Amy Bates

Amy has written a regular monthly column for Shooting Gazette for over 15 years. She lives in Yorkshire with her husband Peter, an “A” panel retriever judge, where they train their gun dogs at Levenghyl Labradors

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Are these the best shoot lunch ideas of all time?

September 25, 2021

The shoot lunch conjures up scenes of steaming plates, cottage pies and treacle puddings but in fact a shoot lunch on the grouse moor in August should be very different…

Wilson Young Kennel Club Field Trial Sub Committee Q&A

June 21, 2016

Wilson Young was interviewed in the June 2016 issue of Shooting Gazette Amy Bates: Tell us about your picking-up? Wilson Young: “We shoot six days a week and on occasions…

Ian Openshaw on gundogs and field trials

April 26, 2016

Ian Openshaw and I first met a few years ago at a mock grouse trial in Northumberland. Having heard a few tales about the man who has judged the Retriever…