The boys and girls from Sedbergh School run their own pheasant shoot. It’s a project that introduces them to conservation, wildlife and the great outdoors. Enthusiastically backed by staff, parents and locals, they put on several shoot days throughout the season. There’s a waiting list of kids to join the shoot. We join them for a day.
For more from Sedbergh School, go to SedberghSchool.org
More driven days here:
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
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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
Superb Aikengall partridges
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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
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Shooting enthusiasts start their own game farm
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Fulham Shooting Club
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Dan Thor shoots at Fred the Gamekeeper’s
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Rocketing fen partridges with a .410
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