Pike on the Kennet & Avon Canal
Fishing on his home water, Martin Salter is after pike. Not so difficult, huh? Well it is when you are using tackle you would normally use in the foothills of the Himalayas after mahseer. See how he gets on… This item appears in Fishing Britain, episode 40. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fishingbritain40
Fishing Britain – Catching Pike with Mahseer Tackle
Martin Salter has a mahseer trip coming up – and he is keen to kit himself out. Not just that, he wants to catch fish with his new rod, reel and lures. There are no mhaseer in Berkshire, however, so he goes after the next best thing: pike. Helped by Allan Shephard at Sportfish and […]
AirHeads – Hunting Rabbits with Airguns
AirHeads has rabbit hunting, kit tests, news and views this week. Darren Rogers is after rabbits with the new FX Cutlas, Roger Lait is looking at what you can do with an air rifle stock, Charlie Jacoby visits the airgun range at High Lodge shooting ground in Suffolk, and there is our usual round-up of […]
Fieldsports Britain – How to be a Shooting Journalist
Tim Pilbeam lives the life. He gets rifles to review, he gets to play with them, and people make decisions about shooting kit after reading his views online and in magazines. Thanks to the internet, you can do this too. Tim says how. That’s not all. Crow says why he likes his .17HMR more than […]
Fieldsports Britain – How the Antis Tried to Nobble a Nation
The antis deliberately set out to destroy hunting on Malta. They reckoned that if they got one European state to ban bird shooting, they could get all of them. Last weekend, they failed. Charlie Jacoby visits Malta to find out if the likes of Bill Oddie and Chris Packham are right – are the hunters […]
Schools Challenge TV – The University Challenge 2015
It’s the University Challenge. Teams from across the country gather at the Oxford Gun Company gather to shot it out over a 100-bord sporting layout. Find out which university wins, and stay tuned to win a year’s subscription to sporting Shooter magazine. For more, visit www.theschoolschallenge.co.uk Sign up for our weekly email newsletter bit.ly/weeklyemail
AirHeads – Pellet Punch-Up
Anything you want to know about air rifles, AirHeads is a packed show this week. Roy and Darren are out after rats with night vision and a new scope. Meanwhile, Phill is testing the power of pellets. There are superbly stuffed squirrels in news and the squirrels in Airstreaming are fairly stuffed too. Here are […]
Fieldsports Britain – Catapult Karate
It’s a kind of martial art. If you can hit a Polo mint at 20 metres in under 30 seconds, maybe you have got what it takes. Charlie Jacoby goes to the beating heart of British catapulting – the UK championships – to find out more about modern techniques and top catty tech. He meets […]
Fieldsports Britain – Tick Tech and Top Trucks
Hunters and shooters get the best new technology in their kit – and this week we showcase two of the best of the best: deerstalking clothing which gets rid of the bugs and ticks that carry disease, and a 4WD vehicle quiet enough for you to be deadly on rabbits and foxes. We find a […]
Claysports – Olympic Shooting Gloryhunters
It’s British clayshooting’s TV show: whatever clay discipline you shoot, this is the show for you. This episode we’re looking at the race for places at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, we find out what tactics to use when you shoot a flush; there are some great shopping ideas for father’s Day, Brody Woollard bravely […]
AirHeads – Airgun Hunting in HD
It’s our airgun show, AirHeads, and this episode is all about pushing the limits of airgunning. Darren Rogers has the one and only Eagle Eye HD video recorder in the country, which he is using on a rat and squirrel hunt. Roger Lait starts off his series about the ABC of HFT, showing how to […]
Fieldsports Britain – Meet the New Terrier… it’s a Bumblebee
What a pile of different sporting activities in this week’s show! Roy Lupton is out with rifle and red-tailed hawk after rabbits and foxes, Mike Powell explains how to bait foxes, and Charlie Jacoby is with his dad trying to catch mice in a hairnet by using bumblebees to flush them. That’s not all. There […]
Schools Challenge TV – TSC Oxford 2015: shoot off
