Fieldsports Britain – Cat vs Fox – night vision in action
It’s not just night vision. Roy Lupton and his friends have found a way of turning night into day. As a result they see a lot more wildlife action than they ever have before, and a lot more foxes to shoot, too. Meanwhile, we’re at the Shooting Show with George Digweed and Andy Crow. And […]
Schools Challenge TV – Gorgs Geikie goes for Gold
Special guest this week is London 2012 Olympics pistol shooter Gorgs Geikie. She’s out with Double Trap Commonwealth Games double gold medallist Stevan Walton and David Florent of the Oxford Gun Company to try out the new Range Rover Vogue, to shoot clay pigeons and to fulfil a Top Gear-style challenge. She also gives her […]
Fieldsports Britain : Shooting foxes
We’ve got two kinds of foxshooting this week. First up, twenty times world champion shooter George Digweed has got a wild boar problem on his shoot in Sussex. He is out to get them – and uncovers an even bigger fox problem. The there is Roy Lupton, reinvented this week as The Human Leaf. Just […]
Unluckiest Fox in the Quarry
Cats famously have nine lives. Foxes are not so lucky, especially not this one, who is ignoring the advice of his friends the crows. This must be the unluckiest fox there was. Not a pleasant way to go – poor animal. This first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 166. To watch the whole show go […]
Fieldsports Britain : Driven pheasant shooting + gundog training
We’ve got birds, birds and bird dogs this week. Roy Lupton is on a driven shoot in Hampshire. We’re so used to see him shooting foxes and deer, can he handle a shotgun on birds too? And when a disabled clay shooter said he wanted to go on a driven pheasant day, we stepped up […]
Bolting rabbits to shotguns
With the rabbits destroying an ancient hedgerow, the farmer calls in Roy Lupton. It’s a form of rabbit control that requires quick reactions. Roy and his friend Ian are using ferrets to send those rabbits running. The blackthorn hedge makes it impractical to use nets to cover the rabbit holes so it has to be […]
Crowman gets a face full of pigeon
Andy Crow is out with Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam, protecting his young crops by keeping the birds in the air using bangers and his smoke stick. However, he leaves one a little late and he needs to take evasive action to prevent a wood pigeon in the chops. This film first appeared in Fieldsports […]
Fieldsports Britain : Rolls Royce rabbiting + black bear hunting
We’re in the USA this week. We’ve got a Rolls Royce converted for rabbiting in Texas, the last of the black bear hunts with hounds in California, and all the latest kit from the Shot Show in Las Vegas. Texas ranch owner Fausto Yturria could not bear to part with his late father-in-law’s Rolls Royce, […]
Schools Challenge TV – CPSA registered shoots
Find out how to enter CPSA registered shoots. We join Schools Challenge competitor Will Ford for a day at the challenging Wylye Valley ground. He is a regular at CPSA registered shoots. What’s more, he has joined the Schools Challenge Academy, which gives him additional benefits, such as subsidised cartridges. That’s not all. There is […]
Fieldsports Britain – Wily coyotes, Shot Show kit and record big game hunting
On this week’s show, we’ve come to America for coyote hunting, world record big game hunting, and the Shot Show 2013, the greatest gun show on the planet. Charlie Jacoby is after coyotes in California, the varmint of choice for the self-respecting American rifleman. We talk to Jason Bruce, star of Headhunter Chronicles on Sportsman […]
On Test: Daystate Wolverine .303 – hot air or hot stuff?
The Daystate Wolverine .303 has got people talking – Some say ‘it’s awesome’. Others point out that, in order to own this work of Dr Frankenstein the UK you need to have a firearm certificate – and if you have an FAC why on earth would you bother about air when you can have powder? […]
Fieldsports Britain – DIY night vision + flying hawks on pheasants
Roy Lupton is out with his goshawk after rabbits and pheasants, and he has an apprentice with a red-tailed hawk. It’s a great spectator sport. Meanwhile, Andy Crow was appalled at Roy’s homemade attempts at night vision last week, he has brought a rat-shooting mate who has made a much better version for less money. […]
Schools Challenge TV – learning new shooting skills
It’s episode 1 of Schools Challenge TV. Backed by organisations and companies involved in the shooting industry and outside it, the School’s Challenge is a group of events tailored to under-21s from across the UK. In this film, kids learn to shoot, and Andrew Crawford of the CLA Game Fair and Nick Fellowes of the […]
Fieldsports Britain News – 2nd January 2013
In News this week, record numbers unbox on Boxing Day, it’s the OO-ER-S-P-C-A, airgun action you can take, a challenging TV launch, and a bogus eagle takes the biscuit. This item first appeared in episode 162.
