Fancy pheasants and Nepalese Viagra
Want to learn about pheasants in the high Himalaya? You need to go to a charity clayshoot in Hampshire. the World Pheasant Association is dedicated to the conservation of pheasants all over the world – and it looks to pheasant shooters to supply much of the funding for its work on the ground in Nepal […]
Can a gundog learn new tricks?
How do you turn your highly-trained gundog that’s perfect on pheasants into a dog that can track deer? Gundog expert Charlie Thorburn of Mordor Gundogs in Scotland www.mordorgundogs.com gives his tips. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 128. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain128
Catapult King
We visit Joerg Sprave, top slingshot designer, King of the Catapults and all-round brilliant Bavarian at his home in Germany. He shows off some of his most outlandish slingshot designs (the Gatling, the saw-blade thrower) and tells us how he came to be the PR man for the new Hansel & Gretel film (you have […]
Stalking Muntjac in Bedfordshire
We are hunting muntjac – the unusual ‘barking deer’ – in Bedfordshire, UK, with professional guide (and kickboxing champion!) Paul Childerley. These busy little deer with their unusual tusks are now widespread across the south of England. Stefan Buehring of Zeiss Sports Optics is trying out the Conquest HD glass in his binoculars. This item […]
Predator fishing in the UK – Pike and Perch
Top shooters Dom Holtam and Andy the Crowman Crow have put away their guns in order to go take advantage of some any method fishing. Andy is sticking with the fly and Dom is spinning. Local pike expert Rob Dixon is also on hand to offer his advice on catching these amazing fish. This item […]
Gun show IWA 2013 + RUAG range day
Check out the new shooting kit at Europe’s mega invitation-only gun trade show, IWA in Nuremberg. We are looking at: – Webley & Scott’s new cannon – Sauer 101 rifle – Blaser R8 Professional Success rifle – Browning T-Bolt rifle – RWS Evolution Green ammunition – Sauer 202 DownUnder – Zeiss Victory HT – RWS […]
Ray Mears talks scopes and binos
Television survival expert Ray Mears says he always likes to carry a pair of Zeiss binoculars. He spoke at the opening of the new Carl Zeiss Cambridge Campus. All the UK’s scope and binoculars needs will be handled from here, as Zeiss moves from Welwyn Garden City. Opening duties last week fell to Ray, who […]
Taylor’s Travels – Fallow deer stalking
Countryside Alliance shooting campaign manager David Taylor is trying to fulfil his fallow doe cull, with just a few weeks of the season still to go. Deer stalking is his passion, as this film shows. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 171. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain171
Tying the McPhail cascade fly by Davie McPhail
Davie McPhail dresses his classic red, yellow and orange streamer fly, the Cascade, at the Glasgow Angling Centre season opening day. “They are the only colours you need for salmon,” says Davie. You will see lots more great flytying films on Davie’s channel www.youtube.com/user/DavieMcPhail This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 171. To watch […]
England rugby star Tom Wood talks bow hunting
When Tom Wood is not playing for England in the Six Nations he can be found practising his bow-hunting technique. Tom discovered the benefits of shooting the bow when he had a shoulder injury. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam talks to him about his rugby career and his love of the countryside at the Jack […]
Foxing – Brilliant HD night vision fox shooting
Homemade NV: using infra-red lights from a prison security system and a neat little Canon camera we’ve produced some of the best high-definition night vision hunting footage you will have ever seen. By turning night into day, witness incredible animal behaviour including a fox chasing a cat away from the FoxPro call. With the lambing […]
A guide to driven game hunting in Germany
Boar, mouflon, red deer, roe and foxes are all on offer. As guests of Carl Zeiss sports optics, magazine editors from across Europe, including Sporting Shooter’s Dom Holtam, are on a driven hunt in Laubach in Germany. After a spot of practice at a range, we are briefed on the shooting etiquette and taken to […]
The Banwen Miners’ Hunt
The season of 2012/2013 is the fiftieth since men first came out of the coal pit in Banwen, South Wales, and founded the Banwen Miners Hunt. Originally, they hunted foxes in and out of the slag heaps. Today’s meet is at an Indian restaurant – and the hunt is thriving. The coal mining may be […]
Digweed: pigeon shooting with warm cartridges
Twenty-times world shooting champion George Digweed is out on the English North Downs shooting flighting pigeon on maize stubble. 90% of the birds are over 60 yards away, some nearing 100 yards. As well as a lesson in long range shooting George also shows us why it’s important to keep those cartridges warm for the […]
Up close roe triplets – too cute to shoot
Out after a fallow buck Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam witnesses a magical wildlife moment. With fieldcraft and a bit of luck a mature roe doe and her triplets graze to within just a few yards of him and the camera. We get some exceptional footage and nothing for the larder, but it’s not always […]
SHOTShow 2013 – the inside story
We’re at SHOT in Las Vegas talking to TV and YouTube stars Jim Shockey, Greg Quinn from GunBlast.com, Destinee from FateOfDestinee and Peter Carr from Sporting Rifle about the latest and the best hunting/shooting kit on the market this year. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 165. To watch the whole show go […]
Hunting squirrels with a shotgun in Sussex
Roy Lupton is taking advantage of the bare trees to reduce the grey squirrel population on his shooting ground in Sussex. Ideally this is a job for two – one concentrating on the drey, the other gun on the runners. It’s an efficient way to keep these American invaders under control. This film first appeared […]
Rabbiting Rolls Royce – ultimate Texan hunting vehicle
We are in Texas where they take ‘shoot transport’ to a whole different level. The Rolls Royce Silver Spur shooting vehicle looks like it’s been taken off the set of Thunderbirds. This exquisite British-made machine is owned by Fausto and Sandra Yturria. They use it for everything from vermin control on their longhorn cattle ranch […]
