Deer warden deals with RTA
In this film deer warden, Dom Holtam, takes us through the do’s and don’ts of dispatching an injured deer lying on the side of a busy road. Deer wardens give up their time to attend road traffic accidents to ensure that injured deer suffer as little as possible. Wardens often find themselves in emotionally charged […]
Confronting angry antis
When anti-hunting animal rights activists left death threats and threats of violence against our contributors on our YouTube site, we thought it would be interesting to ring up one of the keyboard terrorists and ask if he really wants to kill us… There’s a serious side to this film too. Fieldsports are legal, fun and […]
Long range hunting – High impact filming
Having filmed a lot of slo mo air rifle shooting we thought it was time for some slo mo gun powder shots. We join Roy Lupton on a trip to help a farmer get rid of some lamp-shy rabbits. The rabbits are causing enormous damage to the farm. He’s shooting at around 300 yards / […]
How to clean a shotgun
We learn the best way to clean your gun with the experts from Browning. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 135. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain135
Where to put a gun cabinet
Gun security is vital – But where is the best place to secure a gun cabinet. We walk and talk you through the basics. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 134. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain134
How to strip down a semi-auto
To show how simple it is to break down and build a semi-auto, we offered a teenager a box of shells if he could do it after just one demo. He accepts the challenge. Then we blindfold him and started the stopwatch. If he can do it, anyone can! This item first appeared in Fieldsports […]
Gunfitting day at Hexton estate with top English gunmaker William Powell
How to fit your gun to your shoulder. We find out with the experts from William Powell at a a simulated game drive on the Hexton Estate. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 135. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain135
Scottish boar, roe and salmon with Solway stalker Colin Lockerbie
Colin Lockerbie is a Zeiss professional hunter, one of the elite group of stalkers at the top of their game. He is ground stretches along the shore of the Solway Firth not far from Dumfries where, as well as stalking and gooseguiding, he is also involved in salmon fishing and haafnetting. In this film, he […]
Rapid rabbits: how many can Crowman shoot in an hour?
There are rabbits everywhere and this farm in Kent is suffering – but there is a professional shooter to clean them up. We’re out with Fieldsports Channel regular Andy Crow for a quick fix at the end of the day. He’s a busy man so takes his chances to bowl over a few bunnies when […]
Pellet power and performance – Fast moving targets
Lots of people don’t have access to a range to get into the swing of shooting driven game. Well here’s a cheap and cheerful way of getting used to moving targets. Why not get yourself a remote controlled car and strap a target to it? You don’t have to use a high powered rifle – […]
The Schools Challenge clayshooting competition, Oxford Gun Company, 2012
School kids from across England get together at the Oxford Gun Company for a schools clay competition that’s part of the Schools Challenge series of events, an initiative by the award-winning British clay ground aimed at introducing children to shooting. Which school wins? Watch the item to find out. This film was first shown in […]
British universities clayshooting competition 2012
The Universities’ Challenge, hosted by Oxford Brookes, takes place at the Oxford Gun Company, with teams from colleges and universities all over the UK competing for the title top shooting university 2012. Find out who wins in this film, which first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 122. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain122 […]
Trout fishing: Restocking reservoirs with rainbows
Reservoir fishing is incredibly popular in the UK, with more than 700,000 people doing it. We get a chance to see how the fisheries manager rears and releases rainbow and blue trout at Bewl Water in Kent, as well as top tips on how to fish for them. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, […]
Crow shooting patrol with the Winchester SX3
We’re after crows, rooks, jackdaws and magpies, protecting livestock feed from the thieving birds, and our shooter Stuart Williams from Kendal in Cumbria is using one of the best guns for the job, the Winchester SX3. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 123. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain123
Browning Owners Club day 2012
We’re at the Oxford Gun Company on a glorious sunny summer’s day for the Browning Owners Club day 2012. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 131. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain131
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting oryx and a leopard in the laundry
We are hunting in Namibia this week, with Zeiss sports optics, enjoying the best that Blaser Safaris has to offer: unbeatable oryx hunting, behind the scenes at a safari hunting lodge and quite a surprising leopard. We find out that big game hunting in Africa is surprisingly cheap and (what do you think?) highly exciting. […]
Foxing for beginners
Rifle magazine’s Tim Pilbeam and Sporting Shooter magazine’s Roy Lupton. Tim has set up a course of targets on his farm in Sussex. And, of course, along the way, they run into real foxes. Packed with tips and advice, this item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 127. To watch the whole show go to […]
Slo mo shooting – Eggs with air rifles
Test Splat Special is our new series looking at household items that go sploosh or squelch when you shoot them. This week we try a variety of different eggs with some surprising calibres. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 126. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain126
Foxing: 21 in a night
