The red hind cull is underway on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula in Scotland. Niall Rowantree has Robert Sajitz of Blaser to help him shoot his cull animals, and Robert has the new Blaser R8 Silence, with moderator integrated into the barrel. He tries it out during the cull. ▶ For more from Blaser UK, go to […]
Read moreTim Pilbeam is at Ardnamurchan in Scotland on a hind cull. The animals are on a beach and that’s how Tim has to get on to them. Find out how he gets on. ▶ To go stalking at Ardnamurchan, visit WestHighland-Hunting.co.uk ▶ Contact Tim Pilbeam at tim@rucksackandrifle.co.uk ▶ Tim uses a Steyr. For more about […]
Read moreWill O’Meara and Jason Doyle go on a two-day backpack hunt in the Wicklow Mountains in winter weather conditions. They are after sika as part of Will and Jason’s cull plan for deer in the area. Why put themselves through it? Ridgeline Clothing wants the guys to crawl in its clothing through filthy bog conditions […]
Read moreCai Ap Bryn is meeting a man in a car park… Chris Dewbury from rifle, clothing and accessories distributor Blaser Sporting has come along with supplies of new kit for Cai to try. And he has the perfect chance to try it. Not far from the car park, there are deer in a field, and […]
Read moreRoy Lupton is out to test a theory. Can Continental driven big game hunting work in the UK? He is joined by experts from Swedish hunting sights manufacturer Aimpoint. Together, they set about trying to replicate the deer drives of Germany, France, Spain and Scandinavia in the South-East of England. ▶ For more about the […]
Read moreRoy is out with the guys from Jelen Premier, trying to get on to a big old sika stag. They use every calling trick in the book. Find out how they get on. ▶ For more about the Blaser R8 Roy uses, visit Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ Click here for the Leica Magnus scope ▶ For Jelen […]
Read moreEver looked and a deer and felt hungry? In the latest in his series Rucksack & Rifle, Tim Pilbeam is hunting red stags for their meat. He is out in a Portuguese national park with Sergio Coutoand his pal Tiago. ▶ If you want to hunt with Sergio and Tiago in Scotland or Portugal, go […]
Read moreThe steep hills and deep glens of the Dalness Estate in Argyllshire are the setting for Jason Doyle to take his cousin Larry out stalking stags. They are in the hands of professional deerstalker Colin Fraser, and they get to see a garron in action, too. ▶ To go stalking at Dalness, visit DalnessEstate.co.uk This […]
Read moreCai Ap Bryn is a hunt swap. He goes to visit Johan Trygve ‘Trigger’ Solheim of the Svanøy Foundation in Norway to go deerstalking. While there, Trigger teaches Cai how to call red stags the Norwegian way. ▶ For more about the Sauer 100 and Minox scope, talk to the distributor via Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ Cai’s […]
Read moreMike Allison from Jelen Premier Wildlife Services is an expert on darting deer. He is the man that Roy Lupton turns to in order to learn how to do it: how to use the dart gun, how to get the dose right, and how to revive the animal afterwards. Here is how he gets on, […]
Read moreThere are fallow deer munching Crow’s crops. The farm manager from Kent gets out his Blaser R8 and waits out for them, partly because he wants them gone, part because he wants a nice new deerskin rug but mainly because he is hungry – and fallow taste great. Look out for great clinical shooting from […]
Read moreLionel Neuville goes stalking on the east coast of Scotland with John Dodd. Above the Helmsdale River, the hills rise sheer for more than 1,000ft. John is used to this kind of terrain, but it takes everything Lionel has to keep up and stalk his red stag. ▶ To go stalking with John, email Lachie […]
Read morePro deer stalker Jason Doyle talks through the Viper-Flex Journey shooting sticks – his favourite shooting sticks. ▶ For the Viper-Flex sticks, visit Viper-Flex.com or, in Ireland, go to Facebook.com/John-Lambert-Firearms-LTD-209426942868407 This item appears in Fieldsports Ireland, episode 2 Bit.ly/fieldsportsireland2 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter FieldsportsChannel.tv/register
