Pigeons over Rape with Andy Crow
Andy Crow has a pigeon problem on his oilseed rape crop – so much so that local shooters have been calling him up and asking if they can have a go. No they can’t. Andy and Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam set out the decoys for what turns into the best day of the year […]
Fabulous pheasants (and deer) at Mornacott Shoot
The Mornacott Estate in Devon provides driven pheasant, partridge and duck shooting days. We join a team of guns in January, and we meet the newest recruit to the shoot’s beating team – a red deer! This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 269. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain269
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Fishing Britain – Grand Crucian Carp
Fishing Britain is back – new presenter, new year, new films. Martin Salter introduces the show and takes us on a journey to find how to catch crucian carp, one of Britain’s most magical fish. He also looks at the role of the National Crucian Conservation Project, which is helping restocking, and he visits Godalming […]
Dynamiting Fish – Fishing Britain News
The headlines this week: ✩ Tourists dynamite fish in China ✩ British police target Polish anglers ✩ Bass better off on rod and line ✩ Google polices the world’s trawlermen ✩ Angler fish wins ugly prize Fishing for facts, landing the stories! This item appears in Fishing Britain, episode 39. To watch the whole show […]
Fieldsports Britain – British Wild Boar
British Wild boar are under the spotlight. We look at the Boar Essentials: do we hunt/conserve them or wipe them out? With a man dead after swerving to avoid a feral hog crossing the road, and one of the Princess Royal’s prize Gloucester old spots killed by a wild boar, the press is full of […]
Rimfire Football
It’s our group test of rimfire rounds, with a little help from top shot Abbey Burton. Winchester has brought out its new 42 Max, a .22 subsonic with a 42-grain bullet. We put it up against the 40-grain subs from RWS, CCI, and Winchester and a 38-grain wildcard from Remington. Do different bullet types affect […]
UK Hog Hunting
What is the future for British wild boar? Should we see them as a countryside asset or shoot the lot? We look at the boar situation in the UK compared to Germany. We visit the Forest of Dean and find out from boar shooter and expert Derek Williams. This film was first shown in Fieldsports […]
How to share a hide safely
Out shooting with a mate? Here is Andy Crow’s guide to sharing a pigeon hide or duck blind safely. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 268. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain268
Schools Challenge TV – Shoot Straight and Win a Car
Here’s what the Schools Challenge has in store this year. It’s a full programme of shooting events for clay shooters at school, college or university. And in its 10th anniversary year, TSC is giving away a £12000 car among more than £50000-worth of prizes. Visit www.theschoolschallenge.co.uk Sign up for our weekly email newsletter bit.ly/weeklyemail
Rangefinding Pigeons
Roy Lupton is helping Andy Crow solve the big problem of pigeon shooting. Just what range are you hitting them? This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 267. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain267
How to get grey squirrels in range
Squirrels gnawing your trees? James Marchington explains how to bait grey squirrels in woodland – and get a clear shot with an airgun. The item is sponsored by BSA airguns www.bsaguns.co.uk This items appears in AirHeads episode 28. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads28
Airheads – Night Rat Hunt
There are squirrels, there are rats and there is airgun hunting. That’s the measure of AirHeads tonight. James Marchington has pesky grey squirrels in his sights. Darren Rodgers is out at night working out how to stop rats from hitting pheasant feeders. News Stump brings you the likely and unlikely airgun stories of the moment, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Lighting Up Pigeon Shooting
We’re hunting answers. Roy Lupton and Andy Crow get together to look into an age-old question. Does Mr Crow tell the truth when he says a shot on a pigeon was THIS long? Roy fields his rangefinder and locks on to the flying birds while Crow shoots them. See them settle one of the great […]
Fieldsports Britain – Where we screwed up in 2014
We’ve got deerstalking, birdshooting and a litany of mistakes for you this week. Where everyone else is giving you their ‘best of 2014’, we have put together our ‘worst of’. Which film was most hated? Who is most annoying, James Marchington or Nigel Farage? And what are our top five death threats? Meanwhile, David Carsten […]
Our Top Five Death Threats
Those cuddly peace-loving anti-hunters had a special year in 2014, issuing more than 250 death threats to us via YouTube comments, Twitter and Facebook. Here are the best of them. We also look at which of our films annoyed our viewers the most, who makes them the most cross, and which countries’ citizens watch us […]
Stalking 15ft from a buck
David Carsten Pedersen of Scandinavian hunting magazine Min Jakt is hunting deer in the south of England on the #passionforhunting Variety Tour. He is out after roebuck and manages to stalk to within 15ft of one of them. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 266. To watch the whole show go to […]
Shotgun Shot: size 1s vs size 6s
