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Shooting
Review of Middleton Lodge, North Yorkshire
Middleton Lodge: Make yourself at home at Middleton Lodge, a place fit for any shooting party.
What kind of deer stalking knives should I buy?
I am completely baffled by the choice of stalkers’ knives on the market. What should, and shouldn’t, I buy?
My landlord won’t let me shoot swarming rabbits!
Please help! I rent 20 acres of grazing land that's being eaten to the ground by rabbits, but my landlord won't let me shoot them!
What can I spray on my pigeon decoys to repel water droplets?
Is there anything I can spray on my plastic full-bodied pigeon decoys to repel water droplets and stop them glinting in the light?
My game shooting isn’t as good as it should be!
I don’t shoot too badly on Sporting clays but not so well when game shooting.
Can you go pigeon shooting over water troughs?
A couple of books on pigeon shooting say it’s possible to get a good bag of woodies in hot weather when they visit water troughs or streams for a drink.
How much do working ferrets cost?
What would you say is a fair price for working ferrets? Different people around here seem to charge what they like.
Was I right to cull this buck when deer stalking?
I wonder if Richard Prior could cast his professional eye over the attached photo? Is this a good cull beast (pictured, above)?
My flapper doesn’t always work when pigeon shooting!
I use an electric flapper for pigeon shooting, and also a pigeon magnet most of the time, yet there are days when they don’t seem to work so well.
I can’t hit birds out in front when game shooting!
I'm fairly competent at game shooting, but I do struggle on higher birds and can’t kill them in front, as I tend to do with the others.
Grouse shooting in Danby, North Yorkshire
Grouse shooting: Gallic guns enjoy grouse shooting on the North York Moors.
Do bale hides work in the open when pigeon shooting?
The land I go pigeon shooting on has a big acreage of rape and I sometimes struggle to get a hide in the right place – out in the middle of large fields.
TOP TIPS: Duck shooting!
TOP TIPS: Duck shooting! Shooting instructor, Mark Russell, takes a closer look at those elusive duck-type targets to get you in gear for wildfowling.
Mixed shooting at Euston Hall in Suffolk
Euston Hall: The Duke of Grafton is following in his ancestor's footsteps to offer mixed shooting at Euston Hall.
Are there any books on training a deer stalking dog?
Deer stalking: I would like to train a dog to find deer in woodland that have run off after the shot.
Pheasant shooting in Tuscany
Pheasant shooting: Believe it or not, Tuscany is home to some special pheasant shooting.
Is game shooting too cheap?
Game shooting: In this hard-hitting article, this is an argument as to why game shooting might be!