Schools Challenge TV – learning new shooting skills
It’s episode 1 of Schools Challenge TV. Backed by organisations and companies involved in the shooting industry and outside it, the School’s Challenge is a group of events tailored to under-21s from across the UK. In this film, kids learn to shoot, and Andrew Crawford of the CLA Game Fair and Nick Fellowes of the […]
Fieldsports Britain, episode 162
Fieldsports Britain, episode 162
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 […]
Fieldsports Britain News – 2nd January 2013
In News this week, record numbers unbox on Boxing Day, it’s the OO-ER-S-P-C-A, airgun action you can take, a challenging TV launch, and a bogus eagle takes the biscuit. This item first appeared in episode 162.
Fieldsports Britain – Screaming pheasants + build your own night vision
Pigeon-shooting fanatic Andy Crow is out on a spectacular south-of-England driven pheasant shoot, where he shoots his best bird of the season. He offers his tips for pheasant shooting and how to behave. Meanwhile, Roy Lupton is playing with a homemade night-vision kit. The parts only cost a few quid. He tries the DIY set-up […]
Fieldsports Britain, episode 161
Fieldsports Britain, episode 161
Fieldsports Britain, episode 160
Fieldsports Britain, episode 160
Fieldsports Britain, episode 159
Fieldsports Britain, episode 159
Fieldsports Britain, episode 158
Fieldsports Britain, episode 158
Fieldsports Britain, episode 157
Fieldsports Britain, episode 157
Fieldsports Britain, episode 156
Fieldsports Britain, episode 156
Ferrari Macnab
It’s one of the great sporting challenges – a grouse, a salmon and a stag. Dominic Holtam has to achieve the challenge at two ends of the UK, in three days, and he is doing it in a four-wheel drive Ferrari
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 […]
Bloopers 2012
It may come as a bit of a surprise but sometimes our well oiled production team and presenters don’t always get it right – here are some of our favourite outtakes of 2012. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 161. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain161
Fieldsports Britain – Best of 2012
It’s our review of 2012 – from the UK to the USA, to Africa, Hungary, Germany and hunting, shooting and fishing several thousand birds, fish and animals, with shotguns, rifles, bows, rods, ferrets – the best kit, and both the oldest and the newest tricks. We also have the 2012 blooper reel – where we […]
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 […]
Fieldsports Britain – Driven deer + boar, and decoying crows
We’re off to Germany for a 50-gun driven hunt, courtesy of Zeiss Sports Optics. It’s fast-moving sport, shooting game on the move with rifles. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam is in the hotspot highseat. Meanwhile, Andy Crow is after his namesake,crows, protecting his crops on his farm in Kent, south-east England. And survival expert Jonny […]
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
Fieldsports Britain – Mark Gilchrist on camouflage + George Digweed on long shots
Are you mad about Mossy Oak? Do you rave about Realtree? Does Jack Pyke make you joyful? Well, this is the programme for you. It’s Camo Man, as you have never seen him before: manly Mark Gilchrist is trying new ways of blending in as he shoots pigeons. If you are a pigeon, be afraid. […]
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
Fieldsports Britain – Training goshawks to catch partridges + shooting pigeons, episode 158
Our top falconer Roy Lupton has his goshawks and eagle out on a training exercise. He has a 45mph lure he is trying out on them, to get them ‘match fit’ for partridges and pheasants. Meanwhile, Andy Crow is decorating a tree (it’s that time of year) with pigeon decoys in order to bring the […]
Biggest hunting/shooting/fishing YouTube channels
Fieldsports Channel has hit 10 million views, joining a club of (we reckon) 15 YouTube channels in hunting, shooting and fishing to have done the same. So it inspires us to produce the ‘Fieldsports Fahsand Club’. Here is the list of the biggest channels on YouTube in our world by views.
