Shooting Gazette

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

In Focus

New GWT counselling service launched

NEW GUN CLEANING FACILITY AT EJ CHURCHILL

IWA OUTDOORCLASSICS 2021 CANCELLED

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO…

NEW CRIME THRILLER FROM SHOOTING GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR

WILD FOX DISTILLERY TOASTS GAMEKEEPERS WITH A NEW GIN

Readers’ letters

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

Dear Uncle Giles… • Putting your mind at rest concerning issues in the field and beyond.

TALK OF THE TRADE • Custom gunfitter John Jeffries reflects on how 2020 has affected his business and his plans for 2021.

WIN a gilet from Alan Paine

Did you hear about? • Spreading the word about the good that game shooting is doing.

My dream team • Roddy Richmond-Watson, director at West London Shooting School, draws together a crack team to shoot on a day that promises to spare no extravagance.

Under the coverts with… Jeremy Hobson • Jeremy explains “why I shoot…”

The Brigands POWYS • A different take on an iconic shoot with a fascinating backstory to match the hard work going on behind the scenes.

Galloway rules, OK? • Why south west Scotland is the best place in the whole country for snipe shooting.

The Beginning of the End • As far as pheasant shooting is concerned, there is sometimes a sense that mid to late January has a bit of an end-of-term feeling about it, claims Jeremy Hobson.

Wish you were here? • Just because it’s cold, wet and darker earlier doesn’t mean January shoot days can’t be some of the best, argues The Back Gun.

What Lies Within • All sorts of things make their way into a game Shot’s car during the season for all sorts of reasons.

LOOKING FOR WARD TO 2021 • Twenty-twenty-one brings with it a fresh round of challenges and opportunities for the game shooting community. We asked six figures from the countryside’s leading organisations what they are looking forward to about the New Year, how they navigated through 2020 and why, in their eyes, game shooting has never been more important to the countryside and wider community.

The keeper’s view • Headkeeper David Whitby ponders how shoots can navigate to the end of the season, not least where cancellations are concerned.

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A disappointing DAY • The story of murder, money and intrigue across two shoot days.

Quicksilver sport in the woods • A spectacular display from the Guns and their quarry is the highlight of an end of season helpers’ day.

NEXT MONTH

Maybe this time… • Twenty-twenty-one doesn’t have to be a continuation of the year that has just past.

A bird collector’s gun • Gunmaking historian Donald Dallas examines an item built for a...