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Welcome to Fieldsports Britain. Coming up 20 times world champion, George Digweed, fights
his way through the crowds at the British Shooting Show last weekend, to show you the
best kit on offer. UK Sport has given shooters 100's of 1000's of pounds in advance of Rio
2016 and is it mainly due to one man. It is Olympic gold medallist and double trap world
record holder Peter Wilson. First, no ordinary night vision. It is a bad time to be a fox
when Roy Lupton and his buddies have found a way of turning night literally into day.
Over the past few weeks we've brought you all sorts of night vision footage ranging
from the "awful" to the "it has potential" ... to the "not arf bad."
Roy was responsible for the first lot of NV - with Crow picking up the baton for a night
of quality rattingů Now Roy has called in the big guns and is expecting infra-red envy
from all over the world.
After my last attempt of night vision when we got those blurry images of the rats and
I got severely berated by Crow, I decided that we would call in the big guns. So hopefully
we are going to out do you on this one Andy and I have called in a very good friend of
mine Darren and he is a very clever chap when it comes to night vision and setting things
up. So we should get some absolutely stunning footage. So do you want to talk us through
what we have got set up on here then.
Yes very simple set up tonight. We are using the new Cannon XF100 pro ... cam corder which
is absolutely excellent in night vision mode and two Bosch ... luminators. So we should
get some HD footage out to 300 yards plus. It is all powered by a ... powered battery.
So it keeps it all compact and light weight and hopefully David is going to have some
fun operating the new camera tonight.
And on top of the rifles we are going to be using ...
One of my home built night visions. Just nice simple home built night vision.
And again that is just from a CCTV camera.
From a CCTV camera. Yes, and a Nightmaster 800 infra red torch.
Excellent stuff. And what do you reckon the footage we should get through our scopes.
What sort of distance do you reckon we should be able to get with our scopes?
Easily we are going to get 200 yards.
Yes, superb.
Obviously the aim is to bring them as close as possible to try and get some decent night
time footage.
Excellent stuff. Well I have been looking forward to this for a long time. So I am definitely
looking forward to getting my own back on Andy. So we are going to get out there and
see what we can do.
This fantastic set-up really does turn the darkness into light - offering hundreds of
yards of crystal clear vision. The industrial-strength IR CCTV spotlights sitting either side of
the camera are usually found around prison walls or building sites so it's no wonder
it's offering us a chance to see into a whole new world.
Tonight's footage isn't only being supplied by the night vision camera. We're also getting
footage through the scope, that is if Roy doesn't make too much noise getting it set
up. It's not easy keeping quiet with leads, screens and rifles in a snug Argo.
With a Fox Pro 40 yards in front of us, the fun begins. For the first time ever, David
on the camera is the one spotting the foxes - and directing the shooter in. Two appear
behind us ... it's awkward for Roy to get into position, plus they're close to the horizon,
so no safe backstop. For now, it is great just being able to watch them.
Unfortunately the fox has come in behind us which is the worst possible position we could
have had because he is now sitting on the horizon and probably picked up our wind as
there is a little breeze blowing towards it and it is just sitting there and I am hoping
it might just skirt round.
Then another appears in front and to our right.
Darren is in the better position than Roy and takes his chance.
Not only is the NV rig good for spotting them, it's good at finding them too. Let's slip
back into normal vision for a quick chat with Roy.
Well that was brilliant wasn't it. We had the fox come in from behind us and she was
just sitting right on the horizon so we just couldn't do anything with her. And just as
we scanned around another fox started to come in through the bracken and was making its
way round on the caller. And really interesting because we were obviously sitting back and
we just watched the fox working all the way around the caller so again just trying to
work the wind although it was only a very light rodent distress we were using still
working all the way round and I think we got some footage of it still actually scanning
back and forth still not a 100% whether it wanted to commit. And it was still a good
80 yards out from the call and where I was I couldn't get back into the argo without
making a lot of noise and so I passed the rifle over to Darren and he made a fantastic
shot on it and we got our first one of the evening. So what I would like to do now is
just carry on especially while we have got the kit. Try for another two
or three and just see if we can get some really good results from the foxes coming right into
us.
It's a great start and we can't wait to get into another part of the estate - this fox
doesn't want to come any closer and Roy isn't happy with a shot here either.
We have a quick pitstop and then we're onto some fresh ground ... we don't have time to
set the call out this time and just make do with some hand calls - at 90 yards it's a
straight forward shot for Roy.
Second fox of the evening. And from the size of it I would say a ***. Let's have a look.
