Hot pigeon shooting tips with Andy Crow
Andy Crow is after pigeons on what is set to be the hottest day of the year so far, so he needs to think carefully
Andy Crow is after pigeons on what is set to be the hottest day of the year so far, so he needs to think carefully
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l92xHAPkyFU Andy Crow needs to protect the freshly-drilled maize against crows, rooks and jackdaws – but it won’t be easy. The birds are wary, there
Professor Rory Putman and deer expert Niall Rowantree discuss Scotland’s next big deer problem: sika. The Scottish government has successfully wiped out large numbers of
youtu.be/1gSl6iHEEyM Deerstalker and wildlife manager Niall Rowantree talks to deer biologist Professor Rory Putman about the remarkable sika deer, as part of our filming of
Sika deer have become firmly established in the UK following escapes from private collections, but due to their secretive nature their success has largely gone
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
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBxms_rO9NA Take a Scottish wildlife expert to Scandinavia and his imagination runs away with him. Niall Rowantree is elk hunting in Swedish Lapland. While there,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDp6t3Kgo_s Niall Rowantree is in Swedish Lapland to shoot capercaillie over Finnish spitz. Plus he tries out a Blaser D99 drilling in 7×57, and he
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBM_8ZfvONo Tom Davies has his work cut out. There are fallow in plague proportions on his ground. In the three weeks from the start of
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIxno1pX8uc Andy Crow and cousin Gary are on a strawberry farm shooting rabbits. The rabbits can’t reach the strawberries, which are grown at picking height.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFQ19LvUMFE Crow has his hands on new kit. German thermal company Liemke has bought out a range of spotters and scopes. Andy Crow takes them
How do you whistle in a sika stag? It’s the sika rut in North-West Scotland. Deer manager John Dodd takes two guests out to stalk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1CDEPg2fRg Towering hills, roaring stags, wily hinds: Mark Karn won’t be defeated. Leica’s UK sports optics boss is after a stag during the rut on
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQgTaNFoh0U Andy Crow gets under the covers. He is hiding out in a field so he can ambush marauding geese, and so builds a straw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUDOHEwbatI It’s a hot, summer’s day shooting a bag of 280 pigeons. Andy Crow and his cousin Gary are on flying form today as the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=53lV-53NZpw When it comes to roe calls, you can go expensive with a buttolo call, or you can go cheap. Deer manager Tom Davies does
Andy Crow learned pigeon shooting with his grandfather. Now it’s time to pass on his knowledge to his own grandson. He starts with how to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxsAQRs6RvM Ollie Williams is stalking cull roebucks and Tom Davies is shooting foxes. They both need their thermal spotters and, this week, they are splurging
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRlhp7XHhSY Got a problem with crows? You need to set up your hide and decoys while it is still dark, and start shooting as they
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ7E9IYSTOg Nigel Appleton won a stalking outing with Tom Davies in a competition on Fieldsports Extra. Tom runs Dartmoor Deer Services and takes Nigel to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAsl8Z-0O3U Niall Rowantree tours the Highlands to find out how deer and deerstalkers have fared during the year of the pandemic. The answer is not
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIt7B9qJnCI How much does a pigeon eat? And what are you saving a farmer when you shoot a pigeon? While in his pigeon hide, shooting
What are WTO rules and how will they affect UK shooters? When it comes to buying guns, Simon West from the Gun Trade Association
Andy Crow joins the line of guns on the annual Jack Pyke shoot day in Bedfordshire on Paul Childerley’s shoot. Also there are Jason
Andy Crow has cut a couple of crops, so it’s time to set up for a pigeon shooting day on the stubbles. He puts
Crow is shooting pigeons over a bean crop. His big problem today are the stock doves. Even though they outnumber the woodpigeons ten-to-one, they
With the pigeons pouring into Andy Crow’s pea crop, it’s time to use local resources. That means members of the Crow family on lockdown
What do you do when your gun has been confiscated on a stopover in a foreign country while you’re on your way back to
Deer expert Niall Rowantree shows how to solve deer gralloch problems. His DSC2 student, Dr Cathy Mayne, has just shot a fallow doe and they
Deer expert Niall Rowantree discusses Scotland’s four deer species, two aliens and two natives, their natural history and how to manage them. Niall starts with
Deer manager Niall Rowantree is in the larder playing wildlife detective. He’s in the middle of assessing the health of the roe doe he’s just
Crow’s five-year-old grandson Regan joins him in the hide for a day on the pigeons. It’s babysitting Crow-style. Andy is sponsored by: Blaser Blaser-Sporting.com or
For the British Shooting Show, go to ShootingShow.co.uk For more of our films with Blaser, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/category/gun-and-tackle-trade/blaser/ Here is the film on our website:
Cai Ap Bryn is following in the footsteps of William the Conqueror. He is shooting deer in the New Forest, set up by King William
The partridges are flying – and so is Andy Crow. He changes over his Blaser F16 12-bore for a 20-bore and keeps up with
Andy Crow shows what an amazing sport driven wild boar shooting is. He is not a complete newbie, but he knows what he needs. As
Andy Crow is on a neighbour’s farm helping to keep wood pigeons off a maize crop. He is sharing a hide with Frederic Hanner, who
Andy Crow is on form for his pheasant shoot day in Bedfordshire – and he is joined by Jason Doyle, David Wright, and Charlie Jacoby
Andy Crow takes time off farmwork to shoot a basket of wood pigeon to give to David, who is hosting a woodpigeon barbecue. The wind
Here’s how to hunt feral goats in Scotland. Remember goatgate? The politicians who condemned Scottish deerstalkers for shooting goats were the same politicians who ordered
When the government stopped the general licences, we thought that was it for shooting pigeons over stubble. Not a bit of it. Andy Crow is
Cai Ap Bryn has a roebuck to shoot. Along the way, he is treated to some of the great sights in nature – European brown
After the general licences debacle, it’s time for Crow to get back to day-to-day pest control on the farm. Today, he has jackdaws on the
There’s nothing Cai likes better than a cooking up a game meat feast. That’s why he’s off to Croatia to hunt some of the
For around three months of the year, red deer are off the shooting menu. Well, that doesn’t mean that Scottish deerstalker Niall Rowantree can hang
Gun reviewer Tim Pilbeam has more than £50,000-worth of rifles to test. He looks at the latest carbon rifles from manufacturers including Blaser, Mauser, Sauer,
Andy Crow has one more chance to shoot the jackdaws and keep them off his bean crop. The jackdaws are digging up and eating the
You’d be amazed how many people don’t know the first thing about meat they can shoot for themselves. That’s what makes Cai Ap Bryn’s
Andy Crow loves his clay shooting and he loves his game shooting, so what better way to spend a spring day than combining the two.
One of Scotland’s premier tourist attractions is setting fire to Scotland, and that’s causing a problem for deer. The Jacobite steam train sets fire to
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