Mammal = head shot / Bird = body shot
James Marchington is bringing in all kinds of birds and animals to within range of his Crosman Phantom Mk2. The lesson learned today is headshots of squirrels and rabbits, while body shots work best for magpies. now, if only the parakeets would come a bit closer… Go to www.a-s-i.co.uk/ for Crosman stockists in the UK. […]
Squirrel Kickstarts Panda
HotAir is the airgun news service on YouTube. The headlines this week: ☆ Squirrels target pandas ☆ Scottish lawyers give Salmond a ‘skelpit lug’ over airguns ☆ Marocchis buy MTC ☆ Baikal MP654K ‘Makarov’ Nickels fly out the door ☆ Crosman helps the Seals ☆ New central Asian sport: shooting naked Kazakhs with airguns Aiming […]
The ABC of HFT
So what is Hunter Field Target? We join HFT shooter Roger Lait on a UKAHFT shoot in Sussex to explain the sport – and find out what makes it one of the fastest-growing and most welcoming sports in the country. This item appears in AirHeads, episode 22. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads22 […]
Tell us Tel: most important shooting lesson as a boy
Prince Charles (all right not really) asks Airgun World and Airgunner editor-in-chief Terry Doe what his most important shooting lesson was. This item appears in AirHeads, episode 22. To watch it on YouTube, go to bit.ly/airheads22 Sign up for our weekly email newsletter bit.ly/weeklyemail
How to stand when shooting – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
Your shotgun won’t point in the right direction unless you get your footwork right. Champion shooter Ben Husthwaite explains the correct posture for shooting. ▶ This item is sponsored by Gamebore ▶ For more from the clayground, visit Sporting Targets ▶ Ben’s website is BenHusthwaite.com ▶ For all of Ben’s films on Fieldsports Channel, click here […]
Deerhunting Guide Skills
Top deerstalking guide Paul Childerley has a new assistant. He teaches young Sam the dark arts of being the perfect deer guide on a muntjac stalk in the South-East of England. ▶ For the new Zeiss rangefinder, visit Bit.ly/zeissrangefinder ▶ Paul’s clothing is by Shooterking Shooterking.co.uk ▶ For Sako rifles, visit Sako.fi ▶ For Pulsar, go […]
Fieldsports Britain – Paul’s Deerstalking Padawan
Becoming a deerstalking guide for Paul Childerley Sporting is tougher than Jedi training. Paul is out after muntjac with his young apprentice Sam, and puts him through his paces, playing the tough client. There’s more education from Ben Husthwaite. He shows how to place your feet so you can shoot straight. Posture is everything. And […]
Great White Sharks on a Boat – Fishing Britain NEWS
It’s all the weekly fishing news you need in one short item… – A Scottish fish farm has lost 155,000 salmon as a result of extreme weather. – Cast for Life is back again for 2014. – Guinness World of Records may have given up on fishing and shooting but there are still plenty who […]
Keepers praised for Saddleworth wildfire response
The wildfires raging across Saddleworth Moor in Yorkshire sparked a rapid response from the area’s gamekeepers. Helping firefighters with equipment and logistics, staff from local shooting estates were among the first on the scene, which is on land owned by United Utiliites and managed by the RSPB. In this video, one of the keepers, Richard […]
Namibia bans trophy shots on Facebook
It looks like Namibia is banning trophy photos on social media. Wildlife populations in Namibia are booming thanks to hunting. However, the country is scared of the negatve publicity that trophy photos generate in the wider media. This letter is from the Namibia Environment and Tourism Department, and demands big game hunters do not post […]
Daiwa Airity Snaps – Fishing Britain Shorts
While out fishing with the Daiwa Gordon League Mare treasure had a bit of an accident with his brand new Daiwa Airity pole and carried on fishing. Goes to show how good the manufacturing is on the Daiwa poles. First seen in Fishing Britain Episode 19. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fishingbritain
Fishing with no Gear – Fishing Britain Shorts
When handed just some fishing line, some hooks and a knife Hywel has to revert back to the forager deep within and work out how to catch a fish with the Bare Essentials and some grey matter. This first appeared in Fishing Britain, episode 17. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fishingbritain
Fortuna X3 Drag Test – Fishing Britain Gear Guide
