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

Sporting agents add support to British Game Alliance

VINNIE JONES NAMED A PATRON OF THE NATIONAL GAMEKEEPERS’ ORGANISATION

‘EXTRAORDINARY’ ELLIE WINS THE BGA GAME CHEF HUNT

LADIES HONOURED AT BASC AWARD CEREMONY

OBITUARY: MALCOLM ECCLESTON

Readers’ letters

Shooting gallery • To feature in Picture of the Month, please send us a team photograph or a picture of something unusual from your shoot. Send high-resolution images or prints with captions to Shooting Gazette Gallery, Future PLC, Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 7BF or email: martin.puddifer@futurenet.com.

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Shots from the shires

Game recipe of the month

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

TALK OF THE TRADE • Jo Perrott, the founder of The Ladies Working Dog Group, on how to take your rural/shooting-related business online.

SPOT THE BIRD

JUST FOR FUN WORDSEARCH • While taking a break or enjoying a coffee, see if you can find the 11 words listed in the grid below…

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

My dream team • Shoot captain at Barrow Hill.

Under the coverts with… • The chief executive of Dawnay Estates explains “Why I shoot…”

Barrow Hill HAMPSHIRE • Once described as ‘the poshest rough shoot in Hampshire’, this is a syndicate whose heart is as warm as the welcome it has given members new and old over the past 30 years.

Going over old ground • A wander around the home farm highlights the good work done and the hard work still to come.

NEW VOICE of the countryside • The five current BASC Young Shots Journalists – all between the ages of 13 and 21 – offer their views on the state of game shooting.

CATS and DOGS • Battle lines have been drawn in the house between an alleged gundog and the family cat. The Back Gun can only stand and watch but thinks he knows who’ll win this battle of wits.

Counting our blessings • Last season taught many lessons and reminded us of things to be thankful for.

HOW WE USED TO SHOOT • Written more than five decades ago, this account of how Geoffrey Grant and his team ran the shooting over the Crown Estate in Leicestershire in the 1950s and 1960s is one for the ages.

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In memory of DANNY STEVENS • How two gunmakers at opposite ends of the country are utilising their skills for an ambitious mental health project (with a little help from the trade).

The keeper’s view • Headkeeper David Whitby explains how he approaches the promotion of the work of his profession and his sport.

NEXT MONTH

Dogs from days gone by • Why our love for our four-footed friends will last forever.

Harvey slide forward • Gunmaking historian Donald Dallas examines a rare gun which, like so many with its action, actually ended up hardly seeing any use in the field.

THE REVIEW

Miroku High Pheasant

Polestar 1 • Expensive, yes. Is it worth the...