Who nicked my burger? Bloomin’ gulls
The seagull menace on Britain’s coastal resorts is getting out of hand. After being attacked by gulls in Eastbourne, we look at the options for pest controllers. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 383. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain383
Spanish Mouflon Hunting
Tim heads into the hills behind the Costa del Sol to go mouflon and wild boar hunting. It’s a great way to end a hard day’s relaxing on the beach. Next time you are on a Costa holiday, give it a try. Tim is sponsored by: Sauer www.sauer.de and Harkila www.harkila.com The guide who provided […]
Fieldsports Britain – Seagull Attack
Gulls divebomb David and our young reporter Alex as they brave the mean streets of Eastbourne carrying burgers. These birds are a menace! So what’s on offer if you want to get rid of gulls? You must not shoot gulls (apart from the lesser blackbacked gull). You can, however, prick their eggs and send up […]
VIP chicken protection squad
Foxshooter Paul Hodson gets together with friend Ryan Charlton for an evening’s foxshooting on a chicken farm in Leicestershire. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 382. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain382
Rifle shooting positions – a guide
Being and all-round shooter means learning to shoot from many different positions. When you need to shoot quickly, you must be accurate and you must also be able to judge the right position for the job. To demonstrate this, Tim Pilbeam sets a series of challenges for three useful rifle shots: Rifle Shooter magazine editor […]
Fieldsports Britain – The Rifle Kama Sutra
Find out about different positions – different shooting positions that is – in this week’s #FieldsportsBritain. Dom Holtam, Keith Poyser and a local farmer called Robbie learn which positions is best fro what shot on a course laid out by Tim Pilbeam. Meanwhile, Paul Hodson and Ryan Charlton are foxshooting in Leicestershire. ‘Hallo Charlie!’ has […]
EU bans or licenses blank-firing pistols
You will have to start a running race by shouting ‘bang’. The EU wants to force member states to ban or license blank firing pistols. In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, the EU’s reaction is to clamp down a on the legal use of blank firing pistols. It points to the increasing use […]
Long-range Shooting: the Swarovski Optik Steel Gong Challenge
Where to professional hunters in Africa test their marksmanship? At the Swarovski Optik Steel Gong Challenge outside Durban. Held in March 2017, the challenge brings together the best shots in southern Africa. For more from Swarovski Optik, go to www.swarovskioptik.com This film is part of Fieldsports Africa, episode 7. Go to bit.ly.com/fieldsportsafrica7 Sign up for […]
Fieldsports Africa – African Hunting Ancient & Modern
It is the poor man’s elephant hunt. Dassies or rock hyrax are one of Africa’s unsung sporting quarry. These little animal’s closest relative is the elephant, so think of this as big game hunting on a small scale. Rich Leonard tries it out on a rocky part of South Africa that also has ancient cave […]
Sneaky rabbit hunt
Jamie Chandler has time for a crafty rabbit shoot without his wife finding out – and if he is quick. Ironically, he is on an errand to take her pet rabbit to the vet This item is supported by BSA. For more, go to www.bsaguns.co.uk It appears in AirHeads, episode 64. To watch the show […]
AirHeads – Dove and guineafowl shooting
The deadly combo Rich Leonard and Jamie Chandler are out with their airguns in both hemispheres. Rich is targeting doves and guinea-fowl, while Jamie is after rabbits. Plus there is Hotair airgun news and the best airgun videos in Airstreaming. Doves: This item is supported by Air Arms. For more, go to www.air-arms.co.uk Rabbits: This […]
African farm pest control
Where pigeons are a pest and pheasants a gamebird in the UK, in South Africa, it is all about doves and guineafowl. Rich Leonard is back on the prowl with his Air Arms S510 in Cape Province, South Africa. This item is supported by Air Arms. For more, go to www.air-arms.co.uk It appears in AirHeads, […]
How did early man hunt rabbits? Animators answer…
Want to know how caveman hunted? The creators of Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run reckon they have cracked it. Eddie Redmayne, the voice of Dug, takes a break from recording his lines to introduce a the new teaser trailer for Aardman Animations Early Man, which is in cinemas 2018 AD. And the scene they […]
