Pheasant shooting in Buckinghamshire
Nick Ridley joins some friends for a days rough pheasant shooting in Buckinghamshire with his Circle of Trust Roughshooting SyndicateAsk most people who go shooting what they enjoy about it and many...
View ArticlePheasant shooting on a budget
Find out how you can go pheasant shooting on a budget of as little as £80 to £250!To minimise costs we were pheasant shooting in Suffolk, on a mixed walk-one, stand-one day. East Anglia offers some of...
View ArticlePheasant shooting from the Clovelly Shoot, Devon
The Clovelly Shoot is 2,000 acres of land by the sea able to show challenging pheasant from all four corners of its famed topography. Timmy Dymond in action on the Gardens drive.I hate to use this word...
View ArticleTop 10 pheasant shooting memories
Distilling five decades in the pheasant shooting field to 10 stand-out memories - including Warter Priory, Alnwick Castle and Duncombe Park. The flatlands of the eastern counties can provide...
View ArticleThe Knoll Shoot, Somerset
An ambitious young team at the Knoll shoot wrestles a fantastic shoot day from the ruinous clutches of terrible weather. Emma Harris reports. Graham Morris (left) with father and daughter team Frank...
View ArticleLlandinam shoot: Pheasant and partridge shooting in Powys
Llandinam shoot is a game shoot that delivers excellent partridge and pheasant shooting.Llandinam shoot underkeeper Sam Parkes. Every time I get in the car to go shooting and the journey involves...
View ArticleHave you booked your Shooting UK Event?
Three exciting Shooting UK Events planned for 2015. Book your place now as places are strictly limited. Don't miss out!Shooting UK has now launched three exciting new events for the readers of Sporting...
View ArticleBatcombe shoot, pheasant and partridge shooting in Somerset
Batcombe shoot is the home of a game shooting syndicate some 25 miles from Bath where high birds and old-fashioned values abound. Mark Burr in action on Reevers, the signature drive on the shoot. In...
View ArticleTop 10 game shoots in Yorkshire
Yorkshire is home to some of the best game shoots in the country. How many of these are on your bucket list? One of Warter Priory's exceptional drives. The vast county of Yorkshire with its varied...
View ArticleBurton Constable shoot, pheasant shooting in East Yorkshire
Burton Constable is a shoot reborn on an estate with links to Moby Dick that was once owned by the late John Chichester-Constable.Burton Constable Hall watches on as the team is put through its paces...
View ArticleWIN a pair of award-winning MK60 guns worth £5800!
Why have one when you can have two? Sporting Gun is giving one reader the chance to win a stunning pair of Miroku MK60 O/U shotguns.The MK60 High Pheasant was voted best New Shotgun at this year’s Time...
View ArticleThe world’s smallest shoot?
Pulp fiction writer and shooter Guy N. Smith’s 7½-acre shoot is one of the miniatures of the UK. Here he describes how he realised his dream of creating his own small shootSmall fenced in area of trees...
View ArticlePopular shotguns for the pheasant season
As the pheasant shooting season kicks in here is our pick of four of the best game guns in their class. Every one would hold its own on the grandest drive or the most challenging walked-up day.You need...
View ArticleNew gamebird figures challenge RSPB claims
New research questions RSPB numbers by showing around 15million fewer gamebirds are released each year than claimed New figures estimate 27.9million pheasants and 7.5million partridges are released in...
View ArticleSixty pheasants slaughtered in gruesome attack
An attack at the Wasing Estate is another in a spate of crimes targeting birds in BerkshireThe birds were decapitated and their heads impaled on fence posts at the Wasing Estate on October 10 after the...
View ArticleImprove your pheasant shooting technique
Strong pheasants have come through the summer in good numbers; here Tom Payne offers tips to help judge their flight Now we really are in full swing, with the season well under way, and I’m sure that...
View ArticleHow to look after birds left at the season’s end
So the season is over for another year. But what should you do with birds left on the ground? Liam Bell explainsHen pheasants are sometimes bullied by the older cock birds, especially if there are only...
View ArticleCocking Shoot, West Sussex
Cocking shoot, part of the Cowdray Estate, is a pheasant shoot that shows testing birds that will delight even the pickiest shooter. By Chris Warren.The views are as enjoyable here as the pheasants on...
View ArticleResearchers show how to breed a fitter, stronger pheasant
Simple changes early on in the life of a pheasant can make a big difference to its health Researchers from the University of Exeter have discovered some useful tips for improving the ability of...
View ArticleGolden rules for rearing gamebirds
If you are thinking of rearing your own gamebirds, you should follow these simple rules from the Game Farmers' Association advisor Charles Nodder With more than 200 gamefarms and business members, and...
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