX Cutlas airgun
Darren Rogers takes the new FX Cutlas out after rabbits to see what this airgun can do. This item appears in AirHeads, episode 34. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads34
AirHeads – Hunting Rabbits with Airguns
AirHeads has rabbit hunting, kit tests, news and views this week. Darren Rogers is after rabbits with the new FX Cutlas, Roger Lait is looking at what you can do with an air rifle stock, Charlie Jacoby visits the airgun range at High Lodge shooting ground in Suffolk, and there is our usual round-up of […]
Fieldsports Britain – How to be a Shooting Journalist
Tim Pilbeam lives the life. He gets rifles to review, he gets to play with them, and people make decisions about shooting kit after reading his views online and in magazines. Thanks to the internet, you can do this too. Tim says how. That’s not all. Crow says why he likes his .17HMR more than […]
Best night vision for foxshooters
Sporting Rifle magazine expert Mike Powell selects the best night vision for foxshooting. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 282. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain282
Why .17HMR is better than .22
Andy ‘Cro Selecta’ Crow is lamping rabbits and explaining why he prefers his .17HMR to a .22LR. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 282. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain282
Best sporting rifles of 2015
Sporting Rifle magazine review Tim Pilbeam selects his favourite rifles for deerstalking and foxshooting from this year’s offering by the gun trade. Find out here what they are… This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 282. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain282
Fieldsports Britain – How the Antis Tried to Nobble a Nation
The antis deliberately set out to destroy hunting on Malta. They reckoned that if they got one European state to ban bird shooting, they could get all of them. Last weekend, they failed. Charlie Jacoby visits Malta to find out if the likes of Bill Oddie and Chris Packham are right – are the hunters […]
Super stealthy rabbiting
If you want to creep up on rabbits from the comfort of a vehicle, you need to go electric. Andy Crow doesn’t believe in electricity, especially not for rabbiting, so he is the perfect person to try out the new Mitsubishi Browning PHEV, a hybrid 4×4, and take it rabbit shooting. For more about the […]
Hunting in Malta – The True Story
The Maltese hunters won at the weekend. The antis lost their referendum to ban spring hunting by 50.4% to 49.6% – just 2,200 votes. It was one of the most gruelling anti-hunting campaigns of modern times. The ‘No’ side fielded sobbing TV presenters such as Bill Oddie and Chris Packham. The ‘Yes’ side just had […]
Should you take up reloading?
Mike Powell has mixed feelings about it – but he understands why people do enjoy reloading. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 281. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain281
Schools Challenge TV – The University Challenge 2015
It’s the University Challenge. Teams from across the country gather at the Oxford Gun Company gather to shot it out over a 100-bord sporting layout. Find out which university wins, and stay tuned to win a year’s subscription to sporting Shooter magazine. For more, visit www.theschoolschallenge.co.uk Sign up for our weekly email newsletter bit.ly/weeklyemail
New kit for pigeons over peas – it takes CrowHow!
Andy Crow has a bag full of new kit to take pigeon shooting. He has just planted his peas and the pigeons are feasting. He is hoping for a bag of 200 pigeons – but only if the kit does its jobs. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 280. To watch the […]
AirHeads – Pellet Punch-Up
Anything you want to know about air rifles, AirHeads is a packed show this week. Roy and Darren are out after rats with night vision and a new scope. Meanwhile, Phill is testing the power of pellets. There are superbly stuffed squirrels in news and the squirrels in Airstreaming are fairly stuffed too. Here are […]
Professor Phill’s Pellet Power Pendulum
Airgunner editor Phill Price has a new way of measuring the power of airgun pellets. Find out how – and how useful it is – here! This item appears in AirHeads, episode 33. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads33
Fieldsports Britain – Catapult Karate
It’s a kind of martial art. If you can hit a Polo mint at 20 metres in under 30 seconds, maybe you have got what it takes. Charlie Jacoby goes to the beating heart of British catapulting – the UK championships – to find out more about modern techniques and top catty tech. He meets […]
Best Foxshooting Lamps
What do you take out lamping? Sporting Rifle foxshooting expert Mike Powell has strong views, not just on which lamps but whether you need a lamp at all. Find out what he recommends. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 280. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain280
UK Catapult Championships 2015
Who is the best catapult shot in Britain? The best of the best get together to shoot it out. Stars including Gamekeeper John, Keith Dighton, Jumbo, Skipman and more than 100 other competitors ping it out for the 10m title, the 20m title, the Welsh championships – and who can win £300 by busting a […]
New Motor: Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV ‘Browning’
Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam used to edit Performance Car magazine. Not a lot of people know that. So we tell him to forget all that nonsense about throaty V8s and think stealth, because when you are out shooting, silence can be deadly. He reviews the new Mitsubishi Browning Outlander PHEV. For more about this […]
How the German Army is stopping Lyme Disease
We are off to Belgium to look at a new fabric that is going to stop the spread of Lyme Disease and even malaria. The armies of Europe have commissioned materials that put off the bugs that carry these diseases – and that’s good news for deerstalkers the world over, who also suffer from these […]
Fieldsports Britain – Tick Tech and Top Trucks
Hunters and shooters get the best new technology in their kit – and this week we showcase two of the best of the best: deerstalking clothing which gets rid of the bugs and ticks that carry disease, and a 4WD vehicle quiet enough for you to be deadly on rabbits and foxes. We find a […]
Best foxshooting calibres
What is the best round for a fox? Sporting Rifle magazine expert Mike Powell names the six bullets he would take to a desert island (if it were over-run with foxes). Find out what they are here – and find out why he includes a .22 airgun pellet. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain episode […]
How to avoid Lyme Disease
Deerstalkers are hit hard by Lyme Disease. It’s an illness that can change your life, and it is carried by ticks. We go out after muntjac deer on the Cornbury Park estate in Oxfordshire with new anti-tick clothing by outdoor clothing company Rovince to see what can be done to stop this disease in its […]
Claysports – Olympic Shooting Gloryhunters
It’s British clayshooting’s TV show: whatever clay discipline you shoot, this is the show for you. This episode we’re looking at the race for places at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, we find out what tactics to use when you shoot a flush; there are some great shopping ideas for father’s Day, Brody Woollard bravely […]
AirHeads – Airgun Hunting in HD
It’s our airgun show, AirHeads, and this episode is all about pushing the limits of airgunning. Darren Rogers has the one and only Eagle Eye HD video recorder in the country, which he is using on a rat and squirrel hunt. Roger Lait starts off his series about the ABC of HFT, showing how to […]
Hawking Rabbits with a Redtail
Roy Lupton has a lot of hunting on his mind: He is out to shoot a fox, and he also plans to hawk rabbits with a red-tailed hawk. Follow him for a night-time of sport. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 278. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain278
On test: Eagle Eye scope cam
Darren Rogers has his hands on the Eagle Eye. It’s the only one in the country, and it promises HD footage of what he sees through his scope. Find out how it works here. This film was first shown in AirHeads, episode 32. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads32
