Here are a few key reads on shooting red partridges in readiness for the season ahead.
Testing sport in stunning surroundings – whether you’re off after hedge skimmers in East Anglia, high birds in the downs of Southern England or sky-high skimmers on moorland. Shooting Gazette reports back from Dumfries, Wiltshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Devon, West Sussex and Yorkshire.
Your choice of rifle will not only come down to personal preference but will also depend on which species you plan to stalk, writes Bruce Potts.