The red hind cull is underway on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula in Scotland. Niall Rowantree has Robert Sajitz of Blaser to help him shoot his cull animals, and Robert has the new Blaser R8 Silence, with moderator integrated into the barrel. He tries it out during the cull. ▶ For more from Blaser UK, go to […]
Read moreAfter months of letting them get away with it, farm manager Andy Crow’s fields are turning blue with pigeons. And when his fields go blue, Crow sees red. He is out with ‘plus one’ to knock back the numbers in order to save his crops decoying them to a hide made with dried bracken. Andy […]
Read moreIt’s like deer stalking but in this case our deer is perched on 25 metre tall stilts. Game chef Cai Ap Bryn is in Finland after black grouse. You stalk up to the birds, which have the vantage point of treetops to look out for you. He uses the same rifle he used for moose, […]
Read more
To go elk hunting in Finland, you have to be fit. You watch the dog chasing the elk in real time via GPS. Then you have to sprint to be in position to intercept the animal. That’s what game chef Cai Ap Bryn does in this episode of Hunt & Cook. Plus he cooks up […]
Read moreIngredients 4-6 pheasant breasts 8-12 rashers smoked back bacon Butter For the stuffing: 2 small onions diced 100g bread crumbs Small handful of sage leaves 100g chopped chestnuts Small handful of cranberries 300g sausage meat Salt and pepper . Add all stuffing ingredients into a mixing bowl and with a small dash of hot water […]
Read moreIngredients Diced onion 300g fruit 500g venison 1 heaped tbsp marmalade Generous glass of port 400ml venison or beef stock 1 heaped tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg ½ tsp clove ½ tsp mace Shortcrust pastry Simmer for 1½ hours, leave the mixture to cool, then place in pastry ▶ For more about Blaser Clothing, Sauer […]
Read moreCai Ap Bryn is meeting a man in a car park… Chris Dewbury from rifle, clothing and accessories distributor Blaser Sporting has come along with supplies of new kit for Cai to try. And he has the perfect chance to try it. Not far from the car park, there are deer in a field, and […]
Read moreRoy is out with the guys from Jelen Premier, trying to get on to a big old sika stag. They use every calling trick in the book. Find out how they get on. ▶ For more about the Blaser R8 Roy uses, visit Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ Click here for the Leica Magnus scope ▶ For Jelen […]
Read moreIt’s all new, new, new in this episode of Crowhow. Andy’s Blaser F16 has been off to the factory for a series of bespoke tweaks, he is trying out new fibre-wad Clear Pigeon cartridges from Gamebore, and he even has a new, improved cameraman, Carlos (David is flouncing around Europe waving his camera at foreign […]
Read moreCai Ap Bryn is a hunt swap. He goes to visit Johan Trygve ‘Trigger’ Solheim of the Svanøy Foundation in Norway to go deerstalking. While there, Trigger teaches Cai how to call red stags the Norwegian way. ▶ For more about the Sauer 100 and Minox scope, talk to the distributor via Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ Cai’s […]
Read moreAndy Crow gets the call-up to a driven partridge shoot in Bedfordshire. As part of his Crowhow series, he is enjoying the hospitality of Jack Pyke, alongside our Fieldsports Ireland presenter Jason Doyle. The two of them have lovely day’s shooting in glorious English countryside and… competitive? Perish the thought. Andy is sponsored by: ▶ […]
Read moreThere are fallow deer munching Crow’s crops. The farm manager from Kent gets out his Blaser R8 and waits out for them, partly because he wants them gone, part because he wants a nice new deerskin rug but mainly because he is hungry – and fallow taste great. Look out for great clinical shooting from […]
Read moreDeer manager Niall Rowantree is travelling Planet Deer again, looking at how New Zealand produces monster red stag heads, and going hunting for Tahr in the South Island mountain country. This film is supported by: ▶ Magic Safari Lodges MagicSafariLodges.com ▶ Leica Sports Optics Leica-Camera.com/Sport-Optics ▶ Blaser Blaser.de ▶ Spartan JavelinBipod.co.uk ▶ Nomad UK UK-Nomad.MyShopify.com […]
Read moreTop clay shot Hannah Gibson has never been pigeon shooting. Thanks to Andy Crow, that problem has now been solved – and she turns out to be an excellent pigeon shot. But then she is a British Open Sporting ladies champion, so what do you expect? Andy is sponsored by: ▶ Blaser Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ Gamebore […]
Read moreDeer don’t just yield roast haunch and tender venison backstraps. Here is Cai Ap Bryn’s recipe for delicious deer heart wraps. Ingredients: ▶ 1 deer heart ▶ 6 tortilla wraps ▶ Mexican rub – any or all of paprika, garlic salt, ground cumin, ground coriander, black pepper, cayenne, onion powder and a pinch of salt […]