Fieldsports Britain – Screaming pheasants + build your own night vision
Pigeon-shooting fanatic Andy Crow is out on a spectacular south-of-England driven pheasant shoot, where he shoots his best bird of the season. He offers his tips for pheasant shooting and how to behave. Meanwhile, Roy Lupton is playing with a homemade night-vision kit. The parts only cost a few quid. He tries the DIY set-up […]
Bullet vs Twigs
Has your bullet ever hit grass or a twig before reaching your target? Did you miss? Well we’ve done a little experiment to see what happens when foliage ends up in the line of fire. We put two popular varminting cartridges, the.22-250 & .243 rounds, through hay, nettles and hazel twigs. This item first appeared […]
Bloopers 2012
It may come as a bit of a surprise but sometimes our well oiled production team and presenters don’t always get it right – here are some of our favourite outtakes of 2012. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 161. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain161
Fieldsports Britain – Best of 2012
It’s our review of 2012 – from the UK to the USA, to Africa, Hungary, Germany and hunting, shooting and fishing several thousand birds, fish and animals, with shotguns, rifles, bows, rods, ferrets – the best kit, and both the oldest and the newest tricks. We also have the 2012 blooper reel – where we […]
Fieldsports Britain – Driven deer + boar, and decoying crows
We’re off to Germany for a 50-gun driven hunt, courtesy of Zeiss Sports Optics. It’s fast-moving sport, shooting game on the move with rifles. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam is in the hotspot highseat. Meanwhile, Andy Crow is after his namesake,crows, protecting his crops on his farm in Kent, south-east England. And survival expert Jonny […]
On Test: Browning BL-22 – cowboy underlever
Is this the reason Cowboys just ate beans? Dom Holtan puts the Browning BL-22 underlever through its paces on the rabbits. It might not be as accurate as an Anschuetz but it’s a fun son of a gun! This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 124. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain124
Fieldsports Britain – Mark Gilchrist on camouflage + George Digweed on long shots
Are you mad about Mossy Oak? Do you rave about Realtree? Does Jack Pyke make you joyful? Well, this is the programme for you. It’s Camo Man, as you have never seen him before: manly Mark Gilchrist is trying new ways of blending in as he shoots pigeons. If you are a pigeon, be afraid. […]
Argo Adventure – Fallow deer, foxes and floating in a 6×6
This film has something for everyone. We kick off with a fallow stalk – then there’s a quick lesson in following a blood trail – more deer – a “conversation” with a trespassing dog walker – a successful bit of fox calling – followed by some aquatic Argo action, supposedly to retrieve the deer – […]
Gamekeeper’s Diary star goes pigeon shooting
National Gamekeeper Association’s Geoff Garrod and his son Justin are out on the pigeons. Justin has been building up his experience on clays before tackling live quarry. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 117. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain117
Fieldsports Britain – Training goshawks to catch partridges + shooting pigeons, episode 158
Our top falconer Roy Lupton has his goshawks and eagle out on a training exercise. He has a 45mph lure he is trying out on them, to get them ‘match fit’ for partridges and pheasants. Meanwhile, Andy Crow is decorating a tree (it’s that time of year) with pigeon decoys in order to bring the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Rabbit shooting pellets and how to forage for food
Round pellets, flat pellets and pointed pellets – which is better when you are after rabbits? Roy Lupton conducts an almost scientific test to show which of them do the most damage to a rabbit. It’s a test that will lead to higher standards in shooting. That’s not all. Game chef Mark Gilchrist is after […]
The McDougal sporting challenge
Shoots across the country are diversifying, playing to their strengths and offering more than just well presented birds. At the Ashbourne estate in Sussex the McDougal Challenge is to shoot a cock pheasant in the morning then, after a hearty lunch, tie a fly using a tail feather and then catch a trout in the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Vinnie Jones’s Russian Macnab + ferreting + deerstalking
