Ashtree Shoot in South Devon has found a brilliant way to get youngsters into shooting. It gives up an early-season day for its own guns so it can invite two dozen newbies to give the sport a go. The set-up is simple. Guns double up on pegs, shooting every other drive, and mentors including pro shooting instructors accompany every gun to teach the basics. At the end of the day, the smiles say it all.
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Pheasant shooting in glorious Worcestershire countryside
We are shooting driven pheasants on the slopes of the lovely Bredon Hill, near Pershore in Worcestershire, with Ray Foster-Morison, who won an auction to have his day filmed by Fieldsports Channel, helping to raise money for the GWCT. The shoot is just one side of a diverse business which
Driven pheasants with the Browning 825
We are at the glorious Sandricourt estate outside Paris, shooting driven pheasants, English style, with the new Browning 825 as the gunmaker celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first commercially produced over-and-under shotgun. In between flushes, shooting journalist Mike Yardley explains the two classic styles of shooting developed by Percy
Driven shooting with the Browning 825
We join world champion clay shooter Sam Green on a lovely frosty January day at his shoot in Suffolk, to try out the new Browning 825 shotgun with a group of Browning staff and sponsored shooters, on driven pheasants and partridges, UK style. Watch a spectacular day on English partridges
Sir Jim Paice shoots driven pheasants at Littlebury
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2C2TZjoMck Former Tory agriculture minister Sir Jim Paice has taken a lovely driven day near Saffron Walden in Essex for his friends and family. As chairman of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, he explains why he shoots Eley steel loads in his 20-bore, and the benefits of shooting for
Fabulous driven English partridges
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w_OVq-5DAI Browning is launching its 825 shotgun, a historic milestone marking 100 years since the renowned B25 over-and-under. The gunmaker does it in style, inviting the UK’s top shooting writers and gun reviewers to an estate near Paris for a spectacular day on driven partridges – not French partridges as
Ollie Williams shoots Three Valleys pheasants in the fog
Ollie Williams and Charlie Rolls have come to the renowned Three Valleys shoot, deep in the rugged countryside of the Welsh Marches. They are looking forward to pitting their skills against some of the most challenging pheasants in the world – but the famous hillsides are shrouded in thick fog.
