Sporting Gun

Sporting Gun is the leading monthly magazine for clay, game and rough shooters. With editorial offices in the Lincolnshire countryside, it can justifiably claim to be at the heart of the shooting community. Monthly features range from gundog training to pigeon shooting, game shooting to wildfowling – along with sound, practical, advice on equipment and techniques to help the beginner, intermediate or experienced shot get more enjoyment from their sport. Sporting Gun is a must for anyone who invests time in and money on their shooting.

Clay shooting

Shooting comes out of pandemic hibernation

Editor’s welcome • As we go to press, England is taking tentative steps out of lockdown.

Duke marks Trust’s achievement

Top Shot Martin Iddon dies

NEWS IN BRIEF

NEWS IN BRIEF

Ned & Ted

CA head rails against ‘fake news’

Natural England chief appointed

The march of the woodies • Pigeon numbers have escalated due to the general licences shenanigans last year and the lockdown this, which is bad news for farmers, says Robin Scott

Game changer • Dr Roger Draycott of the GWCT discusses the environmental impacts of gamebird releasing and management, and says Wild Justice only tells half the story

Even better than the real thing • Are simulated shoots better than driven game days or are they nothing more than glorified clay shooting? The Editor travels to Wales to find out

Hotel details

Dovey Valley sim shoot details

The land of plenty • Peter Theobald was uncertain for a host of reasons when one of his farmers asked for some lockdown help

Sound the alarm • Jon Snowdon explains the specific purposes of the various different barks of roe deer

Tasks in hand

ANDREA’S RECIPE

That’s your Lotte!

Plink straight • Tom Sykes rekindles his adolescent passion for catapulting while passing the time during lockdown

Pink-footed goose • Charles Smith-Jones evokes the mystery of this prized quarry for wildfowlers

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE

A lifetime’s passion • Geoff Garrod reflects on a half century of decoying, his approach to shooting and the changes he has seen

Send in the cavalry • EdCook tells of how he eliminates the dangers that rabbits pose to horses

Clear advantage • Patrick Hook says visibility is king when taking the fight to Charlie

Patrick’s top tips

Box fresh • It’s not just the South Africans who can make biltong. Here, Charles Smith-Jones explains how you can do it at home

Basic biltong recipe

Keep your eye in • Tony Bracci gives some training tips during this enforced absence from the clay ground

IT’S TIME TO WORK THAT BODY

DRY MOUNTING AT HOME WITH AN EMPTY AND SAFE GUN

Target group • The popularity of rifle shooting has been on the rise but where to go to practise? Gamekeeper Mike Appleby has the answer, says Paul Quagliana

Missing in action • David Turner gives his top tips to help you return to form when you get back to shooting following the coronavirus crisis lay-off

For more information

A new era of mass action • Malcolm Plant speeds through kinetic energy calculations and the implications for shooters as we move away from lead shot

Kinetic energy calculations

Boom bang a bang • Fran Ardley goes through the training stages needed to get your dog used to gunshot

The problem: Diarrhoea and its causes • “Can you explain to me why dogs get diarrhoea?”

Digital currency • Nick Ridley looks at the use of technology as an effective training tool in this time of social distancing

Adventures of Nick & Ted • Nick Ridley learns a few home truths as he trains...