Read morePro deer stalker Jason Doyle talks through the Viper-Flex Journey shooting sticks – his favourite shooting sticks. ▶ Visit www.viper-flex.com or, in Ireland, go to www.facebook.com/John-Lambert-Firearms-LTD-209426942868407/ ▶ To buy them on Amazon, go to bit.ly/viperflex This item appears in Fieldsports Ireland, episode 2 bit.ly/fieldsportsireland2 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter www.fieldsportschannel.tv/register
Read moreEver wondered what kind of animals you can hunt in the hilly heart of Portugal? Tim Pilbeam’s Rucksack & Rifle series takes us to the centre of the country, where is out after stags in the rut – and learns to cal them in Portuguese-style. ▶ If you want to hunt with Sergio and Tiago […]
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After the hunt, the vulture clean-up crew flies in to demolish what’s left of a red stag in Portugal. These are griffon vultures – and they are highly efficient scavengers. This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 462 bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain462 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter www.fieldsportschannel.tv/register
Read moreDeer manager Niall Rowantree is travelling Planet Deer again, looking at how New Zealand produces monster red stag heads, and going hunting for Tahr in the South Island mountain country. This film is supported by: ▶ Magic Safari Lodges MagicSafariLodges.com ▶ Leica Sports Optics Leica-Camera.com/Sport-Optics ▶ Blaser Blaser.de ▶ Spartan JavelinBipod.co.uk ▶ Nomad UK UK-Nomad.MyShopify.com […]
Read moreSporting Shooter magazine chef Mark Gilchrist has got a new farm to shoot over, and he has to go there ready for pigeons, rabbits and deer. We start at the Oxford Gun Company where Mark is putting together his new Browning Maxus. He is also using the ground to zero his X-Bolt .243 in the […]
Read moreHow did New Zealand produce the largest red deer the world has ever seen? In the first in our series Planet Deer, Scottish deer expert Niall Rowantree goes to the other side of the world to find out and tell the story of New Zealand’s remarkable animals, how they are managed, hunted and farmed. He […]
Read moreYou’ll get the joke in the title when you watch the film. It took Cai Ap Bryn longer than usual to find a suitable fallow buck to shoot, thanks to ‘noises off’. Happily, his new rifle in .30-06 – a new bigger calibre in case he comes across wild boar – does the job. ▶ […]
Read moreWant to see Britain’s prettiest deer? Go out with a deer stalker at the end of July and you will be treated to the sight of the roe rut, the time of year when roebucks show themselves and chase each other around as they compete for the attentions of roe does. Roy Lupton is able […]
Read moreAre you in a city? Do you know that you are less than an hour from guided deerstalking? – one of the best fieldsports around. Al Khametov works in London. He heads home to Surrey in the evening and then goes out to stalk deer. In the long evenings of high summer, the roebucks are […]
Read moreWe go after red hinds on the Cheshire/Staffordshire border with rugby league legend and St Helens Captain Keiron Cunningham. We also try out a fabulous new underground range. And we get our hands on Zeiss’s new range of uber-scopes. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 22. To watch the whole show on YouTube […]
Read moreTop deerstalking guide Paul Childerley has a new assistant. He teaches young Sam the dark arts of being the perfect deer guide on a muntjac stalk in the South-East of England. ▶ For the new Zeiss rangefinder, visit Bit.ly/zeissrangefinder ▶ Paul’s clothing is by Shooterking Shooterking.co.uk ▶ For Sako rifles, visit Sako.fi ▶ For Pulsar, go […]
Read moreNow when you’re trying to impress dinner guests it can be nice to serve up a bit of game. At Buxted Park Hotel they’re hosting a kill-it-cook-it-eat-it evening. The trouble is at the moment the 15 diners are going to have to fight over a small rabbit. They call in Roy Lupton, late in the […]
Read moreThis is a unique film about stalking stags on Prince Charles’s favourite beat at Balmoral, Glen Clova. Invented by the royal family, Balmoral is the ueber-Scottish estate. It inspired the Scottish sporting week, one of the mainstays of Highland tourism. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 5. To watch the whole show on […]
Read moreWe’re on an estate in Galloway in south-west Scotland. Nick Latus is starting the day the way he likes it: striding on to the hill, a rifle on his back. But he is not stalking deer. He’s after goats. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 10. To watch the whole show on YouTube […]
Read moreThe British Deer Society AGM covered the big issues facing wild deer in the UK, including chronic wasting disease, ticks, hybrids, government policy and the nation’s love for our largest wild animals. Scottish Trustee Director and Area Chair John Bruce ran the two-day conference, which started at the Budongo Lecture Theatre at Edinburgh Zoo. Day two […]
Read moreCai has to set up an ambush if he is to shoot a fallow buck for the pot. He knows where they are – but they seem to know where’s safe. Find out how he gets on. For Cai’s fallow steak recipe video, visit ▶ This item is sponsored by Sauer Rifles and Blaser Active […]
Read morePeter Carr has been editor of Sporting Rifle since April 2009. He took over from Fieldsports Channels Charlie Jacoby. Now Charlie is going to visit Peter on his home ground in the Yorkshire Wolds with an invitation to shoot a roebuck. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 2. To watch the whole show […]
Read moreWhat a combination: Andy Crow and Jason Doyle head out roestalking on a lovely warm day in the south of England. Andy is sponsored by: ▶ Blaser Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ Gamebore Gamebore.com ▶ UKShootWarehouse UKShootWarehouse.co.uk ▶ Jack Pyke JackPyke.co.uk This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 441 Bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain441 Sign up for our weekly email […]
Read moreDeer manager Paul Childerley is in Gloucestershire to stalk and cull roebucks. On a glorious English summer’s evening, what better way is there to shake off the cares of the world? The buck season is well underway and he wants to bring down numbers before the crops grow and they become hard to spot. He […]
Read moreIt is the heat of mid April 2018 and Al Gabriel is out managing bucks on two pieces of ground: a lowland estate and upland forestry. On the low ground, crops grow so fast that buck stalking will be difficult within weeks. Al has just taken over the stalking on the upland woods and shows […]
Read moreAs deerstalker Roy Lupton starts to gralloch a lame buck he has culled, a dog walker shouts that he is a ‘cruel b*****d’ for ‘shooting stags’. Roy, frustrated by the ignorance of some people, decides to show the woman exactly why he was committed to finding this animal. This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports […]
Read moreTim Pilbeam takes his .30-06 to Scotland to shoot red hinds on a wind farm. The aim of the deer management is to discourage birdlife. Yes, really. Deer manager Robbie Rowantree of West Highland Hunting encourages stags on this ground and discourages hinds, because stags make it harder for the ground nesting birds. Watch the […]
Read moreWe look at the hunt from the other side of the deer. Watch Jason Doyle and Paul Childerley stalk in on a group of Chinese water deer in Bedfordshire. Plus find out about the CWD’s famous fangs – what makes a trophy? and can a doe grow tusks? ▶ For the new Zeiss rangefinder, visit […]
Read moreIt’s foul weather and Cai Ap Bryn + his Norwegian buddy Trigger are stalking sika/hybrid hinds in the Wicklow Mountains. They turn the low cloud to their advantage and both get close enough for a shot. ▶ To go stalking with Glacial Valley Hunting, visit GlacialValleyHunting.com ▶ More from Cai at GameAndFlames.com This item appears […]
Read moreWhat 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 […]
Read moreHere’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: ▶ […]
Read moreRoy 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 poisoning […]
Read moreVelkommen 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 […]
Read moreCai 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 […]
Read moreHow 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 […]
Read moreTim 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 […]
Read moreWhat 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 www.sako.fi […]
Read moreWatch 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 […]
Read moreStags 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 […]
Read moreFeel 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 […]
Read moreWhen 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 […]
Read moreSee 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 […]
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