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FROM THE EDITOR
Don’t miss this month
In Focus • THE 1LB APLEY GAME PIE, MADE BY THE BAKERS AT APLEY FARM SHOP, IS ONE OF THE MANY WAYS THE SHROPSHIRE SHOOT USES THE INGREDIENTS ON ITS DOORSTEP TO KEEP ITS GUNS CONTENTED OFF THE PEG. FOR MORE ON THIS SHOOT, TURN TO PAGES 18 TO 27.
Food charity to the fore at the 2021 Game Fair
BASC PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT RURAL BRITAIN LAUNCHED
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Readers’ letters • SHARE YOUR VIEWS Email: martin.puddifer@futurenet.com
LETTER OF THE MONTH
Shooting gallery • For your chance to win a bottle of Taittinger Champagne for Picture of the Month, send us a team photograph or a picture of something unusual from your shoot. Send high-resolution images or prints with captions to Shooting Gazette Gallery, Future PLC, Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7BF or email: martin.puddifer@futurenet.com
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Shots from the shires
Game recipe of the month
Did you hear about..? • Spreading the word about the good that game shooting is doing.
Dear Uncle Giles … • Putting your mind at rest concerning issues in the fie ld and beyond.
TALK OF THE TRADE • Joshua Hunter, head chef at Holland & Holland Shooting Grounds, explains how you can get creative with game in your own kitchen.
WIN a pair of Hunter GTX Evo Extreme® boots from Lowa
Under the coverts with … Mark Hodson • Publisher of the Talking Game recipe journal
My dream team Kaylie Bloxham • Shot and owner of Bloxham PR agency
Apley Park Shoot SHROPSHIRE • An estate with a long and illustrious history of shooting, farming and engineering.
Woodcock, what now? • Why the shooting community cannot be blasé about declining numbers.
For the love of the game • BGA chef ambassador Leon Davies shares his love of game meat with Martin Puddifer.
Blessed are the cheese makers • Handsome Holsteins, record-breaking rams, robotic pigs and eels’ testicles; it’s a strange world we live in, says The Back Gun.
MEAT IS THE MATTER • Game dealers are an important part of the process in getting our sport’s harvest to the consumer. Chris Warren learns more at Vicars Game in Berkshire.
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Doing the gamebird justice • Plucking and dressing a gamebird shouldn’t be seen as a laborious task, argues Roderick Emery, who also has an endless list of imaginative ingredients up his sleeve when the kitchen calls.
Thinking of others • Why there will be no shooting at Hauxton this season.
And so to lunch… • How important is the shoot lunch and in what form should it be presented? By Jeremy Hobson.
The keeper’s view • The Country Food Trust assists those in need with healthy game meals, but now it needs our help, says David Whitby.
Wielding the skillet • Keen Shot and foodie John Clements draws together a trio of his household’s favourite game recipes that are a break from the norm.
NEXT MONTH
Eat, drink and be happy • Why the break in a shoot day can be the best part.
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