Fieldsports Britain – Deerstalking special: muntjac and that Exmoor Emperor
With BBC Countryfile allowing the League Against Cruel Sports to make a case for a ban on deerstalking, we are celebrating this sport with muntjac in Essex and red deer in the Lake District. We’re out with Geoff Garrod of the National Gamekeepers’ Organisation after Britain’s smallest deer and we take take a foreign ‘trophy […]
Fieldsports Britain – Prince Philip at BASC and George Digweed on pigeon cartridges
It’s the big royal story – no, not Wills and Kate! HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dominates the world of British shooting this week, speaking in support of the sport during a visit to BASC headquarters. We were there to see the helicopter come and go. We’re with another giant of the sport, George […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting pheasants, partridges and grouse at Ripley Castle
It’s a good-sized day at Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire and we’re with a team of guns enjoying not just pheasant and partridge drives but duck and the king of the gamebirds, grouse. From the parkland setting around the castle itself to high Hardcastle Moor via the incredibly challenging ‘Landslide’ drive, this is some of the […]
Fieldsports Britain – Clayshooting cartridges with Digweed, rough shooting and straight shooting
It’s another packed show from Fieldsports Channel. This week we’ve got the world’s greatest shot George Digweed, talking about clayshooting cartridges. We have got the foxhunting season and we are out with the Old Surrey Burstow & West Kent Hunt. We’re with Sporting Shooter chef Mark Gilchrist on the roughest day since they invented rough. […]
Fieldsports Britain – Commonwealth Games shooting heroes and foxes with Robert Bucknell
Our Commonwealth Games shooting winners (and we hope our Olympic winners in 2012) get an airing on this week’s programme. We ask double gold medal winer Stevan Walton and silver medallist Abbey Burton what was Delhi like? How do you get to be the best shot in the civilised world? And how come Britain swept […]
Fieldsports Britain – Inside the secretive Zeiss sports optics factory
It’s the most mysterious piece of kit in shooting and in this week’s programme we’re on a mission to discover the answer to the big question: how do they make riflescopes? We are the first camera crew to be allowed behind the scenes at the classiest of glass merchants, Zeiss in Germany, to see precisely […]
Fieldsports Britain – Which rifle for seals and squirrels?
What’s cuter: seals or squirrels? In this week’s programme we’re off to shoot both of them. We’re with Center Parcs ranger Jerry Moss in Cumbria, a leading light in the Penrith & District Red Squirrel Group. He’s the one who designed that new Daystate airrifle, the Red Ranger, specifically for squirrels. He shows how he […]
Fieldsports Britain – Meet Alice Barnard of the Countryside Alliance
Meet Alice Barnard, the new chief executive of the Countryside Alliance. Presenter Charlotte Reather talks to the 33-year-old from Leicestershire about her views on issues ranging from the repeal of the hunting ban to public transport in the countryside. This is Alice’s first television interview in her new role. Watch it only on free online […]
Fieldsports Britain – Hunting pigeons with airguns and the history of pheasant shooting
It’s a dog and bird episode of our weekly programme. On the bird front, we join ace airgunner Frank Underdown to learn how to bring in pigeons to decoys and shoot them with an airgun. We also have expert Mike Yardley to teach us about the history of pheasant shooting. And for dog lovers everywhere, […]
Fieldsports Britain – Glamouflage at the Midland Game Fair
We’re looking at camouflage this week. Indeed we’re looking at ‘glamouflage’: as fashion at last weekend’s Midland Game Fair and in the field, calling in and shooting foxes in daylight, where you have to be very, very invisible. That’s not all. We’re also at the final of the Mitsubishi Motors World Series clayshooting championship. Last […]
Fieldsports Britain – Driven partridge with .410s and foxshooting
How to put a scope on a rifle (and then go and shoot a fox with it); how to handle a big-bag partridge day at the mighty Challacombe shoot on Exmoor with just a .410 or 28-bore in your hands (badly); how to shoot pheasants straighter with expert Mike Yardley on the beautiful Mornacott Estate […]
Fieldsports Britain – Rannoch stags + Birr Castle Game Fair
This week’s half-hour programme has us in Ireland, Scotland and England. We’re crossing the water to see the lurcher and terrier action at the Birr Castle Game Fair in Co Offaly, we’re in the West Country learning how to shoot pheasants straighter with top shot Mike Yardley, and we’re in Scotland asking the question: how […]
