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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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.

Pheasant shooting the continental way
They do things differently on the continent. Charlie films a duck and pheasant shoot in Slovakia, where birds are caught up and hand-thrown for guns. To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 786, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain786 More game shooting here

Andy Crow on a Devon pheasant shoot
Andy Crow and Rob Speed are at the Carswell Coastal Shoot in South Devon. It’s a lovely, friendly shoot that’s great for nature, and Andy uses a new word… topography. Carswell Coastal Shoot on GunsOnPegs: GunsOnPegs.com/shoots/devon/carswell-coastal-shoot The shoot has plenty of beds in its own holiday cottages for guns and

Ollie Williams at The Ridgeway: “The best pheasant drive I’ve ever shot”
Ollie Williams is at The Ridgeway shoot, on the border between England and Wales, near Bishops Castle. The shoot is famous for its steep bracken banks, deep wooded valleys, first class driven pheasants and, on a clear day, outstanding views. Ollie is awestruck by the sheer quality and number of