Read moreHow did New Zealand produce the largest red deer the world has ever seen? In the first in our series Planet Deer, Scottish deer expert Niall Rowantree goes to the other side of the world to find out and tell the story of New Zealand’s remarkable animals, how they are managed, hunted and farmed. He […]
Read moreA good stick and long pockets is all you need – not because you need to pay for anything, but because Niall Rowantree has a technique for putting your stick in your pocket to make the ideal rifle rest for a standing shot. ▶ For more about Blaser in the UK, visit Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For […]
Read moreAndy Crow is out with his shotgun. Oilseed rape is vulnerable to pigeons and the Kent farm manager is decoying them to prevent crop damage. Find out how he gets on. Andy is sponsored by: ▶ For more about Blaser’s F16 shotgun, go to Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For Gamebore’s Clear Pigeon and bespoke Andy Crow shells, […]
Read more150 people came to the The Blaser/Mauser/Sauer/Minox skills day at Braces’ range just south of Bristol. They learned about how to shoot off sticks, how to adjust the turret on a scope, how to shoot running boar and they shot clay pigeons with Andy Crow. And it was all free! For more about the products […]
Read moreCai Ap Bryn shows how to cook a southern fried venison steak on an open fire, with paprika, chilli, parsley, ground coriander, black pepper, salt and rosemary. ▶ This item is sponsored by Sauer Rifles and Blaser Active Outfits. Visit Blaser-Sporting.com for more ▶ For Cai’s cookery, go to GameAndFlames.com ▶ For more films from […]
Read moreCai Ap Bryn shows how to cook a fallow haunch steak on an open fire. Make sure the fire is burning hot. Just add butter, thyme and garlic, and cook until the outside is brown (and the inside is still pink). ▶ This item is sponsored by Sauer Rifles and Blaser Active Outfits. Visit Blaser-Sporting.com […]
Read moreCai has to set up an ambush if he is to shoot a fallow buck for the pot. He knows where they are – but they seem to know where’s safe. Find out how he gets on. For Cai’s fallow steak recipe video, visit ▶ This item is sponsored by Sauer Rifles and Blaser Active […]
Read moreAndy Crow shows how planning and reconnaissance can make a pigeon day work. He sets up his hide under a tree in the middle of freshly drilled crops. ▶ For more about Blaser’s F16 shotgun, go to Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For Gamebore’s Clear Pigeon and bespoke Andy Crow shells, it is Gamebore.com ▶ UKShootWarehouse is at […]
Read moreWhat a combination: Andy Crow and Jason Doyle head out roestalking on a lovely warm day in the south of England. Andy is sponsored by: ▶ Blaser Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ Gamebore Gamebore.com ▶ UKShootWarehouse UKShootWarehouse.co.uk ▶ Jack Pyke JackPyke.co.uk This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode 441 Bit.ly/fieldsportsbritain441 Sign up for our weekly email […]
Read moreCrows are hitting the newly-drilled barley. So, Andy Crow is out to hit the Crows. He shows how he decoys these wily birds and how he shoots. ▶ For more about Blaser’s F16 shotgun, go to Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For Gamebore’s Clear Pigeon and bespoke Andy Crow shells, it is Gamebore.com ▶ UKShootWarehouse is at UKShootWarehouse.co.uk […]
Read moreIt’s an animal feed crop and pigeons love it. That’s why April sees Andy Crow out protecting lucerne fields from the birds. He explains decoying and looks at what the pigeons are eating at this time of year. ▶ For more about Blaser’s F16 shotgun, go to Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For Gamebore’s Clear Pigeon and bespoke […]
Read moreThe crops on Andy Crow’s farm in Kent are under attack from pigeons. With a good wind whipping them along, it’s challenging decoying and shooting. So what other challenges do a February pigeon day produce? ▶ For more about Blaser, go to Blaser-Sporting.com ▶ For Gamebore cartridges, it is Gamebore.com ▶ UKShootWarehouse is at UKShootWarehouse.co.uk […]
Read moreClose-up, slow-motion photography reveals just how much lead a high pheasant needs, as Andy Crow goes shooting in Yorkshire on of the UK’s specialist high-pheasant shoots, Upperwood Estate. It is a Jack Pyke day – and he is there to shoot the Jack Pyke catalogue, too. Expect banter. Crow is shooting at the Upperwood Estate, […]
Read moreThere’s a big, fat fox taking ducks on a shoot, and other foxes congregating in the lambing fields. It all means work for Dorset foxshooter David Pomeroy and his son Sam as they do their rounds with a rifle after dark. David Pomeroy’s kit is: Blaser R8 Professional Success www.blaser-sporting.com Pulsar spotter from www.thomasjacks.co.uk Armasight […]
