Gorgeous walked-up ptarmigan over setters in Swedish Lapland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gITICgdFho It’s one of the finest sporting outings a shooter can enjoy. Paul goes walked-up ptarmigan shooting over setters in Swedish Lapland. The birds are
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gITICgdFho It’s one of the finest sporting outings a shooter can enjoy. Paul goes walked-up ptarmigan shooting over setters in Swedish Lapland. The birds are
How do you whistle in a sika stag? It’s the sika rut in North-West Scotland. Deer manager John Dodd takes two guests out to stalk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1CDEPg2fRg Towering hills, roaring stags, wily hinds: Mark Karn won’t be defeated. Leica’s UK sports optics boss is after a stag during the rut on
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Daql1wpS4 Some people like to keep their shooting under the radar. Not Dan Thor – he shares everything on Instagram, and today he’s on an
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gCJreXN2Cc Ollie Williams has a magical wildlife moment with a roe doe on an outing stalking bucks. Click here for more from Ollie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHZkoPMUW1g What are white pheasants? They are just ordinary pheasants that are albino – but they serve two important purposes in the countryside. They help
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQgTaNFoh0U Andy Crow gets under the covers. He is hiding out in a field so he can ambush marauding geese, and so builds a straw
Mitchell’s Antiques is holding its next Country Sporting Sale on 6-8 October 2021. Among top lots are a clock owned by the famous huntsman John
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvbsCvR7Bwk With foxes hitting local shoots, it’s time to bring out the rifle and lamp, and go after them. Roy Lupton does it the oldfashioned
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2_eqXDF_dI Hundreds of acres around the River Kent estuary in Cumbria, tarns, duck ponds, fishing ponds and a pheasant shoot – all these belong to
youtu.be/r0TBHg2X84g by Ben O’Rourke In 2010, stoats mysteriously turned up on Orkney, perhaps as stowaways on lorries carrying hay for farmers to feed their cattle
A pair of royal guns are up for sale at Gavin Gardiner’s auction on 6 September 2021. The Charles Lancaster muzzle-loading 14-bores will appeal to
Johnny Muston puts the Brocock Commander XR through its paces on a rabbit hunt, and cooks up a delicious rabbit bruschetta afterwards over an open
James Marchington Mark Winser has won the coveted Essex Masters trophy for the fourth time. He shot a tremendous score of 195 ex-200 on Monday
With pheasants out in shoots and eager young foxes looking for an easy meal, Jaf and Paul Jefferson from the South Somerset Ferreters step up
www.youtube.com/watch?v=98SmWMg6q8k Tim Pilbeam is on an 80-acre smallholding that’s surrounded by woodland. He has counted 250 fallow deer on the ground. the trick is to
Our auctions expert Diggory Hadoke of VintageGuns.co.uk selects a 1975 16-bore model 701 boxlock ejector by Webley to solve your steel cartridge problems. He admits
Worried about steel cartridges? Our auctions expert Diggory Hadoke of VintageGuns.co.uk selects a Holland & Holland 12-bore Royal model with two sets of barrels: the
youtu.be/27hgLobyf2s Paul takes a snap shot on a roebuck – then goes into full CSI mode to track it down. For the Sako S20, go
What’s Browning bringing out this year? Browning’s UK boss David Stapley showcases new shotguns, including the Browning Ultra XS, Browning Maxus 2 semi-auto and Miroku
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJdm4oBskIs Roy Lupton takes deerstalking buddy Carlos Carubia out to watch the greatest show in the English countryside: the roe deer rut. Roy calls in
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNRtSwFKxeU Antis have been trying it on in the run up to the Glorious Twelfth 2021. They claim that nearly half the Cairngorms is made
youtu.be/rb-EfO3D9G0 Lord Botham talks to Charlie Jacoby about grouseshooting, cricket and the meaning of life at the 2021 Game Fair. The interview takes place in
Breaking news: The Northern Ireland Assembly has rejected John Blair MLA’s private member’s bill which sought to ban hunting wild animals with dogs in Northern