Vinnie Jones is after fox, salmon and raccoondog – the South Somerset Ferreters are after rabbits – Roy Lupton is looking for roe deer – and we’ve even got some scientists whingeing about the perils of lead shot. It’s a dangerous week to be wildlife on Fieldsports Britain. We lead on the news that Vinnie […]
African clays and walked-up francolin shoot
We are enjoying a Sporting layout at Blaser Safaris lodge in Namibia. Using the Blaser F3 shotgun we get our eye in before heading out for some walked up high speed francolin. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 142. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain142
Eco-friendly foxshooting with George Digweed
World champion shot George Digweed is proving that “glide-by” fox shooting is the future as he puts a new battery-powered Polaris through its paces. With the crops off, it’s the perfect opportunity for him to reduce the number of foxes on his shoots. Normally he takes between 100-130, this year he’s anticipating 200+. This item […]
Wildlife Diseases and Conservation – a one day symposium
We are in London for a one day symposium on Wildlife Diseases and Conservation, run by the Veterinary Association for Wildlife Management and held at The Royal Society of Medicine in London. This film is brought to you by the Countryside Alliance Film Unit. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL420A6E1F70009222 Timetable – and links to individual speakers Session 1, chairman […]
Fieldsports Britain – Partridges in Paris and calling foxes in Scandinavia
We are going continental this week. We are on a shooting estate near Paris enjoying a day’s driven partridges with the research & development team from Browning shotguns. We take a look at the latest foxcalling techniques to come from Sweden. Back at home in the UK, we are out with the Countryside Alliance, taking […]
Driven partridge shooting outside Paris
We join the research & development team from Browning to try out the new 725 ‘Citori’ model on a driven partridge shoot near Paris. There will be new B725 models in 2013 and this is where to see them in action. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 155. To watch the whole show […]
Advertise on Fieldsports Channel TV part 2 – Talk To James
Advertising on Fieldsports Channel part two — being the further adventures of James. For part one, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=APrc87ETB50 Brave Sir James is dashing round, seeking advertisers, From gunmakers, to engineers, to game fair organisers. He’s galloping forth globally, and nobly persuading The gun trade and the tackle trade that Fieldsports is worth aiding. James puts […]
Fieldsports Britain – The Ferrari Macnab
‘The Macnab’: grouse, stag and salmon, all in a day. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam presents the ‘Ferrari Macnab’: a stag in Cornwall, a grouse in Yorkshire and a salmon in the North of Scotland, all thanks to the new 208mph Ferrari FF. But does he make it? Find out in this film, which is […]
Bow hunting in Hungary with Max Hunt
Max Hunt is one of the best bowhunters in the world. The Gyulaj estate in Hungary is one of the best hunting estates in the world. And the fallow rut is on – one of the greatest wildlife spectacles in the world. In this film, Max explains the sport of bowhunting, how to do it, […]
Grouseshooting + great grouse recipe
Game chef Lee Maycock is on his first ever day on the moor in search of red grouse. He wants to find out why this bird isn’t used more often in British cooking. He joins the Hancock family in Yorkshire where they’re hosting a walked up grouse shooting day. And he finds out about the […]
Fieldsports Britain – How to call in great big bucks
Roy Lupton has an appointment with some fallow bucks in Sussex, and he has the right instruments to call them to him. You can learn some tips on how to call male fallow yourself. Meanwhile, a viewer called Keith from Middlesex near London has devised a new trap for catching urban foxes in order to […]
Fieldsports Britain – Violent poachers, Tackle & Gun Show, rifle/scope combos
Farm manager Andy Crow went to talk to some lads on his farm who looked like they were shooting pheasants out of the trees with a .22, and they turned the rifle on him and started firing. Andy tells the story – and the poor response by local police. Meanwhile, Sporting Rifle’s Tim Pilbeam has […]
