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.

Hard facts of steel

Editor

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

NEWS IN BRIEF

EVENTS

Ned & Ted

Aim high at The Classic • Are you ready to compete for your place on the podium and win some prizes, asks Jasper Fellows

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Tempestuous times • Strong winds exact a high cost, and in more ways than one, says Robin Scott, who recommends staying indoors

Malik’s malice

DUDLEY’S DEVASTATION

Hear today, gone tomorrow • Shooting without ear protection? Then you will suffer deafness, and worse, says James Simon

WHAT YOU’LL LOSE

ONE LAST SONG

As the crow flies • Tom Sykes outlines his corvid-shooting techniques and gives tips to help add more birds to your bag

Order of the day • If decoyers think their patterns are to blame for a lack of success on the woodies, they most likely need to think again, says Peter Theobald

Snap to it! • An unexpected opportunity presented itself close to home to a delighted Jon Snowdon

BUCK SEASON

Tasks in hand

Top Tip

Venison fillet and Stilton parcels • Slender and tender

That’s your Lotte

The social network • EdCook talks about his influences in rabbiting and, in particular, one significant friend

Jackdaw Corvus monedula • Charles Smith-Jones says this familiar bird hides its light under a bushel but has much to crow about

JACKDAW FACTS

SPORTING GUN’S CLAY SHOOTING CLUB DIRECTORY

Sensational sim days • Rob Fenwick guides Jasper Fellows through a classic day in the field with a twist at E J Churchill’s Buckinghamshire Shooting Ground

WHO’S WHO

Balls and baubles • Malcolm Plant on the history that created Skeet and the ‘alchemy’ that has seen shooters progress from glass to clay and, perhaps, gold

My life in guns • Tony Bracci tracks his long and varied shooting career through some of the guns he has owned

A test of metal • Geoff Garrod finds an hour of roost shooting gives him a perfect opportunity to test out steel cartridges

Attention seeker • Patrick Hook on the calls and techniques he uses to entice foxes within his range

Patricks’s top tips

The eyes have it • Seeing is believing for gundogs with regard to their handlers and the bond that develops between them, says Fran Ardley

Command and control • Nick Ridley looks at the words and occasionally arcane language handlers use to direct their dogs to do a particular task or obey a specific order

BASIC COMMANDS

HUNTING/ RETRIEVING COMMANDS

Dog health The problem: Bloated and twisted stomach • “I am thinking about getting an Irish setter puppy but I am concerned about bloat. What can I do to mitigate the risk?”

WHAT TO DO?

MITIGATE RISK

Adventures of Nick & Ted • Nick Ridley and the lads have much to occupy their minds over the coming weeks, including a particular lass

Letters • Send us your pictures, letters and pigeon hauls

Letter of the month

HARKILA SANDHEM PULLOVER

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