Read morePlanning your Christmas kit special? Click on the images for links to their high-res jpegs in Dropbox. All caption info on this page. For more, visit www.blaser-sporting.com:
Read moreA young stalker is out after a red stag for the first time. He is stalking at the Ardnamurchan with Niall Rowantree of West Highland Hunting. Rifle is a Blaser R8 and scope and binos by Swarovski. This film is sponsored by Swarovski and Blaser. For more about Blaser, go to www.blaser-sporting.com For Swarovski’s range […]
Read moreCrow has been sent loads of new kit to try on pigeons and deer: – a new stock on his Blaser F16 – a new Blaser R8 with two barrel options – a personalised Aimpoint gun sight – new UK Shoot Warehouse pigeon decoys – new Gamebore Clear Pigeon cartridges Jon Carrington from Blaser Sporting […]
Read moreIs this the future of the local country show? More than 150 Firearm Certificate holders went for a free day sending ammunition down range at Braces rifle range near Bristol. the idea is to put products from riflemakers Mauser, Sauer and Blaser in their hands, and to try out Minox optics and look at Blaser […]
Read moreJackdaws are damaging the crops and farm manager Andy Crow is going to do something about them. He packs his pigeon-shooting kit – with a few jackdaw tweaks – and does battle with the birds for an afternoon. Blaser F16 from http:/www.blasersporting.com Jack Pyke www.jackpyke.co.uk Decoying kit from UKShootWarehouse www.ukshootwarehouse.com Cartridges from www.gamebore.com For more […]
Read moreWhen pigeons are feeding around a huge area, how do you bring them back to the point where you want to shoot them? Andy Crow address the problem with ‘flock focus’. Sponsored by: Blaser F16 from http:/www.blasersporting.com Jack Pyke www.jackpyke.co.uk Decoying kit from UKShootWarehouse www.ukshootwarehouse.com Cartridges from www.gamebore.com For more from Andy, visit www.fieldsportschannel.tv/category/films-with-some-of-our-best-know-faces/andy-crow/ This […]
Read moreRWS 10.3×68 rifle cartridge Hunters in the mountainous Swiss canton of Graubünden have relied on the effectiveness of 10.3mm calibres for the past 150 years. Rimfire Peabodys developed during America’s civil war as well as Vetterli and Martini stalking carbines developed after 1867 were the predecessors of the 10.3x60R – and remain to this day […]
Read moreIt’s time for the Ardnamurchan hind cull. Niall Rowantree is up the hill with Robert Sajitz and Alexandra Baur of Blaser, Sporting Shooter editor Rebecca Green and Shooting Gazette editor Will Hetherington. For Blaser’s R8 rifle, go to www.blaser-sporting.com To go hindstalking at Ardnamurchan, visit www.westhighland-hunting.co.uk This item appears on YouTube in Fieldsports Britain, episode […]
Read moreWhen the rest of Europe freezes in winter, woodcock head for the west coast of the British Islaes where the gulf stream keeps the land warm and allows them to probe in the mud for worms. That makes the west coast – from Cornwall through Wales and Ireland to the Scottish Highlands and Islands – […]
Read moreMario Theus of Palorma Hunting has come up with a stunning new series on YouTube about hunting ibex in the Swiss Alps. Charlie Jacoby goes to visit him in his mountain home and hear how the film came about. Mario’s website is www.palormahunting.ch/ Mario’s first ibex hunting film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aNEZwoMmG4 This item appears on YouTube in […]
Read moreNiall Rowantree is in the middle of the red hind cull (female red deer) at Ardnamurchan in the Highlands of Scotland. Robert Sajitz from German riflemaker Blaser goes to join him on a culling expedition to a small estate. Find out more about West Highland Hunting at www.westhighland-hunting.co.uk For the Blaser R8 rifle, go to […]
Read moreAfter the first showing of Blaser’s new shotgun at the British Shooting Show the F16 is in the hands of journalists at E J Churchill shooting ground. We hear from Dom Holtam and Vic Harker about their first impressions and John Bidwell who helped develop Blaser’s successful F3. This item appears in Claysports, episode 9. […]
Read moreWe are enjoying a Sporting layout at Blaser Safaris lodge in Namibia. Using the Blaser F3 shotgun we get our eye in before heading out for some walked up high speed francolin. This item first appeared in Fieldsports Britain, episode 142. To watch the whole show go to Fcha.nl/fieldsportsbritain142 Sign up to our weekly email […]
Read moreThere’s a leopard caught in a trap! Blaser Safari’s Marc Hillerman is called out by his farm manager after discovering a dead antelope in his laundry room. He assumes it’s been killed by a predator. He sets a trap and discovers the culprit is actually a young leopard. We come along to see how we […]
Read more