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJqIXVjCHc Charlie Jacoby tries out dollaghan fishing in Northern Ireland. The dollaghan is the native brown trout of Lough Neagh that runs up local rivers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqbofvrl6TY Roy Lupton takes his rifle to a wildlife-rich environment in the south-east of England. It is the roebuck rut, and his first job is
youtu.be/3mHbARmHnZQ There’s a lot to carry when you set out to decoy pigeons, what with hide poles, netting, ammo, and the decoys themselves. A decent
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlyvSwnXY9I Will we look back on the 2021 Game Fair as a turning point for shooting sports? Charlie Jacoby thinks so, as he interviews country
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJcJXrGbkBs Swarovski binoculars are going visionary. The new Swarovski EL Range TA binos with Tracking Assistant allow you to ‘paint’ the deer you spot. The
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JS3jLV48LI What’s the sporting approach to shooting a fly? Charlie Jacoby reviews the Bug-A-Salt V3.0 ‘Orange Crush’ fly shotgun, which uses compressed air and salt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUDOHEwbatI It’s a hot, summer’s day shooting a bag of 280 pigeons. Andy Crow and his cousin Gary are on flying form today as the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=53lV-53NZpw When it comes to roe calls, you can go expensive with a buttolo call, or you can go cheap. Deer manager Tom Davies does
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6PVdscZq_w Watatunga is the new home of sensible exotic wildlife management in the UK. You can’t see lions and tigers – but you can see
UK’s top clay grounds: list of lists Lots of websites offer lists of the UK’s best claygrounds. Here is the list of lists, also available
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GzbjFqkHZE How does a youngster get into shooting? Tom Sadler and Arthur Warner are twelve-year-olds at the start of their shooting careers. They head to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=voLrY39UdTM When a muntjac breaks into Paul’s pheasant pen, he knows he has to track it down and shoot it – however fast it is
youtu.be/Q0dMNgm49GY George relives the moment when infront of hundreds of spectators he breaks a clay at 130 yards using standard Gamebore shells. As part of
Wayne Martin attempts to set a new world catapult shooting distance record by hitting a clay with a steel ball at over 100m. Wayne’s kit:
Andy Crow learned pigeon shooting with his grandfather. Now it’s time to pass on his knowledge to his own grandson. He starts with how to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=59T_1xXDpe4 Jaf Jefferson is out in Somerset after rabbits with a .22 rimfire. It needs vehicle, lamp, gate opener and night vision. And he comes
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by Ben O’Rourke BBC TV’s Chris Packham wanted a debate that would lead to a ban on grouseshooting. Instead, he got a resounding thumbs-up for
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkptDjlVSnk Matt Turley asks Dan Thor to join him on his pig farm crow shooting duties in Somerset. First of all, up go the decoys
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bTnJww9ou4 Scottish deerstalker Sergio Couto specialises in shooting with iron sights. Paul Childerley enters into the spirit of it by using an Aimpoint sight on
Back in 2004, when Charlie was editing Sporting Shooter magazine, he ran this article on how to make your own pigeon decoy. Instructions Use the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxsAQRs6RvM Ollie Williams is stalking cull roebucks and Tom Davies is shooting foxes. They both need their thermal spotters and, this week, they are splurging
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgCju1VxT5I TV presenter Piers Morgan ‘buggered up’ a chance to explain elephant management. While at the Good Morning Britain programme, he interviewed South African elephant
He used it to shoot his 1,000th stag. Gunsmith Roy Martin and auctioneer Nick Holt talk about the Duke of Portland’s .303 double rifle by
Moving to a new home can be stressful. Moving a gun collection with you more so. Mary Berger from US removals specialist Roadway Moving says
Gun expert Diggory Hadoke of VintageGuns.co.uk selects a J Fairman gun, a poor man’s Purdey, coming up at auction soon. He also looks at the
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