Silver Gilded Deer Heads

A while back I had an idea to Silver Leaf some Deer Heads. After doing some research and purchased the necessary products I got underway. It is not easy....... Very fiddly and time consuming but rather therapeutic! Needless to say I am very please with the finished results. They are all done in genuine Silver, Gold or Bronze leaf and can be mounted on either an oak shield or a hand painted one. I have been using Farrow & Ball and they can be painted to compliment your decor. I can also do commissions so if you had a medal head it could be done in the matching leaf for the medal. If you did not want the antlers done and just the skull or vice versa that is fine. Please contact me for more details.

Red Stags in Scotland

Came across these guys last year up a beautiful Glen in Scotland, breath-taking!

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British Pie Week! Venison Steak & Kidney Pie

To serve 4-6

1 1/2lb of Venison (shoulder) diced
1/4 lb Venison Kidney diced
1 large onion diced
1/2 pint of Venison stock (beef is ok)
Butter
Oil
Flour
Shop bought puff pastry

In a large oven proof pan:
Fry steak, a bit at a time, in oil until browned.
Remove with slotted spoon onto dish and repeat.

Fry onion in same pan with juices, add butter and flour (1oz) and stir, slowly add hot stock and keep stirring.

Add the venison & kidney.

Put in pre heated oven to 2 - 2 1/2 hours.

When cooked, put in a pie dish and cover with the puff pastry, put a hole in for the steam and brush with egg.

Put back in the oven for 30-40 mins.

Serve with mash and veg.

Delicious!

Manchurian Sika Stags (Cervus nippon mantchuricus)

Photo was taken August last year after a lengthy stalk through a meadow on hands and knees. It was a group of 6 stags in total, still friends just before the rut!

More to come soon on here and also http://www.bavarian-mountainhound.co.uk/

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Vocal Bavarian!

Casca, our Bavarian Mountain Hound decided last night to audition for The Hounds of the Baskerville!

I don't think we will be too popular with the neighbours!

So early this morning we went to the shoot to continue catching up the hen pheasants, unfortunately we only had 2 in the catchers. However that brings the total to 53, which is not bad for a small shoot.

It has been decided to leave it now until next weekend, which is good as otherwise it is 2 x 20 mile trips per day.

Any recipes anyone would like? Please let me know!

Have a Musto Ladies Shooting waistcoat going on the website next week! Www.Bavarian-mountainhound.co.uk - bookmark us and keep checking in for lots more!