Fieldsports Britain – Beautiful Hunt in the Mountains
Tim Pilbeam is in the Alps after chamois with the new Franchi Horizon rifle. He and Karl Waktare find mountain stalking hard work – and
Tim Pilbeam is in the Alps after chamois with the new Franchi Horizon rifle. He and Karl Waktare find mountain stalking hard work – and
We’re hunting under the windmills, this week. In the last in this season of Rucksack & Rifle, Tim Pilbeam is hindstalking in and around a
Thirty deer need to be shot. But there are dogwalkers and other visitors to the park in the South-East of England. Phiz, Hugo and their
Paul Childerley takes Jason out after his first Chinese water deer. We film it from Jason and from the deer’s point of view. Plus, Paul
Shooting is the easy bit, compared to cooking, stuffing, and stalking wild boar. Tim Pilbeam is looking at all four at the home of French
It’s the fourth and final part of our popular series, A Year in the Life of Red Deer. It is winter, and Niall Rowantree from
With rifles getting cheaper – and yet remaining as accurate as ever – what can you buy for less than £500? Tim Pilbeam gets together
It’s a week of challenges and a week of new opportunities. Andy Crow has pigeons rocketing in to his Kent farm, looking for food. He
It’s a kit exclusive: we get the first look in the UK at the new Mauser M18 rifle, a workaday gun for deerstalkers and fox
What was the UK like when we hardly had any deer? How did modern deerstalking start? How did New Zealand gets its deer? We answer
Is the DSC1 worth the paper it’s written on? Sim Hay goes through the stresses and tantrums of taking the UK’s deerstalking certificate, and then
Watch eagle acrobatics as they hunt mountain hares in Scotland. The Angus Glens are a winter wonderland and Roy Lupton is there to catch hares
Paul is out after whitetail again, this time with more success. He is trying out new ammunition from the Sako Factory in Finland, and he
We put a camera on red stag’s head so it can record the rut. It does magnificently – fighting other stags, drinking, fraying – but
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgAoMS0lbzw Four wild boar, three shots at foxes (missed), two roe does, a red hind and a mouflon: it turns out to be Paul’s best
British pro stalker Paul Childerley is after the whitetail deer in the Finnish forests. He is visiting the Sako factory with Sporting Shooter editor Dom
Roy Lupton is stalking one of Britain’s smallest deer. He is after muntjac in Bedfordshire, and gets within shooting distance of two. Meanwhile, Charlie is
Among driven pheasant shooters, Brigands is widely named top British shoot. We follow high pheasant specialist Ross Neville as he shoots premier league drives, including
Reach in and touch your inner Obelix. That’s what Tim Pilbeam is doing, stalking wild boar in France. Of course he uses a rifle, not
They are some of the most challenging pheasants that Andy Crow has seen. He is at the Upperwood Estate in Yorkshire, where pheasants and partridges
Roy Lupton is back where he shot a huge buck last year. The fallow buck rut is once again underway, so the perfect time of
We have a challenge. Can Roy shoot redleg partridge, a roebuck and catch a trout all in one day? If he can, he has
It’s everything you need to know about managing one of our most common deer, in this episode of #FieldsportsBritain. Fallow deer were released all over
Where do the world’s top driven pheasant shooters go? The answer is Wales. Shoots such as Brigands and, this week’s feature, Llechweddygarth, are providing birds
Tim Pilbeam is chasing down wild boar again in the thick scrub of northern Argentina. This time, the idea is to lassoo the pig before
Incredible footage of falcons hunting and in flight as Roy Lupton teaches his birds of prey to hunt by using a specially-designed drone, called a
A young lad on his first stalking trip has a stag in his sights. In this week’s #Fieldsports Britain, we look at why Scottish stalkers
Tim Pilbeam leaves his comfort zone of fallow and roe stalking in England to pick up Rucksack & Rifle and paddle up a river in
The cream of the cream of British sport in in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain: we are in the Angus Glens on a driven grouse day, and
It’s like Bodie & Doyle – except it’s Childerley & Doyle. And what mission is Paul Childerley and Jason Doyle undertaking? They have got to
The trouble with foxshooting at this time of year is when farmers are cutting late. Fields are grown up and disguise the animals just when
We are after the wild boar that are big enough to carry off livestock. Tim Pillbeam’s latest Rucksack & Rifle adventure takes him to Argentina
Have you ever missed a bird? Thought so. Well, when rook and pigeon shooter Jaf Jefferson has a bad morning’s shooting, he takes his problems
How do you call in a roe buck – and stop it coming in so you can shoot it? Paul Childerley shows how with the
Tim Pilbeam is looking at a new rifle package on the market that’s pitched at gamekeepers. It has the Sauer 101 and Minox scope at
Roy Lupton has roebuck hunting on his mind. With the roe rut around the corner, he takes his buttolo call out for a try and
Roy Lupton is no ordinary sportsman. He is off foxshooting this evening. But first he is caring for the falcons he is breeding, which are
Andy Crow is committed to producing vegetarian meals. He is out with Brody Woollard and other friends to make a dent in the pigeon population
Cheap rifles – are they worth it? Tim Pilbeam says yes, as long as you look out for a few key aspects of the rifle
Andy Crow has a jackdaw problem he can only solve with a gun. Jackdaws may be the least offensive corvid to some but to a
‘Anyone who shoots with an eye closed is guessing’. That’s the conclusion of top shotgun coach Nick Penn. Eye dominance is rubbish, he says, as
Andy Crow is on rabbit patrol. After years of low rabbit numbers, they are back on his farm in Kent – and we are hearing
It’s all about vegans this week. Andy Crow is shooting pigeons over the crops on his farm, so we can keep British vegans fed. Meanwhile,
“There was no argument about it. It was just done.” So says the pheasant hatchery owner who has just lost 60,000 birds. With bird flu
What does it take to be one of best gundogs in the world? They gather at Cawdor Castle in Inverness-shire for the Skinners World Cup
What does it take to shoot a roebuck? If you are Andy Crow, it takes ‘roehow’. He is out helping with a local deer cull.
A gang of us head to France where gun company Browning has laid on all its latest products – shotguns and rifles – and a
How to shoot and cook rabbit. Cai Ap Bryn sets up a delicious barbecue with the help of a rimfire and a special ginger beer
Andy Crow is climbing trees to put out his pigeon decoys. It is all part of his strategy shooting pigeons that are coming in to