Shooting Gazette

Shooting Gazette is the ‘local paper’ for the global shooting community, and is put together by people with a burning passion for the sport. Driven game shooting's finest journal reflects the pure thrill of standing on the peg on a crisp winter's morning. Stunning photography and the best writers in the field ensure the sumptuous pleasure of shoot day is represented in all its glory every month. With the leading gundog section in the sport and a wealth guidance on every aspect of shooting, from where to shoot and how to be a better shot, to buying a gun and etiquette, no stone is left unturned.

FROM THE EDITOR

In Focus • GUNS WERE ABLE TO ENJOY FINE SHOOTING DURING THE DAY AT BUCKHOLT LAST SEASON, DESPITE THE WET WEATHER. FOR MORE ON THIS SHOOT, TURN TO PAGES 20 TO 29.

British Game Alliance kitemark flies into Sainsbury’s stores

DO YOU KNOW A LADY WHO′S A STAR OF SHOOTING?

ORGANIC FARMERS WIN 2020 COTSWOLD GREY PARTRIDGE TROPHY

NEW BERETTA PREMIUM DEALER ANNOUNCED

AUCTION IDEAL FOR GIFT IDEAS

NEW ARTISTS TO EXHIBIT AT GWCT GALLERY

Readers’ letters

Shooting gallery

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Shots from the shires

Game recipe of the month • Venison chilli con carne and tacos

Dear Uncle Giles… • Putting your mind at rest concerning issues in the field and beyond.

TALK OF THE TRADE • Hillary Becque, marketing director of Cordings, explains how the London-based company has met the challenges posed to its sector when the coronavirus struck.

WIN a pair of Hunter GTX Evo Extreme® boots from Lowa

Did you hear about..? • Spreading the word about the good that game shooting is doing.

My dream team • BASC chairman Eoghan Cameron selects his team for a crisp morning of driven pheasants in Perthshire

Under the coverts with… Alex Hogg • Chairman of the Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA)

Buckholt HAMPSHIRE • Buckholt, a royal hunting forest dating back to the Norman Conquest, may no longer accommodate regal parties but it still produces sport fit for princes.

Facts and fury • How mountain hares became a convenient tool in attacking grouse moor management.

Dear Father Christmas… • What would make your shooting-themed Christmas list if you could have anything you wanted? Chris Warren puts pen to paper and sends the following to Lapland…

Keep keen concentration • Now is the time to remain focused both on and off the peg, says The Back Gun.

The joy of Boxing Day • An unexpected invitation to shoot on an important day in the calendar will live long in the memory.

There’s more than one day in DECEMBER • Behind the scenes on a festive shoot day with Paul Kenyon and his syndicate in the Angus Glens.

The keeper’s view • Headkeeper David Whitby ponders what a stalker needs from their kit and clothing.

THE SPORTING PAGES OF HISTORY • An examination of a book written by the author, firearms expert and intelligence agent Major Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard.

The same, but different • What was new about pigeon shooting in 2020?

Watch your step • Paul Fievez remembers being the last man standing on the Dead Man’s Grave…

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NEXT MONTH

Strength and resilience • Why the game shooting community will not be beaten.

John Tallis’s London Street Views

Shotgun, rifle and bayonet • Gunmaking historian Donald Dallas examines an interesting item from a lesser known London maker which would have served multiple uses.

Henry With A Bayonet

Dickson With Shot and Rifle Barrels

THE REVIEW

Breda Zenith L 12-bore • A well-engineered shotgun which handles superbly...