Shooting Gazette

Actor Vinnie Jones was unveiled as the newest patron of the National Gamekeepers’ Organisation (NGO) on St David’s Day. The former footballer, now based in West Sussex, is the son of a gamekeeper. He grew up in the countryside prior to his playing da

An “extraordinary” warm pheasant salad with winter vegetables and pickled berries by Ellie Phillips was the standout dish at the British Game Alliance’s (BGA) inaugural Game Chef Hunt. Ellie, who beats on the Dallowgill shoot, also impressed the judg

Well-known and respected retired gamekeeper, Malcolm Eccleston died recently aged 86, writes Paul Kenyon. Born in Skelmersdale in 1935, he went to work in the mines, as did many people of his era. Malcolm became interested in countryside pursuits and

SHARE YOUR VIEWS Email: [email protected] Game shooting provides many benefits to wildlife, the environment and the rural economy. So why are we struggling so feebly against an endless stream of attacks which are designed to weaken our se

01252 555220 Editor Martin Puddifer [email protected] Group art director Dean Usher Design editor Nicola Jones Group production editor Di Cross Production editors Sarah Potts, Nicola Jane Swinney Managing director, Country Lifestyle Mark

Dear Uncle Giles, I’ve been approached about opening up my shoot to a local gundog club in the spring, if restrictions allow, but some of the syndicate are nervous about access and our birds. I’m keen to give back to the community, so how can I bring

The venue would have to stay close to home at Barrow Hill Farm in the South Downs in Hampshire, where I have shot with my syndicate for more than 30 years. Though we have only eight drives to choose from on any given day they present a variety of sho

The promotion of the benefits of sport and recreation have never been more important. It’s therefore encouraging to know that, given there are so many activities to occupy the time and energy of younger people, game shooting has developed innovative

To cheer myself up in the dying days of a failed shooting season, it was fun to revisit the family farm and look again at the kinds of wildlife habitats we have on offer here. Surrounded on two sides by large deciduous woodlands, there is always some

A round-up of the last game shooting season makes sad reading for us all, whatever our interest or participation in the shooting world. We have lost a lot with so much of the season curtailed by restrictions or lockdowns in November and January, two

April has been our Gundog Issue for more years than I can remember and it is always fun to look back through previous years’ issues for inspiration. One particular issue I have been studying intently of late is the very first issue of Shooting Gazett

This month we are reviewing the Miroku High Pheasant 20-bore and comparing the original version, which has been on the market since 2014, with the Mk 2, developed for launch at the sadly cancelled 2020 IWA OutdoorClassics fair. These guns are now ava

Jo Perrott, the founder of the Ladies Working Dog Group (LWDG), won the Triumph Over Adversity Award at the Rural Business Awards in late February. The LWDG, which Jo originally started on Facebook in 2016 for women who work gundogs, now boasts more

Before Christmas, Cecil, Robert and I went for drinks with SWMBO, who had issued an invitation to the end-of-term drinks ‘do’ with the farmer who so generously allows us to use his land for our training sessions. For five-month-old Robert it was a le

If all your shooting is at battues in the grand style with ranks of gamekeepers and oodles of beaters, and pickers-up with teams of immaculate retrievers poised and ready to fetch everything from the plummeted partridge to the wing-tipped hen that cl