Discover the Junior section at ShootingUK – your monthly guide to fieldsports for young shooters, countryside enthusiasts, and anyone starting their shooting journey. Whether you’re helping on the family shoot, learning about shooting sports, or exploring countryside skills, our junior shooting content makes fieldsports accessible and exciting.
Our young shooter guides cover shooting safety for juniors, how to start shooting, identifying wildlife, choosing junior shooting gear, and countryside knowledge that builds confidence in the field. Find junior shooting tips, young gun success stories, shooting recipes you can cook, countryside quizzes, and practical advice on everything from gundog handling to game preparation.
Learn about junior shooting disciplines, air rifle shooting for beginners, clay shooting for young people, and the skills every young shot should master. Whether you’re eight or eighteen, completely new to shooting or already helping on shoot days, our junior fieldsports section celebrates young shooters and provides the knowledge you need. Even the grown-ups might pick up something useful along the way.
Learn about wildlife, habitats and tracking signs as you become a countryside detective.
See photos and letters from young countryside enthusiasts as they share their supervised outdoor adventures and proud moments in Kids in the Field.
Meet William Phillips, the youngest-ever winner of the 2024 Young Gamekeeper (Junior) of the Year Award — a six-year-old already dedicated to beating, picking-up, dogging-in, and helping run his fam...
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