Hunting YouTube – deer hunting, fishing and wingshooting
Hunting YouTube is a weekly item which aims to show the best hunting, shooting and fishing videos that YouTube has to offer. This week, we are in England’s New Forest on a red stag hunt, we are in Ireland, shooting birds, and fishing from British chalkstreams to Kazakh catfish. We are ferreting, wildfowling in Germany […]
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 […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting badgers and wheelchair guns
As animal rights activists bring fear to farms in the South-West of England, Fieldsports Britain widens the debate. We have been sent a film of what looks like illegal badger-shooting in the East of England, and with it a statement that doesn’t mention bovine tuberculosis. Instead, it talks about the damage that badgers do to […]
Fieldsports Britain – Close encounters with deer and mapping rabbits
We are sneaking up on deer when a group of roe sneak up on us; we are looking at a new hunting app you may find useful; and we are on the coast of Cornwall, ferreting rabbits. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam is out after a fallow buck but he is taken by surprise when […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting foxes, rabbits and how Italians run estates
Roy Lupton is calling foxes, Andy Crow is lamping rabbits and Charlie Jacoby is swanning off to Italy. In this week’s Fieldsports Britain, Andy is catching up on his rabbiting with a .17HMR, accompanied by his son and Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam. Meanwhile, Roy is out fallow stalking and has a go at the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Driven grouse, Birr Castle game fair and foxing
We’re off to Yorkshire, to Ireland and to the South-East of England this week. Yorkshire is home of Bransdale Moor, where William Powell Sporting is showing excellent driven grouse with guns including Mark Osborne and Simon Ward. We’re at Birr Castle, Co Offaly, where the Great Game Fairs of Ireland are doing what they do […]
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 […]
Louisiana hog hunting
Here is the Alabama kid with his 1,051lb pig. Click here for the story Americans enjoy hunting both of their hog varieties. There are the wild boar, known as the ridgeback, and the wild pigs, domesticated breeds, gone feral. The wild boar grow to around 300lb and have a reputation for being aggressive. The feral […]
Go large! USA gun shops – watch and weep
Hunting and fishing is on a different scale in the States and so is the shopping experience. Before visiting the Shot Show in Vegas we enjoy some retail therapy. We check out a BassPro and an independent gun store that dwarfs anything in the UK. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 113. To […]
How to shoot zombies with real bullets
America has a new and dangerous quarry species that’s emerged this year: the zombie. Of course, they don’t exist… or do they? It all starts in the swamps of Louisiana. Last year, a local hunter claimed he found his trailcam smashed. He retrieved the card from it and found this picture. Fake or not, […]
Pigeons The Experts’ Way
It’s our new pigeon DVD – the perfect Christmas present for the keen pigeon shooter. Pigeons The Experts’ Way, with Andy Pye & Mark Gilchrist, makes great viewing and is packed with tips for successful decoying. Whether you’re an experienced shot or a complete novice, we can all learn by watching an expert pigeon shooter […]
A Year of Deer, volume 1
Since starting Fieldsports Channel, we’ve been lucky enough to go out with some exceptional stalkers across Britain and filmed some incredible deerstalking. We’ve chosen the best of the bunch to release our first stalking DVD: A Year of Deer, twelve months, six species. It is stuffed with great advice and great stories. There’s the fallow […]
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Roy Lupton
A true broadcasting gem, Roy Lupton can turn his hand to a huge variety of fieldsports, from falconry to foxshooting. Following his appearances on Fieldsports Channel, he now writes the foxshooting column for Sporting Shooter magazine. He carries out deer and pest control on ground across the Home Counties and is a constant and reliable […]
Mark Gilchrist
One of the most popular faces in fieldsports, Mark started both shooting and cooking when he was just seven years old and this passion has spawned Game For Everything. Mark’s unique knowledge of the whole process of preparing game: shooting, skinning, butchering and cooking, has led to an international demand for his services and much […]
George Digweed
The trouble with having George Digweed on your website is that you keep having to change his write up as he wins yet another world championship. It is 26 at the time of writing. He has dominated the world of Sporting and FITASC shooting across four decades. He is also a keen pheasant, pigeon and […]
Dom Holtam
The editor of Sporting Shooter magazine has been incredibly generous with his time helping to make films for Fieldsports Channel. He used to be editor of Performance Car and provides both sporting vehicle and shooting kit reviews. He always has the latest equipment to show us – and an engaging way of putting the information […]
‘The antidote to Countryfile’
David Wright filming automatic rifles somewhere in the Nevada desert Fieldsports Channel started broadcasting on the Glorious 12th August 2009. Our first programme, Fieldsports Britain, is still going, years later. Hosted by Charlie Jacoby, it is a weekly 20-40 minute show about the best hunting, shooting and fishing. It goes out on YouTube at 7pm […]
Andy ‘Crowman’ Crow
A farm manager from Kent, Andy Crow is a dedicated pigeon shooter and deerstalker – indeed he is after any kind of cropmuncher. With a following from his articles in Sporting Shooter magazine, Andy is one of the stars of Fieldsports Channel, too. Always ready with banter, he is the ideal foil for Mark Gilchrist!
