Shooting Gazette is the ‘local paper’ for the global shooting community, and is put together by people with a burning passion for the sport. Driven game shooting's finest journal reflects the pure thrill of standing on the peg on a crisp winter's morning. Stunning photography and the best writers in the field ensure the sumptuous pleasure of shoot day is represented in all its glory every month. With the leading gundog section in the sport and a wealth guidance on every aspect of shooting, from where to shoot and how to be a better shot, to buying a gun and etiquette, no stone is left unturned.
FROM THE EDITOR
Don’t miss this month
In Focus
NEWS UPDATE
Obituary
Hunting safari operators barred from Great British Shooting Show
Readers’ letters • SHARE YOUR VIEWS Email: martin.puddifer@ti-media.com Letters may be edited for clarity or space
Education about game shooting is key
WIN A PAIR OF DUBARRY BOOTS
Vintage page-turners
Together stronger
Shots from the shires
TALK OF THE TRADE • James Crowther, headkeeper at Upperwood Estate, on how he has learnt to make his shoot work in harsh conditions.
Shooting Gazette
Game recipe of the month • Partridge with game chips
My dream team • Journalist and fieldsports photographer.
Under the coverts with... Geoff Garrod • Headkeeper at Audley End, Essex
Have you ever thought about... • How those involved in game shooting can make it even better.
Dear Uncle Giles... • Putting your mind at rest concerning issues in the field and beyond.
Points of law • Peter Glenser QC, firearms barrister and BASC chairman, answers your questions on shooting and the law.
Shooting gallery
Worlaby LINCOLNSHIRE WOLDS • A renowned shoot welcomes Guns who are ready for exceptional, exciting and demanding sport.
Read all about it • Political literature makes for encouraging and despairing reading in equal measure, as The Back Gun explains.
Nature finds a way • Reflections on the survival of birds in the Southern Uplands.
A little bit of something you fancy • When consumed sensibly, alcoholic refreshments can add interesting touches to your day’s shooting, especially at the end of proceedings. Caroline Roddis suggests some tipples to try.
THE RISE AND RISE OF THE PARTRIDGE • What makes this quarry so special? Chris Warren offers his thoughts.
Spring of discontent • My take on the recent general licence saga.
Let the plane take the strain • Chartering an aircraft to get to a shoot isn’t as expensive or unlikely as it sounds.
PARTRIDGE POSER • Looking good on the peg doesn’t just apply to the Guns, you know.
Looking ahead • Time was when almost every country town of any size possessed a church, a post office, a bank, a butcher, several watering holes and a gunsmith. But times are changing and the gun trade is changing with them.
Absolute beginners • Why it’s important to let those new to game shooting find their own way.
THE PHILOSOPHER’S BIRD • Pondering the intricacies and intrigues of the partridge.
The keeper’s view • Headkeeper David Whitby on his and the countryside’s relationship with corvids.
Thomas Boss conversion • Gunmaking historian Donald Dallas on a former percussion gun which found new life as a centre-fire breech-loader.
Flintlock to percussion conversion
The drum-and-nipple conversion
A pair of converted Mortimers
The REVIEW • GUNS, CARS, ANTIQUE CARTRIDGES, SHOOTING KIT & SHOOTING ADVICE
Browning Heritage Hunter • A fantastic high-grade gun that will serve you well, says West...