Hartpury College was awarded the Gamekeeping College Challenge Shield, beating off strong compeititon from runners-up Newton Rigg. Hartpury College also walked away with the high gun prize thanks to the…
Martin Puddifer
Deputy Editor
Scottish Gamekeepers’ Day at Scone Palace
The Scottish Gamekeepers Day’, organised by BASC, provides gamekeepers across Scotland with a forum for debating important issues such as game bird disease management, and allows gamekeepers to stay abreast…
Melissa Rigby to work with John Rigby & Co.
Melissa Rigby, a London-based goldsmith and enameller, and the great, great, great granddaughter of John Rigby, was invited to join the firm by managing director Marc Newton during her visit…
Royal Berkshire Shooting School to lay on kids’ courses
The all-day courses will act as a comprehensive introduction to shooting, provided by full-time instructors, but that doesn’t mean that those already in to their shooting who want to improve…
Why is it important to practise clay shooting in summer?
Edward Watson: Once the driven game shooting season closes, it’s very easy for even the most passionate of sportsmen or women to clean their shotgun and then place it carefully…
Historic Purdey Bicentenary Trio sold
The Purdey Bicentenary Trio, a unique set that consists of a 12-bore side-by-side shotgun, a 20-bore Damascus over-and-under shotgun and a .470 double rifle, was sold to a private collector…
French boar hunting with Totally Boaring
The boom was so loud I thought the sky was falling in. I crouched down, so adamant something awful was about to unfold I was in the first nanoseconds of…
BASC game and beer night with Hook Norton Brewery
The evening will include a 45-minute tour of the Victorian Tower Brewery, a selection of game dishes served with a different beer, and a prize draw. James Clarke, managing director…
BASC members quiz MPs at House of Commons
The meeting took place in the Grand Committee Room of the House of Commons. The panel included Lord de Mauley, the DEFRA minister responsible for shooting, Angela Smith MP, the…
DEFRA’s Elizabeth Truss MP gets in on game
The presentation was made outside Westminster by Jose Souto, game chef and senior chef lecturer at Westminster Kingsway College, and Annette Cole from Taste of Game, just as the driven…
Aldi game for stocking oven-ready pheasants
The move comes after Aldi teamed up with meat processor DB Foods and Taste of Game to stock oven-ready pheasants under the Brookfield Game brand. The packaging of the Specialbuy…
Porch House Hotel, Stow-on-the-Wold review
Having only really ventured into the Cotswolds during the school holidays, I was looking forward to tranquillity as we passed through the likes of Ettington, Shipston-on-Stour and Moreton-in-Marsh on our…
Increase confidence in your shooting
Everyone misses easy birds. From the humble amateur to the duke of wherever, nobody is perfect. Leg-pulling about missed sitters has been part and parcel of shooting since the days…
Pheasant shooting from the Clovelly Shoot, Devon
I hate to use this word but it was a ‘unique’ start to the shoot day, in that I left the modern confines of my room at the Red Lion…
Shooting Gazette subscription: 100% shooting for 35% less
Enjoy everything that is rich about game shooting this Christmas with a subscription to Shooting Gazette. Packed full of reviews, features, stunning photography and comment and analysis from some of…
RSPB chief executive to speak at GWCT conference
The RSPB’s views on shooting and conservation will be aired and debated at the GWCT’s members’ conference at the Royal Geographical Society in London on October 29. Heather buring and…
Mayfair: The ultimate shopping destination for game shots
Mayfair is home to the biggest names in British game shooting, a place where best London gunmaking talent meets the finest materials and creative talent from around the British Isles.…
The White Swan Inn Pickering review
As an enthusiastic Yorkshire-phile, I was really looking forward to seeing Pickering, a small market town I regularly pass through but have only once had the opportunity to spend longer…
Llansantffraed Court, Monmouthshire review
A visit to Monmouthshire is almost a visit home for me and it always shows. Whenever I come this way my accent spills forth the moment the first aitch is…
Game shooting services
Felin Newydd House Probably the most sought-after of all game shooting services, there’s nothing like time away with friends, especially when they’re shooting friends, at a private residence. No sportsman…