IWA 2019: shooting/hunting kit round-up
2019 was a quiet year for product launches at the European gun trade show IWA. Many products had already had their ‘moment in the sun’ on Instagram and Facebook, or are enjoying their European launch following a first viewing at ShotShow. The spirit of innovation remains strong and designers with the brief of improving existing […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s Muntjac Hunt, episode 485
Roy Lupton is deerstalking with a brand new riflescope. It’s the Leica Fortis, just launched at IWA 2019. He is culling muntjac and roe on behalf of local farmers. We are keeping British food on kitchen tables in this week’s show. Andy Crow is a farm manager and he has troubles deer too. He […]
Andy Crow’s after deer and rabbits
When your farm is under attack – you need to get out and deal with it. Andy Crow has a problem with fallow deer and rabbits. He deals with both in this film, with the help of cousin Gary. Andy is sponsored by: Andy is sponsored by ▶ Blaser Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ Gamebore Gamebore.com ▶ […]
On Test: Leica Fortis riflescope
Roy Lupton has his hands on the new Leica Fortis riflescope, which launched at IWA 2019. He takes it out after muntjac deer. ▶ This film is supported by Leica. Find your local Leica dealer here ▶ Click here for all of Roy’s films on Fieldsports Channel ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a […]
Huntsman trolls sabs with fox’s brush
News is sponsored by Percussion Percussion-Europe.com ▶ Huntsman trolls sabs with brush ▶ White woodcock ▶ ICTSF World Sporting championships, Co Meath, 3-6 July 2019 Facebook.com/wesp2019 ▶ Rifleman Firearms opens rifle range ▶ French hunters video and ANCLF.free.fr ▶ US hunting YouTuber dies in accident ▶ Lady hunter shoots lion for food For a full […]
Aimpoint launches Micro H-2 sight with 6MOA dot
Shooting wild boar at close quarters needs quick reactions and a big red dot in your red dot sight. Working with injured wild boar follow-up expert Leif Fredriksson, Aimpoint is now producing its Micro H-2 with a 6MOA red dot. Red dot sight specialist Aimpoint first produced the H2 as a result of feedback from […]
Härkila launches battery-heated vest
Suffer from the cold? Suffer no more, for Harkila is to offer a heated vest. Worn under your jacket, it is battery powered and, crucially, contains none of the materials found in other battery-powered clothing that crack up in the wash. It’s not on the website yet but keep an eye on Harkila.com
New international hunting magazine launches
Launching summer 2019, Hunt Magazine is a new bi-annual publication. In common with many new hunting magazine launches in recent years, it aims to be collectible. Its editorial aim is to celebrate the hunting practices and traditions of communities from around the world. ‘The Hunt Magazine editorial office…looks forward to bringing you stories from all corners of […]
Botswana reverses animal rights lunacy
The government in Botswana is considering a substantial reform to the country’s wildlife management policy. Included in the reform is the re-opening of hunting on government lands and the re-opening of elephant hunting. The former administration ended Botswana’s five-year tragic experiment in wildlife management when it adopted policies dictated by animal rights extremists. The administration […]
Fieldsports Britain – Monster Close-Range Wild Boar Hunting, episode 484
Incredible close-up wild boar hunting action as a follow-up team takes to the marshes on an island off Sweden that’s being ravaged by the animals. They shoot one large boar at a range of just a few inches. Roy Lupton and Jason Doyle are there with Aimpoint on one of the most testing wild […]
Crow’s Pigeon Roost Shoot
A gathering of pigeon shooting greats: Andy Crow is asked to join Peter Theobald, Will Garfit, Jonathan Young and others for a pigeon clear-up day in Oxfordshire. The aim is to keep the birds with off the ground or hitting it with a thud. They set to with vigour, despite 35mph winds and some testing […]
Wild Boar Island
Roy Lupton is on a major wild boar cull in marshes off a Swedish island where wild boar have reached plague proportions. He is there with some of the best Swedish wild boar shooters, plus the team from rifle sights experts Aimpoint. This film is supported by: ▶ This film is supported by Aimpoint Aimpoint.com […]
Abbey Ling takes gold in Portugal
