Recipe for venison loin steaks served with cabbage & bacon by Byron Hayter, Ashdown Park Hotel Ingredients: Venison loin steaks 4 venison steaks, each weighing 120g 100ml rapeseed oil salt…
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A beginner’s guide to picking-up
We walk you through what to expect on your first time picking-up, including when to know if your dog is ready, what to do on the first drive and how…
Bordeaux red blends to accompany game dishes
Bordeaux‘s signature grape varieties have traversed the globe, to the extent that Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot have risen to the summit of the world grape planting league in the past…
A guide to wildfowling in the UK
Wildfowling: Whether mallard, pintail or teal, those who want to shoot the different duck species are spoilt for choice.
Game crumble and bread sauce by Simon Hopkinson
Here is how Simon Hopkinson creates his game crumble – and you can click here to see his roast grouse method: Game Crumble recipe: Serves 2, plentifully Ingredients A small…
A rare opportunity to lease sporting rights just over an hour from London
The Verney family has occupied the Claydon Estate for almost 400 years, running it as a commercial business but with traditional values. Until recently the Estate operated its own in…
Partridge shooting lessons for the season ahead
Shooting coach, Mark Russell, shows how to hit both partridge and their clay counterparts.
Stylish dog beds for hardworking gundogs?
Canine indulgence is nothing new (in the 1920s, the Nawab of Junagadh is rumoured to have laid on lavish nuptials for his two favourite hounds), but, increasingly, it’s having an…
How tweeds are woven into the Scottish landscape
In the old Jacket Room at Campbell’s of Beauly, I’m being treated to the Highland equivalent of a visit to a Moroccan carpet shop. Sipping tea, I watch entranced as…
The making of a Purdey shotgun
‘You can tell a Purdey person when out shooting – they’re understated, not flash’ If you’re lucky enough to visit Audley House, James Purdey & Sons’ emporium on Mayfair’s South…
Gun fit, chokes, coloured glasses and lead – some readers’ recent shooting questions
Sporting Gun's shooting coach dips into his mailbag to sort out some more readers' enquiries.
Chris Packham thinks game shooters ‘psychopaths’
The ‘Make Badger Culling, Fox Hunting & Driven Grouse Shooting History’ march called for the banning of legal grouse shooting and legal hunting and an end to the Government’s badger…
Runflat tyres – reassurance out on the road
Whenever and wherever you get a flat tyre, it’s never convenient. You can be stranded somewhere strange, waste lots of time while waiting for the roadside recovery or make yourself…
Fancy a top-end American wine tour?
Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel Finger Lakes Magnificent views of Seneca Lake at sunset from Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel. Image Credit: watkinsglenharborhotel.com Perhaps begin your American wine tour in New York City, and…
Starting shooting: What’s a lock, stock and barrel?
Starting shooting: What makes a shotgun? 'Lock, stock and barrel' is a common enough phrase in the English language, signifying completeness in every respect!
Exclusive: Footballer turned movie star Vinnie Jones talks smoking barrels and his love for fieldsports
Vinnie Jones, the former footballer turned actor, is famous for his tough- man image, but his love for fieldsports is less well known. Shooting Times: What are you up to at…
Start shooting with lessons – and you’ll soon be hooked
Shooting lessons: what you need to know! So, now you are at the shooting ground, what happens next?
This is why you’ll want to visit the Game Fair 2017
As the largest outdoor countryside-themed event in the world, the Game Fair 2017 is set to attract around 120,000 visitors and 1,000 exhibitors to its brand new venue – Hatfield…
How to photograph your gundog like a pro
Understanding your subject can lead to beautiful, natural-looking images Important family members Having grown up with dogs, we understand they are important family members that have a special place in…
What you need to know about Royal Ascot 2017
This month, over 300,000 visitors will flock to Ascot racecourse to witness British flat racing at its finest as world class thoroughbreds compete for more than £6.6 million in prize…