Majestic Swedish Moose Hunt
Tim Pilbeam is on the hunt of a lifetime. He is after Swedish elk, doing it with some of Sweden’s leading elk experts, a helicopter, three kinds of elkhound, and all of it backed by Aimpoint and 3M Peltor. ▶ Aimpoint is at aimpoint.com ▶ 3M Peltor is at www.3m.com
Fieldsports Britain – Outstanding Helicopter Elk Hunt
In this week’s show we’re flying into the wilds of northern Sweden to hunt elk. We join ‘moose virgin’ Tim Pilbeam as he trains at the Aimpoint Academy before joining seasoned moose hunter Jens Kjaer Knudsen for a trip of a lifetime. Using three different breeds of elk hound, we experience four seasons in a […]
‘Ban hunting tourism,’ says Boris – Fieldsports News, 2 October 2019
In this week’s news: Boris Johnson cracks down on hunting tourism – The Times Two British Shooting Shows in 2020 ShootingShow.co.uk Antis frightening hunters – Facebook Animal rights grabs Extinction Rebellion – website Arsonists hit ‘farmer of the year’ – Farmers’ Weekly Belvoir Hunt keeps its Boxing Day meet – Grantham Journal EBay bans […]
Great shooting court cases – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 16
Barrister and former BASC chairman Peter Glenser QC is one of the best people to end up next to on a shoot lunch. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, Peter regales with tales from the front line of guns and shooting jurisprudence. For more about BASC, go to BASC.org.uk ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just […]
670-metre shot on an impala – African Hunter episode 3
True South African wildlife management in this month’s African Hunter. Eugene Etsabeth from Nonya Safaris in Limpopo Province, South Africa, shows off proper long-rangeshooting. He tries a 670-metre shot on an impala, using a custom Howa 6.5 Creedmoor and Lapua scope. He also has a problem with a sterile bull red hartebeest – and he […]
Sako Gamehead Pro on test on deer
What are the best bullets for roebuck? Paul Childerley tries out Gamehead Pro cartridges from ammunition manufacturer Sako after a roebuck in the south-east of England, plus he visits the Sako factory in Finland to see how they are made. It is the latest in his Stalking Success series. The Gamehead cartridge is Sako’s […]
Foxshooters go partridge shooting
What happens when a load of precision dark-ops fox shooters put on tweed and a tie to go on a driven partridge day? That’s what a team from the FoxstoppersUK Facebook group did at a shoot in Derbyshire. We went along to see how they did. ▶ For FoxstoppersUK on Facebook, go to Facebook.com/groups/1301339626588471/ ▶ […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roebuck Bullet Test
Paul brings his new bullets home from the Sako factory to try them out on British roebuck. He has a cull buck to take in the south-east of England and the Sako Gamehead Pro could be just the job. Meanwhile, the partridge shooting season is underway. In an unusual twist, Charlie joins a group of […]
Rook shooting banned in Wales
The Welsh government has banned the shooting of several birds under new general licences. Due to come into force on 7 October 2019, there are also new restrictions on shooting carrion crow, magpie, jackdaw, rook, jay, Canada goose, collared dove and wood pigeon. These are the changes to bird species on the new general licences: […]
Marina Gibson and the launch of the Northern Fishing School – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 15
Orvis ambassador and angling guide Marina Gibson explains why she felt the need to launch the Northern Fishing School recently, based at Yorkshire’s Swinton Estate. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, she asks: can more be done to encourage newcomers to the sport? For more from the Northern Fishing School go to NorthernFishingSchool.com ▶ Join […]
A box full of fat September woodpigeons – Crowhow
Andy Crow takes time off farmwork to shoot a basket of wood pigeon to give to David, who is hosting a woodpigeon barbecue. The wind is tricky but it’s all about relief for the Crowman, who has been almost solidly on agricultural machinery for the last three months. He builds a hide on a stubble […]
Fieldsports Britain – Crow’s pigeon happy place
Combine-harvesting is both rewarding and mental torture for Andy Crow. He is getting the crops in – but he is seeing clouds and clouds of pigeons hitting his fields and, there he is, trapped in a cab. Step forward Fieldsports Channel. Our cameraman Carlos drags him from the combine and puts him in the pigeon […]
General licences chaos is coming back – Fieldsports News, 20 September 2019
In this week’s news: New general licences survey Bit.ly/defrasurvey Calor Gas gives £5,000 to LACS – website Gloucestershire shooters winning the ‘boar war’ RSPCA kills shoot turkey – news story Findhorn Bay wildfowling – Facebook and YouTube Animal Liberation Front releases partridges – press release Shooter saves fish from poachers French approve bird trapping American […]
