New Sako S20 Rifle – First Look
Finnish rifle and cartridge maker Sako says it has come up with a ‘new category’ in bolt-action rifles: Sako S20 is the first true hybrid
Finnish rifle and cartridge maker Sako says it has come up with a ‘new category’ in bolt-action rifles: Sako S20 is the first true hybrid
Paul Childerley travels to Portugal for a traditional monterÃa. We are in the rural heart of the country, and wild boar are causing problems for
As she learns the ways of deer hunting, Carly Coates joins Paul Childerley. They are out after a Chinese water deer buck, a tiny
Cai Ap Bryn is following in the footsteps of William the Conqueror. He is shooting deer in the New Forest, set up by King William
Some fall over. Some run – even though they may both have been shot in the same place. Roy Lupton is out stalking fallow for
The Scottish Government is putting public safety at risk, and wasting tens of thousands of taxpayers’ pounds littering the countryside with fencing. It has shown
They destroy trees, they eat eggs and chicks in the nest, and they carry a virus that kills our native red squirrels. What kind of
The partridges are flying – and so is Andy Crow. He changes over his Blaser F16 12-bore for a 20-bore and keeps up with
Paul Childerley is looking after his ground in Gloucestershire. He was there the other day to shoot roe and ran into muntjac. This time he
Accidentally put a 20-bore cartridge down a 12-bore barrel and the result could be tragic. Andy Crow explains the risks.
How do birds fly in Ireland? Jason Doyle has a day with the Castle Fieldsports Syndicate in Co Offaly. See how he gets on. For
How good is the Aimpoint Micro H-2? Let’s find out on a driven hunt, using shotguns on close-range deer and rifles on boar. Aimpoint takes
Paul Childerley has a special call he has not revealed on Fieldsports Channel before. All of his deerstalking friends have their secret techniques, but Paul’s
How do you get the most from a small deer in the shortest possible time? Paul Childerley shows how to butcher a Chinese water deer,
Roy Lupton and Andy Crow go behind the scenes at the Aimpoint factory in Sweden to see how those ingenious Swedes build their gun sights,
Andy Crow shows what an amazing sport driven wild boar shooting is. He is not a complete newbie, but he knows what he needs. As
The red stags are roaring in Ireland. Jason Doyle is after one – and he is in line for a close encounter. Find out what
Charlie is out enjoying the Scottish hind cull. German ammunition company RWS, optics manufacturer Swarovski and gunmaker Merkel invite six hunting ‘influencers’ from across Europe
Andy Crow is on a neighbour’s farm helping to keep wood pigeons off a maize crop. He is sharing a hide with Frederic Hanner, who
Top ferreter Simon Whitehead talks about his lurcher Tawny and friends, including ferrets and some hawk action. ‘She is a honest stamp of a dog
The Americans come to Ireland to go shooting. Jason Doyle and his shooting partner Daniel O’Flaherty are back at the 1,000-yard range at Midland
Like hunting bucks? Managing a herd of deer requires subtlety and the ability to make quick decisions – decisions that can have long-lasting effects (as
Paul Childerley is in Hungary using thermal imaging kit to track down wild boar at night. He is using the Pulsar Helion to protect blueberries.
Andy Crow is on form for his pheasant shoot day in Bedfordshire – and he is joined by Jason Doyle, David Wright, and Charlie Jacoby
Roy Lupton is out stalking fallow bucks at the start of the fallow rut. He calls them by clattering fallow antlers together, which draws them
Vegetarians and the climate change movement: shouldn’t they be hunting? With climate change at the top of the agenda and vegetarians arguing that meat-based agriculture
The beautiful mountains around Swarovski’s optics factory are alive with chamois. The numbers are large enough that they need to be managed. Albert has worked
Tim Pilbeam is on the hunt of a lifetime. He is after Swedish elk, doing it with some of Sweden’s leading elk experts, a helicopter,
What are the best bullets for roebuck? Paul Childerley tries out Gamehead Pro cartridges from ammunition manufacturer Sako after a roebuck in the south-east
What happens when a load of precision dark-ops fox shooters put on tweed and a tie to go on a driven partridge day? That’s what
Andy Crow takes time off farmwork to shoot a basket of wood pigeon to give to David, who is hosting a woodpigeon barbecue. The wind
Want to learn to fish? Edmund Jacoby heads to the the Arundell Arms in Devon for their polar flyfishing beginners’ course, led by the remarkable
Roy Lupton is setting out to make a deer herd healthy. There’s not enough food for these fallow in the South-East of England, so he
Sako’s secretive ammunition factory in Finland opens its doors to deerstalker and big game hunter Paul Childerley. Paul wants to find out which type of
Here’s how to hunt feral goats in Scotland. Remember goatgate? The politicians who condemned Scottish deerstalkers for shooting goats were the same politicians who ordered
When your hunting season is only six months long what do you do during the summer to keep your skills up to scratch? How
How do you train your falcon? Until recently, it was by experience. Now you can get it to have a go at drones. Roy Lupton
New Zealand has a pest problem. Happily, they are both a sporting shot and delicious. Niall Rowantree goes to a farm to help deal with
For our tenth birthday, we ask some of our best-known faces how Fieldsports Channel has changed their lives – and which are their favourite films.
World champion shot Ben Husthwaite on how to plan the ‘incoming chandelle’. His technique for the incomer is almost the opposite of his technique for
Tim Pilbeam packs rifle and rucksack, and heads out on his own after red hinds. He has the blessing of deer manager Niall Rowantree. He
Top shot Ben Husthwaite takes his Shotkam out after the ‘going-away chandelle’ on the clay ground. He reveals his techniques for shooting one of the
Roy Lupton is out after roe deer. With the bucks rutting at the end of July, he calls them in to cull them. Join him
It’s summertime and that’s bad news for birds feasting on crops near Jason Doyle’s home in southern Ireland. He is out pigeonshooting, and keeping an
Irish deerstalking legend John Fenton takes Paul Childerley, Jason Doyle and a Sako 85 Carbonlight into the Wicklow Hills to stalk sika. In the latest
When the government stopped the general licences, we thought that was it for shooting pigeons over stubble. Not a bit of it. Andy Crow is
Cai Ap Bryn has a roebuck to shoot. Along the way, he is treated to some of the great sights in nature – European brown
Jay Tiernan is a militant vegan, who stamps on badger traps and condones the cutting of wire to release pheasants from game farms. The face
We go simulated stalking and long-distance rifle shooting out to 500 metres with Paul Childerley. It’s all so Zeiss can set out its stall to
Some people look at the new carbon stock material and worry that it will snap. Sako wants to reassure them, so has charged Paul Childerley