Hunting YouTube – deer hunting, fishing and wingshooting
Hunting YouTube is a weekly item which aims to show the best hunting, shooting and fishing videos that YouTube has to offer. This week, we are in England’s New Forest on a red stag hunt, we are in Ireland, shooting birds, and fishing from British chalkstreams to Kazakh catfish. We are ferreting, wildfowling in Germany […]
Shooting badgers illegally
As the badger cull gets underway in the South-West of England, a group from the East of England sends us a film of badger shooting. They are not protecting cattle from bovine TB. They are shooting badgers in order to save hedgehogs, harvest mice and ground nesting birds, which badgers eat. Badger shooting without a […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting badgers and wheelchair guns
As animal rights activists bring fear to farms in the South-West of England, Fieldsports Britain widens the debate. We have been sent a film of what looks like illegal badger-shooting in the East of England, and with it a statement that doesn’t mention bovine tuberculosis. Instead, it talks about the damage that badgers do to […]
Fieldsports Britain – Close encounters with deer and mapping rabbits
We are sneaking up on deer when a group of roe sneak up on us; we are looking at a new hunting app you may find useful; and we are on the coast of Cornwall, ferreting rabbits. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam is out after a fallow buck but he is taken by surprise when […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting foxes, rabbits and how Italians run estates
Roy Lupton is calling foxes, Andy Crow is lamping rabbits and Charlie Jacoby is swanning off to Italy. In this week’s Fieldsports Britain, Andy is catching up on his rabbiting with a .17HMR, accompanied by his son and Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam. Meanwhile, Roy is out fallow stalking and has a go at the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Driven grouse, Birr Castle game fair and foxing
We’re off to Yorkshire, to Ireland and to the South-East of England this week. Yorkshire is home of Bransdale Moor, where William Powell Sporting is showing excellent driven grouse with guns including Mark Osborne and Simon Ward. We’re at Birr Castle, Co Offaly, where the Great Game Fairs of Ireland are doing what they do […]
What makes a good trophy sika stag?
We’re in Dorset, in the UK, sika stag hunting. Local sika deer stalking guide Sam talks us through the sorts of trophies you can expect in this part of England by taking us to a reserve full of wild sika who don’t mind close encounters with the public. We even spot a white sika stag […]
Daystate Wolverine .303 – hot air or hot stuff?
There’s a lot of talk about the new Daystate – but instead of putting in the hands of an airgunner we’ve asked a rifle reviewer with a love of gunpowder to put it to the test. Tim Pilbeam compares a .17HMR and a .22 rifle against the Wolverine, looking at grouping, punch, and most importantly […]
Fieldsports Britain – Teaching ducks to fly + fox and pigeon shooting
We’re out with George Digweed putting ducks in the air; we’re using a new torch to find foxes (to protect those ducks); and Realtree Pro Staff are saving a farm from attack by pigeons. We’re stuffed with September sporting activities and new ideas on how to shoot pests and vermin in the air and on […]
Driven grouse – all you need to know
We are out on Bransdale Moor in Yorkshire with two of the best-known faces in grouse shooting – Simon Ward and Mark Osborne. They explain all you need to know about shooting driven grouse – how to do it, what to use and how to behave. If you want to go to the top level […]
Confronting angry antis
When anti-hunting animal rights activists left death threats and threats of violence against our contributors on our YouTube site, we thought it would be interesting to ring up one of the keyboard terrorists and ask if he really wants to kill us… There’s a serious side to this film too. Fieldsports are legal, fun and […]
Fieldsports Britain – Airguns vs shotguns on pigeons + big-bore air rifle
What’s best for pigeons – airguns or shotguns? Roy Lupton is armed with an Air Arms airgun and Mark Gilchrist has his trusty Browning Maxus as they try to rid a farmyard of ferals. The farmer has got a feral pigeon crisis. Meanwhile, our tame gun geek Tim Pilbeam has his hands on the new […]