RSPCA kills much-loved shoot turkey
A turkey that lived semi-wild on a shoot was impounded by the RSPCA and then killed. Camilla the turkey became the mascot of a shoot near Bristol. Something of a celebrity with locals and shoot members, a concerned member of the public found her on the roadside and reported her to the RSPCA. Not wishing […]
Tackling dog theft – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 14
Bibby Curtis lost her spaniel Amo at the Midland Game Fair. They were joyfully reunited earlier this year. She tells her story at the Game Fair Theatre 2019. As dogs are stolen and then ransomed across the British countryside, what should the police do about it and how can we protect our dogs and ourselves? […]
RSPCA kills much-loved shoot turkey
A turkey that lived semi-wild on a shoot was impounded by the RSPCA and then killed. Camilla the turkey became the mascot of the Redhill shoot near Bristol. Something of a celebrity with locals and shoot members, a concerned member of thebpublic found her on the roadside and reported her to the RSPCA. Camilla in […]
Ruger skeletonises the 10/22
The new trend of ‘skeletonising’ rifles has reached Ruger. Maker of probably the most customised rimfire in the world, Sturm, Ruger & Company introduces a new 10/22 competition rifle to the Ruger Custom Shop line of firearms. This new variation boasts a skeletonized green mountain laminate stock and a stainless steel bull barrel. The 16⅛in […]
UK gets nasty about guns and animals – Fieldsports News, 11 September 2019
In this week’s news: Scotland wild mammal consultation – website UK consultation on firearms licensing – website Perruque buck (it’s a fallow, not a roe – apologies) Stolen puppies returned – Facebook Badger cull – Facebook Antis hit East Essex Hunt country Rachel Carrie cookbook – website Hunt Magazine – website Muntjac book: British MP […]
Arundell Arms fishing beginners’ course
Want to learn to fish? Edmund Jacoby heads to the the Arundell Arms in Devon for their polar flyfishing beginners’ course, led by the remarkable David Pilkington, who taught Edmund’s dad Charlie the same course 40 years ago. ▶ For the Arundell Arms, go to ArundellArms.com ▶ Click here for more films with Charlie Here […]
Fallow herd cull: need to shoot 20 animals
Roy Lupton is setting out to make a deer herd healthy. There’s not enough food for these fallow in the South-East of England, so he is going to reduce numbers by up to 20 in a single day, using a team of deerstalkers. ▶ Leica Leica-Camera.com/Sport-Optics/Hunting ▶ Click here for more films with Roy
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s big deer cull
This is an example of professionalism and efficiency. Roy Lupton leads a team of stalkers as they reduce numbers in a fallow deer herd. He is out in a deer park in the South-East of England and the target is 20 animals. Meanwhile, Charlie and his sone Edmund head off for autumn trout fishing in […]
FACE – the European Federation for Hunting and Conservation – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 13
What does FACE do? Hunters’ representation in Europe has a new head, David Scallan. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, he spells out his mission. He talks about the problems facing shooting and hunting sports in the European Parliament and the European Commission, and what he is doing about them. Visit www.face.eu ▶ Join the […]
UK newspapers attack children
The London-based Daily Mirror, Evening Standard and Sun have lashed out at children who go on hunting holidays. The news websites put up photographs of the children, easily identifying them. The Daily Mirror headline is: ‘Children encouraged to kill animals on sick trophy hunting holidays’. Read the story here. Daily Mirror writer Nara Fahoud raided […]
RSPB ramps birdcrime – Fieldsports News, 4 September 2019
In this week’s news: RSPB’s birdcrime report Capercaillie heads for extinction thanks to RSPB – blog Wales plans to stop some pest bird control Gamekeeping methods praised in wildfire report Deerstalker finds deer tangled in rope – Facebook ALF hits game farm – YouTube UK government responds to Packham grouse ban petition – petition Scottish […]
Bullet finder: how to choose the right hunting ammunition
Sako’s secretive ammunition factory in Finland opens its doors to deerstalker and big game hunter Paul Childerley. Paul wants to find out which type of bullet does what, and which he should choose for different animals and different ranges. Sako demonstrates the distinctions with the help of its rifle ranges and lots and lots of […]
Shooting Scotland’s Goats
Here’s how to hunt feral goats in Scotland. Remember goatgate? The politicians who condemned Scottish deerstalkers for shooting goats were the same politicians who ordered the goats shot. Niall Rowantree explains Scottish goat hunting, both the politics and how to do it. ▶ This film is supported by Leica and Blaser ▶ To go goat […]
Fieldsports Britain – do goats float?