Andy Crow speaks up on the subject of shot sizes. When to put No 1s into your shotgun (geese), when to use No 4s, 5s and 6s. He shows their different powers with the help of a football. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 266. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain266
Downton Does Grouse – Fieldsports Channel News
The headlines this week: ✩ Alnwick Castle stars in Christmas Downton Abbey special ✩ Tiger trade on the up ✩ Newspapers snipe at Prince William over hunting ✩ Jægernes julehjælp wows Danes ✩ American Kennel Club adds Sicilian rabbit hunting breed ✩ How to make a lighted shotshell wreath Stalking the stories – fishing for […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting a Christmas Goose
Dom Holtam is out to shoot a goose this Christmas – Andy has a problem with Canada geese hitting his crops. We have our Global Hunting Survey – take part and you could win lots of prizes! It’s the Fieldsports Britain 2014 blooper reel, featuring outtakes form a year of our programmes, including Roy’s laugh […]
Bloopers 2014
It’s the Fieldsports Britain bloopers/outtakes reel for 2014. Here’s where it all went wrong… This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 265. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain265
Schools Challenge TV – 2014 review + bloopers
It’s the Schools Challenge year in review. TSC Academy members step forward and say what they have learned. There is an interview with the man behind the school shooting facilities at Bredon. And it’s the must-watch TSC blooper reel – the finest outtakes and embarrassing moments. Visit www.theschoolschallenge.co.uk
Night Vision Rat Hunt
To turn night into day and see the rats that infest the duck pond to shoot them, Darren has put the Photon XT unit from Thomas Jacks on top of his sub 12ft/lb FX Verminator MK2 in .22. This item appears in AirHeads, episode 26. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads26
Airheads – Rudolf the Red-Nosed Rodent
The finest airgun show on YouTube reaches the end of its first year with James Marchington after squirrels, Darren Rogers using night vision for rats, and our blooper reel showing where it all went (occasionally) wrong. Thanks for watching! Here are the links to the items: Stalking Squirrels HotAir Bloopers Night vision Ask Tel Airstreaming […]
Fieldsports Britain – Crow’s On Form
It’s your weekly hunting/shooting video fix, and this week Crow is after winter pigeons, while Tim Pilbeam is preparing for a hindstalking trip. Andy Crow teams up with cousin Gary to see what impression they can make on pigeons flying in to a rape crop. Meanwhile, meticulous preparation in the Pilbeam household means the hind […]
Winter Pigeon Action
A frosty Andy Crow sets up the hides for himself and his cousin Gary. They are hoping to enjoy the winter sunshine on a young rape crop in the South of England. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 264. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain264
Fieldsports Britain – Tough Old Boar
It’s the big slo mo bow penetration test. Roy has come back from his boar bow hunt (where he had to use a rifle) with a burning desire to find out what arrows work best on big pigs. For this experiment George Digweed shoots and butchers a young Sussex boar for us, and Roy shoots […]
How Not To Miss – adjust your moderator
Sporting Rifle expert Tim Pilbeam shows how to adjust a moderator in order to get the best out of your rifle. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain episode 263. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain263
Gamekeeper vs Metal Detector
So what went wrong with this hunting trip? Well, gamekeeper Phil (Phil by name, Phil by nature) catches up with the miscreant gamekeeper who spooks his deer… This item appears in Fieldsports Britain episode 263. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain263
Can you kill a pig with an arrow?
It’s the bow slow motion penetration test. Roy Lupton is a keen bowhunter – but he wants to know what bow/arrow combination does the necessary damage on a big keiler in France. Well, now he has the chance to find out. Plus George Digweed has shot a young boar in Sussex and gives him the […]
Schools Challenge TV – Kids Win Guns
It’s the final of the Winter Series, the last clay shooting competition of the year, and the Schools Challenge competitors are out to win £3,000-worth of guns and shooting equipment. See how they get on. Plus there is news, and interviews with the Independent Schools Association about its plans for shooting, and Edgar Brothers about […]
Hind Cull Help
Sporting Rifle expert Tim Pilbeam wants a hill-stalking warm-up. He is going to Scotland to take part in the hind cull and needs to make sure he is on top form. He puts himself, his rifle and his clothing through their paces on his home farm in the south of England. It’s a checklist that […]
New Blaser F3 Vantage
Blaser flew in to the UK this week to make three big announcements: ✩ It is hooking up with top clay ground EJ Churchill ✩ It is launching Team Blaser, a group of sponsored clayshooters who will be using the Blaser F3 ✩ It is launching the Blaser F3 Vantage for trap shooters For more […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting Big Boar
Hunting wild boar in France – Roy Lupton gets close to a monster pig. Will he get it with bow, with rifle, or will he miss it altogether? Find out here, and enjoy our version of ‘Wild Boar Fever’, filmed in France last week. Charlie is quaffing champagne at the launch of a new Blaser […]
Driven Wild Boar
