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Beating Clothing Buyers Guide
Please find below our beating clothing guide for shooting clothing and footwear that is ideally suited to beating. For those of us who love country...
Gamekeeping
Poults Update - Freedom from the pen!
22/09/2014 Update
I have now opened the pens and the birds are stretching their wings. The young pheasants are enjoying real freedom and are slowl...
News
GWCT Woodcock Watch
For those who want to know more about the habits and migration of the iconic woodcock, the GWCT have pioneered a satellite tagging project to see j...
Shooting
Responsible Wetland and Wildfowl Shooting
The Countryside Alliance and BASC have united to reinforce the message that lead free shots must be used when wildfowl shooting in England and Wale...
Guides
Understanding Modern Clothing Materials
Understanding Modern Clothing Materials
What it is, what it does, benefits, why use, when use?
With a cornucopia of words to describe modern day ma...
Guides
Understanding Footwear Materials
When choosing your footwear for any specific activity it is important to understand the terms used to describe your boot/shoe. With our feet carryi...
Stalking
What is Hind Stalking?
Deer Stalking is the term used for hunting and shooting Deer in Scotland. Hind Stalking refers to the cull of female Red Deer and their calves.
The...
News
The Value of Shooting for Britain's Wildlife
For those of us passionate about our countryside it is great to see BBC’s Countryfile leading the debate on the value that shooting brings.
A well ...
News
CAP Reforms
Farmers – helping wildlife, the environment, fishing and shooting
The newly announced CAP reforms have “greening” measures whereby farmers will hav...
Buyers Guides
Shooting and Stalking Clothing Buyers Guide
Shooting and stalking is rewarding and often very challenging… dealing with the extreme of our climate is just the beginning.
It is anything but st...
Field To Fork
Sweet & Creamy Autumn Pheasant & Apple Casserole
Feeds 6 (or 8 when there are small children involved!)
Scrabbling around the deep freeze for inspiration, I found two slightly forlorn looking whol...
Shooting
An Introduction to Duck Flighting
The aim of this guide is to give a broad, yet useful, introduction to duck flighting.
Duck flighting will traditionally take place at a flight pond...