Niall Rowantree doesn’t just hunt deer. He also manages herds of feral goats on his native Ardnamurchan peninsula in Scotland. And one thing that’s notable about goats is they can’t swim from island to island. He explains how to manage them, and how to stalk and shoot them. Meanwhile, Paul Childerley is at the Sako […]
What does Parliament have in store for hunting? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 12
Hunting and shooting usually wins in Parliament, it mostly wins among the civil service, but it is being torn apart in TV studios. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, former head of the League Against Cruel Sports Jim Barrington discusses the case for and against countrysports. Jim is now a consultant for the Countryside Alliance […]
Falcon attacks drone
How do you train your falcon? Until recently, it was by experience. Now you can get it to have a go at drones. Roy Lupton flies birds at a ‘Drone Crow’. For your own bird-shaped drone, visit Rofalconry.com
Tahr Meat Hunt
New Zealand has a pest problem. Happily, they are both a sporting shot and delicious. Niall Rowantree goes to a farm to help deal with the tahr. Niall is in in Zealand with Magic Safari Lodges and Venator Cardona Safaris
Fieldsports Britain – Tackling New Zealand’s alien invasion
What to do about great big aliens tearing up the countryside? New Zealand’s government says it has a problem with a Himalayan goat species. Niall Rowantree says that tahr are a sporting asset. He goes on a pest control trip in New Zealand to test his theory. Meanwhile, Roy is training his birds to attack […]
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The vocal yokel: Robin Page’s vision of the countryside – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 11
Former TV presenter, national newspaper columnist and founder of the Countryside Restoration Trust Robin Page does not tolerate fools or antis. At the Game Fair Theatre 2019, he explains what’s wrong with the modern countryside and how his way is the right way to put it right. For more about the CRT, visit CountrysideRestorationTrust.com ▶ […]
Buffalo – African Hunter episode 2
This month’s episode offers some of the finest big game hunting in South Africa: roan antelope, nyala and buffalo. Hoyt Bows ambassador Dani Hill is bowhunting roan antelope. Rich Leonard is filming a promo for the Hoyt Carbon RX3 and it turns into one of the more exciting hunts that Rich and Dani have shared. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Packham’s post-match analysis
Roy’s out foxing in this week’s show, and Charlie’s out the back of the Bird Fair tent with Chris Packham. It’s a tough night for Roy and an even tougher crowd for Charlie. Packham gives his take on ‘the debate’ at the Bird Fair, plus what he has planned for both grouseshooting and the general […]
Chris Packham: ‘I’ve never been anti-shooting’
TV wildlife presenter Chris Packham says he is not against shooting birds. On stage with fellow members of birds rights pressure group Wild Justice, the presenter of BBC programmes including Autumnwatch and Springwatch told an audience of hundreds at the Bird Fair at Rutland Water, Leicestershire, this weekend, that: “We have never been anti shooting.” […]
Crow, Pilbeam, Lupton, Holtam, Childerley: what do they think of Fieldsports Channel?