The Ling family performed well at the Algarve Grand Prix, held at the O Pinhal clay ground in Portugal on 2-3 March 2019. In the first major trapshooting event of the season, Abbey Ling scraped into the women’s final after achieving sixth place. This was just a warm-up. She shot the final with a 45 […]
Want to be a gamekeeper? Watch YouTube
UK gamekeeping colleges are keeping their students up to date with YouTube channel Fieldsports Channel, which specialises in films about hunting and shooting. A survey of the UK’s leading gamekeeping and wildlife management college courses uncovered that they rely on Fieldsports Channel for the latest thinking and practical examples of gamekeeping at work. Meredyth Grant, […]
Niall Rowantree’s biggest beast
Deer manager Niall Rowantree is on his way around Planet Deer, this time talking big red deer, and hunting a giant red stag. He is in New Zealand, which produces some of the biggest animals in the world. This film is supported by: ▶ Magic Safari Lodges MagicSafariLodges.com ▶ Leica Sports Optics Leica-Camera.com/Sport-Optics ▶ Blaser […]
Fieldsports Britain – Giant stags of New Zealand
Hunting takes us to some amazing places. Scottish deerstalker Niall Rowantree is in New Zealand, stalking the biggest red stag of his life and finding out about the economy of wild red deer management. Meanwhile, Charlie Jacoby goes to the craziest horse race in the UK, run by the Ledbury Hunt, four miles flat out […]
First dual winner for the Golden Button – Britain’s craziest horse race
Probably the maddest horse race in the country, more than 60 horses signed up for the Ledbury Hunt’s Golden Button challenge on Saturday 23 February 2019. We go behind the scenes to find out what it’s all about. Winner, for the second year running, was Yvonne Goss riding Untilla Legend – aka Jaffa. She becomes the […]
Norfolk muntjac stalking
Jason Doyle takes Irish friend John Foxton deerstalking in Norfolk with Henry Skeffington. They are after muntjac as a swap hunt. Henry has already come over to Ireland to stalk deer. Plus Jason discusses the legal differences between guided stalking in the UK and Ireland ▶ For more about Henry Skeffington and The Real Big […]
Irish rough shoot
In the latest of his Wild Wing Shooting series, Jason Doyle is shooting pheasants and, well, whatever he comes across with Matt Jarvis, a Londoner who moved to Ireland for the sport. ▶ Gamebore supplies the cartridges Gamebore.com ▶ The Benelli 828u came from GMK GMK.co.uk ▶ Clothing from Jack Pyke JackPyke.co.uk ▶ This item […]
Wonderful walked-up pheasants – Fieldsports Ireland, episode 7
For Fieldsports Ireland episode 7, Jason Doyle is out with a Brit. Matt Jarvis moved to Ireland from the UK because he loves shooting – and eating what he shoots. His idea of a great day out is a walk around with dog and gun. You have to stay on your toes when you […]
Food companies drop veggie show over animal rights extremism claims
Two of Sweden’s biggest food companies have pulled out of a vegetarian food fair. The decision by Ica and Axfood follows news that volunteers at Vegomässan, Sweden’s largest vegetarian food fair, had connections to the country’s Animal Liberation Front, which has set fire to farm buildings and threatened farmers’ children. Thanks to Per Holmseth for […]
Antis plan hunt ball demos
Where local newspapers used to post details of hunt meets and hunt balls, now they post details of anti-hunt demonstrations. This from the Hastings Independent Press in the South of England is a call to demonstrate at the East Sussex & Romney Marsh Hunt Ball on 23rd February 2019, asking balaclavaed saboteurs to assemble at […]
Fieldsports News, 13 February 2019
In this week’s bulletin: Packham aims ‘Wild Justice’ at shooters School bows to animal rights death threats Anti hunt extremists turn to dognapping Dog mauls deer on ski slope For a full news round-up, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/category/fieldsportsnews News is sponsored by Percussion Percussion-Europe.com
Life with Lyme disease
Lyme disease leaves you at your wits’ end. For deerstalker Tim Pilbeam, who has been living with it for 20 years, he has given up on the NHS and turned to alternative medicine – and he is learning to live with the disease. He has good days and bad days. Find out what it’s like. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Living with Lyme
