Spring pigeon decoying, with Geoff Garrod
15 April 2026
Essex gamekeeper and pigeonshooter Geoff Garrod is in clover– literally. He is shooting pigeons in a field of the stuff, after a winter when the
Geoff Garrod is back in the pigeon hide, shooting over freshly-drilled wheat. The birds have been absent from his part of Essex all summer. He uses all of his autumn tactics to bring them in.
Essex gamekeeper and pigeonshooter Geoff Garrod is in clover– literally. He is shooting pigeons in a field of the stuff, after a winter when the
West Mercia Police has made up its own rules restricting Section 1 shotguns – that is shotguns with a magazine capacity greater than two cartridges,
It’s the battle of the gamekeepers. Geoff Garrod and Paul Childerley are at EJ Churchill for the annual British Open .410 Championship. Paul has beaten
Game chef José Souto is back out with pigeon supremo Geoff Garrod, on the Essex estate where Geoff is the gamekeeper. It’s a scorching hot
Gamekeepers Geoff Garrod and his son Justin pop along to Long Acre Shooting School near Cambridge for a charity clay shoot, raising money for the
Geoff Garrod and Paul Childerley shoot it out between them at the 2024 British Open .410 championship at EJ Churchill, with help from James Marchington,