Fox shooter Roy Lupton is expecting a bumper crop tonight. He is out in a customised Land Rover Discovery to make an impression on a fox population that is out of control. Roy reckons it’s going to be a big night. How big, he does not yet know…. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain […]
NiteSite night vision on test with Andy Crow and Dom Holtam
We start with a stalk, try eating game feed, sit up a high seat, enjoy the wildlife, get annoyed by a dog walker who spoils the fun and end up testing a NiteSite while out rabbitting. What a way to spend an evening. This was first shown in Fieldsports Britain, episode 111. To watch the […]
Golden eagle and peregrine fitness training
Peregrine falcon training can be a breeze when you start playing with kites. In this film Roy Lupton is taking his young falcon “the Dude” to new heights and throwing in some golden eagle training for good measure. This item was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 98, to watch the whole show go to […]
Fieldsports Britain, Mr Squirrel gets it, pigeon shooting and the schools challenge
Evil Mr Squirrel is out to get the baby songbird eggs. Never fear! Roy Lupton is going to shoot him. Meanwhile, we are putting guns in the hands of children at the first Schools Challenge event of 2012. And the legend that is Andy ‘Crow Man’ Crow is defending not just his crops but his […]
Taylor’s travels: Pigeon shooting in Kent
It’s crop protection time. David Taylor, director of shooting at the Countryside Alliance, meets game chef Mark Gilchrist who is trying to keep the wood pigeons off the spring crops. He also gets his hands on the new Browning pigeon (and pheasant and clay) gun: the B725. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Peter Wilson explains Olympic shooting sports
Olympic gold medallist Peter Wilson joins the Fieldsports Channel team to explain Olympic shooting sports. The Olympic Double Trap gold medallist talks about clay disciplines with fourth-in-the-world women’s Olympic Trap shooter Abbey Burton, top Double Trap shooter Stevan Walton and 19-times world Sporting and FITASC champion George Digweed. This is an easy guide to the […]
The Ledbury Hunt
Nicky Sadler follows the Ledbury Hunt, hunting within the law, in its Friday country, near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire. Hounds are known to have hunted the area around Ledbury on the Hereford and Gloucestershire border for at least 300 years. The Ledbury Hunt as presently constituted can trace it’s origin to 1846 when according to the […]
Corinium 100m rifle range, Cirencester – review
We visit the Corinium rifle range – www.coriniumrange.com – in Gloucestershire, run by Swarovski pro stalker Paul Hill. Need to check a zero or test some ammunition? Here is an excellent range run by a superb shooter. Find out more about what Paul offers in this film, which first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 107. […]
Kristoffer Clausen eats a fox
The Norwegian film maker and survival expert is in the UK to meet game chef Mark Gilchrist who has promised him some new hunting experiences. We chat with Kristoffer in a pigeon hide after a morning of crow shooting – and we find out what fox tastes like. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, […]
South Somerset Ferreters – a great family day out hunting rabbits
Like ferrets and lurchers? You will love the South Somerset Ferreters. Where other people get together in shopping centres or leisure parks, here is a group of families who like nothing better than to meet up in the great British countryside with kids and picnics, and bolt rabbits to longdogs. This item first appeared in […]
CPSA guide to shooting success with George Digweed
Top tips on clayshooting with multiple world champion George Digweed, brought to you by the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 100. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain100
Smashing pumpkins with Sporting Rifle reviewer Tim Pilbeam
Working for Sporting Rifle magazine, Tim Pilbeam is snowed under with guns of all shapes and sizes. He shows us how he puts five very different rifles through their paces. To add some festive spice we ask him to hit some long range baubles and some not so festive pumpkins!! The rifles on test are: […]
Taylor’s Travels: working whippets
The Yorkshire Dales are a paradise for rabbits. In order to save the grass for the sheep, that means a lot of fun ferreting and working longdogs. Countryside Alliance director shooting David Taylor goes out with some of the top dog people in the UK to learn about working whippets. This item first appeared in […]
Shooting driven mouflon in Germany
We are hunting mouflon near Berlin – some of the most exciting sport you can hope to enjoy. It is a driven hunt for the benefit of 70 gunshop owners from around the world, organised by Zeiss Sports Optics. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 101. To watch the whole show go to […]
Pheasant shooting at the much-loved Valley Shoot in Kent
We are out on lovely autumn pheasant and partridge shoot day in Kent, the Garden of England. As well as some nicely presented birds, we follow the fortunes of a shooter and hear how the shoot came about. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 106. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain106
Fox takes crying “baby” from pram
Here is what happens when people feed foxes. They become tame enough to lose their fear of humans. This time it is not a real baby. It is a dead piglet, dressed in a baby-grow. It was used in Channel4/More4’s Foxes Live programme on 8 May 2012. ‘Dave’ is a pest controller from Bromley in […]
Browning B725 Citori UK launch
Browning launches the B725 Citori to gunshops in the UK at top clay ground the Royal Berkshire Shooting School. Watch this film to find out what gun shop owners think of this gun in both Sporter and Hunter models. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 110. To watch the whole show go to […]
The biggest fox in Britain 2012
Are foxes getting bigger? Pest controller Roy Lupton thinks they are. He shot an enormous 35.5lb dog fox on new years eve. It dwarfs other “normal” specimens measuring 130cm from nose to end of tail. As reported in The Sun newspaper, 2 January 2012.