The effervescent Tim Pilbeam has good days but he has bad days – and those bad days are down to Lyme disease, which he caught from a tick bite 20 years ago. He has been keeping a video diary for the last two years. Here’s what it’s like – and what he’s trying out to […]
British Shooting Show 2019
We lose control of the Fieldsports Channel News Stump. At the 2019 British Shooting Show, the viewers get to have their own go. And here is the awful result… The NEC in Birmingham was packed on Saturday – and heaving on the Friday and Sunday, too. Shooting took up one-and-a-half times more floorspace than […]
Duck hunting : flighting ducks
It’s the end of a long pheasant day and how does Paul Childerley relax? He invites a friendly local keeper over to go duck flighting. The mallard are in, as are teal and there’s a chance of a woodcock. It’s the latest in Paul’s Modern Gamekeeper series. Modern Gamekeeper’s sponsors are: ▶ Marsdens MarsdensFeeds.co.uk ▶ […]
Flying eagle point of view : hare hunting
Roy Lupton straps a camera on the back of an eagle and sends it off to hunt hares. With mountain hare numbers booming on this carefully-managed estate in Scotland, Roy is able to take a few for the pot with the help of his golden eagles. He tops up that pot with a goshawk and […]
Fieldsports Britain – Eagles on Hares
Enjoy fantastic flights as falconer Roy Lupton flies his golden eagles on blue hares in Scotland. He has his #eaglecam set-up on the back of the birds, so it feels like Lord of the Rings as the eagles stoop on the hares. Plus he has folk coming to supper so he’s out with his goshawk […]
Dog mauls deer on ski slope
Austria is outraged after a dog mauled a deer on a ski slope. The dog attacked and injured the deer near the village of Ebene Reichenau. A hunter videoed the attack, and he later reportedly destroyed the animal with a knife. The dog’s owner, a 26-year-old Czech woman, has been charged with violating local hunting […]
Anti hunt extremists turn to dognapping
Antis are stealing foxhounds and holding them captive. This hound called, appropriately, Drama, was returned to the Crawley & Horsham Hunt after hunt staff reported the animal missing to police. Local hunt saboteurs held the hound for four days, causing stress to both the kennel staff and the hound.
School bows to animal rights death threats
A school in England has cancelled an event with a local hunt after children received death threats from antis. The Leadon Vale Basset Hounds were due to make their annual visit to the Elms School in Herefordshire to show the children trailhunting. The school uses the meet as an opportunity to educate the children about […]
Packham aims ‘Wild Justice’ at hunters and shooters
Chris Packham is joining the fight against wildlife crime. He has launched a new non-profit company, called Wild Justice, dedicated to bringing wildlife criminals to justice. However, instead of joining the fieldsports community at the forefront of the fight against wildlife crime, he has made it clear that he considers hunters and shooters to be […]
Fieldsports Channel News, 6 February 2019
In this week’s bulletin: News is sponsored by Percussion For a full news round-up, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/category/fieldsportsnews
Fieldsports Britain – Crow’s on the Pigeons
We’re in Scotland after red hinds and the South-East of England after pigeons this week. It’s a combination of February sport and badly-needed wildlife control. Andy Crow has left the pigeons alone since the autumn, so it is time for a big day on them, now the pheasant-shooting season is over. Meanwhile, Robert Sajitz wants […]
Scottish hind hunt
The red hind cull is underway on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula in Scotland. Niall Rowantree has Robert Sajitz of Blaser to help him shoot his cull animals, and Robert has the new Blaser R8 Silence, with moderator integrated into the barrel. He tries it out during the cull. ▶ For more from Blaser UK, go to […]
Dry February pigeon shoot – it’s Crowhow
After months of letting them get away with it, farm manager Andy Crow’s fields are turning blue with pigeons. And when his fields go blue, Crow sees red. He is out with ‘plus one’ to knock back the numbers in order to save his crops decoying them to a hide made with dried bracken. Andy […]
New cash record for rare goat
An American hunter has set a record for a markhor hunt. He paid the highest amount yet paid – US$110,000 – to hunt Pakistan’s national animal. Bryan Kinsel Harlan hunted the Astore markhor in Gilgit-Baltistan. His is one of four permits the Peshawar wildlife department auctioned last year. He started a worldwide debate on […]