Fieldsports Britain – Rabbit shooting pellets and how to forage for food
Round pellets, flat pellets and pointed pellets – which is better when you are after rabbits? Roy Lupton conducts an almost scientific test to show which of them do the most damage to a rabbit. It’s a test that will lead to higher standards in shooting. That’s not all. Game chef Mark Gilchrist is after […]
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
Fieldsports Britain – Vinnie Jones’s Russian Macnab + ferreting + deerstalking
Vinnie Jones is after fox, salmon and raccoondog – the South Somerset Ferreters are after rabbits – Roy Lupton is looking for roe deer – and we’ve even got some scientists whingeing about the perils of lead shot. It’s a dangerous week to be wildlife on Fieldsports Britain. We lead on the news that Vinnie […]
Fieldsports Britain News – 21st November 2012
The headlines this week – an ex-footballers shoots and scores in Russia – Holy Halibut it’s another record catch – Deadlock in a double deer disaster – and pigeon shooting postponed because Piper plummets into pattern. Stalking the stories – fishing for facts. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 156 www.youtube.com/show/fieldsportsbritain
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 […]
Wildlife Diseases and Conservation – a one day symposium
We are in London for a one day symposium on Wildlife Diseases and Conservation, run by the Veterinary Association for Wildlife Management and held at The Royal Society of Medicine in London. This film is brought to you by the Countryside Alliance Film Unit. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL420A6E1F70009222 Timetable – and links to individual speakers Session 1, chairman […]
Fieldsports Britain – Partridges in Paris and calling foxes in Scandinavia
We are going continental this week. We are on a shooting estate near Paris enjoying a day’s driven partridges with the research & development team from Browning shotguns. We take a look at the latest foxcalling techniques to come from Sweden. Back at home in the UK, we are out with the Countryside Alliance, taking […]
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 […]
Advertise on Fieldsports Channel TV part 2 – Talk To James
Advertising on Fieldsports Channel part two — being the further adventures of James. For part one, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=APrc87ETB50 Brave Sir James is dashing round, seeking advertisers, From gunmakers, to engineers, to game fair organisers. He’s galloping forth globally, and nobly persuading The gun trade and the tackle trade that Fieldsports is worth aiding. James puts […]
Fieldsports Britain – The Ferrari Macnab
‘The Macnab’: grouse, stag and salmon, all in a day. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam presents the ‘Ferrari Macnab’: a stag in Cornwall, a grouse in Yorkshire and a salmon in the North of Scotland, all thanks to the new 208mph Ferrari FF. But does he make it? Find out in this film, which is […]
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, […]
Driven grouse – all you need to know
There is winged game and then there is winged game. And then there is driven grouse – it is expensive – it is exclusive but with good reason.
Grouseshooting + great grouse recipe
Game chef Lee Maycock is on his first ever day on the moor in search of red grouse. He wants to find out why this bird isn’t used more often in British cooking. He joins the Hancock family in Yorkshire where they’re hosting a walked up grouse shooting day. And he finds out about the […]
Shooting badgers illegally
Guilty party? – Meles meles, the common badger Fieldsports Channel has been sent a disc and a statement. It says we should all be shooting badgers – and it shows a badger being shot.
Fieldsports Britain – How to call in great big bucks
Roy Lupton has an appointment with some fallow bucks in Sussex, and he has the right instruments to call them to him. You can learn some tips on how to call male fallow yourself. Meanwhile, a viewer called Keith from Middlesex near London has devised a new trap for catching urban foxes in order to […]
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 […]
Feral pigeons in the crosshairs
Feral pigeon in the crosshairs You don’t have to be a game chef like Mark Gilchrist to appreciate that no-one wants pigeon poo in their sandwiches. But when the skies start to darken thanks to bird numbers around wheat storage barns it’s time to send some of them to the big grain store in the […]
Pellet power & performance – hunting feral pigeons in the farmyard
Using high speed video we illustrate how the pellet flies through the air and the compensation you need to make a clean kill. We are after feral pigeons sitting on rooftops at all ranges. The pigeons are making a real mess of a grain store so we need to act quickly and efficiently with an […]
Perthshire in the spring
Charles Helderwerdt – Solognac marketing & communication director – with his buck Forget the traditional ‘week’ in August and September. Charlie Jacoby argues that May is the best time of year for Scottish shooting
Fieldsports Britain – Violent poachers, Tackle & Gun Show, rifle/scope combos
Farm manager Andy Crow went to talk to some lads on his farm who looked like they were shooting pheasants out of the trees with a .22, and they turned the rifle on him and started firing. Andy tells the story – and the poor response by local police. Meanwhile, Sporting Rifle’s Tim Pilbeam has […]
