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Vinnies Macnabski
...and his salmon... ...and his raccoon dog
The excitement of finally seeing the desired object. The certainty of taking secure aim even in the deepest twilight. This is the moment we work for.
We recently produced a film called The Ferrari Macnab. Now footballer and Hollywood A-lister Vinnie Jones (pictured thrice) has sent us a new one: the Macnabski. On a filming trip to Russia, he took time off to shoot a fox and a raccoon and caught a salmon in one day, then went on to rope an 800-pound bull. After he tried hard with a fly, the salmon fell to a spinner. The fox weighed in at a remarkable 34 pounds without the snow. They make them big in Russia the British record is 36lb. It was a 212-yard shot with a Tikka T3 in .308. <
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News Stump
Record halibut
A retired policeman from Germany battled for three hours to catch a 540-pound halibut, a new world record. The fish was so big that at one point Reinhard Wuhrmanns rod snapped in two. The 62-year-old and two, fishing off Norway, others were only able to haul it onto their boat after tying a rope around it when it came alongside. The previous record for an Atlantic halibut was held by fellow German Gunther Hansel who caught a 483lb specimen off Iceland last year.
Balkan pheasants
Fancy high pheasant shooting for a quarter the price of Devon or Northumberland? That dot in the sky is a pheasant. Sporting agent Lasarotta which specialises in sport in Croatia and Serbia is offering two back-to-back 300-Mediterranean-bird days in December at 13 per bird plus flights. Visit www.lasarotta.co.uk
Cartridge company Gamebore is backing two new clay competitions for 2013. Based on the popular White Gold Cup, one new competition is called the White Gold Challenge. Gamebore also plans to run a championship called the Gamebore Gold Cup, a 150-bird Sporting course at the Westfield Shooting Ground in Gloucestershire. Visit Gamebore.com for more.
Another story about shooters saving the day. This time we are in South Dakota, USA. A party of pheasant shooters discovered two deer with antlers locked together. One deer had already died and the eagles were feeding on it as the other one struggled to get free. The shooters estimate that these deer had been in this situation for at least a couple of days.
A bit of will power means a deer that looks good one year can mean medal quality the next. Well thats all very well and good in theory but then someone comes along and screws it all up. And more often than not these days its poachers. Roy has got a few of those making their presence felt on his ground in Hampshire. He finds all that remains of a roebuck its head. We have got a big problem which is emerging throughout most of the country, and that is commercial poaching, says Roy. Unfortunately this old boy here has been a victim of it, but the biggest problem we are facing is it is not just one or two individual animals which are being taken. We are now looking at poaching on a commercial scale. Up until now a lot of the police forces have been treating this with a little bit of apathy. My hope is that by working together with stalkers, estates and the local wildlife liaison officers that we can put an end to commercial poaching. And hopefully put an end to seeing sights like this and finding poor old beasts left in the middle of the field. With that off his chest Roy turns his attention to the evenings stalking. He is here for roe does which are really only evident at last light. He has about an hour-and-a-half before it is dark. There are couple of does that I dont really want to take out, says Roy. With his recovery from his hip op going well hes now down to just one crutch plus shooting sticks which we think gives him a look of Gandalf. His first port of call is a wood which always delivers. Not this evening. We lose the light and the chance of a deer. Roy does spot one with the superior glass on top of his rifle but we lose her in the cover crop. Of course theres a host of reasons why we blanked, but Roy cant help feeling its down to poaching pressure. We have been beaten by the light, he says, but the odd thing is though, normally on this estate on an evenings stalking you will easily see 20-30 deer just on the little route we followed and this evening we have had perfect conditions for it. It has been a nice relatively warm evening, the wind wasnt too hard or too cold. You just couldnt want for better conditions and yet we didnt see a single beast. I think unfortunately we are seeing the results of a lot of poaching going on, not just on this estate, but in the surrounding areas. Not to be beaten Gandalf heads off again to try and shoot some roe. This time hes on the other side of the estate which hasnt been targeted by poachers. He chances upon a doe lying up on a ride about 90 yards away. It was just a flick of the ear that gave her away, otherwise she would have gone unseen. What he wants to do is wait until she stands up and give him an opportunity of
