Log burners and fires have enjoyed a huge renaissance, and it’s easy to see why. In the frost and snow of winter, nothing beats the traditional cosiness of a roaring log…
Shooting UK
Top 10 pieces of essential shooting kit
The cape At first glance, a cape may appear a slightly strange sartorial choice for a determined gun, but when the heavens open, you won’t just look like a…
Easy-to-make recipe for a partridge pot roast
Now the partridge season is well underway there’s going to be some delicious young birds coming your way. Well hopefully. The partridge is smaller than the pheasant but has a…
Recipe for venison loin steaks with cabbage and bacon
Recipe for venison loin steaks served with cabbage & bacon by Byron Hayter, Ashdown Park Hotel Ingredients: Venison loin steaks 4 venison steaks, each weighing 120g 100ml rapeseed oil salt…
A beginner’s guide to picking-up
We walk you through what to expect on your first time picking-up, including when to know if your dog is ready, what to do on the first drive and how…
Bordeaux red blends to accompany game dishes
Bordeaux‘s signature grape varieties have traversed the globe, to the extent that Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot have risen to the summit of the world grape planting league in the past…
A guide to wildfowling in the UK
Wildfowling: Whether mallard, pintail or teal, those who want to shoot the different duck species are spoilt for choice.
Wildfowling for beginners
An essential guide to getting started in this challenging sport
Game crumble and bread sauce by Simon Hopkinson
Here is how Simon Hopkinson creates his game crumble – and you can click here to see his roast grouse method: Game Crumble recipe: Serves 2, plentifully Ingredients A small…
A rare opportunity to lease sporting rights just over an hour from London
The Verney family has occupied the Claydon Estate for almost 400 years, running it as a commercial business but with traditional values. Until recently the Estate operated its own in…
Partridge shooting lessons for the season ahead
Shooting coach, Mark Russell, shows how to hit both partridge and their clay counterparts.
Stylish dog beds for hardworking gundogs?
Canine indulgence is nothing new (in the 1920s, the Nawab of Junagadh is rumoured to have laid on lavish nuptials for his two favourite hounds), but, increasingly, it’s having an…
How tweeds are woven into the Scottish landscape
In the old Jacket Room at Campbell’s of Beauly, I’m being treated to the Highland equivalent of a visit to a Moroccan carpet shop. Sipping tea, I watch entranced as…
The making of a Purdey shotgun
‘You can tell a Purdey person when out shooting – they’re understated, not flash’ If you’re lucky enough to visit Audley House, James Purdey & Sons’ emporium on Mayfair’s South…
Gun fit, chokes, coloured glasses and lead – some readers’ recent shooting questions
Sporting Gun's shooting coach dips into his mailbag to sort out some more readers' enquiries.
Chris Packham thinks game shooters ‘psychopaths’
The ‘Make Badger Culling, Fox Hunting & Driven Grouse Shooting History’ march called for the banning of legal grouse shooting and legal hunting and an end to the Government’s badger…
Runflat tyres – reassurance out on the road
Whenever and wherever you get a flat tyre, it’s never convenient. You can be stranded somewhere strange, waste lots of time while waiting for the roadside recovery or make yourself…
Fancy a top-end American wine tour?
Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel Finger Lakes Magnificent views of Seneca Lake at sunset from Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel. Image Credit: watkinsglenharborhotel.com Perhaps begin your American wine tour in New York City, and…
What’s different between a battue and a Chondel clay target?
Clay shooting: What’s the difference between a battue and a chandelle target? Do you approach the targets in a different manner?
Starting shooting: What’s a lock, stock and barrel?
Starting shooting: What makes a shotgun? 'Lock, stock and barrel' is a common enough phrase in the English language, signifying completeness in every respect!