Shooting: game shooting, rough shooting, pigeon shooting, wildfowling and more
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.
ShootingUK’s shooting pages cover the full range: driven game, rough shooting, pigeon shooting, wildfowling, deer stalking and pest control. Technique, tactics, safety, etiquette, fieldcraft and the practical knowledge that makes a better shot in the field – all covered by writers who shoot the disciplines they write about.
Gear is reviewed honestly. Advice comes from experience. Whatever your discipline, whatever your level, the answers are here – and so is the content that keeps you coming back.
Game shooting: From the Lead Ammunition Group and Game Act to firearms licensing and the biodiversity, four leading figures in game shooting give us their thoughts on the issues that will affect the s...
Spread Eagle Hotel: A shooting-friendly hotel, the Spread Eagle Hotel sets the right tone for visitors.
Is it worth plucking or drawing a pigeon ready for roasting? Everyone I know simply removes the breasts.
Wildfowling: Can you tell me whether the sale of dead geese was legalised when the laws about selling game to dealers was recently updated?
HMRC: A seasonal shoot-tax health check is a constructive way to maintain a good relationship with HMRC.
Hendra Barns: At Hendra Barns you can enjoy shooting, learn to prepare game and bask in the Cornish countryside.
Clay shooting: I have joined the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association and started to shoot registered English Sporting at different grounds in the region.
Rifle shooting: I was recently sighting-in my .308 stalking rifle and it started to light strike or misfire when using my normal factory ammunition. Can you suggest a probable cause?
Pigeon shooting: I’ve been given several boxes of steel shot cartridges – 32 gram sixes. Can I use these on pigeons or are they just for shooting wildfowl?
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.
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