Fieldsports Britain – Teaching ducks to fly + fox and pigeon shooting
We’re out with George Digweed putting ducks in the air; we’re using a new torch to find foxes (to protect those ducks); and Realtree Pro Staff are saving a farm from attack by pigeons. We’re stuffed with September sporting activities and new ideas on how to shoot pests and vermin in the air and on […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fieldsports Britain – Airguns vs shotguns on pigeons + big-bore air rifle
What’s best for pigeons – airguns or shotguns? Roy Lupton is armed with an Air Arms airgun and Mark Gilchrist has his trusty Browning Maxus as they try to rid a farmyard of ferals. The farmer has got a feral pigeon crisis. Meanwhile, our tame gun geek Tim Pilbeam has his hands on the new […]
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 / […]
Abbey Burton
One of the faces chosen by both Puretone and Idleback Chairs for their campaigns, Abbey Burton is ranked fourth in the world for women’s Olympic trap shooting. From her base in Somerset, she offers professional coaching in clay shooting, game shooting and archery to individuals of all abilities, whether you’re an experienced shot looking to […]
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Slo mo shotgun impact – Pigeons
Understanding the concept of “lead” when shooting a shotgun can be difficult to grasp. In this film we slow the action down. It allows the viewer to see the shot being thrown out in front of a fast moving wood pigeon…the bird then flies through the cloud of pellets. Often the shot can fall behind […]
Shooting pigeons in city centres
We’re in central London where the feral pigeons are a real menace. The birds have found all sorts of places to roost around a busy shopping centre. They’re next to the shops, in the car park and on the roof. Roy Lupton is going in with his Air Arms sub 12ft lb air rifle to […]
Fieldsports Britain – Grouseshooting, rabbits with Roy Lupton and pigeons
We are off to Yorkshire with Lee Maycock walking up grouse, we are defending a garden centre from pesky rabbits with Roy Lupton, and we are shooting pigeons with Realtree UK Pro Staffer Simon Barr. Game chef and champion of the Countryside Alliance’s Game-to-Eat campaign Lee is shooting grouse at the invitation of the Moorland […]
National Shooting Week
Pupils from the Durand Academy, a large primary school in south london, are on a trip to the country to try some clay shooting. The day has been arranged by the Countryside Alliance to promote National Shooting week (25 May to 2 June 2013). Under the watchful eye of the West Kent Shooting School instructors […]
Peter Wilson, Olympic Double Trap Gold Medallist, London 2012 – interview
How did Pete Wilson get into shooting? What was his training regime like? Why doesn’t he shoot other disciplines? And which is his favourite gun? We’ll tell you that one now – it’s a Perazzi. Find out the answers to the rest in this full and frank interview with the star of TeamGB’s shooters. This […]
Fieldsports Britain – Big night foxshooting with George Digweed
Shooting champions George Digweed and Olympic gold medallist Peter Wilson star in this week’s show. George is using a rifle to protect his pheasant poults from foxes. Pete is telling how he got started in shooting. And we are in Africa shooting gamebirds – francolin or spurfowl. Then there are our regulars: News Stump, Calendar, […]
Irish Game Fair 2012, Shane’s Castle
Review of the Irish Game Fair & Country Lifestyle Festival 2012, Shane’s Castle, Co Antrim. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 137.
African animal quiz
Do you know your African animals? You get a few seconds of film of an African animal – and you have to to name it. Then its name pops up on the screen (you need to have YouTube Annotations switched on, bottom right of the screen). Planning an African safari? Play this with your friends […]
Kit Special – Pulsar Digisight N750 Night Vision Riflescope from Scott Country
The brand new Pulsar Digisight N750 Night Vision Riflescope is designed for long range nightvision observation and hunting at night out to extended ranges of up to 600metres, giving performance that exceeds comparable Gen 2+ Nightvision devices. Resistant to bright light exposure, the N750 Digisight can be zeroed during the day, and even used for […]
African bird quiz
Do you know your African bird species? You get a few seconds of film of an African bird – and you have to to name it. Then its name pops up on the screen (you need to have YouTube Annotations switched on, bottom right of the screen). Planning an African safari? Play this with your […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting pigeons in Essex, and the fallow buck season starts
Mark Gilchrist is after a big bag of birds in Essex, Dom Holtam wants his first fallow buck of the season, we are filming Andy Crow with a new camera effect called Crow-Mo, and we are in Africa hunting blue wildebeest. Our mission this week is to do the farmers a favour. With the harvest […]
Olympics shooting news from London 2012
Get the inside track on the London2012 Olympic shooting events with world Cup gold medallist Abbey Burton. As the USA and China share the medals halfway through the games, we review performances by Kim Rhode, Vincent Hancock, Yi Siling, Yu Dan, Guo Wenjun and TeamGB shooters James Huckle, Rory Warlow, Richard Brickell and Elena Allen. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Roebuck stalking and hunting special
It’s the roebuck rut and this is our roebuck special with no less than four outings after Britain’s best-looking deer. Roy Lupton is off to the roebuck heartland of Hampshire, where he hopes that muggy weather will be enough to get the bucks into the open. Simon Barr from Realtree is not far away with […]
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
Fieldsports Britain’s Calendar – 25th July 2012
To ensure you don’t miss that important Game Fair, Clay Shoot, Open Day, DSC1 course, hunting, shooting or fishing season, check out our new series “Calendar UK”. And if you’re arranging an event that you want to go with a bang, Talk to James – james@fieldsportschannel.tv This week’s events Saturday 4th August. Stead Hall Firearms […]
