Nicole’s tough day on the pigeons
It’s not an easy day for Nicole Moore on the pigeons today. The birds are not going where she wants them to go. The pigeons
It’s not an easy day for Nicole Moore on the pigeons today. The birds are not going where she wants them to go. The pigeons
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WVe0d3yb6s Just as the ibex season is about to close, Paul Childerley heads to southern Spain to hunt the smallest of the Spanish ibex subspecies,
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8lr0d5 Fieldsports Nation member Rod Entwistle shot a perruque buck in May 2023 on his ground in Berwickshire in the the Scottish Borders. He shot
What’s the best scope to put on your airgun for hunting, and maybe a bit of HFT competition? James Head, from Newton Abbot, Devon, and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3b_DGBDjIg Suddenly surrounded by deer? Move and you blow your chance? In this film, Andrew Venables from WMS Firearms Training talks us through a good
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Rw0YM7lK4 Charlie buys a combination rifle from Gibbs Gunmakers (12-bore and .243, £1,500) and sets out to see whether it is the all-round gun he
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7tMalTg26M Professional biologist and part-time deer manager Al Gabriel understands and is worried about Lyme disease. His stalking area is infested with them and he’s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd54rSaRmbk The CPSA English Open English Sporting at Eriswell Lodge was as good as shooters hoped and expected. James Marchington catches the glorious sunshine and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldYBCDAp6qk It’s the ultimate test of thermal and day-night riflescopes. We’ve brought together the experts, and we’ve got £38,500 worth of the latest high-tech kit
A new permission is a blank canvas. Elliot Roberts has a farmyard in the north of Scotland that he hasn’t tried before. He gives it
youtu.be/NbW3UMIHwGU With children dying every week from an epidemic of human-wildlife conflict, the government of India knows it has to tackle the problem. It has
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0jgoyrSzxs With tiger and leopard attacks on country people out of control, a wildlife conference in India has introduced the topic of hunting tigers. More
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmT9zleGbUY Paul Childerley thinks he has been invited across to Sako’s HQ in Finland to hunt moose and whitetail, but there’s a surprise in store.
If you’re serious about clay shooting competition, you need a proper clay gun – it really will make a difference to your scores, says West
youtu.be/RTnNVc-aTdQ Wild boar are rampaging across northern Scotland, ripping up turf, destroying nests and eggs, even killing lambs. We’re out at night trying to outwit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNHWTe7yCGU Armed with his new Pulsar Thermion Duo scope, Tom Davies is out after roebucks on Dartmoor. It should be easy but even with the
Nicole Moore’s happy place is shooting pigeons on the Cambridgeshire Fens in the rain. It’s not glamorous (plays havoc with the line lashes) but it
youtu.be/aRMt2xqTmwQ by Deborah Hadfield Elephants are big, beautiful but bad neighbours. In southern Africa, local people know how dangerous they can be. Award-winning author Sue
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM5HHl0SVS0 As the field and garden songbirds get underway with breeding, Charlie is defending his bird table from one of their major predators: the grey
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0QSSuIxfIc Will thermal optics revolutionise deerstalking? Deer manager Niall Rowantree has his doubts, as he explains on the range, showing off his ideal set-up for
youtu.be/GP_uJAlAFPI Fancy a new Tikka? Staffordshire and online gunshop Shooting Sports UK is offering a saving of £750 on a complete stalking package that includes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-_O0eRm8E0 Can you use thermal on a shotgun? Yes you can, says farmer Robert Bucknell, who successfully fits a thermal sight on to a shotgun
youtu.be/A8DChKhmu58 They are the mid-priced BMW and Audi of shotguns – solid, reliable, good value, and they’ll go on for ever. The Beretta Silver Pigeon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D0UkrajJeE This is about filling tummies with delicious, free-range venison. Top game chef Cai Ap Bryn goes out after fallow for the pot, and makes
Trophy photos action Has a newspaper or other organisation used photographs, without your permission, of you hunting? You might not be able to get them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA_ow57DKro It is autumn in Cornwall. Ollie has a red stag he would like to shoot and roebucks he needs to shoot. He also has
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnh-BGuhOkw Fancy shooting abroad on some of the best ground in the world? And for free? You could win a spot at the AImpoint Academy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXAzdPYn7zM It’s one of the most dramatic landscapes we have hunted. Paul Childerley is after Capercaillie in winter, with snow deep on the ground and
Deer stalker Ollie Williams is a sponsored Steiner user, and he’s been using the Steiner Ranger 8 4-32×56 riflescope. He acknowledges that it’s probably more
youtu.be/EQdeeMsyHEg by Deborah Hadfield Bill Wiggin MP is leading the opposition to a private members’ bill by MP Henry Smith to ban the import of
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oDCCOxLxhc Geoff Garrod has his work cut out finding squirrels to shoot on the land he gamekeepers. He knows they are there but, sensibly, they
youtu.be/Wg_zdppx9eg by Deborah Hadfield Would you like a lion in your living room? You won’t be breaking any laws if you do – not even
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGRtNccwrjQ Charlie is fishing for carp on the fly in South Africa. He is on the Vanderkloof Dam, one of the biggest bodies of water
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPKCqaf2jo0 Foxes eat all manner of wildlife and rubbish. This is the first time that Paul Childerley has found them devouring koi carp from a
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNnZIPJacas When it comes to fast-action shooting on driven big game hunts, Roy Lupton is one of the UK’s top shots. He goes to a
Rimfire rifles are still as popular as ever, says Ian Hodge of West Country gunshop and online retailer Ian Hodge Fieldsports – and his two
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6blO_hSfhOs by Charlie Jacoby In the wild Northern Cape of South Africa, professional hunter Ben-Mari du Plessis is doing all she can to keep her
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHVAYffKgO4 It could have been superb – but Dan Thor is having a bad day. The pigeons are flocking into the wood where they roost
by Deborah Hadfield Shooters came face to face with firearms licensing officers at the British Shooting Show. Officers from three police forces, Devon & Cornwall,
youtu.be/UCAqHqCM5yw The government’s new policy of granting gun certificates on production of medical records is penalising people who have lived abroad and don’t have medical
Did you think the 2023 British Shooting Show is only all about shiny, new kit? There’s plenty there for the gun collector, too. Charlie Jacoby
They’re two of the finest spring-powered air rifles ever made – but which is the best, the Air Arms TX200 or the Weihrauch HW97? James
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZHqFnpzTtA It might be the end of the driven shooting season but it’s Ollie Williams’ first day back after a serious injury. He is hosting
Thinking of upgrading to a pre-charged pneumatic airgun? Good choice – but won’t that cost you something north of £1,000? Not necessarily, says Matt Clay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ8Vc2tXZ48 We preview the Great British Shooting Show at the NEC, Birmingham, on 17-19 February 2023. Click here for British Shooting Show tickets Crackshot offer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOHlDKBG7F4 What a way to end the pheasant-shooting season. Dan Thor is out with friends from the beaters’ line shooting driven birds at the Brent
Cai Ap Bryn takes part in a boar cull in Gloucestershire that has him waiting out in freezing temperatures but with high reward. It’s all
Browning has unveiled the latest version of its hugely successful Browning Automatic Rifle, the BAR 4X, which promises improved accuracy and a modular sighting system
youtu.be/fliO-uk1xFc Mark Ripley, known as 260Rips on YouTube, is testing the latest thermal spotter from Scott Country: the HikMicro Falcon FQ50 Pro. He uses it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu_A3P_9HJ4It’s a classic driven pheasant and duck shoot for Roy Lupton, except it’s in Sweden and all the shooters are using Aimpoint red dot sights.
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