 | Fieldsports Britain, episode 3, 9th September 2009 Its our best Fieldsports Britain programme yet. We've packed foxhunting (er... trailhunting), shooting, trout on the fly, falconry and deers... Its our best Fieldsports Britain programme yet. We've packed foxhunting (er... trailhunting), shooting, trout on the fly, falconry and deerstalking into 30 minutes. You will see: • High-octane sport rabbiting from a quadbike: Ashley Vellacott farms sheep and beefstock in the West Country and the rabbits are doing an awful lot of damage. • TV presenter Philip Ghazala is in his first season as master of the West Somerset Hunt. He's out autumn hunting and it's all within the law. • The Prince ... Views: 1,126 |
 | Fieldsports Britain, episode 6, 21st October 2009 This poor eagle is in the hands of Kent falconer and Fieldsports Channel falconry expert Roy Lupton. It's a poor eagle because it was soon t... This poor eagle is in the hands of Kent falconer and Fieldsports Channel falconry expert Roy Lupton. It's a poor eagle because it was soon to be dead, following a catalogue of errors made by the RSPCA, DEFRA and the RSPB. We tell its story, including horrifying footage of the conditions the RSPCA made the bird endure at one of its 'animal rescue' centres. But this half-hour Fieldsports Britain show is not all doom and gloom! This week, we are: • Rabbiting with ferrets and a lurcher with ... Views: 2,138 |
 | Fieldsports Britain, episode 2, 26th August 2009 Back in March The Sunday Times showed pictures of a once-in-a-decade British deer - a white roebuck. The newspaper reported that foreign hun... Back in March The Sunday Times showed pictures of a once-in-a-decade British deer - a white roebuck. The newspaper reported that foreign hunters were lining up to pay £1000s to have the opportunity to stalk this deer. Find out what happened to this deer on the 30-minute webtv programme Fieldsports Britain. And that's not all. We are: • Going grouse shooting in Scotland the way it should be done - with a piper • Shooting pigeons over stubble in Kent with Sporting Shooter chef Mark Gilchrist ... Views: 2,734 |
 | Shooting Politics, episode 7, 11th November 2009 Badger bumped by a car? Knock it on the head. Oiled seabird? Give it a lethal injection. That may become official policy from the UK animal ... Badger bumped by a car? Knock it on the head. Oiled seabird? Give it a lethal injection. That may become official policy from the UK animal welfare charity RSPCA if research it is conducting finds that releasing some species of wildlife does not lead to high survival rates in the wild. If it finds that a wildlife species does not survive for long after being released, it will explore two options. One is to change the rehabilitation to see if there is a better way of rehabilitating that ... Views: 205 |
 | A pheasant day for a team of young shots Christopher Robinson is best known as managing director of sporting agency Roxtons but today he's hosting a shoot for eight young guns near ... Christopher Robinson is best known as managing director of sporting agency Roxtons but today he's hosting a shoot for eight young guns near his home in Wiltshire. The group of friends have some shooting experience. Watch them try to stay on best behaviour. Views: 121 |
 | Shooting Politics, episode 8, 25th November 2009 We're at the Sportsman Gun Centre in Exeter with London 2012 Olympic Trap hopeful and team GB member Rory Warlow, BASC South-West director J... We're at the Sportsman Gun Centre in Exeter with London 2012 Olympic Trap hopeful and team GB member Rory Warlow, BASC South-West director Jamie Stewart and David Stapley of Browning International and, among subjects we're covering are: Health & Safety Britain - are we going too far with shoot risk assessments? What's wrong with teaching young people to shoot and hunt? A balloon debate: historically, who has been and who will be best and worst for fieldsports - the Conservatives, Labour or ... Views: 79 |
 | How to go rabbiting with ferrets and a lurcher Shooting Times ferreting expert Simon Whitehead of Pakefield Ferrets shows how he deals with first a pig farm, then a promising looking bank... Shooting Times ferreting expert Simon Whitehead of Pakefield Ferrets shows how he deals with first a pig farm, then a promising looking bank, both of them stuffed with rabbits Views: 517 |
 | Fieldsports Britain, episode 8, 18th November 2009 Could you ask for better sport? The Lakeland fells covered in brick red bracken with a bright blue sky atop, it's time to go fellhunting wit... Could you ask for better sport? The Lakeland fells covered in brick red bracken with a bright blue sky atop, it's time to go fellhunting with the Coniston Foxhounds. Incredibly, this was just a week before the Cumbria floods. And while we're there, we go out after snipe and duck on the Morecambe sands with the Grange Wildfowlers and visit William Wordsworth's favourite pike fishing lake, Rydal Water. Then we're back down to the South of England on a driven pheasant day in Kent. It's all in ... Views: 308 |
 | Snipe shooting on a wild wet Welsh bog The Vaughan family owns most of the great Bog of Tregaron near Aberystwyth. John Vaughan hosts a party of guns out to shoot snipe there - an... The Vaughan family owns most of the great Bog of Tregaron near Aberystwyth. John Vaughan hosts a party of guns out to shoot snipe there - and it's a lot harder than they thought it was going to be. Views: 33 |
 | Shooting Politics, episode 6, 28th October 2009 How Otis Ferry's penknife made him a terrorist. We're back at Harper Adams for a second week of our half-hour countrysports debate show Shoo... How Otis Ferry's penknife made him a terrorist. We're back at Harper Adams for a second week of our half-hour countrysports debate show Shooting Politics. The panel discusses: • Fantastic Mr Fox, now on release at cinemas: will it make monsters of foxshooters? Foxhunting freedom fighter Otis Ferry says: "We could do with a few less of them." • Trophies: what drives people to stick bits of animals on the wall? And why do other people dislike that? Harper student Huw Lloyd says: "It's like ... Views: 292 |
