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Andy Crow Pheasants and partridges

Beaters’ day: shoot all you can

February 4, 2015

Andy Crow is enjoying a driven pheasant shooting day in Kent and posing the question: how…

Pheasants and partridges

Fabulous pheasants (and deer) at Mornacott Shoot

January 21, 2015

The Mornacott Estate in Devon provides driven pheasant, partridge and duck shooting days. We join a…

Pheasants and partridges Promatic

Driven Pheasant at Altcar Estate

November 26, 2014

One of Britain’s great sporting estates, Altcar in Lancashire, is reborn as a driven pheasant and…

Charlie Jacoby China Pheasants and partridges Rabbits Shotguns

Hunting behind the bamboo curtain – 狩猎在中国

August 10, 2014

It’s where pheasants come from. Charlie Jacoby goes undercover in China to see if hunting and…

AYA Pheasants and partridges Rizzini

Spanish guns, Spanish birds, English shoot

March 26, 2014

We are not shooting just any game birds today. These are Spanish red-legged partridge and we’re…

Andy Crow Jack Pyke Pheasants and partridges

Crow raids Jack Pyke’s warehouse

March 17, 2014

Andy Crow’s been invited on a small shoot day by Jack Pyke as a thank you…

Home Lachie Smith Pheasants and partridges

Driven partridge shooting in Scotland

November 20, 2013

A party of guns is enjoying the partridge shooting at the spectacular Ralia Estate in the…

Home Pheasants and partridges

Grouse, pheasants and partridges

July 8, 2013

Andy Crow Pheasants and partridges Shotguns

Shooting high pheasants, with Andy Crow

May 13, 2013

Some of you, especially if you are a pigeon, will only have seen Andy Crow from…

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The McDougal sporting challenge

November 26, 2012

Shoots across the country are diversifying, playing to their strengths and offering more than just well…

Browning Pheasants and partridges

Driven partridge shooting outside Paris

November 14, 2012

We join the research & development team from Browning to try out the new 725 ‘Citori’…

Cooking Deerstalking Pheasants and partridges

Game to Eat – Food journalists go deer stalking

November 14, 2012

We are deerstalking and pheasant shooting in Sussex – and it is all for a good…

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Partridge shooting with tanks

September 12, 2011

As a thank you to the forces serving in Afghanistan, the shoot at Sedgeford Hall on…

Pheasants and partridges

Canal Game Farm

May 14, 2010

A thriving game farm that takes great pride in producing pheasant poults, partridge poults (chicks) and…

Clayshooting How to shoot Pheasants and partridges

How to shoot walked-up birds

February 1, 2010

It’s all very well going roughshooting but the birds never quite do what you expect, bursting…

Gamekeeping Pheasants and partridges

Pheasant shooting in Kent

December 7, 2009

The proof of the pudding is in the eating or, in this case, the shooting. Canal…

Gamekeeping Pheasants and partridges

Pheasant shooting at Plumpton College in Sussex

November 5, 2009

We join gamekeeping students at Plumpton College in Sussex on their shoot day. This film first…

Gamekeeping Pheasants and partridges

White pheasants

October 13, 2009

Canal Game Farm is producing them for estates all over the country – the white pheasant…

Gamekeeping Pheasants and partridges

English grey partridge conservation

October 13, 2009

Canal Game Farm is delivering English greys partridges at the start of the partridge shooting season…

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How to shoot partridge

October 13, 2009

Alan Rose shows how to hit low partridges when they are comin atcha. Alan works for…

Fishing Home Hunting with hounds Pheasants and partridges

Shooting Politics, episode 3, 16th September 2009

September 16, 2009

The British countrysports debate programme. Filmed at the Countryside Alliance headquarters in London, on the panel…

Fishing Foxes Home Pheasants and partridges

Shooting Politics, episode 2, 2nd September 2009

September 2, 2009

It’s our countrysports debate programme Shooting Politics and it is out now. Filmed at the Countryside…

Big game Gamekeeping Home Hunting with hounds Pheasants and partridges

Shooting Politics, episode 1, 19th August 2009

August 19, 2009

Panellists on the new countrysports webTV debate programme Shooting Politics lay into the RSPB for its…

