Foxhunting opening meet 2009
It is the opening meet of the Chiddingfold, Leconfield & Cowdray hounds – the Chid & Lec – at Petworth House in Sussex, home of Lord and Lady Egremont. So what makes this day so special? This film first appeared on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain episode 7. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain7 […]
Stalking red stags at Balmoral
This is a unique film about stalking stags on Prince Charles’s favourite beat at Balmoral, Glen Clova. Invented by the royal family, Balmoral is the ueber-Scottish estate. It inspired the Scottish sporting week, one of the mainstays of Highland tourism. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 5. To watch the whole show go […]
Teaching goshawks to drive
Falconer Roy Lupton’s goshawks are growing up. he needs to get them used to being driven around in a car, so that’s this week’s lesson. But will the naughty birds co-operate? This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 5. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain5 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter […]
Fieldsports Britain – 1940’s film stars and the extraordinary Tunny Club
Which was bigger – the 851lb Bluefin Tuna caught off Scarborough in 1933 or the 852lb Bluefin caught in 1949? According to the Tunny Club it was the 851lb’er. Our half-hour Fieldsports Britain programme explains how that works, plus we tell the story of how the mighties of the day – David Niven, Errol Flynn […]
Fieldsports Britain – Lake District hunting, shooting, fishing special
Could you ask for better sport? The Lakeland fells covered in brick red bracken with a bright blue sky atop, it’s time to go fellhunting with the Coniston Foxhounds. Incredibly, this was just a week before the Cumbria floods. And while we’re there, we go out after snipe and duck on the Morecambe sands with […]
Fellhunting with the Coniston Foxhounds
Could you ask for better sport? The Lakeland fells covered in brick red bracken with a bright blue sky atop, its time to go fellhunting with the Coniston Foxhounds. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 8. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain8
Charlie goes on RSCPA day release – Shooting Politics, episode 7
Badger bumped by a car? Knock it on the head. Oiled seabird? Give it a lethal injection. That may become official policy from the UK animal welfare charity RSPCA if research it is conducting finds that releasing some species of wildlife does not lead to high survival rates in the wild. If it finds that […]
Pheasant shooting at Plumpton College in Sussex
We join gamekeeping students at Plumpton College in Sussex on their shoot day. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 6. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain6 Sign up to our weekly email newsletter FieldsportsChannel.tv/register
Death of a Golden Eagle
Here’s how the RSCPA killed a healthy eagle. It’s a shocking story of falconer Roy Lupton’s attempt to save an injured wild golden eagle. Despite having permission to do so, his actions led to police raiding his house and, ultimately, the death of the eagle, something Roy and one of the top avian vets in […]
How to go rabbiting with ferrets and a lurcher
Shooting Times ferreting expert Simon Whitehead of Pakefield Ferrets shows how he deals with first a pig farm, then a promising looking bank, both of them stuffed with rabbits. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 6. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain6 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter FieldsportsChannel.tv/register
Fieldsports Britain – Hounds, first trout, and recycling cartridges
Just when everything is going so well, a dogwalker comes and spooks your deer, your pigeons, pheasants, even your salmon. Isn’t it always the case? Well, on this occasion the dogwalker started shouting abuse at the stalker – and Fieldsports Channel has the camera on them when they did. That’s not all. We’re also enjoying: […]
Shooting Politics, episode 6, 28th October 2009
How Otis Ferry’s penknife made him a terrorist. We’re back at Harper Adams for a second week of our half-hour countrysports debate show Shooting Politics. The panel discusses: • Fantastic Mr Fox, now on release at cinemas: will it make monsters of foxshooters? Foxhunting freedom fighter Otis Ferry says: “We could do with a few […]
Shooting Politics, episode 5, 14th October 2009
What’s it like to break into the Chamber of the House of Commons and be tackled by grown men wearing tights? Foxhunting freedom fighter Otis Ferry says what he felt when he did just that during Tony Blairs hunting ban debate and how he surprised he was at public reaction. Thats not all. Author and […]
How to catch partridges with goshawks
Roy Lupton takes his birds into the field to find other birds. He is using goshawks. Originally a yeoman or poor gentleman’s hawk, the goshawk provides great sport on these little birds as well as a bury of rabbits. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 4. To watch the whole show go to […]
Game Fair gadgets
We were at the CLA Game Fair 2009 at Belvoir Castle, looking for truly innovative kit. The CLA held awards for innovations. Among the contenders are a dogbed that dries your dog, a new trailer for carrying both deer and quadbikes, a dummy launcher for training your dog and a new portable game larder
West Somerset Hunt
Philip Ghazala is a new joint master of the West Somerset Hunt and he has to cope with all the pressures that role brings. This afternoon he’s out autumn hunting within the law and the field is enjoying itself as only foxhunters can, taking part in the barely controlled stampede that is a hunt in […]
Foxing in Devon
With the pheasant opening day around the corner, gamekeepers are out after foxes and Sporting Rifle expert Mike Powell is no exception. He’s protecting his poults from a family of local foxes. This film first appeared on Fieldsports Britain, episode 4. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain4 Sign up to our weekly email […]
White pheasants
Canal Game Farm is producing them for estates all over the country – the white pheasant is (a) a useful marker for other birds or (b) a pain in the neck that can earn you a fine of £50+ if you shoot it, depending on whether you are (1) a gamekeeper or (2) a hapless […]
English grey partridge conservation
Canal Game Farm is delivering English greys partridges at the start of the partridge shooting season – but these ones are not for shooting. They have been bought as part of farmer Tim Piper’s conservation effort. He has planted habitat suitable for them. Shocked that there were no native grey partridges to live in his […]
How to shoot high pheasants
How to shoot high pheasants: expert Alan Rose of the West London Shooting School gives his tips and shows the commonest errors – and goes to show its not as hard as you think. Listen to his advice. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 4. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain4 […]
Game farm – chicks arrive
Some 36,000 partridge chicks are on their way to Canal Game Farm at the end of April. Staff are there to make sure they settle in and start the long slow process that will see them delivered to shoots as full-grown birds in just a few months time. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain.
