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, we shadow Andy Crow throughout a day of hard work, to give you an insight into the lives of British farmers and how the heatwave affected their working life... and the production of our...
Your chance to win a slab of 250 VIP Sporting cartridge from premier manufacturer Eley Hawk Ltd worth over £100
If you want to book a stalking trip and it's your first time deer hunting, it pays to know what best practice looks like. In this video, deer manager Chris Rogers guides his client onto a lovely roebu...
Mark Ripley is out from dawn 'til dusk in this video, stretching his skills and his rifle to the limit in order to catch up with some problem foxes on his vast permissions.
Zeiss introduces the DTI 6 - a new thermal imaging camera with exceptional image quality to precisely identify your quarry, day or night!
Our choice of 10 unmissable things to do and see at the inaugural GWCT Welsh Game Fair; as well as being a fun day out for the whole family, the fair raises important funds for research into Wales' mo...
The next Ian Coley open day is set to be the biggest of the year, and attendees have the wonderful chance of winning a Fabarm L4S worth almost £1,400 courtesy of Anglo Italian Arms.
Eley Hawk's ambassadors Jean Paul Gaudin (The Seated Gun) and James Goulding (of The Pig hotels) share their choice of shotgun cartridges for the 2022 game season.
Greenpeace picks a side with a petition calling on a complete ban of all heather burning, while existing petitions seem to be driven by a hatred of shooting, rather than concern for the environment. E...
Game cooking isn't all about stews and pies! Emily Damment rounds up 5 delicious game recipes covering everything from pheasant to venison that are perfect for summer feasts.
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