It’s the first major competition of the Schools Challenge year. TSC Oxford 2015 saw more than 200 under-21s gather to shoot it out for a series of prizes culminating in a £12,000 car, which will be awarded in December. Bredon School and RAU Cirencester were neck and neck. Find out who won in this week’s […]
Fieldsports Britain – Blackcurrant Bunnies
We are helping Ribena by shooting rabbits this week. Cai Ap-Bryn his his rifle and night vision out in the blackcurrant farms of Kent. Down in Devon, Mike Powell explains what makes the perfect fox box, and Roy Lupton has seen the light! – well, the light given off by his African eagles compared to […]
Schools Challenge TV – How to buy your first shotgun
Here is how a gun shop works out the best shotgun for you – by taking into account your height, your build and your shooting ability. The experts at the Oxford Gun Company explain the rules and unravel the mysteries of selling shotguns. For more, visit www.theschoolschallenge.co.uk
AirHeads – The FAC Episode
Airguns should be more than 12 ft/lb. That’s the conclusion of Episode 31 of AirHeads. Roger Lait makes the case for the ‘FAC’ airgun. Phill Price shoots a BSA .25 calibre in FAC. Plus there is HotAir News and Airstreaming showcasing the best of airgunning on YouTube. Here are the links to the items: Roger […]
Fieldsports Britain – High Tech Hunting
Roy Lupton and Darren Rogers are out after foxes with every piece of high-tech kit we can muster: night vision, day vision, thermal, handheld calls, electronic calls, state-of-the-art rifles and cartridges. So how do they get on? Is it a techie triumph or are they all the gear and no idea? That’s not all. We […]
Fieldsports Britain – The 6ft fox
Roy calls a fox in to 6ft – ‘practically close enough to hug it’. He is using a Silva fox call from Australia. Meanwhile, Charlie’s out with a couple of foxshooters who have a dazzling array of calls but no foxes. They do have rabbits and a rimfire, all to the benefit of the championship […]
Cold calling foxes
Roy Lupton is out in cold weather calling and shooting foxes. He manages to get one to come within 6ft of him. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain episode 274. Watch the whole show on YouTube bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain274 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter FieldsportsChannel.tv/register
Schools Challenge TV – Shooters’ Gym Workout
Shooters shoot straighter if they work on their shooting muscles. Sports fitness expert Nigel Patterson shows TSC Academy member Tom Scott where he needs to work in order to survive a gruelling 6-hour shoot. For more info, go to www.theschoolschallenge.co.uk
Claysports – Best British Clayshooters
A summer of clay competition action from 2015 kicks off with the English Open. See the best shots in the country slug it out for the title, learn their techniques, find out about claygrounds old (Bisley) and new (Eriswell), and uncover once and for all whether or not top shot Aaron Heading drinks strawberry frappuccinos. […]
AirHeads – Down on the Airgun Farm
It is a farm devoted to airgunning. Roger Lait visits Pete’s Airgun Farm in Essex. He is also there to roadtest his BSA Gold Star SE. Meanwhile, Phill Price is shooting doves on Andy Crow’s farm, Terry is offering advice on how to cook squirrel, HotAir News reveals that rabbits are leaving the countryside for […]
Fieldsports Britain – Crow Hits The Pigeons
Crow’s on a mission to bring down pigeon numbers in Kent. He has new kit, a pigeon hide that would win an award at the Chelsea Flower Show and Ruby the dog ready to retrieve. We’re also in Yorkshire where William Powell offers pheasant shooting on a grouse moore – we find out if it’s […]
Fieldsports Britain – Deer injured by dogs
When they set specially-bred dogs on deer in the south of England, they leave the countryside littered with hobbling, injured animals. The lurcher boys are not interested in the deer – just the chase. They give coursing a bad name. Paul Childerley takes Ginny Langton stalking after a Chinese water deer on his ground in […]
Schools Challenge TV – How to get a job in shooting
How to you get a job in the gun trade? The fastest way to start is by working for your local gunshop. The Oxford Gun Company has started an apprenticeship scheme. We talk to the first person to take it up – and other young people who have jobs in the shooting industry. What does […]
Smile! You’re on AirHeads!