Fieldsports Britain – Alex Hogg, Scottish Gamekeepers Association
It’s the man who wants buzzards back on the vermin list. In this week’s programme, Alex Hogg, chairman of the Scottish Gamekeepers Association, talks about that as well as the Wildlife & Natural Environment Bill which is due to be debated by the Scottish Parliament. Why does the Scottish Government hate deer, snaring and muir […]
Fieldsports Britain – Grouse over pointers + high pheasants + giant carp funeral
Grouseshooting is not about squandering squillions. We’re in Cumbria shooting grouse over pointers in this week’s programme — it’s a kind of extreme dog walking. That’s not all. We go to the funeral of Britain’s greatest carp, Two Tone at Conningbrook Lake in Kent. We’re protecting piglets from foxes with foxshooter Roy Lupton in Norfolk. […]
British Helice grand prix 2010
West Kent Shooting School hosted the British Helice grand prix this year. It saw a strong showing from Michael Wenlsey (pictured), the mend’s senior winner Colin Hales, his son Nathan Hales who won the juniors, and the ladies and overall winner Dionne Rogers. Watch our review of the competition and learn a little about Helice […]
Fieldsports Britain – Pigeons, helice, pheasants and fallow
It’s all about pigeons – and a bit about pheasants and fallow deer. In this episode of our half-hour weekly show Fieldsports Britain, we’re in the West Country shooting pigeons with guns who got together on Facebook and we’re at the British Helice Grand Prix at the West Kent Shooting School – a shooting sport […]
Fieldsports Britain – Grouse prospects
Grouse grouse grouse: are there lots to shoot? why can you only move them at night? what makes the king of gamebirds so magical? In this week’s show we talk to John Duncan of sporting agent Roxtons and Mark Merison of Strutt & Parker about prospects for the 2010 season; with the BBC rumoured to […]
Gamekeeper and his JCB WorkMax
It’s July – a busy time of year for keepers – and we’re out with Gary Freegard, gamekeeper on a 4,000-acre shooting estate on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border, to find out what he’s up to and to tour the estate in his JCB WorkMax. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 37. To watch […]
Fieldsports Britain – George Digweed goes foxing + Mike Yardley shoots pheasants
Sporting hero George Digweed returned from Italy a fortnight ago confirmed as probably the best British clay shot who has ever lived. He won his 17th world championships – the World Sporting. His first was in the 1980’s, so that means he has been a world champion across four decades. But clays are not all […]
Fieldsports Britain – All the fun of the CLA Game Fair 2010
We covered the CLA Game Fair from top to bottom and 144,000 of you were there. And what a show we have for you: * What’s new at this year’s CLA Game Fair: shoot VAT, sound moderators, our big screen, JCB quad bikes… * What’s best at the show, with the soaraway Simes triplets from […]
Fieldsports Britain – Shooting cartoon and CLA Game Fair preview
The triplets are back – and now they’re armed! The fabulous foxhunting Simes girls from Leicestershire go out and enjoy a shooting lesson – and we go with them. The identical 13-year-olds and their long-suffering elder sister show what fun shooting sports are. That’s not all: * We’re with top shooting writer Mike Yardley as […]
Fieldsports Britain – Rabbit recipes and long distance rifleshooting
Fancy shooting a fox at 1,000 yards? We learn how at an incredible long-distance range thanks to riflescope manufacturer Zeiss. Planning a romantic weekend break? We review a new package from the Oxford Gun Company that combines shooting with love. Maybe it should be the Oxford ‘Fun’ Company (!) – And for the latest rabbit […]
How to bring up goshawk chicks
Falconry expert Roy Lupton takes us round his aviaries and shows off his daily routine with goshawk chicks, including diet, care and the latest technological kit. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 2. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain episode 2. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain2
How to be a Pigeon Shooting Expert with James Marchington
It’s the preview film for our fabulous new DVD “Pigeons, the Experts’ Way”. Sporting Shooter editor James Marchington learns the art of decoying pigeons from gamekeeper and expert shot Andy Pye. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 15. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain15
How to train an eagle to hunt foxes
Falconry expert Roy Lupton shows some of his falconry buddies how to train their eagles to take a fox lure. So it’s out with a John Deere Gator, into the field with a fox skin on a rope – and release the eagles! This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain.
