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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Athletic Welsh partridges
Paul Childerley heads to North Wales to shoot legendary driven partridges on the Gwysaney shoot near Mold. Trouble is, he still hasn’t fully recovered from a shoulder injury – so he’s warming up with some stretches, and shooting a nice light 20-bore Rizzini. But will he be able to hold
Will Labour ban gamebird release? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 97
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDEQLlV268 What has the Westminster government got in store for gamebirds and shooting? The news from the GWCT is good – but their top staff warn us not to be complacent. Sir Jim Paice and Roger Draycott from the GWCT talk to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair
Shooting enthusiasts start their own game farm
The last few years have been a nightmare for game farmers, with covid, bird flu, and massive hikes in costs. Despite all that, keen shooters and Fieldsports Channel members James Elliott and Mark Rea plunged into game farming last year, setting up their own game farm at Mark’s parents’ farm
Fulham Shooting Club
Look out, British countryside – the city boys are coming. The Fulham Shooting Club provides shooting days for all levels. Aimed at over-21s who live and work in and around London, it doesn’t matter whether you have never shot before or if you have won an Olympic gold medal for
Dan Thor shoots at Fred the Gamekeeper’s
Instagram star Dan Thor has been invited to a lovely driven partridge and pheasant day by his friend Fred the Gamekeeper. He’s decided to leave his usual Miroku in the cabinet today, and he’s shooting an old favourite Browning 525. The wind is playing havoc with the birds, and Dan
Rocketing fen partridges with a .410
JP Gaudin, The Seated Gun, is shooting fast-flying partridges at the Balsham Shoot near Cambridge. As if that wasn’t challenge enough, he starts with a 20-bore, then moves on to a .410 – and still manages to bring down some stunning birds with the little Eley Fourlong cartridges, to the