 | Festival of falconry 2009 Falconers from around the world travelled to Berkshire in 2009 to take part in the Festival of Falconry held at the Englefield Estate near R... Falconers from around the world travelled to Berkshire in 2009 to take part in the Festival of Falconry held at the Englefield Estate near Reading. We take a look at the fascinating world of falconry shown there. Views: 90 |
 | How to catch partridges with goshawks Roy Lupton takes his birds into the field to find other birds. He is using goshawks. Originally a yeoman or poor gentlemans hawk, the goshaw... Roy Lupton takes his birds into the field to find other birds. He is using goshawks. Originally a yeoman or poor gentlemans hawk, the goshawk provides great sport on these little birds as well as a bury of rabbits Views: 535 |
 | Fieldsports Britain, episode 7, 4th November 2009 Just when everything is going so well, a dogwalker comes and spooks your deer, your pigeons, pheasants, even your salmon. Isn't it always th... Just when everything is going so well, a dogwalker comes and spooks your deer, your pigeons, pheasants, even your salmon. Isn't it always the case? Well, on this occasion the dogwalker started shouting abuse at the stalker - and Fieldsports Channel has the camera on them when they did. That's not all. We're also enjoying: • Country house glory: we're at the opening meet of the Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray at Petworth Park in Sussex. • Young shots: we're out after pheasants with ... Views: 852 |
 | Plumpton pheasants We join gamekeeping students at Plumpton College in Sussex on their shoot day We join gamekeeping students at Plumpton College in Sussex on their shoot day Views: 208 |
 | Dogwalker gets angry during the fallow buck rut As deerstalker Roy Lupton starts to gralloch a lame buck he has culled, a dog walker shouts that he is a 'cruel b*****d' for 'shooting stags... As deerstalker Roy Lupton starts to gralloch a lame buck he has culled, a dog walker shouts that he is a 'cruel b*****d' for 'shooting stags'. Roy, frustrated by the ignorance of some people, decides to show the woman exactly why he was committed to finding this animal. Views: 76 |
 | How to recycle shotgun cartridges In an age when we are all implementing environmental best practice to ensure that you comply with the ever increasing environmental legislat... In an age when we are all implementing environmental best practice to ensure that you comply with the ever increasing environmental legislation and, ultimately, to protect our planet, it even makes financial sense to recycle old cartridges. We find out why from specialist cartridge recycling company Agri.cycle. Views: 38 |
 | How to call in geese Greylags and pinkfeet arrive at one of Scotland's goosiest locations, Loch Leven. The goose guide with the best shooting on its shores is De... Greylags and pinkfeet arrive at one of Scotland's goosiest locations, Loch Leven. The goose guide with the best shooting on its shores is Des Cochrane. He's there to watch them come in and offers a great masterclass in how to call them in. Views: 66 |
 | How to clip pheasants It's August at Canal Game and the gang has to fulfil an order for 1500 pheasants for a Hampshire shoot - but this time the customer wants th... It's August at Canal Game and the gang has to fulfil an order for 1500 pheasants for a Hampshire shoot - but this time the customer wants the birds clipped. Here's how they do it... Views: 84 |
 | Splash down: the 2009 World Carp Classic champions The 2009 World Carp Classic champions, Rob Tough and Thomas Duncan-Dunlop, explain how they did it - how they caught 26 enormous carp over t... The 2009 World Carp Classic champions, Rob Tough and Thomas Duncan-Dunlop, explain how they did it - how they caught 26 enormous carp over the five-day event, compared with eight caught by their closest rivals - and the kit they invented themselves to help them do it Views: 119 |
 | Stalking stags at Balmoral A unqiue film about stalking stags on Prince Charles's favourite beat at Balmoral, Glen Clova. Invented by the royal family, Balmoral is the... A unqiue film about stalking stags on Prince Charles's favourite beat at Balmoral, Glen Clova. Invented by the royal family, Balmoral is the ueber-Scottish estate. It inspired the Scottish sporting week, one of the mainstays of Highland tourism. Views: 67 |
 | Salmon on the Tay with Neil McGown The River Tay is where Scotland's record fish was killed. It has long attracted salmon anglers, and among them the owner/chef of the East Ha... The River Tay is where Scotland's record fish was killed. It has long attracted salmon anglers, and among them the owner/chef of the East Haugh House Hotel outside Pitlochry. Views: 05 |
 | Death of a golden eagle A shocking story of falconer Roy Luptons attempt to save an injured wild golden eagle. Despite having permission to do so, his actions led t... A shocking story of falconer Roy Luptons attempt to save an injured wild golden eagle. Despite having permission to do so, his actions led to police raiding his house and, ultimately, the death of the eagle, something Roy and one of the top avian vets in the country believe is the fault of DEFRA and the RSPCA Views: 176 |
 | Teaching goshawks to drive Falconer Roy Lupton's goshawks are growing up. he needs to get them used to being driven around in a car, so that's this week's lesson. But ... Falconer Roy Lupton's goshawks are growing up. he needs to get them used to being driven around in a car, so that's this week's lesson. But will the naughty birds co-operate? Views: 13 |
 | Catch your first trout - it's so easy... When Melissa Bowden from Sussex said she had never caught a fish before, it was obvious what we had to do. We sent her to her local trout la... When Melissa Bowden from Sussex said she had never caught a fish before, it was obvious what we had to do. We sent her to her local trout lakes, Brick Farm Lakes near Herstmonceux to try her luck. Views: 33 |
 | MIDLAND GAME FAIR the sights and sounds of the midland game fair , shropshire , england the sights and sounds of the midland game fair , shropshire , england Views: 1,189 |
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