How to call in foxes
With lambs about to arrive in the fields of Sussex, we go foxshooting with Roy Lupton and friends. They show how to bring foxes running to the rifle at night with a variety of squeaks. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain.
Fieldsports Britain – River Test in crisis
We’ve got shooting and fishing this week. First fishing: the River Test is meant to be a world-class angling destination. In this week’s half-hour show on Fieldsports Channel, we’re talking to Hampshire chalkstream luminaries such as Mick Lunn to find out why the gin clear waters are running a murky brown colour – and why […]
Fieldsports Britain – Crow Shooting, Shane’s Castle game fair and how to run a charity clay
Crows at short range, an Irish game fair and how to put on a charity shoot: this week’s programme has it all for the discerning summer shooter. Learn how to hide out for corvids with Sporting Shooter chef Mark Gilchrist (don’t worry – he’s not going to give you any crow recipes), join us at […]
Fieldsports Britain – Northern Irish sportsmen and sportswomen go to Stormont
British foxhunters went to the Houses of Parliament at Westminster with their grievances and got beaten up. Presented by Irish Countrysports & Country Life editor Paul Pringle, we join Irish sportsmen and sportswomen at Parliament Buildings, Stormont – the seat of power in Northern Ireland – where fieldsports supporters are welcomed with open arms by […]
The King’s Ginger and the Edwardian Shots
A cartoon guide to the Edwardian shooting party, brought to your screens by our friends at Berry Brothers & Rudd, makers of that superb shooting restorative, The King’s Ginger.
Fieldsports Britain – Trout, pigeons and politics
Trout, pigeons and politics. In this week’s show we are in the spectacular wilderness that is the North-West tip of Scotland (thanks to the Kinlochbervie Hotel) looking for trout in the multitude of hill lochs: small black fish which show up black on a peaty black background, so not easy. We’re there with Rob Gray, […]
Fieldsports Britain – British wild boar, goshawk chicks and Cumbria shooting politics
What will the future hold for firearms law following the Cumbria shooting tragedy? In this week’s half-hour Fieldsports Britain show, we’re talking to top experts and lobbyists about whether the Government will ban any guns. Bill Harriman and Mike Eveleigh of BASC and Rob Gray of the Countryside Alliance give their predictions. But it’s not […]
Fieldsports Britain – Cumbria fishing festival and survival with Jonny Crockett
What a show we’ve got for you…! + We’re at the Cumbria Fishing Festival learning top tips about river flyfishing for trout and grayling with Jeremy Lucas. + We’re out with survival expert Jonny Crockett dining off the bushes. + Love your lurchers and terriers? We’re racing them at the Highclere Country Fair and learning […]
Fieldsports Britain – Carp and pike with Jan Porter
We’re after pike and carp at Bishops Bowl Fishery in Warwickshire with Jan Porter, one of the top coarse anglers of today and the face of Shimano angling kit. if you want any particular angler next to you when you go fishing, you can’t do better than Jan.
Fieldsports Britain – Inside the Browning factory + hunting in Belgium
This week we visit the secret military installation that is Browning’s factory in Belgium where, alongside the automatic rifles, the craftsmen of the Browning Custom Shop make some of the most sought-after shotguns in the world. We go stalking roebuck and foxshooting with Browning in Belgium, using the latest X-Bolt rifles, and we take the […]
Polaris RZR quadbike review
Is this the ultimate gamekeeper transport? Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam takes the Polaris range for a burn round the fields. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 15. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain15
How to call foxes in daylight
We’re out calling in foxes at night and lamping them – but that’s easy. We’re also out with an expert calling and shooting them by day, and for that you need the wheel from an old Hornby train. This film first appeared on Fieldsports Britain, episode 22. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain22 […]
Sporting Shooter pigeon DVD preview
It’s the best bits form our forthcoming DVD with Sporting Shooter – ‘Pigeons the Experts’ Way’ – and we’re out with top shot Andy Pye and Shooter editor James Marchington to shoot pigeons in Berkshire. Learn his decoying and shooting techniques.