The Hardy’s Fortuna Reel has an tough drag system and we put it to the test as we try it out on some big game species high up in the mountains. Can it hold back the power of the pink nasty? First seen in Fishing Britain Episode 19. To watch the whole show go to […]
Fieldsports Britain – Sweltering Sport
As the sun beats down on England, Andy Crow is out to protect his spring rape crop from pigeons with decoys and shotgun. Ben Husthwaite explains what clays do when they take flight, showing how to hit them side on and flat on. And Charlie Jacoby is across the Irish Sea at the Irish Game […]
How clay pigeons behave in flight – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
Side on, front on, what the clay does should help you decide how to take the shot. Champion shooter Ben Husthwaite explains how to read clay pigeons. ▶ This item is sponsored by Gamebore ▶ For more from the clayground, visit Sporting Targets ▶ Ben’s website is BenHusthwaite.com ▶ For all of Ben’s films on Fieldsports […]
Irish Game Fair
The 2018 Irish Game Fair at Shane’s Castle, Co Antrim, is an introduction to sport in Ireland. A feast of dogs, shooting, countryside and lifestyle, it is worthy of its 40-year history. Charlie Jacoby goes along to enjoy the fun of the fair. ▶ For more about the Irish Game Fair, go to IrishGameFair.com This […]
Decoying over spring rape – Crowhow
Andy Crow is out with his shotgun. Oilseed rape is vulnerable to pigeons and the Kent farm manager is decoying them to prevent crop damage. Find out how he gets on. Andy is sponsored by: ▶ For more about Blaser’s F16 shotgun, go to Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For Gamebore’s Clear Pigeon and bespoke Andy Crow shells, […]
Airstreaming – USA vs UK
Airstreaming showcases the best airgun films on YouTube. This week, Ted’s Holdover is highlighting the difference between the US and the UK, SquirrelHunter is after corvids, and HuntersVermin is out after rabbits with his trusty (rusty?) springer. Here are the links to the films: HuntersVermin www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBgs6GAgXwE Justin HampshireExtremeTv www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikgk1YN8Ogo Ted’s HoldOver www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SY0iDOW-O8 BumblefootFilms www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_b33saCOXQ Replica […]
Air Pistol Tips – Eyeware & Holsters
IPAS shooter Steve Taylor explains that it doesn’t have to cost a fortune to get into shooting sports. Using the range at Ronnie Sunshines he talks through holsters and eye ware. This item appears in AirHeads, episode 16. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/airheads16 It is sponsored by Ronnie Sunshines. Visit www.ronniesunshines.com
Stalking fallow does in Sussex
Now when you’re trying to impress dinner guests it can be nice to serve up a bit of game. At Buxted Park Hotel they’re hosting a kill-it-cook-it-eat-it evening. The trouble is at the moment the 15 diners are going to have to fight over a small rabbit. They call in Roy Lupton, late in the […]
Shooting Politics, episode 14, 12th May 2010
Foxes, pigeons and deer: it’s a gamekeeper’s diary. We’re going behind the scenes at the popular Gamekeepers’ Diary series of DVDs. In our half-hour weekly programme, Essex keeper Geoff Garrod takes us pigeon shooting, fox shooting and deerstalking, as well as showing us around the estate he keepers. Geoff has strong views on the antis, […]
Vinnie films with his own rifle
Most actors who use guns in films get issued them by an armourer. Not Vinnie Jones. Gamekeeper’s son Vinnie is filming London Calling – and he gets to use his own rifle, a WInchester 44. The film is about British businessmen laundering money via oil in the Appalachian region of the USA. It is filming […]
Fieldsports Channel Model Shoot
Our shop needs some good looking models. We made the plea – #AnyoneButDavid – and the Fieldsports Channel audience stepped up to stop David reigniting his modelling career. Here’s how Carlos Carubia photographed Jenna Gearing and Ryan Wood, the new faces of our merch. ▶ Visit the Fieldsports Channel shop FieldsportsChannel.tv/shop ▶ For Jenna, visit […]
How to fix your rifle to shoot out to a mile
With long-range shooting technique and a few techie tweaks, Andrew Venables and the guys from Mauser get a cheap rifle, a Mauser M18, to shoot to 1,000 metres, and then its only slightly more expensive cousin, a Mauser M12, to shoot to 1,500 metres. ▶ To find out where to buy a Mauser M18 or […]
Fieldsports Britain – the 1500m shot
