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Michaelka: Czech Roebuck

Michaelka: Czech Roebuck

She’s the Czech Republic’s best know shooting star. Michaela Fialová, known as Michaelka, specialises in annoying anti hunters with her exploits all over the world.

First Look: Sauer 404

First Look: Sauer 404

We go up to a long-distance range in West Wales to look at the new Sauer 404. Sporting Shooter editor Dom Holtam and Chris Chapman

How They Choose Olympic Shooters

How They Choose Olympic Shooters

Britain’s Olympic shooters are roaming the international trap and skeet scene like a pack of slavering wolves. they are on the hunt for quota places

Hot flush: how to shoot a flurry

Hot flush: how to shoot a flurry

Andy Crow breaks down tactics and strategy for that all important flush – the centrepiece of any charity clay shoot. This item appears in Claysports,

Hunting in Israel

Hunting in Israel

Do they hunt in Israel? Charlie Jacoby goes to Tel Aviv to find out… According to the Palestinians, Israelis in the West Bank release pigs

Pigeons over Lupins

Pigeons over Lupins

Andy Crow has an unusual pest problem. The pigeons are landing on a field of lupins. He breaks out the Gamebore steel cartridges to deter

Rooks with Rifles

Rooks with Rifles

Darren Rogers is shooting ‘brancher’ rooks with airguns. He and a couple of friends are out after the rooks in May, when the young birds

Shooting pigeons with steel

Shooting pigeons with steel

Andy Crow tests Gamebore steel cartridges on pest pigeons. Roy Lupton’s goshawk and peregrine eyasses need meat with no lead in it. So, Andy puts

What about the fox cubs?

What about the fox cubs?

Sporting Rifle foxshooting expert Mike Powell answers one of the big questions of foxshooting: what about the cubs? He has got a litter of cubs

Rook shooting

Rook shooting

Paul Childerley and Darren Rodgers are rook shooting. It’s the time of year when the young branchers are traditionally shot to make rook pie. This

Crow Stalks Roe

Crow Stalks Roe

Andy Crow is after a roebuck this week. He has all the gear… but no darn deer, until a doe turns up. Will she have

Feeding Ferrets with Lasers

Feeding Ferrets with Lasers

Look out rabbits. The South Somerset Ferreters need to feed their ferrets. It is May – not a good time for ferreting – so they

Tim Pilbeam on Bullet Accuracy

Tim Pilbeam on Bullet Accuracy

Sporting Rifle magazine expert Tim Pilbeam uses tracer rounds to find out where his bullet is going. It’s a fascinating experiment and worth anyone who

Best thermal imager for foxshooting

Best thermal imager for foxshooting

In the last in the current series of Outfoxing, Sporting Rifle foxshooting expert Mike Powell turns the weight of his experience on thermal imaging, how

Abbey’s Young Shots Days

Abbey’s Young Shots Days

Team GB shooter Abbey Burton runs popular young shots days in Somerset. They feature clay pigeons, airguns, archery and pigeon hide building with professional instructors,

HFT Masters – the First Competition

HFT Masters – the First Competition

It’s the first ever HFT Masters air rifle competition. Held at Lea Valley Shooting ground near Hertford, the event attracted world champions and novices alike

Wolf Attack in Kent?

Wolf Attack in Kent?

Something did this to a roe deer carcass in Kent in less than 15 minutes. A friend of Roy Lupton was stalking, shot a buck

Browning’s New Foxshooter

Browning’s New Foxshooter

It’s an extraordinary time to buy new guns in the UK. the slow collapse of the euro means any gun manufactured for the eurozone is

On Test: AYA Centenary

On Test: AYA Centenary

A hundred years, a Spanish gunmaker called AYA started out in business. Around 60 years ago, the King family asked it to make guns in

On Test: FX Cutlas airgun

On Test: FX Cutlas airgun

Darren Rogers takes the new FX Cutlas out after rabbits to see what this airgun can do. This item appears in AirHeads, episode 34. To

Best night vision for foxshooters

Best night vision for foxshooters

Sporting Rifle magazine expert Mike Powell selects the best night vision for foxshooting. This film was first shown in Fieldsports Britain episode 282. To watch

Why .17HMR is better than .22

Why .17HMR is better than .22

Andy ‘Cro Selecta’ Crow is lamping rabbits and explaining why he prefers his .17HMR to a .22LR. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 282.

Best sporting rifles of 2015

Best sporting rifles of 2015

Sporting Rifle magazine review Tim Pilbeam selects his favourite rifles for deerstalking and foxshooting from this year’s offering by the gun trade. Find out here

Super stealthy rabbiting

Super stealthy rabbiting

If you want to creep up on rabbits from the comfort of a vehicle, you need to go electric. Andy Crow doesn’t believe in electricity,

Should you take up reloading?

Should you take up reloading?

Mike Powell has mixed feelings about it – but he understands why people do enjoy reloading. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain, episode 281. To

Best Foxshooting Lamps

Best Foxshooting Lamps

What do you take out lamping? Sporting Rifle foxshooting expert Mike Powell has strong views, not just on which lamps but whether you need a

On test: Eagle Eye scope cam

On test: Eagle Eye scope cam

Darren Rogers has his hands on the Eagle Eye. It’s the only one in the country, and it promises HD footage of what he sees

Ferreting Mice with Bumblebees

Ferreting Mice with Bumblebees

Charlie Jacoby and his dad set about bolting mice by using bumblebees as ferrets. It’s an indoor and outdoor sport you can use on house

Top Tips for Baiting Foxes

Top Tips for Baiting Foxes

Sporting Rifle foxshooting expert Mike Powell on how to bait foxes, and how to check on their habits afterwards. This item appears in Fieldsports Britain,

One Man and his Night Vision

One Man and his Night Vision

Cai ap Bryn has his night vision parked on his rifle to shoot rabbits in and out of blackcurrant crops. This film was first shown

Eagles through the thermal imager

Eagles through the thermal imager

Roy Lupton uses his thermal imager to see the difference between a cold-weather eagle and two warm-weather eagles. There’s hardly any heat loss from the

Fox boxes, with Mike Powell

Fox boxes, with Mike Powell

Sporting Rifle magazine expert Mike Powell runs through what makes the ideal fox box, for waiting out for a fox, how it works and how

How to call foxes, with Mike Powell

How to call foxes, with Mike Powell

Sporting Rifle magazine expert Mike Powell runs through his fox calling techniques and the fox calls he cannot live without. The calls Mike is showcasing

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