Edward Watson: Nobody, no matter how good their game shooting technique, should ever forget that practice is the best way to improve maintain a polished game shooting technique. It is so important that everyone who has a game shooting lesson comes away happy to have spent the money and, most…
Grouse shooting
Best shooting instructors in the UK
Whether based at West London Shooting School, E.J. Churchill, Royal Berkshire Shooting Ground or Barbury Shooting School, the UK is home to some of the world’s best shooting instructors. Many of the top 10 shooting instructors listed below have been at the top of their game for almost as long…
PACEC report: Value of shooting is £2.5bn a year
The new PACEC report reveals that shooting accounts for 10 per cent of all spending on outdoor activity, supports 74,000 full-time jobs and manages 10x more land for conservation than nature reserves
Our sport has a reputation to uphold
The line in the email subject box said: “Watch this, NOW!” The sender was a shooting colleague and he’d sent me a link to a YouTube clip. Curiosity got the better of me so I opened the link. I wish I hadn’t! No, it wasn’t a computer virus — it…
Gamekeepers’ conservation evidence is valid
When the "conservation" community dismisses the evidence of those with direct experience of the natural world, it is, effectively masking the truth, writes Lindsay Waddell, chairman of the National Gamekeepers' Organisation
Partridge and pheasant shooting at Bowhill, Scottish Borders
Shortly before the first drive started, a sparrowhawk emerged from the highest cluster of oak trees and twinkled her wings in the bright sunlight. Against a cloudless blue sky, the little hunter passed directly over my head at a fantastic height, pausing once to wheel and turn before vanishing behind…
Renewed calls for hen harrier conservation
Renewed calls to step up hen harrier conservation efforts have been made by key figures from both sides of the raptor/grouse debate, but agreement on strategy is still a long way off. The latest rallying cries have sounded as the first English hen harrier chicks to hatch in two years…
What kit should I take for a driven grouse shoot?
A reader wants to know what to take to his first driven grouse shoot
David McKay Brown Interview
David McKay Brown needs no introduction, but we’ll give him one any way. He started McKay Brown Gunmakers in 1967 after a decade at Alex Martin Ltd where he began his apprenticeship. His small team of gunmakers, which operates out of a small workshop in Bothwell near Glasgow, produces a…
Bolton Hall: Grouse shooting in North Yorkshire
Bolton Hall: This prestigious North Yorkshire moor enjoyed another superb grouse shooting season last year.
Forecasters predict a bumper year for grouse shooting
Favourable weather conditions give grouse shooting interests considerable cause for optimism this season.
College leases 5,000-acre grouse moor to give students hands-on experience
Askham Bryan College secures lease of grouse moor to give students hands-on experience of managing heather.
Rare ring ouzel benefits from grouse moor environment
Parts of the North York Moors are continuing to see steady numbers of ring ouzel, despite a dramatic fall in population across the UK in recent years.
Spring counts: Red grouse
This year's stock counts on the moor reveal an unusual trend in red grouse hens
Ralia estate: Grouse shooting in Inverness-shire
Ralia estate: Ralia estate in the Cairngorms National Park succeeded in 2012 when others in Scotland failed. Melissa Volpi visited on shoot day to find out why these hills are thriving.