Roy or is it Gandalf ? Click to watch the film a shot. The only problem is that can very often happen if you are waiting for a deer to stand they can stand up and turn off carry on away from you and disappear, says Roy. That is the chance we will have to take. Roys patience pays off and eventually the doe stands up. He shoots and she drops in the cover crop. She isnt alone. Roy repositions and takes the kid as well. Its probably not dependent but Roy feels its the best thing to do with winter on its way. Nice successful evening now it is to drag them out and sort out the gralloching and we can go home and have a nice cup of tea, says Roy. Maybe he does have magical powers after all. <
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Digging out. Click to watch the film The next step is the main event. Were ferreting the open hillside. Jaf is relieved to find the bury here is not connected to the holes under the brambles next to it. The ferreting action is fast and furious. You have to have the skills of a circus master and a rugby player to handle all those kids and animals running at you. When itstime to pack up, the last ferret of the day chooses the only clump of gorse to lie up beneath. Its another digging exercise, with Louis on hand to offer help. If you want to find out more, here is the South Somerset Ferreters on Facebook. Or why not make your Louis very happy and start your own ferreting group. <
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A German sea eagle. Click to watch the (short version of the!) film In one film he showedte audeince watched a porpoise being hit out of the water by three bottlenose dolphins and again in slow motion. Quite a size disparity between these two species, said Deaville. The bottlenose we have in the UK are huge compared to Flippa on the TV show. If you are watching this on YouTube and you want to watch the whole of the symposium, seven-and-a-half hours long, click on the link on the screen. < Conference organiser is the Veterinary Association for Wildlife Management www.vet-wildlifemanagement.org.uk. Watch the whole sevenand-a-half-hour symposium here. Filming by the Countryside Alliance
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Jonny gets the fire going without matches. Click to watch the film I put that inside our tinder bundle and start blowing on it, while holding it in both hands. You cant be afraid of fire to do this job. Once the tinder is properly ablaze, I put it down on to my raft of kindling and then take two bundles of sticks. One goes on the top, and the other on top of that. Once this has started to burn I can go on to the bigger stuff which is the proper full-on fuel wood. That is what I am going to be cooking on later on. < The Survival School DVD volume 1 is available from Koolbox.co.uk. For more about Jonnys bushcraft courses, visit www.survivalschool.co.uk
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Hunting YouTube
and it looks like wild boar is top of the list. Here is trailer to the hunting DVD Baiting Wild Boar, made in Sweden and with lots of shooting action.
HuntingFPS has not being doing much on YouTube recently which is a great shame but he did manage a couple of trips recently when the sun was out, and here is the footage. As you can see from Slow Motion Airgun Rabbit Hunting #18, the bunnies been causing a bit of damage and the farmer is keen for their numbers to be reduced.
Now on to fish. Monster lake trout, world record laker is a rediscovered film, thought to be lost, dating from as long ago as 1996, when Bob Mehsikomer caught and released a possible 60-pounder on Lake Athabasca in Saskatchewan.
From Russia, Sladkova is a trailer for a DVD about hunting for wild boar, roe deer, red deer and game birds. More bucks, more boar, more bangs.
Now the clay season is not at its height in the UK at the moment on account of the wintry weather but heres a good idea. AntiguaClays is the YouTube channel for a shooting resort in the Caribbean, which claims to be the only one of its kind. Even if you cant afford the air fare, heres a film to lighten up your day.
Moving Down Under, Fishing Exmouth with bream gear and MadEye lures is Aussie Breamers latest technique for one of Australias favourite sea fish. This film took a week to make.
And from Spain, Reivax Films presents Great Hungarian Hunts. Once again, it is driven wild boar that are face the cazadores. There three films and four countries. All of these films lead you to websites where you can purchase DVDs. 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, email the link to charlie@fieldsportschannel.tv
The Lagotto Romagnolo is one of the new breed of gundogs that follows in the pawprints of such Italian masterpieces as the spinone and bracco. The famous gundog photographer has a YouTube site.
With Christmas coming, the DVD makers are using YouTube for their trailers
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