For around three months of the year, red deer are off the shooting menu. Well, that doesn’t mean that Scottish deerstalker Niall Rowantree can hang
Top clay shot Ben Husthwaite does the hokey-cokey to explain how to shoot clay pigeons better. He says shooters (right-handed) are too keen to use
Gun reviewer Tim Pilbeam has more than £50,000-worth of rifles to test. He looks at the latest carbon rifles from manufacturers including Blaser, Mauser, Sauer,
Want to shoot super-accurately at more than half a mile? Browning brings the new X-Bolt Pro and Winchester XPR to WMS Firearms Training in West
Andy Crow has one more chance to shoot the jackdaws and keep them off his bean crop. The jackdaws are digging up and eating the
You’d be amazed how many people don’t know the first thing about meat they can shoot for themselves. That’s what makes Cai Ap Bryn’s
Hooded crows (grey crows in Ireland) are coming into a farmer’s shed and stealing cattle feed – but they are wily. In the latest of
Endangered curlews are safest on grousemoors. That’s the claim of one of the world’s top habitat researchers, ahead of World Curlew Day. An international scientist
Andy Crow loves his clay shooting and he loves his game shooting, so what better way to spend a spring day than combining the two.
South American wildlife – it’s all just a little bit different, requires new skills – and Tim Pilbeam is the man with the Rucksack &
Paul Childerley guides hunters, new, old, experienced and, in this case, practically vegetarian. Imogen has not only not shot a deer before, she doesn’t even
One of Scotland’s premier tourist attractions is setting fire to Scotland, and that’s causing a problem for deer. The Jacobite steam train sets fire to
Roy Lupton is hunting down the foxes that are feasting on lambs. He is armed with thermal and lamp, and on patrol around a farm
Jason Doyle and his girlfriend Carly join the Shelton Abbey Shoot in Co Wicklow for the end-of-season keeper’s day, where the gamekeeper gets to thank
In the latest of his Wild Wing Shooting series, Jason Doyle is after pigeons with the Jenkinstown Gun Club, helping look after a a woodland
Jamie Chandler gets his hands on the new bullpup air rifle from BSA, the Defiant bullpup. He is out to test its worth on
Paul Childerley is after squirrels. They are chewing up the water pipes in his pheasant pens, and this is the time of year they greys
Top catapult shot Wayne Martin is on the look-out for squirrels to shoot, plus other benefits of stalking woodland – good quality Y-shaped forks he
In the third in Paul Childerley’s Barrels & Brass series, he is out with guide Nico Els in the Eastern Cape after bushbuck. It is
George Digweed takes gold at the South African Hunting Route Grand Prix. The competition took place at the Valley Gun Club, 16 to 17 March
2019 was a quiet year for product launches at the European gun trade show IWA. Many products had already had their ‘moment in the sun’
When your farm is under attack – you need to get out and deal with it. Andy Crow has a problem with fallow deer
Roy Lupton has his hands on the new Leica Fortis riflescope, which launched at IWA 2019. He takes it out after muntjac deer. ▶ This
A gathering of pigeon shooting greats: Andy Crow is asked to join Peter Theobald, Will Garfit, Jonathan Young and others for a pigeon clear-up day
Roy Lupton is on a major wild boar cull in marshes off a Swedish island where wild boar have reached plague proportions. He is there
Deer manager Niall Rowantree is on his way around Planet Deer, this time talking big red deer, and hunting a giant red stag. He is
In the latest of his Wild Wing Shooting series, Jason Doyle is shooting pheasants and, well, whatever he comes across with Matt Jarvis, a Londoner
We lose control of the Fieldsports Channel News Stump. At the 2019 British Shooting Show, the viewers get to have their own go. And
It’s the end of a long pheasant day and how does Paul Childerley relax? He invites a friendly local keeper over to go duck flighting.
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
After months of letting them get away with it, farm manager Andy Crow’s fields are turning blue with pigeons. And when his fields go blue,
Out shooting driven partridges and pheasants? Gamekeeper Paul Childerley explains the importance of presenting birds, and why you should take care of birds on the
Roy is after a variety of pests with FX airgun mounted with Pulsar Trail LRF thermal scope. He has squirrels, rats and even a fox
Roy’s out at the dump controlling rats. He is putting new FX airguns and Pulsar optics through their paces, with the help of Jonathan Fox
In the latest of his Wild Wing Shooting series, Jason Doyle is wildfowling the South Slob in Co Wexford. The Slobs were drained in the
Charlie Jacoby looks out for new and spectacular hunting and shooting kit at the 2019 ShotShow, including: ▶ Winchester Extreme Point Copper Impact ammunition ▶
Cattyshack man Wayne Martin explains the finer points of rubber – which to use in your catapult and how to use it – and why
It’s like deer stalking but in this case our deer is perched on 25 metre tall stilts. Game chef Cai Ap Bryn is in Finland
To go elk hunting in Finland, you have to be fit. You watch the dog chasing the elk in real time via GPS. Then you
by Charlie Jacoby You see your animal through your binos, you shoot, it drops out of sight. Now Swarovski has come up with binos that
Catty Shack man Wayne Martin shows how to improve your slingshot shooting accuracy, using reference points on your body, on your catapult – and even
Paul Childerley talks through the pros and cons of the Sako 85 Black Wolf, which he is taking on a chamois hunt in Slovenia. ▶
Paul Childerley is on a three-day chamois hunt in the Slovenian mountains. In the latest episode of Paul’s Barrels & Brass series, he is out
Tim 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
How come you shoot up hill and there is less bullet drop than shooting on the horizontal? How come you get the same effect when
Irish pigeonshooting guru Stephen Dunbar talks Jason Doyle through a December day over oilseed rape. The pigeons are feeding on and damaging the crop. With
Ingredients 4-6 pheasant breasts 8-12 rashers smoked back bacon Butter For the stuffing: 2 small onions diced 100g bread crumbs Small handful of sage leaves
Ingredients Diced onion 300g fruit 500g venison 1 heaped tbsp marmalade Generous glass of port 400ml venison or beef stock 1 heaped tsp cinnamon 1
Wayne Martin is an expert shot with a slingshot. He goes out with Andy Crow for a mooch around the farm. Andy wants him to
Cai Ap Bryn is meeting a man in a car park… Chris Dewbury from rifle, clothing and accessories distributor Blaser Sporting has come along with
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