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How to sell 30 million pheasants

February 5, 2020

Every gameshooting season in the UK, around 30 million pheasants are shot. Many go to supermarkets…

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Deerstalking and donating venison

February 5, 2020

Cai Ap Bryn is following in the footsteps of William the Conqueror. He is shooting deer…

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Rabbit from field to barbecue

May 28, 2019

Stephen Dunbar and Jason Doyle go to a dairy farm in Co Wexford to shoot rabbits…

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Hunt & Cook: the appetite for game meat

May 1, 2019

You’d be amazed how many people don’t know the first thing about meat they can shoot…

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Skinning and butchering a deer, start to finish, with John Griffin

April 27, 2019

Here’s a masterclass on how to skin and butcher a deer. Jason Doyle meets game butcher…

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Gralloching a deer, start to finish, with Jason Doyle

April 27, 2019

Jason Doyle grallochs a deer: a sika hind his friend Daniel has just shot. ▶ here…

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Rabbit Meatballs

March 19, 2019

Here is a quick tutorial on how to cook wild rabbit and mozzarella meatballs, a delicious…

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Delicious Festive Pheasant Parcels – recipe

December 26, 2018

Ingredients 4-6 pheasant breasts 8-12 rashers smoked back bacon Butter For the stuffing: 2 small onions…

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Venison mince pies – recipe

December 19, 2018

Ingredients Diced onion 300g fruit 500g venison 1 heaped tbsp marmalade Generous glass of port 400ml…

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How to Breast a Goose

December 6, 2018

Thorfinn Craigie on Orkney is one of the few butchers in the UK allowed to deal…

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Game cookery by top Cornish chefs

October 18, 2018

Cornwall’s not just about ice cream and mackerel. It is a superb source of game, including…

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Deer heart wraps – recipe

August 22, 2018

Deer don’t just yield roast haunch and tender venison backstraps. Here is Cai Ap Bryn’s recipe…

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Wild Meat Wedding – Hunt and Cook

July 11, 2018

With 100 hungry mouths to feed with venison, Cai Ap Bryn barbecues whole deer – and…

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Southern fried venison steak – Hunt and Cook Recipes

May 30, 2018

Cai Ap Bryn shows how to cook a southern fried venison steak on an open fire,…

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Venison steak on an open fire – Hunt and Cook Recipes

May 23, 2018

Cai Ap Bryn shows how to cook a fallow haunch steak on an open fire. Make…

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Hunt & Cook: Ginger Beer Rabbit

April 26, 2017

Cai is protecting pear and apple orchards with a .22 rimfire. We shoot rabbits in daylight…

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How to gralloch a deer

February 10, 2016

We’re at the Norwegian Red Deer Centre. Cai Ap Bryn is on the island of Svanøy…

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Sika Stalk & Steak with Michaelka

February 3, 2016

Michaela Fialova is hunting one of the most delicious deer in the world. She is in…

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Wild boar stew recipe

January 20, 2016

Top game cook Cai ap Bryn is in Hungary to track down a superb recipe for…

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Wild Boar Management

November 18, 2015

Cai Ap Bryn is in the hunting paradise that is Hungary, finding out how to manage…

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July 8, 2013

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Kristoffer Clausen eats a fox

February 17, 2012

The Norwegian film maker and survival expert is in the UK to meet game chef Mark…

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How to cook sea bass on a barbecue

September 11, 2011

Game chef Mark Gilchrist cooks bass on an open fire in the British countryside. Also on…