Ratting with smoke, shotguns, airguns and terriers
There’s more than one way to catch a rat. And if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. We start with smoking ’em out with a chainsaw and shotgun, and then let the terriers have a sniff. The last resort is to sacrifice some left-over Chinese takeaway to see if they fancy a late […]
Goose shooting in Kent
Farmer Andy Crow always has problems with pigeons but now he’s having to contend with Canada and greylag geese. Every morning they’re landing on a pond on the farm he manages in Kent, and then venturing into the young crops for easy pickings. Time to call some friends and wait for them to arrive. This […]
Big game hunter buys a new Chapuis Armes double rifle
Roy Lupton wants a new double rifle. He travels from his home in the UK to France to buy a lovely new gun – and he takes time to tour the factory. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 106. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain106
Review: the Quex Museum – the Powell-Cotton collection
We take a look behind the scenes at the world famous Quex museum in Kent. Major Percy Horace Powell-Cotton (1866-1940) made 27 trips to Africa in an attempt to bring back and catalogue every species of African game. The museum even has his ripped safari suit on display… and the lion that got just a […]
The Blencathra Foxhounds
We join the Blencathra for a snowy day at Caldbeck, the home of the famous huntsman John Peel, known from the song “D’ye ken John Peel”. We look at the state of modern fellhunting, the legend of John Peel and why repeal of the foxhunting ban is more important than ever. This item first appeared […]
Shooting rats with the help of a digger
It is the final straw. Roy Lupton has tried to get rid of his rats by smoking them out, using terriers and air-rifles. Now he has had to bring in heavy plant machinery… This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 96. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain96
Taylor’s Travels: wildfowling in Cumbria
Countryside Alliance shooting director David Taylor goes to the Walney Island Wildfowling Club near Barrow-in-Furness to see how it manages its land and steers a path through the different political pressures of wildlife conservation groups, the submarine building industry and locals who drive across the sands. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 107. […]
David Florent teaches shooting
Shotgun instructor David Florent of the Oxford Gun Company teaches people who are new to shooting the basics of the sport, including gun mount and foot position. It’s easy to try out at home – even without a gun.
Schools Challenge, Bredon School, 2011
Join the UK’s premier clayshooting initiative for young shots. It is the first of two clay competitions for school and college kids, held in the spring at the Oxford Gun Company. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 76. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain76
Schools Challenge, Oxford, 2011
Join the UK’s premier clayshooting initiative for young shots. It is the first of two clay competitions for school and college kids, held in the spring at the Oxford Gun Company. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 69. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain69
Rhino hunting: do you or don’t you?
Torben Espensen saved up and made the trip of a lifetime: to hunt and shoot a southern white rhino in South Africa. It cost him ‘half a farm’ and it was, he says, the greatest experience of his life. But was he right to do it? This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode […]
Taylor’s Travels: the red rut
Every autumn, Scottish stags clatter into each other and roar out their desire for their hinds. Countryside Alliance director of shooting David Taylor meets Highland keeper Jimmie Irvine on an estate in the Monadhliath Hills to watch this great natural drama play out – and learn a little about the politics of deer management in […]
The white fox of Kent
Game chef Mark Gilchrist describes how he and a friend shot two rare white foxes on farmland in Kent. The sighting has been described as a “once in two lifetimes” event. The farmer, however, doesn’t care what colour the foxes are – he needs them off his land to protect his livestock. Mark is quids […]
Zander and barbel fishing on the River Trent
Barbel and zander offer exciting and challenging coarse fishing. We are on the banks of one of the best spots in the country, Collingham Weir. Fishermen even queue up to fish here. We are after both fish species with Sporting Shooter magazine editor Dom Holtam and his old pals from school who have some luck […]