New launch: Merkel K5 break-barrel rifle

December 5, 2019 1:00 am

by Charlie Jacoby Generally, I like the sleek, new single-shot break-barrel rifle from Merkel. The company lent it to me for a week of red hind stalking in Argyllshire (my film is at the bottom of this review). It is designed as a ‘mountain’ rifle: lightweight and with the break-barrel rifle’s reputation for greater accuracy than the bolt-action. It is Merkel’s go at matching the Blaser K95. I prefer the K95 (disclosure: Blaser sponsors films on Fieldsports Channel, Merkel does not). The K5 grew out of the K120, the rifle Merkel produced for its 120th anniversary. Compared the the K3 and the K4, the stock shape makes it look prettier. Here is Sebastian von Stauffenberg from Merkel to talk through the rifle: It is a hogback stock with a Bavarian cheek piece. The stock has a double fold. This is both goodlooking (as Sebastian says in his film) and an important consideration. You are probably going to put a scope on it. Check this stock shape works for you and your chosen scope. The stock on this rifle is in wood and has ebony finishes, which gives it a sense of contrast. Merkel has now changed the ebony to palisander wood for the finishes on the fore-end, pistol grip and the release. The trigger system is adjustable longways and sideways. It is also wider than usual Merkel triggers, which I like. Merkel has developed a silent new handcocking system for this rifle. Decocking is simple and easy and is more secure than a simple safety-catch. The gun simply can’t fired with cocking it. It has a jaeger tilted block breech which locks steel on steel. One feature is that the block is removable. You simply take off the fore-end, take out the barrel, you push back the breech, click a …
Swarovski Z8i

November 23, 2019 6:00 pm

by Charlie Jacoby This is one of the big three: the Z8i is the scope to have if you don’t want the Zeiss V8 or the Leica Magnus. With an 8x magnification, this scope takes your target from 1.7x to 13.3x. It is aimed at both short range driven hunting scope and for long ranges around 400m. Lightweight, it has a ballistic turret with a personalised ring. You take the ballistics of your bullet – the calibre, muzzle velocity and ballistic coefficient (all of these available on your box of ammo plus you can check them yourself on a range) – feed this info into the Swarovski website, pay your money, and a week later a special ring turns up for your ballistic turret in yards or metres that you can click to match the range of your target. So your zero is spot on at 100m, you rangefind your deer at 300m, you click the turret round to 300m, and the scope will hold the zero. The luminous dot is pre-set in two positions for day and night. You can dim it or increased in brightness via pushbuttons on the scope. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain the scope: Want to see the Swarovski Z8i in action? We take it on a hind cull in Scotland: Thinking of buying a £2000+ riflescope? Have a look at our price and capability comparison here:
Swarovski EL and ELO Range binoculars

November 23, 2019 5:58 pm

by Charlie Jacoby Swarovski EL and ELO Range binoculars are designed to combine Swarovski quality with a range finding capability. They come in the standard deerstalking sizes of 8×42 and 10×42 and include an easy-to-use rangefinder. Simply point them at your target, click the button on top of the binos, release, after a couple of seconds, you get the range in metres. The ELO – the ‘O’ stands for ‘orange’ – are that colour so if you put them down on the hill you will easily be able to find them again. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain them: Buy it on Amazon: Want to see these Swarovski binos in action? We take them on a hind cull in Scotland:
Swarovski modular ATX spotting scope

November 23, 2019 5:53 pm

by Charlie Jacoby For the big game hunter who likes to see their distant game up close, this is the Swarovski spotting scope to choose. Zoom is from 30x to 70x. This one has the 95mm objective lens. Modular means you can take the headpiece off and replace it. As you would expect from Swaro, the light transmission is outstanding. The resolution you get out of it is terrific, not only for spotting when I go hunting but also to take pictures. Swarovski sells a special adaptor for your phone that attaches it to the scope. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain them: Buy it on Amazon:
Merkel HLX suppressor

November 23, 2019 3:04 pm

Merkel has gone into partnership with military moderator manufacturer B&T to make a moderator for the hunting market. 200mm long, it has steel baffles, which allows up to 30 consecutive shots without waiting for it to cool. It fits on every barrel with a M15x1 muzzle thread. Merkel claims its moderators reduce sound by more than 30dB. For cleaning, just soak the moderator in soapy water, rinse it out and dry it with a compressor (if you have one) or leave for 24 hours on a warm radiator. Here’s what Merkel says. Want to see the Merkel HLX in action? We take it on a hind cull in Scotland: