Sporting Gun

Sporting Gun is the leading monthly magazine for clay, game and rough shooters. With editorial offices in the Lincolnshire countryside, it can justifiably claim to be at the heart of the shooting community. Monthly features range from gundog training to pigeon shooting, game shooting to wildfowling – along with sound, practical, advice on equipment and techniques to help the beginner, intermediate or experienced shot get more enjoyment from their sport. Sporting Gun is a must for anyone who invests time in and money on their shooting.

Glorious grouse

SNAPSHOTS • All the month’s news, pictures and more

Deer-hunter card launched

Fall in number of certificate holders

Gamebird release project launched in England

The Coley Classic

NEWS IN BRIEF

EVENTS

Welsh general licence changes

Where eagles are spare

Ned & Ted

Enter the dragon • The first GWCT Welsh Game Fair is almost upon us – and you can get free tickets

Wildlife galore • Robin Scott says his sister’s farm has been an exemplar of conservation for a couple decades and long before rewilding became a buzzword for such

Fast action • Is Target Sprint the next big thing in competitive shooting? Jasper Fellows asks those in the know

Highlands life • Tom Sykes and his wife Charlie have relocated to the wilds of Scotland. Here he looks at the inspiration behind the move plus his hopes for their future

The searchers • Peter Theobald on the correct drill to locate your quarry at any particular time of year

Night moves • Jon Snowdon on the special circumstances that need to be fulfilled for nocturnal culling and how to go about it

That’s your Lotte

Venison loin with gooseberry and mint jelly • The product of a ‘monster’ crop of gooseberries this year

Stoney Creek gear highlights • Here’s a selection of what you could buy with your £2.5k golden ticket

After dark • Ed Cook tells how he goes about his day job with night vision

Indian house crow Corvus splendens • Charles Smith-Jones looks at this invasive urbanite that has the inclination to make itself at home and the ability to wreak havoc in a neighbourhood

SPORTING GUN’S CLAY SHOOTING CLUB DIRECTORY

Down on the range • The Southdown Gun Club has chalked up some notable achievements, Shaun Miller, its managing director, tells Jasper Fellows

Thrill of fast flyers • Malcolm Plant on what it takes to meaningfully tackle ‘ground-hugging missiles’ in September

Points of note • Tony Bracci explains the essentials of how to hold a gun and when to shoot, whether you choose to be out in the field or prefer to be at the clay ground

Chalk and cheese • What a difference a day makes two months on for Geoff Garrod when decoying a particular field on his patch

Almost spot on • Patrick Hook thinks that GPO’s Spectra TI 35, the latest in thermal-imaging technology from the German manufacturer, will be a boon for hunters

Key skills • Fran Ardley explains her approach to mastering the basics of a dog’s training before moving on to more advanced lessons

Order of the day • Nick Ridley says gundogs need sanction and to think otherwise is wrong-headed if you want them to be able to cope with the rigours of the field

The problem: The prostate • “My old lab tends to spend a lot of time huffing and puffing before pooing. Is this just due to arthritis?”

Adventures of Nick & Ted • Dott’s and Percy’s pups have been nurtured and moved on to pastures new – all except a special and spirited girl for whom something twigged for Nick Ridley

Letters • Send us your pictures, letters and pigeon hauls

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