How to shoot partridge
Alan Rose shows how to hit low partridges when they are comin atcha. Alan works for the world-famous West London Shooting School, once the home school of celebrated instructor Percy Stanbury. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 3. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain3
Game farm – hut building
It’s flatpack hell at Canal Game Farm as staff set up the brooder huts. They took them down at the end of last season and now, at the beginning of April, they are reassembling them. Watch all the preparations they make for the arrival of the baby birds. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain.
Shooting Politics, episode 4, 30th September 2009
Robin Page is an angry old git… …Thats by his own admission too. Robin is the subject of tonights half-hour Shooting Politics show on Fieldsports Channel. Hear the former BBC presenter rail against Labour, the Conservatives, farming and, of course, the BBC. When it comes to slinging insults at all those who want to concrete […]
Shooting Politics, episode 3, 16th September 2009
The British countrysports debate programme. Filmed at the Countryside Alliance headquarters in London, on the panel is: Countryside Alliance head of media Tim Bonner, BASC South-West regional director Jamie Stewart, chief executive of the Roxtons sporting agency Christopher Robinson and David Pardoe from the rural depart of estate agent Savills. Questions they are answering are: […]
Shooting Politics, episode 2, 2nd September 2009
It’s our countrysports debate programme Shooting Politics and it is out now. Filmed at the Countryside Alliance headquarters in London, the panel is: Countryside Alliance head of media Tim Bonner, BASC South-West regional director Jamie Stewart, Chief executive of the Roxtons sporting agency Christopher Robinson, and David Pardoe from the rural depart of estate agent […]
Shooting Politics, episode 1, 19th August 2009
Panellists on the new countrysports webTV debate programme Shooting Politics lay into the RSPB for its attacks on gamekeepers, its attempt to ‘monster’ countryside managers and its failure to offer an alternative that will provide Britain’s wild spaces with the conservation work that gamekeepers provide as part of their jobs. This episode was filmed at […]
Crufts 2009 gundogs
Do you want to know what the perfect gundog looks like? You won’t see it on the BBC, which dramatically pulled out of covering Crufts 2009. Instead, watch it on FieldsportsChannel.tv. Gundogs at Crufts 2009 is the subject of a 45-minute TV documentary that’s free to download and watch on FieldsportsChannel.tv. Presenter Charlie Jacoby brings […]
Fieldsports Britain – RSPCA kills an eagle, plus learn to ferret and catch carp
This poor eagle is in the hands of Kent falconer and Fieldsports Channel falconry expert Roy Lupton. It’s a poor eagle because it was soon to be dead, following a catalogue of errors made by the RSPCA, DEFRA and the RSPB. We tell its story, including horrifying footage of the conditions the RSPCA made the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Stalking at Balmoral and Snipe in Wales
See deerstalking as it should be done – the Royal way. Episode 5 of our Fieldsports Britain half-hour programme features the start of the deer rut at Balmoral, with hillstalkers Peter Carr and Wesley Stanton out to make the most of it. That’s not all: • See the magical arrival of the grey geese at […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roebuck, partridges with goshawks, fox calling and chalkstream fishing
Pour yourself a glass, sit down for half an hour and click on to Episode 4 of Fieldsports Britain. We have crammed falconry, deerstalking, chalkstream flyfishing and everything you need for the pheasant opening day into 30 minutes. In this episode: How to shoot high pheasants: expert Alan Rose of the West London Shooting School […]
Fieldsports Britain – Stalking Castle Greystoke and Rabbiting from a Quadbike
It’s our best Fieldsports Britain programme yet. We’ve packed foxhunting (er… trailhunting), shooting, trout on the fly, falconry and deerstalking into this Fieldsports Fest of 30 minutes. High-octane sport rabbiting from a quadbike: Ashley Vellacott farms sheep and beefstock in the West Country and the rabbits are doing an awful lot of damage. Hunting with […]
Fieldsports Britain – Grouse on the Glorious Twelfth, roebucks and trapping salmon
Back in March 2009, The Sunday Times showed pictures of a once-in-a-decade British deer – a white roebuck. The newspaper reported that foreign hunters were lining up to pay £1,000s to have the opportunity to stalk this deer. Find out what happened to this deer on the 30-minute webTV programme Fieldsports Britain. And that’s not […]
Fieldsports Britain – The West Country Macnab and hunting with a cheetah in Essex
What does the grouseshooting season hold in store in Scotland? The West Country Macnab – can we catch a brownie, a sea trout, a salmon and a sea bass on the fly in one day in Devon? John Tobin explains how to squeak in a roebuck in Kent, and what’s a cheetah like at catching […]
Advanced Pike Attractants
Ant Glascoe Jr. Takes on winter piking with some not so common sense. Will pike be attracted to unusual smells? This item first appeared in Fishing Britain episode 1. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fishingbritain1 Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets you Fieldsports Channel membership. Click here Sign up for our weekly […]
