Shooting in the UK covers more ground than most sports. A walked-up day on the hill for grouse, a drive on a lowland pheasant shoot, a winter morning in a hide waiting on pigeons, a foreshore dawn for wigeon — the disciplines are different, the skills are different, and the knowledge required for each one runs deep.
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What do you do to fill your time with when you’re not ferreting during the summer months?
Askham Bryan College secures lease of grouse moor to give students hands-on experience of managing heather.
Lord Haldon: A Devon hotel with local charm and views to die for, the Lord Haldon is no ordinary Best Western.
<strong>Winchester's new cubic shot cartridge</strong>
<strong>An evening jaunt in James Herriot country</strong>
Shoot lodges: From Eschott Hall and Bettws Hall to Middleton Lodge and Maristow Barton, there is nothing like sweeping into a shoot lodge before, during or after a day's game shooting.
Antique shotguns: I can’t understand why a top quality gun fitted with sleeved barrels by the original maker should command a lower price than one given a complete new barrel set by the same craftsm...
<strong>Wildfowling on the Blackwater estuary</strong>
Spanish shotguns: A few years ago I purchased a Spanish 20-bore from a reputable dealer who did not know which gunmaker had manufactured it.
Are shell decoys worth using for pigeon shooting? I got a set of 12 as a present at Christmas but don't enjoy the same success as I do with my usual full-bodied deeks. How do you use yours?
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