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

New atlas reveals alarming fall in grey partridge numbers

SCHÖFFEL COUNTRY CHARITY CAMPAIGN BOOSTS GWCT COFFERS AGAIN

Another bumper Holts sale

NEW MAXIMUM GAME CARTRIDGE FROM ELEY HAWK

BOSS MADE FOR NEW YORK FIRM SELLS FOR £40,000

PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES

Readers’ letters • SHARE YOUR VIEWS Email: martin.puddifer@futurenet.com

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Game recipe of the month

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

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

WIN a gilet from Alan Paine

TALK OF THE TRADE • Jeremy Payne, director of fundraising at the GWCT, on what he’s learned about raising money throughout the pandemic.

My dream team • Amy Evans from Bettws Hall

Chris Warren • The photojournalist explains, “Why I shoot.”

Winwoods Shoot SHROPSHIRE • A picturesque shoot guided by experienced hands welcomes a shooting party from mainland Europe

The three-legged stool • Helping ground-nesting species to thrive is difficult when predator numbers have rocketed.

THE MYTH of a part-time PASSION • Can there ever be such a thing as a ‘part-time’ gamekeeper? It’s the experience of many that it becomes an obsession to be fitted in alongside career commitments, family life and hours of daylight – but those who do it love every minute, saysJeremy Hobson.

COVERING all the bases • While some need to compose themselves after 2020, the coming year will be a busy one for land and game managers, says Richard Barnes.

National treasures • Cherish every gamekeeper, even the ones you can’t see, says The Back Gun.

IF YOU WANT MY ADVICE… • Retired and veteran gamekeepers have a few words of encouragement (and warning) for youngsters who are about to enter the profession.

Because she cares • There is nothing like a helpful wife to set a shooting man straight, admits Ian Morton.

FROM ONE TO ANOTHER • The differences between a day’s shooting and shooting days.

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The keeper’s view • Headkeeper David Whitby explains why gamekeepers are so important in protecting our fragile ecosystem.

The most important job in the COUNTRYSIDE • What are the attributes of a good gamekeeper?

Fifty years in the making • How wildlife in a small corner of Cambridgeshire has benefited from a passion for nature and game shooting.

NEXT MONTH

No good thing ever dies • Memories of a semi-rural childhood.

‘Three boys in trouble at Hendon’

The Watts Gun • Gunmaking historian Donald Dallas examines a gun with a link to a pioneer in London shooting schools.

From the farm to the city

The Watts shooting aid 1885

The Gilbert Shooting Corrector

THE REVIEW

Bentley Flying Spur W12 • Though it might seem like the age of innocence is lost at the moment, the Roaring Twenties are back, argues Ben Samuelson.

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