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.
Pigeon shooting: What do you consider to be the optimum distance from a hide to shoot at pigeons?
I am looking to buy a used Sporter for game shooting, and have found three that I like – two have wide ribs while the other is quite narrow. Does rib width have a bearing on how I will shoot?
SHOOTING TIPS: Squirrel shooting! Mark, shooting coach at Grimsthorpe SG, on eliminating the grey plague.
Is it tricky to get a seven-shot FAC semi-auto for pigeon shooting - or is it not worth the hassle? Would I be better off sticking with my three-shot Mossberg on my shotgun certificate?
More than 30 shotguns and pistols have been discovered hidden behind a false wall in Dinas Powys in Wales.
Southfields Farm: Located near the A6 in Leicestershire, Southfields Farm delivers superb sport and was a finalist in the 2012 Purdey Awards for Game and Conservation.
Wildfowling: Morning flight: A morning’s flight on a desolate marsh is the highlight of Richard Brigham’s sporting year.
Oakedge Shooting Ground: Amongst pretty Staffordshire scenery, Oakedge Shooting Ground will test game shots.
I am a newcomer to clay shooting and have just bought a gun with 2.3/4in chambers. However, I find I can buy some cartridges with 2.1/2in cases which, the supplier tells me, are ideal for clay shootin...
Treetops Sporting Ground: Based near Newport, Treetops Sporting Ground is on the site of a former game shoot.
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