Roy’s daylight fox
Foxes are after lambs and baby deer in England at this time of year – and Roy is after foxes. This time he is calling them in daylight, and using schools he picked up at the Aimpoint Academy in Sweden. Aimpoint www.aimpoint.com/ For Tikka rifles, visit www.gmk.co.uk For more films from Roy, go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/roy-lupton/ […]
Fieldsports Britain – Eight deer, four species, one day
In a single day, Paul Childerley stalks and shoots eight deer from four of the six British deer species. Starting at dawn, he is after roe, muntjac, fallow and Chinese water deer. He is also testing the new Zeiss Conquest V6 scope and using a Sako 85 rifle. Meanwhile, Roy has come back from the […]
Hunting YouTube stars nicked for poaching
Two hunting YouTube stars have been nicked for poaching. Ricky Mills, aged 37, and Jimmy Duncan, 25, make the Hunting in the Sticks show, that also goes out on the Pursuit Channel in the USA. One of their viewers noticed that the area they were hunting elk did not match the area on their hunting […]
Good news for wolf hunters
Russians are taking a robust view of their wolf population. An MP in the Yakutia region, home to 12,000 wolves, is backing a plan to sell helicopter wolf-hunting trips at US$15,000 a time. He told the Siberian Times: “We already have tourists, local and some from abroad, who are willing to pay $10,000 for hunting […]
Stoat traps to get new rules
An international plan to make beaver trapping more humane is to have a knock-on effect to UK stoat traps. Bureaucrats started work 20 years ago on the agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS) between the European Union, Russia, Canada and the USA. From 2008 to 2013, civil servants beavered away testing traps, but realised […]
Hunter untangles deer
A shooter has saved a deer tangled in netting. Colin Asquith from Yorkshire freed the roebuck and posted the video on Facebook, saying: “My good deed for the day, Anti’s take note, hunters are not totally kill crazy…?”
Shooter builds and fires punt gun
Shooter Bob Vogel has built a punt gun. It fires 11-ounces of shot using 650 grains of black powder, about the same as ten 12-bore loads.
Zimbabwe shoots ‘Tsavo’ bachelor lion
One of two ‘bachelor’ lions that killed nine cattle and a donkey in Zimbabwe has been killed. The animal was shot at Hurungwe West during a joint operation by rangers from Hurungwe Rural District Council (HRDC) and Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority officials. The famous ‘maneaters of Tsavo’ in Kenya, now on display in […]
Is the UK government cracking down on gunowners?
The Government has changed its advice that all British gun-owners should be reported to the police for terrorism. It released a leaflet called Action Counters Terrorism, with a number of signs to look out for in a potential terrorists. Among them, it requested reports from the public on ‘Anyone who has firearms or other weapons or […]
Eaglecam#2 – Fieldsports Channel News
News is sponsored by Baleno www.baleno.com – here are the links: Eaglecam#2 www.fieldsportschannel.tv/yet-another-eaglecam/ BASC’s annus horribilis www.fieldsportschannel.tv/what-went-on-at-basc-last-year/ Jordan hyena killer www.fieldsportschannel.tv/28002-2/ Aussie fox bounty www.fieldsportschannel.tv/fox-bounty-resumes-in-australian-state/ Gamekeepers and mountaineers unite www.fieldsportschannel.tv/scottish-gamekeepers-and-mountaineers-unite-over-tree-plan/ Fire brigade squirrel slam www.fieldsportschannel.tv/fireman-face-legal-fight-over-squirrel-hunt/ For a full news round-up, go to www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/fieldsportsnews
Man kills eight-legged pig
An hog hunter in the USA shot a pregnant feral pig and found one of the piglet fetuses had one head, two torsos and eight legs. His Facebook video of the piglet has gone viral, racking up 3 million views and almost 2,000 shares. Jesse Garcia of Garrison, Texas, says he has received offers of […]
Fieldsports Britain – Death threats for the man who smacks gundogs