Squirrels and Eagles on this episode of our airgun show AirHeads. James Marchington is hunting down squirrels in a wood with the help of a nutty bait station. Our creature of the night Darren Rogers is testing the NiteSite Eagle on his FX Bobcat in his efforts to control rats. Then there is Airgun World […]
Fieldsports Britain – Britain’s Biggest Cocks
We are in search of Britain’s biggest cock pheasants. Andy Crow reckons he is in with a chance with a four-pounder (1.84kg) he shot on a shoot in Kent. The average fully-grow cock pheasant weighs 3lb. More pheasants in Bedfordshire, where Paul Childerley is holding a walked-up day. One gun reveals that pheasant shooting is […]
Fieldsports Britain – Park Foxes
A town centre deer park is a haven for foxes – especially one that hasn’t seen a foxshooter for more than a year. Roy is out with night vision, thermal and a mission to bring numbers down. We are also calling in duck with MPK Calls on Langstone Wildfowlers’ stretch of coast in the south […]
Schools Challenge TV – Discovery Sport Launch
Schools Challenge TV this week is devoted to cars – in particular one car. The new Land Rover Discovery Sport. If you want to launch the perfect shooting vehicle to shooting people, where do you do it? A shooting ground, of course. Stratstone has come to the Oxford Gun Company with a fleet of dazzling […]
AirHeads – Roy on Rats
A packed AirHeads this week – six items in our airgun magazine show. Roy Lupton is shooting rats with night vision; James Marchington and Charlie Jacoby are hunting squirrels including a trophy (!) squirrel, Andy Crow and Phill Price are trying out oldfashioned feather darts, David Wright has the latest airgun celebrity launches from the […]
Fieldsports Britain – The Deer that Loves Hunting
Meet Owen. He’s a young red stag who thinks he is a beater. Raised by the shoot, he joins the beating line at the Mornacott Shoot in Devon and then pops down to meet the guns for a drink. Apart from a moment during the rut when he decided to mount one of the guns, […]
Fishing Britain – Grand Crucian Carp
Fishing Britain is back – new presenter, new year, new films. Martin Salter introduces the show and takes us on a journey to find how to catch crucian carp, one of Britain’s most magical fish. He also looks at the role of the National Crucian Conservation Project, which is helping restocking, and he visits Godalming […]
Dynamiting Fish – Fishing Britain News
The headlines this week: ✩ Tourists dynamite fish in China ✩ British police target Polish anglers ✩ Bass better off on rod and line ✩ Google polices the world’s trawlermen ✩ Angler fish wins ugly prize Fishing for facts, landing the stories! This item appears in Fishing Britain, episode 39. To watch the whole show […]
Fieldsports Britain – British Wild Boar
British Wild boar are under the spotlight. We look at the Boar Essentials: do we hunt/conserve them or wipe them out? With a man dead after swerving to avoid a feral hog crossing the road, and one of the Princess Royal’s prize Gloucester old spots killed by a wild boar, the press is full of […]
Rimfire Football
It’s our group test of rimfire rounds, with a little help from top shot Abbey Burton. Winchester has brought out its new 42 Max, a .22 subsonic with a 42-grain bullet. We put it up against the 40-grain subs from RWS, CCI, and Winchester and a 38-grain wildcard from Remington. Do different bullet types affect […]
Schools Challenge TV – Shoot Straight and Win a Car
Here’s what the Schools Challenge has in store this year. It’s a full programme of shooting events for clay shooters at school, college or university. And in its 10th anniversary year, TSC is giving away a £12000 car among more than £50000-worth of prizes. Visit www.theschoolschallenge.co.uk Sign up for our weekly email newsletter bit.ly/weeklyemail
Airheads – Night Rat Hunt
There are squirrels, there are rats and there is airgun hunting. That’s the measure of AirHeads tonight. James Marchington has pesky grey squirrels in his sights. Darren Rodgers is out at night working out how to stop rats from hitting pheasant feeders. News Stump brings you the likely and unlikely airgun stories of the moment, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Lighting Up Pigeon Shooting
We’re hunting answers. Roy Lupton and Andy Crow get together to look into an age-old question. Does Mr Crow tell the truth when he says a shot on a pigeon was THIS long? Roy fields his rangefinder and locks on to the flying birds while Crow shoots them. See them settle one of the great […]
