Shooting advice: tips, techniques and expertise for clay, game and rough shooting
Whether you’re a novice stepping onto the clay ground for the first time or an experienced Gun looking to sharpen your technique, this is where you’ll find the knowledge to shoot better.
Sporting Gun’s shooting section covers every discipline – driven game, walked-up days, roughshooting, pigeon and corvid control, wildfowling and clay shooting across all formats. Our team of professional shots and industry experts delivers first-hand advice on technique, gun mount, footwork, reading the line and everything else that separates a good day from a great one.
Beyond technique, we cover the seasonal rhythms of the shooting year, from early-season partridge to the final pheasant drives of February, alongside practical guidance on etiquette, safety and getting the most from every day in the field.
In this video, gundog trainer Howard Kirby shows us three methods we can use when training our gundogs at home to help perfect the long-distance, blind retrieve.
Deano is back on the channel! In this video, he finally catches up with a super crafty fox that has eluded him for three nights running...
To celebrate the game season, we’re giving one lucky ready the chance to win a game-shooting bundle worth over £313 from leading UK manufacturer of shotgun cartridges, Eley Hawk.
Drennan Kenderdine has been using the new Rapide 5-lens shooting glasses for a while now, and is highly impressed with the value for money they offer!
Being able to judge distance when sending your dog for a retrieve is an essential skill, albeit not one of the most exciting! Howard Kirby offers some top tips to ensure you’re not sending them on a...
Simon O’Leary of Hownhall Shooting School takes a fresh look at how to make the most of early-season shooting opportunities, specifically, partridge!
A tasty, one-pot recipe that is ideal for using up pigeon and that is sure to be a hit with the whole family - swap the takeaway for this healthier version next time you fancy a Chinese!
If bird flu taught us anything this year, it’s that our industry is too dependent on overseas birds. Tim Weston looks at the ways some game shoots are future-proofing their sport by becoming more se...
Does Eley’s competition cartridge – Superb – live up to its name? Drennan Kenderdine takes it for a spin and reports back in this cartridge test and review.
Drennan Kenderdine gets his hands on the newest member of the Power Blue range, and tests its performance on several sim game days.
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