It’s boar hunting on a budget. Will Roy finally connect with the big pig that has eluded him for years? He takes both bow and rifle to the south of France for driven and stalked wild boar. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 262. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain262
Fieldsports Britain – Big Game Monteria
Deer after deer comes past big game hunter Tim Pilbeam – and he skilfully shoots them. The British may not be used to driven big game, but Tim has got the hang of it. Imagine cramming all the deer management on a large country estate into a single day. That is what they are doing […]
Fieldsports Britain – Birds, Bees & Boar
A truly packed programme of hunting and shooting tonight: ▶ A pheasant shooting estate is reborn – Altcar in Lancashire – and it is all thanks to clay pigeon trap manufacturer Promatic ▶ The Purdey Awards for Conservation show just how green pheasant and partridge shoots are ▶ Roy Lupton is sharpening his bowhunting skills in preparation […]
Purdey Awards for Conservation 2014
The Purdey Awards for Conservation show some of the work that shoots up and down the UK put into general conservation. We visit the five finalists and talk to them about what they do, and what birds and animals they have been able to encourage as a result. Gamekeepers are wildlife’s best friend. The item […]
How Not To Miss – Over-Tightening Mounts
Want greater rifle accuracy? This is Sporting Rifle magazine expert Tim Pilbeam’s top tip when you are mounting a scope. The item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 261. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain261
Boar Bow Practice
Roy Lupton is about to go bowhunting in France. Time to get some practice in. He offers his top bowhunting practice tips. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 261. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain261
Driven Pheasant at Altcar Estate
One of Britain’s great sporting estates, Altcar in Lancashire, is reborn as a driven pheasant and partridge estate. We join guns on a day here, hosted by Brian Jardine of Promatic, who is the man behind the estate’s success. For more, visit www.altcarestate.com This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 261. To watch […]
Schools Challenge TV – How Top Clayshooters Think
Win guns, money, cars and the admiration of your mates. It’s the definitive guide to competitive Sporting clay shooting, as top shot Christ Childerhouse guides you round a 50-bird Sporting layout on a competition day. Also on hand are some of the kids he has taught, as part of the Schools Challenge. We talk to […]
AirHeads – Parakeets II…this time it’s personal
Our airgun programme AirHeads has been romping through the newspapers this week after we suggested that the legal culling of parakeets was a good idea. Natural England and the RSPB have been using words like ‘deranged’ and ‘shameful’, which is nice to hear from a government body. In this week’s AirHeads, James Marchington gives his […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting 100-yard Pigeons
How to shoot pigeons at distance, how not to shoot two deer with one bullet, plus hunting+shooting news, views, tips and tricks. 23-times world champion shooter George Digweed is shooting pigeons out to 100 yards as he protects farm crops from the pests. He shows how to do it. A deerstalker explains how he came […]
Rude Guns – look at this page at your own risk!
This single-trigger 12-bore sidelock ejector by Francotte went under the hammer at Holt’s Auctioneers. Below are the technical details. AN EXTRAORDINARY GRIFNEE-ENGRAVED 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR BY AUGUSTE FRANCOTTE, serial no. 91410, 28 1/2in. nitro chopperlump barrels with matt game rib, tubes gold-inlaid ‘AUG. FRANCOTTE – LIEGE – BELGIUM CAL 12’, ‘BRUCE HUNT LTD. GA’, […]
Two deer for the price of one
Shoot one deer – get one free. That is not supposed to happen. Here’s the story of a hunter who shot two muntjac with one bullet. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 260. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain260
George Digweed shoots Long-Range Pigeons
George Digweed goes the distance on pigeon-shooting. Some of his shots are out to 100 yards. Now, you don’t want to try this at home if you can;t shoot at distance, but here is how a 23-times world champion shooter does it. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 260. To watch the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting ‘Me Old China’
We are back out stalking Chinese water deer, we are foxhunting (without foxes) the easiest way imaginable, we have rifleshooting tips, and a Danish bloke explains why lions need to be hunted. It’s another packed Fieldsports Britain – pour yourself a glass, sit back and enjoy it. Here are the links to the items: ▶ Chinese […]
Stalking Chinese Water Deer
It’s a bad day to be a Chinese water deer in Bedfordshire. It is the opening day of the CWD seasona and the Variety Tour is out to stalk these fascinating little deer that have made the south-east of England their home. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam and top Swedish shooting writer Ulf Lindroth are […]
Foxhunting Tourism
A party of Americans is over in the UK to enjoy the traditional English sport of foxhunting. They are out with one of the best packs in the country, the Blackmore & Sparkford Vale. Find out how they get on – and what the locals think of them. To go foxhunting (without the foxes, for […]