Hunting British wild boar
There are thousands of feral and wild boar roaming the British countryside’s darker woods, and shooting them has become an established sport. We review the state of British wild boar in Britain today – in Kent’s Ashdown Forest and in the Galloway Forest in Scotland, where one boar gets a bit too close for comfort! […]
How to shoot pigeons over rape
Pest controller Rob Collins has put up his hide and set up his decoys in order to shoot pigeons on land south of Bristol. But Robs not just interested in looking after his farmers. He has a wider aim. His mission is to bring young people into shooting via his Woodspring Pigeon Shooting & Wildfowling […]
Monster rabbiting truck
Rabbit shooting with Tim Pilbeam, a man with a dark side. On the surface he is a successful businessman, farmer and family man with a Range Rover. However, Dr Frankenstein has a guilty pleasure. Hes created a freak, an animal, an ugly brute of a machine with a throbbing V8. Theres some quite awful cosmetic […]
Canal Game Farm
A thriving game farm that takes great pride in producing pheasant poults, partridge poults (chicks) and mallard growers. Situated five miles south of Ashford in Kent, it is able to supply birds all over Great Britain from Perth, Scotland to Exmoor, Devon. Specialising in Reeves and white pheasants, it sources all its day-old poults from […]
Fieldsports Britain – Keiron Cunningham in The Sun plus the Schools’ Challenge clay comp
Incredible. The Sun newspaper ran a full page article saying how awful it was that we showed a film of Rugby League superstar Keiron Cunningham going deerstalking. ITV used a similar piece. What has happened to British journalism? Have they sent all the good ones to cover the General Election? In this week’s Fieldsports Britain […]
Fieldsports Britain – Abbey Burton + Browning Owners’ Club + Lake District trout
In this programme, we’ve got shotguns, fish and politicians: * What makes you like one gunmaker over another? We’re at the Browning Owners Club day to find out. * Trout are rising all over the Lake District. We’re there to preview the Cumbria Fishing Festival. * London 2012 OlympicTrap hopeful Abbey Burton is teaching a […]
Fieldsports Britain – Rugby league legend Keiron Cunningham goes deerstalking
St Helens rugby league team captain Keiron Cunningham is one of the great ambassadors of fieldsports. In this week’s half-hour programme we follow him out deerstalking. He’s after red hinds on the Cheshire/Staffordshire border with top stalker Mike Dickinson and he’s trying out a new Zeiss FL scope. Find out if he gets lucky. That’s […]
Fieldsports Britain – BBC’s Fergus Beeley talks falconry
We meet Fergus Beeley. Fergus is the next David Attenborough – and, unusually for a media luvvie, he’s a keen falconer. He has made every kind of wildlife film, from the incredible goshawk sequences in the BBC’s Life of Birds series to impassioned pleas for the future of the grey partridge. You may have seen […]
Fieldsports Britain – Kelmarsh game and country fair
Your local game fair will be bigger and better than ever before this year – and this week our half-hour weekly programme tells you why. We’re at Kelmarsh Game & Countrysports Fair, a showcase for what game fairs are offering this year.- See how you can win a Mitsubishi car on the clay line – […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fishing for Heroes, Crufts-winning gundog and goshawks
It’s the best countryside show on telly. Half an hour a week, and this week Fieldsports Britain has for you: + The winner of Crufts working gundogs, Melvyn Hobbs and his world-beating English springer spaniel Moley and, of course, how they won + A nasty dose of shell shock: Here’s how a group of flyfishers […]
Fieldsports Britain – Fishing for Heroes, Crufts-winning gundog and goshawks
It’s the best countryside show on telly. Half an hour a week, and this week Fieldsports Britain has for you: The winner of Crufts working gundogs, Melvyn Hobbs and his world-beating English springer spaniel Moley and, of course, how they won A nasty dose of shell shock: Here’s how a group of flyfishers have set […]
Fieldsports Britain – George Digweed pigeon shooting
Probably the best shot in the world, George Digweed has won seven World FITASC Championships, nine World Sporting Championships, thirteen European Championships and fourteen World Cups. He runs pheasant shoots and you wouldn’t want to be a pigeon in his home county of Kent at this time of year. Just as the pigeons are hammering […]