Fieldsports Britain – Where we screwed up in 2014
We’ve got deerstalking, birdshooting and a litany of mistakes for you this week. Where everyone else is giving you their ‘best of 2014’, we have put together our ‘worst of’. Which film was most hated? Who is most annoying, James Marchington or Nigel Farage? And what are our top five death threats? Meanwhile, David Carsten […]
Downton Does Grouse – Fieldsports Channel News
The headlines this week: ✩ Alnwick Castle stars in Christmas Downton Abbey special ✩ Tiger trade on the up ✩ Newspapers snipe at Prince William over hunting ✩ Jægernes julehjælp wows Danes ✩ American Kennel Club adds Sicilian rabbit hunting breed ✩ How to make a lighted shotshell wreath Stalking the stories – fishing for […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting a Christmas Goose
Dom Holtam is out to shoot a goose this Christmas – Andy has a problem with Canada geese hitting his crops. We have our Global Hunting Survey – take part and you could win lots of prizes! It’s the Fieldsports Britain 2014 blooper reel, featuring outtakes form a year of our programmes, including Roy’s laugh […]
Schools Challenge TV – 2014 review + bloopers
It’s the Schools Challenge year in review. TSC Academy members step forward and say what they have learned. There is an interview with the man behind the school shooting facilities at Bredon. And it’s the must-watch TSC blooper reel – the finest outtakes and embarrassing moments. Visit www.theschoolschallenge.co.uk
Night Vision Rat Hunt
To turn night into day and see the rats that infest the duck pond to shoot them, Darren has put the Photon XT unit from Thomas Jacks on top of his sub 12ft/lb FX Verminator MK2 in .22. This item appears in AirHeads, episode 26. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads26
Airheads – Rudolf the Red-Nosed Rodent
The finest airgun show on YouTube reaches the end of its first year with James Marchington after squirrels, Darren Rogers using night vision for rats, and our blooper reel showing where it all went (occasionally) wrong. Thanks for watching! Here are the links to the items: Stalking Squirrels HotAir Bloopers Night vision Ask Tel Airstreaming […]
Fieldsports Britain – Tough Old Boar
It’s the big slo mo bow penetration test. Roy has come back from his boar bow hunt (where he had to use a rifle) with a burning desire to find out what arrows work best on big pigs. For this experiment George Digweed shoots and butchers a young Sussex boar for us, and Roy shoots […]
Schools Challenge TV – Kids Win Guns
It’s the final of the Winter Series, the last clay shooting competition of the year, and the Schools Challenge competitors are out to win £3,000-worth of guns and shooting equipment. See how they get on. Plus there is news, and interviews with the Independent Schools Association about its plans for shooting, and Edgar Brothers about […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting Big Boar
Hunting wild boar in France – Roy Lupton gets close to a monster pig. Will he get it with bow, with rifle, or will he miss it altogether? Find out here, and enjoy our version of ‘Wild Boar Fever’, filmed in France last week. Charlie is quaffing champagne at the launch of a new Blaser […]
Fieldsports Britain – Birds, Bees & Boar
A truly packed programme of hunting and shooting tonight: ▶ A pheasant shooting estate is reborn – Altcar in Lancashire – and it is all thanks to clay pigeon trap manufacturer Promatic ▶ The Purdey Awards for Conservation show just how green pheasant and partridge shoots are ▶ Roy Lupton is sharpening his bowhunting skills in preparation […]
Schools Challenge TV – How Top Clayshooters Think
Win guns, money, cars and the admiration of your mates. It’s the definitive guide to competitive Sporting clay shooting, as top shot Christ Childerhouse guides you round a 50-bird Sporting layout on a competition day. Also on hand are some of the kids he has taught, as part of the Schools Challenge. We talk to […]
AirHeads – Parakeets II…this time it’s personal
Our airgun programme AirHeads has been romping through the newspapers this week after we suggested that the legal culling of parakeets was a good idea. Natural England and the RSPB have been using words like ‘deranged’ and ‘shameful’, which is nice to hear from a government body. In this week’s AirHeads, James Marchington gives his […]