Yes, so probably the *** that was calling a bit earlier. So very, very pretty little
fox that one. Excellent. Second one in the bag. And as we were coming down here there
was another fox just up to the left, but we didn't have the chance to call her or anything
like that, but we just decided to shoot this one as we were coming down. We will go up
the top and set the caller up and see if we can get the other one to come in.
Darren sets up the FoxPro on a stick for this next stop - and we back up into a good position.
The rodent distress call has an immediate effect. The wide angle of vision means Roy
can be guided in - The foxes can't see us but they can hear us - this one looks at the
call, then us, then back again. Next, we get a different type of customer. We spot a cat
at the edge of the field that's making straight for the call. Without hesitation it gets to
within a few feet and stops.
The original two foxes are still loitering in the undergrowth. After five minutes, one
makes a move ... it makes sure the cat knows who is boss. Roy has him in the scope but not one up the spout.
Looks like this Charlie is in luck - until he gets re-acquainted with the cat.
Squeezed the trigger and I was smack on the fox and unfortunately it went click and nothing
happened and luckily she just ran down a bit and stopped and we managed to take the shot.
So number three in the bag.
Do you know why she stopped?
Sorry?
Do you know why she stopped?
No idea why she stopped.
Because she bumped into the cat.
Did she?
With the sleet coming down hard and the batteries running low we're on our last fox of the evening.
We try to get it in close, possibly sacrificing the chance of a shot. With some perseverance
it eventually gets itself into a clear position and Roy has fox number four of the evening.
The technology has opened up a whole new world and makes Roy appreciate just how many foxes
are on this ground - if you didn't get a flash of the eyes you'd never know.
Unfortunately rain stopped play. We were going to carry on and see if we could go into the
wee hours and see how many we could account for because the way we were going, even though
we were just getting used to the kit making a few balls up along the way and a little
bit too much noise we were still getting them in and we started to get some really, really
good reactions and hopefully some fantastic footage, but with this going and with some
very expensive kit we didn't want to get it too wet. So that really leaves me to say thank
you very, very much to Darren bringing all your kit down. That was absolutely superb
mate. Thank you very much.
My pleasure as always.
That was ... the results we got on that were phenomenal, especially the *** that came
in with the cat. That was brilliant wasn't it. Fantastic night and thank you very much
for coming down and showing us all your toys.
Excellent.
Well Roy's pretty chuffed with his efforts and we don't think Andy will have an answer
unless of course he gets Zeiss to lend him their military truck which spotted this mouse
getting run over by a plane at half a kilometre. Yes - maybe that's the answerů
Now shedding light on events from around the world, it is David on the Fieldsports Channel
News Stump.
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This is Fieldsports Britain News.
The baby who lost a finger in a fox attack in South London is recovering well, after
surgeons sewed the finger back on again.
London Mayor Boris Johnson is holding talks with council leaders to discuss the what he
calls the "growing menace" of urban foxes. The fox entered the home through a back door
and had been trying to drag baby Denny Dolan out of the house when the child's mother kicked
it and it ran away. To highlight the dangers of feeding foxes and making them lose their
natural fear of humans, we ran this film of a fox grabbing a dead piglet dressed in a
baby-grow, sitting in a buggy with a recording of baby crying in the background it sounds
remarkably like a distress call -Click on the link to watch the film.
Meanwhile, a hospital unit has taken the step of putting up a "Fox Alert" poster. It's in
response to a charlie being spotted in the maternity wing's main lobby of Manchester's
Wythenshawe Hospital.
The British Shooting show appears to been good for both punters and traders - GunsDirect.co.uk
which is a new website where people can buy and sell guns and sporting days had a very
successful weekend. The site which has set up by shooters for shooters provides a cost
effective way of reaching the right people. Aimed at the trade as well as the general
consumer, it is easy to use and is designed to deliver good service and value for money.
A 65-year-old Scottish gamekeeper has been cleared of illegal snaring after four years
of legal procedures. The court in Scotland found David Taylor not guilty, who has been
gamekeeper on the Purdey conservation award-winning Lochindorb Estate for 50 years. Following
a trial at Inverness Sheriff Court, Sheriff Ian Abercrombie has ruled the snares were
set legally and at the correct height and locations.
And finally, the science is in - fish don't feel pain. Anglers back to your rods. Animal-rights
people: reel it in.
A team of seven scientists at the University of Wyoming conducted extensive research to
determine if fish have either the receptors or the neo-cortex, part of the brain, to feel
pain. They don't. Instead, scientists say, fish demonstrate an unconscious reaction to
being hooked. Meanwhile, researchers in Japan have found ways of watching fish think in
real time. You are watching a zebra fish contemplating a single-cell creature swimming around it.