Here’s how to add a few bells and whistles to your rifle (plus some technique) so you can confidently shoot a target out to 1,500 metres. We take a couple of perfectly ordinary Mauser rifles to the mile-long ranges of West Wales and get firearms expert Andrew Venables to talk us into the target. It’s […]
Crowman, David, Charlie and friends – FieldsportsChannel Podcast ep02
Let’s go behind the scenes at Fieldsports Channel with episode 2 of the Fieldsports Podcast (here brought to life on YouTube with a little light filming). ▶ Charlie talks about his career as almost being a trained mime. ▶ David reveals his connection with a sticky mess in the back of an ice-cream truck and […]
David Wright interview – FieldsportsChannel Podcast ep01
How did Fieldsports begin? How did talented ITV News Producer David Wright end up on the Fieldsports News Stump? And what gives him the drive to film from behind the shoulders of great hunters and shooters, and tell such entertaining and informative stories? The answers are here: nearly 40 minutes of chat with the man […]
How to shoot FITASC – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
FITASC rules – including how to bring the gun up – are notoriously easy to get wrong. Champion shot Ben Husthwaite shows how to get them right. ▶ This item is sponsored by Gamebore ▶ For more from the clayground, visit Sporting Targets ▶ Ben’s website is BenHusthwaite.com ▶ For all of Ben’s films on Fieldsports […]
Rifle skills
150 people came to the The Blaser/Mauser/Sauer/Minox skills day at Braces’ range just south of Bristol. They learned about how to shoot off sticks, how to adjust the turret on a scope, how to shoot running boar and they shot clay pigeons with Andy Crow. And it was all free! For more about the products […]
Crow shoot
Paul Childerley becomes ‘The Childernator’. The working gamekeeper is protecting his cover crops from corvids and even doing good work as a goose scarer. Plus he has a new Remington semi-auto to play with – and it has a devastating effect on the jackdaws. Modern Gamekeeper‘s sponsors are: ▶ Marsdens MarsdensFeeds.co.uk ▶ Remington RaytradeUK.co.uk ▶ Shooterking […]
Fieldsports Britain – Gamekeeper at work
Paul Childerley has to shoot the corvids off his cover crops or there will be nothing for the game birds to eat. He decoys them in to his new Remington semi-auto. Meanwhile, Ben Husthwaite talks through FITASC techniques and shows why he is a champion. Plus we are at the Blaser/Mauser/Sauer/Minox rifle skills day to […]
Wye & Usk Foundation
The future of our rivers rests heavy on the custodians that take on the protection of these environments. It’s not just about putting more fish in the rivers its about maintaining the delicate balance and making it accessible for anglers and fish alike. Dr Stephen Marsh-Smith tells us what the Wye & Usk Foundation have […]
Pike Fishing on Trawsfynydd Lake
We head to Trawsfynydd Lake in North Wales to fish the waters of the decommissioned Nuclear power station to see if Hywel Morgan or Ant Glascoe can pluck us a pike out of this vast body of once warm water. We fish the shallows, the deeps and just about all in between but were the […]
Marsdens Feeds factory film
Here’s what to feed your pheasants. We go behind the scenes at Mardens Feeds to find out what goes into their sacks of game bird feeds. They deliver 1.4 million of them to gamekeepers a year, so they must be doing something right. ▶ For Marsdens, go to MarsdensFeeds.co.uk Modern Gamekeeper‘s other sponsors are: ▶ […]
How to raise falcon chicks
Roy’s falcon chicks are hatched and growing – and behaving just like velociraptors. He tours the raptor maternity ward and shows how to bring on young falcons and goshawks. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 445. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain445
Fieldsports Britain – how to supercharge pheasants
Ever wondered what makes pheasants fly so well? Is it the dogs? The beaters? Well, gamekeepers might say it is the feed. In the first in our new series Modern Gamekeeper, gamekeeper Paul Childerley visits the Marsdens Feeds factory to find out what supercharges his birds. Staying on birds, Roy Lupton is raising several clutches […]
Wildfowling on the Humber
It was the home marsh of the godfather of modern wildfowling, Stanley Duncan. We visit the BASC founder’s club, the Hull & East Riding Wildfowlers’ Association, to go shooting on the north bank of the Humber. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 13. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain13
Volvo XC60: does it pass the elk test?
Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam is also a motoring journalist. So he’s well placed to say whether a vehicle can be a sporting vehicle as well as a family car. We’re messing about in the snow and seeing if the big Swede can pass the elk test. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Boxing Day meets 2009
Anticipation was in the air as thousands of people turned out in all weathers for Boxing Day meets all over the country. Anticipation of the hunt and anticipation for what 2010 may have to offer. Certainly those at the Old Surrey, Burstow and West Kent Hunt, which met at Chiddingstone Castle in Kent, were hoping […]
Southern fried venison steak – Hunt and Cook Recipes
Cai Ap Bryn shows how to cook a southern fried venison steak on an open fire, with paprika, chilli, parsley, ground coriander, black pepper, salt and rosemary. ▶ This item is sponsored by Sauer Rifles and Blaser Active Outfits. Visit Blaser-Sporting.com for more ▶ For Cai’s cookery, go to GameAndFlames.com ▶ For more films from […]
How to shoot ‘lucky’ clay targets – rats and rabbits – Smokin’ Targets with Ben Husthwaite
It’s the stand that reduces champions to also-rans. However, the rat-in-a-pipe is not a ‘lucky’ target, says Ben Husthwaite. In the latest of his clay pigeon shooting masterclass series, champion shot Ben talks a shooter, Dave, through the process of shooting rats as they emerge. ▶ This item is sponsored by Gamebore ▶ For more […]
Fieldsports Britain – Rat in a Hole
Ben Husthwaite shows how to shoot one of the trickiest targets in shooting: a rat in a hole. The clay emerges from the pipe and dribbles along the ground, making it hard to hit. But, says Ben, it doesn’t have to be hard. Meanwhile, #FieldsportsBritain would not be complete without News, Hunting YouTube – and […]
Shooting Goats in Galloway
We’re on an estate in Galloway in south-west Scotland. Nick Latus is starting the day the way he likes it: striding on to the hill, a rifle on his back. But he is not stalking deer. He’s after goats. This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 10. To watch the whole show go to […]
British girl catches world record fish
It’s more like catch of the century than catch of the day. And next to 11-year-old Jessica Wanstall from Sittingbourne, the 193lb catfish looks like a beached whale. Jessica caught the fish on a trip to the Ebro River in North-East Spain arranged by her angling father Mark, who’s also landed some serious fish in […]
The Tunny Club
Imagine catching a fish weighing 891lb – and not having to go to the Indian Ocean or the Caribbean to do it. The Tunny Club began in the 1930s. It attracted film stars and industrialists – the mighties of the age – to the East Yorkshire ports of Scarborough, Whitby and Bridlington. For two decades, […]
Coarse Angling Christmas Present Ideas
The Tackle Box in Dartford, Kent is one of the most popular angling shops in the South-East. Carp specialist Lee Jackson says what’s going to be hot for the loved one (who fishes) in your life for Christmas This film first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 9. To watch the whole show on YouTube go […]
Angling Christmas present ideas
Farlows in Pall Mall is one of the grandest fishing shops in the world. The Tackle Box in Dartford, Kent is one of the most popular angling shops in the South-East. We ask them both, including carp specialist Lee Jackson, says what’s going to be hot for the loved one (who fishes) in your life […]
White Gold Challenge 2015 – the video
What was the course like? Who was in it to win it? We have all the action from the White Gold Challenge and the Gamebore Gold Cup finals at Westfield Shooting Ground in Gloucestershire. For more about the competitions, go to www.whitegoldchallenge.co.uk/ This item is sponsored by Gamebore Cartridges www.gamebore.co.uk This item appears in Claysports, […]
Challenge Aaron – Shooting in a Fat Suit
Some people complain that an extra layer of clothing means they are not shooting straight. Challenge Aaron this week finds out if that is true. The top competition shot tries shooting while wrapped up in a duvet. Can he do it? This item is sponsored by Laporte clay pigeon traps www.claypigeoncompany.co.uk This item appears in […]
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