New launch: Merkel K5 break-barrel rifle

December 5, 2019 1:00 am

by Charlie Jacoby Generally, I like the sleek, new single-shot break-barrel rifle from Merkel. The company lent it to me for a week of red hind stalking in Argyllshire (my film is at the bottom of this review). It is designed as a ‘mountain’ rifle: lightweight and with the break-barrel rifle’s reputation for greater accuracy than the bolt-action. It is Merkel’s go at matching the Blaser K95. I prefer the K95 (disclosure: Blaser sponsors films on Fieldsports Channel, Merkel does not). The K5 grew out of the K120, the rifle Merkel produced for its 120th anniversary. Compared the the K3 and the K4, the stock shape makes it look prettier. Here is Sebastian von Stauffenberg from Merkel to talk through the rifle: It is a hogback stock with a Bavarian cheek piece. The stock has a double fold. This is both goodlooking (as Sebastian says in his film) and an important consideration. You are probably going to put a scope on it. Check this stock shape works for you and your chosen scope. The stock on this rifle is in wood and has ebony finishes, which gives it a sense of contrast. Merkel has now changed the ebony to palisander wood for the finishes on the fore-end, pistol grip and the release. The trigger system is adjustable longways and sideways. It is also wider than usual Merkel triggers, which I like. Merkel has developed a silent new handcocking system for this rifle. Decocking is simple and easy and is more secure than a simple safety-catch. The gun simply can’t fired with cocking it. It has a jaeger tilted block breech which locks steel on steel. One feature is that the block is removable. You simply take off the fore-end, take out the barrel, you push back the breech, click a …
Swarovski Z8i

November 23, 2019 6:00 pm

by Charlie Jacoby This is one of the big three: the Z8i is the scope to have if you don’t want the Zeiss V8 or the Leica Magnus. With an 8x magnification, this scope takes your target from 1.7x to 13.3x. It is aimed at both short range driven hunting scope and for long ranges around 400m. Lightweight, it has a ballistic turret with a personalised ring. You take the ballistics of your bullet – the calibre, muzzle velocity and ballistic coefficient (all of these available on your box of ammo plus you can check them yourself on a range) – feed this info into the Swarovski website, pay your money, and a week later a special ring turns up for your ballistic turret in yards or metres that you can click to match the range of your target. So your zero is spot on at 100m, you rangefind your deer at 300m, you click the turret round to 300m, and the scope will hold the zero. The luminous dot is pre-set in two positions for day and night. You can dim it or increased in brightness via pushbuttons on the scope. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain the scope: Want to see the Swarovski Z8i in action? We take it on a hind cull in Scotland: Thinking of buying a £2000+ riflescope? Have a look at our price and capability comparison here:
Swarovski EL and ELO Range binoculars

November 23, 2019 5:58 pm

by Charlie Jacoby Swarovski EL and ELO Range binoculars are designed to combine Swarovski quality with a range finding capability. They come in the standard deerstalking sizes of 8×42 and 10×42 and include an easy-to-use rangefinder. Simply point them at your target, click the button on top of the binos, release, after a couple of seconds, you get the range in metres. The ELO – the ‘O’ stands for ‘orange’ – are that colour so if you put them down on the hill you will easily be able to find them again. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain them: Buy it on Amazon: Want to see these Swarovski binos in action? We take them on a hind cull in Scotland:
Swarovski modular ATX spotting scope

November 23, 2019 5:53 pm

by Charlie Jacoby For the big game hunter who likes to see their distant game up close, this is the Swarovski spotting scope to choose. Zoom is from 30x to 70x. This one has the 95mm objective lens. Modular means you can take the headpiece off and replace it. As you would expect from Swaro, the light transmission is outstanding. The resolution you get out of it is terrific, not only for spotting when I go hunting but also to take pictures. Swarovski sells a special adaptor for your phone that attaches it to the scope. Here is Michael Ott from manufacturer Swarovski to explain them: Buy it on Amazon:
Merkel HLX suppressor

November 23, 2019 3:04 pm

Merkel has gone into partnership with military moderator manufacturer B&T to make a moderator for the hunting market. 200mm long, it has steel baffles, which allows up to 30 consecutive shots without waiting for it to cool. It fits on every barrel with a M15x1 muzzle thread. Merkel claims its moderators reduce sound by more than 30dB. For cleaning, just soak the moderator in soapy water, rinse it out and dry it with a compressor (if you have one) or leave for 24 hours on a warm radiator. Here’s what Merkel says. Want to see the Merkel HLX in action? We take it on a hind cull in Scotland: