Now 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 […]
Read moreBedfordshire 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 item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 420 bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain420 Sign up for […]
Read moreThe Mauser M12 has rapidly become one of the most popular sporting rifles in the UK. We take two versions of it out after roe deer. Byron Pace accompanies journalist Louise Gray who is using his Mauser M12 Impact for a buck in Scotland (back in the summer). To stalker Owen Beardsmore takes Rupert Blackwall […]
Read moreWith the fallow buck rut taking place haphazardly across Roy’s ground, it’s a challenge to call a buck. Roy Lupton has a morning’s stalking, and tops it off by calling in foxes. For more films from Roy, go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/roy-lupton/ This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 415 bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain415 Sign up for our […]
Read moreEvery area has its own Macnab. In Hampshire, says Keith and Gavin from local sporting agent Glorious Game, it’s a roebuck, a partridge and a trout, all in one day. Roy Lupton gives it a whirl. To go shooting with Keith and Gavin, visit GloriousGame.com For high-res still pictures from the day, visit www.flickr.com/photos/fieldsportschannel/albums/72157662131680168 For […]
Read moreHuman-animal conflicts hit the headlines as Britain becomes more crowded, and there’s no animal in Britain as big or as conflicting as deer, writes Alex Howell. In urban parks in the summer, they are placid and approachable. The autumn brings dark nights, increased risk of collision with animals and – intoxicated by the deer rut […]
Read moreFrom 1 October 2017, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon will mount a new attack on Scottish sporting estates. Her years of forcibly buying their land, shooting their deer, poisoning their salmon, and briefing against them and the people they employ to manage Scotland’s landscape have failed. She has not ‘driven the foreigners out of Scotland’, nor […]
Read moreA young stalker is out after a red stag for the first time. He is stalking at the Ardnamurchan with Niall Rowantree of West Highland Hunting. Rifle is a Blaser R8 and scope and binos by Swarovski. This film is sponsored by Swarovski and Blaser. For more about Blaser, go to www.blaser-sporting.com For Swarovski’s range […]
Read moreAxis deer are a pest to farmers in northern Argentina. In the latest in his Rucksack & Rifle series, Tim Pilbeam has come from the UK to hunt them, a trip which starts with him paddling a canoe up a South American river. To go hunting axis deer + doves, water buffalo and wild boar, […]
Read moreWith the roe rut underway, deer manager Paul Childerley has a great opportunity to take out cull bucks. He shows which calls they respond to, and draws them close by perfectly mimicking a roe doe’s peeps. It’s a great ethical hunt, that keeps the deer population under control and puts venison on the table. This […]
Read moreUsing a buttolo call, Roy Lupton gets an amazing reaction from roe deer on his ground. It is the start of the roe rut and Roy is out to see what he can call in. For Roy’s Sauer 404, visit www.blaser-sporting.com For Leica sport optics go to uk.leica-camera.com/Sport-Optics This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports […]
Read moreHow fast can you gralloch a deer? Paul Childerley puts in an impressive time in our speed challenge – and he gets to keep all his fingers. For more from Emberleaf, go to emberleaf.com To go stalking with Paul Childerley, visit www.childerleysporting.co.uk For more films with Paul, look at www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/paul-childerley/ This item appears on YouTube […]
Read moreAndy Crow is out helping a local pheasant shoot with its roebuck cull. For Crow’s films go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/andy-crow/ This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 389 bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain389 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter www.fieldsportschannel.tv/register
Read moreA morning walk-around with a rifle at the start of the roebuck season in Somerset reveals how many animals there are to cull for farmer Ashley Vellacott. As well as knocking over a ‘freezer filler’, he explais why deer hunting and sheep farming are what produce England’s most beautiful countryside. Ashley uses: Browning X-bolt in […]
Read moreLarysa Switlyk of US TV show Larysa Unleashed is after three species of deer in the south of England: a roebuck, a fallow buck and a muntjac makes a ‘Sussex Slam’. Stalker is Darren Phizacklea of Viscount Sporting. This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 385 bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain385 Sign up for our weekly email […]
Read moreThe roebuck stalking season is open. Charlie Jacoby heads to Cumbria with two US hunting TV stars: Larysa Switlyk and Lindsay Christensen. They are out after bucks on the Greystoke Castle Estate and other ground managed by Steve Pymm of Cumbria Wild Game. For Larysa Unleashed, go to www.larysaunleashed.com or www.youtube.com/user/LSwitlyk For Extreme Huntress, visit www.extremehuntress.com […]
Read moreIt’s an early start and a late finish. Paul Childerley is managing the deer on three estates and a large formal garden. He manages to stalk and shoot eight ainmals from four of the UK’s six deer species: roe, fallow, muntjac and Chinese water deer. For Shooterking clothing, go to www.shooterking.co.uk Zeiss V6 scope bit.ly/zeissv6 […]
Read morePaul Childerley shows how to skin a deer in preparation for a full head mount by a taxidermist. For Sako rifles, go to www.gmk.co.uk For Shooterking clothing, go to www.shooterking.com Paul’s website is www.childerleysporting.co.uk For more of our films with Paul, go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/paul-childerley/ This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 379 bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain379 […]
Read moreRoy Lupton is at the Leica factory, looking at how a top optics company manufactures its goods. Plus he is in the field trying out those optics, on a driven hunt in Portugal. For more about Leica’s range of scopes and binos, search #leicahunting For more of our films with Roy, go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/roy-lupton/ This […]
Read morePaul Childerley, Cai Ap Bryn and Johan ‘Trigger’ Solheim are stalking the field margins of Bedfordshire in search of Chinese water deer, perhaps the UK’s most extrardinary deer species. Find out how they get on. For Sako rifles, go to www.gmk.co.uk For Shooterking clothing, go to www.shooterking.com Paul’s website is www.childerleysporting.co.uk Ben’s work is at […]
Read moreIt’s time for the Ardnamurchan hind cull. Niall Rowantree is up the hill with Robert Sajitz and Alexandra Baur of Blaser, Sporting Shooter editor Rebecca Green and Shooting Gazette editor Will Hetherington. For Blaser’s R8 rifle, go to www.blaser-sporting.com To go hindstalking at Ardnamurchan, visit www.westhighland-hunting.co.uk This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Read moreNiall Rowantree is in the middle of the red hind cull (female red deer) at Ardnamurchan in the Highlands of Scotland. Robert Sajitz from German riflemaker Blaser goes to join him on a culling expedition to a small estate. Find out more about West Highland Hunting at www.westhighland-hunting.co.uk For the Blaser R8 rifle, go to […]
Read moreFor eight years, Roy has been stalking up to one of the finest fallow bucks he has seen in the UK – and letting it go. Is it time for him to shoot the ten-year-old animal? It’s a question as old as hunting itself. For more about Aimpoint sights, visit www.aimpoint.com This item appears on […]
Read moreWe are stalking sika stags in the rut. Keith Emery is a man with a mission. He loves deer, he feeds deer and he shoots deer. Keith lives in South Dorset next to one of the biggest concentrations of sika deer in the world. It is the sika rut and so a good time to […]
Read moreAnyone who manages a deer herd is doing it because they want the best for those animals – but sometimes it gets personal. Roy Lupton has known one particular fallow buck for eight years. Is now the right time to take him? This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 361 bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain361 Sign up […]
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