Fieldsports Channel News, 30 January 2019
In this week’s bulletin: Plus: ▶ Liveline radio show attacks hunter ▶ ‘Persectued’ hen harrier found alive and well ▶ Blaser launches R8 in .22LR ▶ Denmark builds ‘pig-proof’ wall News is sponsored by Percussion Percussion-Europe.com For a full news round-up, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/category/fieldsportsnews
Anti hunters make mistake after mistake
It has been a bad week for animal rights extremists. One group wants to stop pest control at a supermarket, others are calling for an end to the cruel practice of clay pigeon shooting, and Cheshire Police has released a statement saying don’t trust anti-hunting posts you read online. A group of antis are trying […]
Hunter attacked on Irish radio
Irish radio show hosts have attacked a caller who revealed he enjoys hunting. The consumer watchdog show Liveline encourages callers to complain about poor service. When a caller called ‘Frank’ said he had lost 100 bullets worth €700 on an Air France flight to Zimbabwe, instead of trying to help him out, the radio show […]
Fieldsports News, 23 January 2019
In the news this week: Packham plans to be rude to royal family British Shooting Schools Pistol Championships BritishShooting.org.uk/article/1554 Shooter anger over bird carcase dumping Antis swear at hunt supporter News is sponsored by Percussion Percussion-Europe.com For a full news round-up, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/category/fieldsportsnews
Catapult kit – best balls for hunting
Cattyshack man Wayne Martin talks balls this week: why to use lead, why steel and how big they need to be. ▶ For more about Wayne’s slingshots, visit Facebook.com/CattyShackShooter ▶ Wayne is sponsored by Jack Pyke. Visit JackPyke.co.uk Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month gets you Fieldsports Channel membership. Click here This item […]
The game cart – Modern Gamekeeper #6
Out shooting driven partridges and pheasants? Gamekeeper Paul Childerley explains the importance of presenting birds, and why you should take care of birds on the game cart. Modern Gamekeeper’s sponsors are: Marsdens MarsdensFeeds.co.uk Remington RaytradeUK.co.uk Shooterking Shooterking.co.uk Barnes VOR-TX ammunition RaytradeUK.co.uk To go shooting on Paul’s shoot, visit ChilderleySporting.co.uk Click here for all of Paul’s […]
Best of British: gun cabinet maker
Blake Fewster makes some of the prettiest in-car gun cabinets that money can buy. Charlie Jacoby meets him, finds out about his cabinets and picks up top tips on how to bring a shine back to a scratched gunstock. ▶ For more, go to BlakeBespokeFurniture.com ▶ Click here for more of Charlie’s films ▶ Join the Fieldsports […]
Thermal squirrel hunt
Roy is after a variety of pests with FX airgun mounted with Pulsar Trail LRF thermal scope. He has squirrels, rats and even a fox in his sights. ▶ For more about FX Airguns – the FX Impact and FX Crown – in the UK, visit www.a-s-i.co.uk ▶ For the Pulsar Accolade XP50 binoculars and […]
Industrial rat shoot
Roy’s out at the dump controlling rats. He is putting new FX airguns and Pulsar optics through their paces, with the help of Jonathan Fox from Intelligent Pest Control. ▶ For more about FX Airguns – the FX Impact and FX Crown – in the UK, visit A-S-I.co.uk ▶ For the Pulsar Accolade XP50 binoculars […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roy’s Rodent Rampage
Roy Lupton is solving a pest problem this week. He has the latest Pulsar thermal kit plus an FX airgun, and he is out after rats, squirrels – and even a fox crosses his path. Meanwhile, as the game shooting season in the UK comes to a close, Paul Childerley shows how he presents birds […]
How do moderators work?
Jason Doyle tales his Hausken moderator apart to show just how simple it is. Plus he shoots it with and without mesh to hear the difference. ▶ For more about Hausken moderators from Norway, visit Hausken.no/en/ ▶ This item appears in Fieldsports Ireland, episode 6 Fcha.nl/fieldsportsireland6 ▶ Join the Fieldsports Nation. Just £/$/€4.99 a month […]
Irish foxshooting – big numbers
Foxes are a major agricultural pest in Ireland, and Stephen Dunbar is out to take the pressure off the farmers ahead aod the lambing season. He is calling in and shooting foxes with Jason Doyle, and talks his fotal for 2018 to 151 foxes. Imagine how many lambs he has saved. ▶ This item appears […]