It’s the scandal that’s rocking the gundog world. If you are training a working dog, how far should you go when it misbehaves? Some gundog trainers say rewards and treats are all a gundog needs. Others say ‘corrective’ training or smacking is the only method that works. The argument has led to an online campaign […]
New hunting kit at IWA 2017
RWS 10.3×68 rifle cartridge Hunters in the mountainous Swiss canton of Graubünden have relied on the effectiveness of 10.3mm calibres for the past 150 years. Rimfire Peabodys developed during America’s civil war as well as Vetterli and Martini stalking carbines developed after 1867 were the predecessors of the 10.3x60R – and remain to this day […]
Should you punish your dog? #Crufts controversy
Do you smack, correct or punish a gundog when you are training it? Do you train only with rewards and treats? Is a working dog like a gundog a different proposition to a pet dog? Instructors do ‘not use or promote any adversive training methods or techniques’ The Kennel Club Opinion is divided – and […]
Yet another #EagleCam
Everyone’s getting in on the eaglecam act. Following our video made with a camera on the back of an eagle, GoPro itself has released one. The Burkitshi people of Mongolia are a dwindling community of eagle hunters. They fly them on foxes. GoPro strapped one of its camera to an eagle and let it loose […]
Hyena hunter hounded
A journalist from Jordan is under fire for vermin control. A video of Hayam Awad killing endangered striped hyena cubs has gone viral. It shows her crawling out of a hyena den in central Jordan dragging two cubs with her. Sitting in front of the den, she says that she is in an area called […]
Fox bounty resumes in Australian state
The Fox and Wild Dog Bounty is underway in Victoria, Australia. Collections commenced on 6 March 2017. The collection period for the fox and wild dog bounty will run from March until the end of October, consistent with previous years. Eligible participants can submit entire fox scalps for a AUS$10 reward and entire wild dog […]
Tanzania jails ivory’s ‘The Devil’
Elephant poacher Boniface Matthew Maliango had evaded arrest many times. Now, Tanzania’s top elephant poacher, made notorious in the film The Ivory Game and nicknamed ‘The Devil’, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Fox caught with the hens
A fox caught in a hen coop in Russia stays perfectly still. The owner gently encourages the hens to leave while he eyeballs the animal. Find out if they all make it! (OK – they do)
Shortlived mouse
A Norwegian man who caught a mouse thought he was doing it a favour by letting it go. The mouse makes it only part of the way across the road in the town of Hov.
Gator on the golf course
Now that’s a fish – and that’s an angler. Florida resident Norma Respess caught this video of an alligator walking across a golf course with its catch.
How to cape deer
Paul Childerley shows how to skin a deer in preparation for a full head mount by a taxidermist. For Sako rifles, go to GMK.co.uk For Shooterking clothing, go to Shooterking.co.uk Email Paul at paul@childerleysporting.co.uk Click here for more of our films with Paul This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 379. To watch […]
Fieldsports Britain – Montería Action
Olé. Roy Lupton is off to Portugal to try a montería – one of the speciality driven hunts. He is putting Leica optics to the test, plus he visits Leica’s factory to see how this classy glass is manufactured. Meanwhile, Zeiss aficionado Paul Childerley has a Chinese water deer on the ground and he wants […]
What went on at BASC last year?
2016 was an annus horribilis for BASC’s headquarters operation at Marford Mill in Wrexham – but there has been no satisfactory explanation of what went on. Now a picture is emerging thanks to an employment tribunal and a formal report, which reads like the treatment for a BBC drama. In a single day in May […]
Fireman face legal fight over squirrel hunt
A New York City lawyer is out to get a local fire brigade over squirrel hunting. The Holley Fire Department in Louisiana faces a court case because it sponsors the Squirrel Slam, a local squirrel hunting. The lawsuit, brought by Lauren Sheive of Williamson, claims the mass killing of the squirrels can lead to an […]
50-cal vs bulletproof glass
What happens when you fire a 50-cal rifle at bulletproof glass? YouTuber Edwin Sarkissian finds out in this film, which has gone viral. For those who can’t wait for the end… the bullet goes straight through.