For our tenth birthday, we ask some of our best-known faces how Fieldsports Channel has changed their lives – and which are their favourite films. Thanks to Andy Crow, Tim Pilbeam, Roy Lupton, Dom Holtam, Paul Childerley and everyone who has made this channel such a success. ▶ This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports […]
Fieldsports Britain – Our Tenth Birthday
Are hunting and shooting popular? They certainly are, if Fieldsports Channel’s tenth birthday is anything to go by. We round up 10 years of filming, thousands of films and – at the last count – 7.5 million viewers on YouTube. We talk to the guys involved, Roy, Ti, Crow and the rest Aaron makes a […]
News and film production
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyL5znhrHuU Are you covering hunting, shooting, fishing, or the English countryside? Here’s what Fieldsports Channel can do for you. We are a fully-equipped TV production company with hundreds of hours of great-quality footage of countrysports. We know how to film shooting, hunting, falconry and a range of countrysports – and get the best out of […]
Antis’ mass grouse shoot trespass underway
Mass trespass of grouse shoots is underway, as antis in black balaclavas take to the moors to try to stop shooters enjoy the Glorious 12th. The antis’ ‘hen harrier day’ in Derbyshire on 11 August 2019 was the rallying point – on 12 August, they are trying to close down shoots taking place across the […]
‘Team Grace’ exposes anti grouseshooting propaganda in Yorkshire
A small group of bedraggled League Against Cruel Sports supporters in Bradford, West Yorkshire, city centre, protesting against grouse shooting, were hampered by pro-shooting campaigner Simon Grace and his team. While the antis were calling on passers-by to sign a petition asking Yorkshire Water to end grouseshooting on its land, Simon and his gang convinced […]
You’ve been asked shooting. Here’s what to expect
words by John Roll Pickering You are going to shoot game. Perhaps it is something that you have not done before, though you may have shot wildfowl, pests or clay pigeons. This aritcle gives you all the information you need about what equipment you should take and what may happen at the shoot. […]
Fatal disease in hares briefly stops coursing in its tracks
A disease that has jumped from rabbits to hares briefly led to a ban on coursing in Ireland. Following the first confirmed case of type 2 rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHDV2) in hares, found in Co Wexford and Co Clare, Ireland’s Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht suspended licences issued to the Irish Coursing Club […]
Ben Husthwaite on the incoming chandelle clay pigeon – Smokin’ Targets
World champion shot Ben Husthwaite on how to plan the ‘incoming chandelle’. His technique for the incomer is almost the opposite of his technique for the going-away targets. ▶ This item is sponsored by Gamebore Gamebore.com ▶ Improve your shooting with a Shotkam from our shop ▶ Click here for more films by Ben Husthwaite […]
Solo red deer stalking – Rucksack & Rifle
Tim Pilbeam packs rifle and rucksack, and heads out on his own after red hinds. He has the blessing of deer manager Niall Rowantree. He is deerstalking in Argyllshire. ▶ This item is sponsored by Kite Optics ▶ To go stalking with Niall Rowantree, visit West Highland Hunting ▶ Click here for more films by […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting Beach Holiday
Here’s why holidaymaking deerstalkers should shoulder the deer cull in the UK. Just as the Scottish government plans to hire professional deer shooters, Tim Pilbeam and Niall Rowantree point out that there’s a huge, free resource available to the Scottish taxpayer: hunting tourism. Tim is the tourist and Niall the professional deer manager who briefs […]
2019 grouse prospects – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 10
What will the 2019 grouseshooting season be like? In this short, sharp podcast, Duncan Thomas reveals the prospects for grouse to Charlie Jacoby on stage at the 2019 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre at Hatfield House. Duncan Thomas is northern regional director for BASC. ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets you […]
Gavin Gardiner talks about guns at his 2019 Gleneagles sale – FieldsportsChannel Podcast episode 9
Your Scottish sporting week should be matched with a great gun. THE place to shop for them is the Gleneagles gun auction in Perthshire. Gun auctioneer Gavin Gardner talks about guns coming up in his 26 August 2019 sale at Gleneagles Hotel, including Edward Sutton’s Stephen Grant pinfire, a Holland & Holland stalking rifle in […]
Ben Husthwaite on the going-away chandelle clay pigeon – Smokin’ Targets
Top shot Ben Husthwaite takes his Shotkam out after the ‘going-away chandelle’ on the clay ground. He reveals his techniques for shooting one of the most difficult targets in sporting clays. ▶ This item is sponsored by Gamebore www.gamebore.com ▶ Improve your shooting with a Shotkam from our shop fieldsports.shop/?product=shotkam-shotgun-camera This item appears on YouTube […]
Bring roe deer in close with a simple squeak
Roy Lupton is out after roe deer. With the bucks rutting at the end of July, he calls them in to cull them. Join him on some of the most exciting deerstalking the UK has to offer. ▶ £200 off Leica rangefinders (only UK & ROI) fieldsports.shop/?product=leica-crf2700b ▶ Buy a buttolo and call your own […]