You can tell it is thinking because different parts of its brain are flashing.
You are now up to date with Fieldsports Britain News. Stalking the stories. Fishing for facts.
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Thank you David. Well from one heart throb to another. Peter Wilson is the subject of
this week's Taylors Travels.
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This week, Taylor's Travels meets Hello! Magazine. I'm visiting Olympic shooter Peter Wilson
at his home in Dorset.
The Dad moment was one of the most memorable that the Olympics produced. And here is that
Dad.
Definitely a Dad moment ... and Mum. Just because Mum wasn't there, Dad was a little
quicker, Mum's knees didn't quite manage to make it down those flight of stairs, it is
very special to share those moments with your parents and it just happened that Dad was
there first. It was great to be able to give him a hug and of course I wouldn't want to
do it again on national TV if I could help it, because everyone remembers that moment
and I think Dad is a great deal more famous than I am because of it, but he is an integral
part of my journey and without him I wouldn't be where I am today and so it was great to
be able to give him a hug and thank him.
I didn't do anything. I just helped him fulfil his ambition. It was him who decided that
that was what he wanted to do. At the time it seemed like a very far fetched dream, but
to his internal credit he made it happen. With the help of Al Maktoum I think without
him he would never have got to where he did.
Since the Olympics Peter has been showered with sponsorship opportunities. He has carefully
chosen quality British merchandise. Here he is shooting the new Holland & Holland Sporter.
It is a real thing of beauty. I have never held such a beautiful gun in my life. So I
feel I am really privileged. I feel as though I am holding a piece of history. And that
is what is really nice about it. I have never felt so proud to hold a gun before. All the
guns I have ever used have been real tools of the trade. They have been a tool, they
have never been cleaned. They have never been looked after. I shoot them every single day
and this is a little different. This is beautiful. So, as I say I feel, it is quite nice, it
makes you smile while you hold it.
The gun you used in the Olympics that you won gold with, what has happened to that?
It is at home. It has actually gone for a service. Every year it gets serviced. In fact
it gets serviced twice a year. It gets a pretty big battering. It gets heavily used. I shoot
anything up to 60,000 cartridges a year through it.
Peter and Holland & Holland are both at the top end of shooting. What does it take to
join the bottom end?
I don't think there is any need to worry about becoming a professional clay pigeon shot.
I think that all that matters is enjoying the sport and what it has to offer. Be safe
and have an amazing time. Get involved and have as much fun as you possibly can and keep
smiling because it is the most incredible sport and it can offer so much. So immerse
yourself in it. As I said of course be safe and have fun.
Shooting is one part of country life and hunting is another. The Wilsons live in the heart
of the South Dorset hunt. Since the weather is closing in, Pete's girlfriend Michelle
decides that now's a good time to watch the hunt in action.
To start with, we can't find them. A few calls and a few wrong directions later, we reckon
we know where they are.
At the top of the hill we're in the perfect place
What is the weather like?
Horrendous.
As well as dad, or ĹDAD' as he is now known, and mum, Pete's other great rock is his girlfriend
the sporting artist Michelle McCullagh
Yes, I have been shooting and had a go. But I haven't succeeded in doing very well at
the moment, but I enjoy doing the clay pigeon shooting. I have quite enjoyed doing that
and I have been coached by the best, but I have only been out a few times and I do enjoy
it. I love beating, so I thoroughly enjoy doing that.
Getting involved.
Yes, I love getting involved and being outside and going through countryside I wouldn't necessarily
go through.
Pete is not just the golden boy of shooting. He is an ambassador for all country sports.
Winning the Olympics in London was just amazing, but being able to shoot a pigeon or even a
brace and just come home and dress them and cook them is just as exciting just in a different
way. So I am very fortunate at the age of 26 I have won the Olympic Games in London.
And I am also fortunate enough to be able to come back here to Dorset and and be given
the option to go out and shoot the odd pigeon or two and cook it of an evening. So I know
that sounds so simple, so basic so sort of prehistoric, but it is just wonderful. It
is a wonderful thing and I am so lucky and don't want to take it for granted.
On behalf of the Countryside Alliance, we ask him to make this appeal.
My name is Peter Wilson and I am really looking forward to the national shooting week between
the 25th May and the 2nd of June.
Thank you Pete. For more information, visit Countryside-Alliance.org
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If you want to see more of the films we made with the Countryside Alliance please click
on the screen which has appeared just up there in the sky behind me. Now George Digweed has
a taste for shooting kit. He takes us to the British Shooting Show.