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 […]
Hunting Oryx in Namibia with Blaser Safaris
We are hunting oryx in Namibia, with Zeiss sports optics, enjoying the best that Blaser Safaris has to offer. We find out that big game hunting in Africa is surprisingly cheap and highly exciting. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 130. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain130
Hunting jackals in Namibia
It’s the night of the jackal. We are lamping these varmints in Namibia, similar to the European sport of fox lamping and the American sport of coyote hunting. We have a FoxPro, a Blaser R8 rifle mounted with a Zeiss Duralyt scope and a big torch. We set up next to a rotting giraffe… This […]
Shooting in a camo mankini
Camo is not only important hunting tool but, for some, a lifestyle choice. Does it really mean the difference between hunting success and failure? And where does fieldcraft come into all this? We ask some of our stars about appropriate and highly inappropriate camo clothing. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 159. […]
Schools Challenge game-shooting day
Kids are trying out game shooting with the Schools Challenge Game Day 2012. Fed up with them hogging the sofa and emptying the fridge? Here’s a great way to get them out into the fresh air doing something worthwhile… send them game shooting. These under-21s have come to the Oxford Gun Company for the Schools […]
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 […]
Heythrop Hunt – scenting trouble
The Heythrop Hunt has pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawfully hunting a wild fox with dogs. So why is that? The RSPCA is too rich for most people to face in court. The presiding magistrate called the RSPCA’s £327,000 costs “staggering”. He said the public could question whether the charity’s funds to bring the […]
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
Pellet power & performance 3 – Rabbit hunting
Awful picture isn’t it? But it’s going to show you how to achieve superb rabbit hunting results with an airgun. Successful airgun hunting requires great accuracy. We put three different air rifle pellet designs through their paces to see if they hit the mark before going out in the field after rabbits. We also look […]
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
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 […]
Roe stalking in Hampshire – poaching problem
Roy Lupton is out after roe does in Hampshire and is horrified to find that poachers have been killing his deer. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 156. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain156
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 […]
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 […]
Game to Eat – Food journalists go deer stalking
We are deerstalking and pheasant shooting in Sussex – and it is all for a good cause. The Countryside Alliance’s Game To Eat campaign is showing food journalists from The Sunday Times and LoveFood.com where game meat comes from. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 155. To watch the whole show go to […]
James Bond’s new double rifle – the .500 Nitro Express by Anderson Wheeler
James Bond has a new gun. Top London gunmaker Anderson Wheeler made the .500 Nitro Express double rifle he uses in the film Skyfall. It is a typical African big game rifle. In the film, it belongs to 007’s father and he uses it to defend his family estate in Scotland, Stuart Anderson Wheeler talks […]
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, […]
Shooting pigeons and pensioners to explain ‘lead’
In this film we again strive to show why shotgun shooters need to employ lead for shooting success. Firstly top shot Andy Crow shoots slo-mo feral pigeons as they come into and fly over decoys – then we use a fit and plucky OAP who will either get a soaking from a hose or escape […]
Clayshooting world record
How many clay pigeons can you throw in the air and shoot? Italian super-shot Raniero Testa uses the new Winchester SX3 to blast a world-beating 12 in one go. It’s shooting success as he beats the world record for breaking 12 clay pigeons (thrown by the shooter with his right hand and shot individually). Testa […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fox attacks dead fox
Trailcams give us a wonderful insight into animal behaviour. In this footage we see a young vixen attacking another fox which has just been shot in the back garden. So why is she doing it? This film was first shown on Fieldsports Britain in March 2012.
Foxing tips with Robert Bucknell
Fox shooting expert and author of the foxing bible “Foxing with Lamp & Rifle” gives a run-through on how to go foxing from a vehicle on your own, safely and efficiently. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 48. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain48
Protecting pigs from foxes
A farm in the East of England has a problem with a family of foxes. As well as snatching piglets they’re upsetting the sows and that can mean they crush their young. With pile of piglets for bait Roy Lupton is waiting out for them. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 39. To […]
British Wild Boar II… the sequel
Want to know how to remove unsightly pigs? Sporting Shooter magazine editor Dom Holtam is out shooting wild boar in Sussex, bringing a very English slant to the hunt for this incredible animal.The UK only has pockets of wild boar but already they are causing problems for farmers – and the government says it is […]
Mark Gilchrist shoots with Cirencester students
The Royal Agricultural College shooting society asked Fieldsports Channel regular Mark Gilchrist to a walked-up-stand-and-shoot day last season. See how he got on…. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain episode 115. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain115
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 […]
Pigeon shooting and roe stalking in Fife and Perthshire
Where’s the best place to go for shooting in May? It has to be Scotland, especially Fife and Perthshire. Not only do you have wonderful roebuck stalking/hunting in the early mornings and late evenings, you get to go pigeon shooting by day. We are there with the guys from retailer Decathlon’s hunting department, Solognac. This […]