Fieldsports Africa – African Night Vision Hunt
We are out with Matt Dubber hunting porcupine, hares and small antelope. Using night vision, Matt and Rich Leonard are in the Eastern Cape on a hunt to provide meat for the braai. plus we talk to one of the world’s top big game hunters, Dr Kevin Robertson of Southern African Wildlife College. And Beth […]
Fallen off out hunting? You could win champagne!
There are just a few days left to enter the Countryside Alliance and Champagne Pol Roger’s photo competition. For the third consecutive year, the national Hunt Tumblers’ Club competition invites photos of falls taken during the past hunting season. It is open to entries until 1st March 2017. The competition aims to celebrate the daring […]
Scottish shooters’ bad double whammy
Scottish shooters are reeling – but not to music. They have been slapped with two pieces of bad news in the last week. In one, the Scottish Government has brought forward plans to tax shoots. In the other, the Scottish government plans to licence shooters. Shooters in the UK already face the most draconian gun […]
Feral cat cull leads to death threats
An image of a dead feral cat in a trap has led to death threats for one pest controller. Sam Wood from Wisconsin, USA, says that since putting the photo on social media, he has become the target of cyberbullying and death threats. The stock photo he posted, which showed a cat caught in a […]
Orkney stoat project: £500,000 spent, two caught
The Orkney stoat eradication project has reported its results: two stoats caught. It reveals the Scottish Natural Heritage programme to be among the most dismal wastes of taxpayers’ money the Scottish government has yet attempted on wildlife. Some 52 volunteers were trained and issued with Magnum bodygrip traps with wooden or metal mesh tunnels. No […]
Wildlife Trusts (reluctantly) call for grey squirrels to be shot
As our video shows, if you want red squirrels in the UK, you have to get rid of greys. The grey squirrel, imported from the US in the 19th century, carries the parapox virus which is deadly for reds. As a result, it has devastated the native British red squirrel. Now the wildlife trusts across […]
Is this the biggest wasps’ nest in London?
Pest controller Bruce Lindsay Smith has removed one of the biggest wasp nests of his career. It was one of two he had to deal with. this one was on top of a water tank in the attic of a house. According to Guinness World Records, the largest wasp nest ever recorded was found on […]
Game Fair Theatre – Under New Management
How to deal with writhing pythons? what’s the best call to bring in a lusty buck? Should we repeal the Wildlife & Countryside Act? Find out at the Game Fair Theatre, which is raising its game in 2017. An exciting line-up of hunting/shooting/fishing/countryside personalities will pound the stage at the Game Fair Theatre at Hatfield […]
Dog run over in botched burglary
A dog has died after dog thieves ran over her. On Monday evening (20 February 2017) at 11.30pm, a dog-thief or thieves broke into the yard of a home in Alton, Hampshire. Owner Jess Edwards reports they were driving a black Subaru, possibly with the exhaust missing. The vehicle ran over this nine-year-old dog, Becky. […]
Bolt-Action Rifles: the Last 100 Years
Charlie Jacoby is off with his son and two cousins – all of them descendants of World War I sniper Major Hesketh-Prichard – to find out about the rifles used in the trenches. WMS Firearms gives them a ‘historic firearms’ day that tracks the story of the bolt-action rifle from before the First World War […]
Fieldsports Britain – Man Shot in Pigeon Hide Accident
Alfie Oldring started his day looking forward to a day’s pigeon shooting. He ended it in hospital, fighting for his life. His pigeon-shooting buddy accidentally shot him in the stomach. But Alfie’s problems were only just starting. His injuries were barely covered by his shooting association insurance. Fieldsports Channel reporter Alex Howell looks at this […]