Finally a fieldsports event that doesn't give a stuff about the weather - the British Shooting
Show heralds the start of what will be an exciting 2013 for shooting sports, and the
place is rammed - at times too busy, but there was some good business being done to fill
the gap created by the downpours of last year.
We spotted a couple of our YouTube pals in the crowds and asked them about the show.
The general feeling seems to be that life is good in the British countryside.
It is heart warming to see this many people in the industry. I think when you go shooting
you go to the gun shop and you buy your kit and then you go to the field and you are out
there on your own or may be with a shooting buddy. You do kind of feel that you are on
your own in the sport. But when you are out and come to an event like this you realise
you are one of many.
If you are interested in shooting sports that will be here. Target, hunting what ever discipline.
Are you going to open that wallet today?
I might. If you see a cloud of dust on the horizon it is me deciding to spend money on
something.
The event covers all shooting sports from air rifles for a few hundred quid right up
to the exotica - and it also attracts some familiar faces from the shooting world like
our own Crowman who is always happy to stop for a chat, as is Mr George Digweed who - when
not having snaps taken with fans - is keen to create mischief.
Last time I am ever going to speak to you ever again. Sometimes if he can goes out with
Mark Gilchrist he can get up to 12.
It is unbelievable what he says I can tell you.
Andy Crow. Andy the Crowman Crow.
Star of state screen and one or two other ...
No, no, no Sporting Shooter. Look you have got there three subscribers, where is Dom
Can you move him along please.
No one was safe from the 20 times world champion ...
If you are looking for a name to the face it is Charlie Jacoby Fieldsports TV. To be
honest with you I don't know why Teamwild have got security on their stand. I mean really
and truly it should have been flanked all the way around here.
Are you over 14, or over 17?
What stone? That is going to come out, that rock is going to come out. You have completely
blown that now.
Excuse me. That is a given. I hope you have got that. That is a given. Come back.
I am not going to be abused by you. I can be abused by far better people than you.
A great time was had by all at a good spirited event.
Even though I didn't get to the Shooting Show this year because I was in Wales that Saturday
filming the ummm - yep ahhhh filming theeeee ... Rugby !!?? foxhunting! Honest - watch
it next week. This week, by all accounts the Shooting Show was a blast.
From Britain to the world. It is Hunting YouTube.
This is Hunting YouTube, which aims to show the best hunting, shooting and fishing videos
that YouTube has to offer.
We start this week with the definitive pigeon shooting film. It's by BASCFilms. The woodpigeon
is the UK's number one agricultural pest and causes millions of pounds of damage to agricultural
crops every year. Pigeon shooting expert Will Garfit introduces the art of shooting over
decoys in Pigeon Shooting - an introduction.
Sam Badham sends me his latest video, rough shooting in snow. As they were snowed in and
his buddy Tom owns a 4x4 or two they thought we'd do some rough shooting. They found strategic
locations and kept the birds flying backwards and forwards between them.
Now, here is a natural history film, but not like you see on the BBC. Some of it is filmed
upside down as Tweedsandpheasants tries to press his mobile phone camera to his binoculars
while out walking in Gloucestershire last August. It's a family of foxes that got pretty
close. He admits that there is no shooting involved but says he thinks Roy and the rest
of FieldsportsChannel might like to see it.
On to fishing and the scourge of the non-Scot Andy Richardson teams up with Greig Thomson
for the River Dee opening and some top-level salmon fishing. Fish are caught.
DragonoftheEastblu sends in a slightly different fishing film He says that Canada enjoys several
programmes dedicated to Fishing and Hunting and, in his opinion, the number one is "The
Fish'n Canada Show". They have been going since 1987 and also run a radio show. Here
is their latest.
Adam Reese of silverthorngundogs.com so loves Fieldsports Channel's shows, he says, that
he decided to have a go himself. Here is a small film he made of one of his springers
showing a bit of training on a blind retrieve and a bit of walked up shooting. "Forgive
the garish "blase orange" vest," he says, "it's the law here". And here is Western Pennsylvania,
USA
More recommendations pour in for EdgunUSA, the grand panjandrum of airgunning videos
on YouTube. . This one is Spiraling Pellets - Nemesis of Air Rifle Accuracy, which highlights
the horror of wobbly pellets
Finally, we're in Hungary for a Wild boar drive. It#s everything you would hope - wild
boar, driven.
You can click on any of these films to watch them. If you have a YouTube film you would
like us to pop in to the weekly top eight, send it in via YouTube, or email me the link
charlie@fieldsportschannel.tv
If you want to go back over our older Hunting Youtubes you can click on the screen up there.
If you want to watch our new series Schools Challenge TV again it is appearing in the
sky behind me.
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