Fieldsports Nation member Pete Thompson enjoys an unforgettable day at Warter Priory in East Yorkshire, which he bought in our auction to support our legal battle with BBC presenter Chris Packham. The estate is famous for world-class driven game shooting, and has hosted royalty and world leaders. Head keeper Frank Croft explains how he’s not just keeping up standards and supporting a thriving local community, he’s also leading the way with sustainable management and non-toxic ammunition.
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Big shoot loaders’ course
Want to become a loader, working with Guns on some of the big game shoots? You can take a LANTRA-certified one-day course to learn the basics, and become a qualified loader. We join a course run by Ann Litchfield of
Warwickshire shoot beaters’ day
The end of the shooting season sees the hard work of beaters rewarded. Those who want to – and who catch the eye of the gamekeeper – come back to the shoot with their own guns. That’s what’s happening today
Blue shot pheasant shoot
We are on a young farmers’ shoot near Colchester in Essex. Charlie Morton has invited his agri-mates to come and enjoy his family’s pheasant and partridge shoot. One of the guns, George Lawrence, is trying out a new shotgun shell
Lad shoots his first partridge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6z38_s5ZaY Clayshooting world champion Sam Green hosts a pheasant and partridge shoot day on a new shoot he is running in Norfolk. It’s a fun, family day out, where eight-year-old Charlie Kiddle shoots his first partridge. For Browning, visit Browning.eu
Ballistic bunnies and birds – Wayne’s steel shot performance test
How good is steel shot compared to lead shot? In a ballistic experiment, Wayne Martin compares an ordinary 32g lead five-shot cartridge with a comparable 32g steel three-shot load using feather and fur dressed ballistic gels to replicate real game
Pheasant shooting in glorious Worcestershire countryside
We are shooting driven pheasants on the slopes of the lovely Bredon Hill, near Pershore in Worcestershire, with Ray Foster-Morison, who won an auction to have his day filmed by Fieldsports Channel, helping to raise money for the GWCT. The
