Shooting

Shooting on a budget: making your sport more affordable

Shooting on a budget: making your sport more affordable

The cost-of-living crisis has meant many are having to cut down on their hobby spending, with shooting included! Here, we offer advice on how to make shooting sports more affordable.

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Sporting Shooter
2,000 handmade sticks... and still going strong!

2,000 handmade sticks... and still going strong!

Discover the amazing story of Jim Bunney, a 91-year-old stick maker who sells his bespoke walking sticks from Thimbleby Shooting Ground's gunroom.

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Sporting Shooter
Around the Grounds: UK clay shooting clubs

Around the Grounds: UK clay shooting clubs

Discover great clay shooting grounds in the UK; no matter where you live or what discipline you shoot, there is a UK shooting ground to suit your needs.

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Sporting Shooter
Shooter profile: William Gilbert

Shooter profile: William Gilbert

William Gilbert is a young Trap and Sporting shooter who has stormed through his last few years of competition, adding some stunning scores and several medals to the cabinet!

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Sporting Shooter
Shooter profile: Tegan Hart

Shooter profile: Tegan Hart

Tegan Hart is a 16-year-old Olympic Trap and Down the Line (DTL) shooter; she had a wonderful 2022 season, adding some impressive medals to her collection!

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Sporting Shooter
Do wildfowling clubs really aid conservation?

Do wildfowling clubs really aid conservation?

Wildfowlers are used to making the most of the conditions, and when it comes to conservation, Kent Wildfowling and Conservation Association has the same approach.

Author:
Alan Jarrett
Shooter profile: Hermione Burns

Shooter profile: Hermione Burns

Hermione Burns is a 17-year-old British Trap shooter with a very bright future ahead of her, and and high-profile several wins under her belt already.

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Sporting Shooter
Recipe: Pheasant ballotine

Recipe: Pheasant ballotine

An impressive main course show-stopper, the pheasant ballotine never fails to impress. Follow the Game for Anything kitchen's recipe to make sure you get it right!

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Game for Anything
Shooter profile: Hollie Lumsden

Shooter profile: Hollie Lumsden

Eighteen-year-old Olympic Trap shooter Hollie Lumsden shot regularly for Team GB in 2022, and racked up a great list of wins and placings both abroad and in domestic competitions.

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Sporting Shooter
Shooter profile: Leah Southall

Shooter profile: Leah Southall

Leah Southall is a young, British Trap shooter who racked up an impressive medal haul in 2022, including Junior Ladies Olympic Trap British Champion!

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Sporting Shooter
Watch: Game shooting with a semi-auto... is it really taboo?

Watch: Game shooting with a semi-auto... is it really taboo?

In this video, Drennan Kenderdine takes the plunge and shoots a traditional game day using a semi-automatic shotgun and high performance eco-friendly steel cartridges.

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Sporting Shooter
Pigeon shooting: then & now

Pigeon shooting: then & now

We talk to Andy Crow about how pigeon shooting has changed in the years since his very first outings – and where he sees the sport going in the future.

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Emily Damment
Shooter profile: Bethany Norton

Shooter profile: Bethany Norton

Young Olympic Skeet shooter Bethany Norton had a fabulous 2022 season shooting and winning clay competitions at home and abroad.

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Sporting Shooter
When to shoot woodcock

When to shoot woodcock

Would a later start to the open season help our breeding woodcock population? Or should we back a ban on shooting them altogether? Conor O’Gorman takes a look into the world of these migratory and resident birds.

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Conor O'Gorman
Recipe: Butter partridge curry

Recipe: Butter partridge curry

Rich, buttery and bursting with flavour - this butter partridge curry recipe is sure to elevate your game cooking to tasty new heights!

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Game for Anything
Recipe: Korean pheasant and red pepper stew

Recipe: Korean pheasant and red pepper stew

Chris Marney will take your game cooking to a new level! Here, he's spicing up the humble pheasant in a Korean-style warming winter stew.

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Game for Anything
Watch: Deano versus Fox!

Watch: Deano versus Fox!

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...

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Sporting Shooter
How to make the most of partridge shooting

How to make the most of partridge shooting

Simon O’Leary of Hownhall Shooting School takes a fresh look at how to make the most of early-season shooting opportunities, specifically, partridge!

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Sporting Shooter