The right land: If you’re looking to make the leap and become a game farm owner, then finding the right location is crucial. Many years in the farming industry has taught me that there are three must-haves that every successful game farm needs: free

The fame of St James’s Street rests upon its association with the coffee houses and clubs that for some 250 years had made it and Pall Mall the social rendezvous of much of the aristocratic society in London. St James’s Street thus became a centre of

It was great to hear that more than 100 country tourism businesses in Scotland have received a £1m boost recently thanks to lobbying by BASC and the Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group (SCSTG). Representations were made by the two groups to the Sco

If there’s one thing many of us have missed since 23 March, 2020, it’s the ability to get out and about. And not only to our local shoots, I’m talking about getting out of our own counties and even the country for game shooting. Shooting Gazette has

The Field is delighted to announce that from the June 2021 issue Shooting Gazette will join our best-selling, iconic, 168 year-old publication. “I hope that the Gazette’s keen sporting readers will find a natural home within our pages, with our empha

I have taken over as captain on a shoot whose former skipper was a larger-than-life character and it’s been suggested that I should try to “fill his shoes”. I’m more Jack Dee than Liberace and don’t want to try to be something I’m not. Thoughts? OGL,

Taking Bernard Moss, retired headkeeper and West London instructor, with me, we grabbed a selection of cartridges, from 28g to 35g, and started at the 40ft towers. We were unsure how the test would go as when you pick up the Dominus it’s a bit of a l

I feel compelled to add comment to the lead/steel shot/plastic debate. Firstly, I am appalled by how our shooting organisations have rolled over on this subject without the necessary debate or consultation from our sport’s participants. I am so angry

Having spent several years dancing around the idea, I finally invested in a trail camera. I cannot understand why I didn’t take the plunge sooner. Several different models of trail camera have been on the market for years and many are now so cheap th

Porsche has brought out the first fully electric car for the shooting community. From the company that developed the Jagdwagen (‘hunting car’) back in the 1950s and built a Cayenne, now in the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, that was so specifically des

This begs the question, of course, about the impact that the pandemic has had – and will continue to have – on the availability and accessibility of game shooting by the start of the next season. My judgement is coloured by the fact that I have been

We have something a little different to cast our eye over this month, an AYA Dominus manufactured to Sportarm specifications. The target market for the Dominus is the side-by-side enthusiast who’s looking for something a bit heavier to provide steadi

There can be no doubt that travel broadens the mind. I have probably met more people from a wider range of backgrounds and nationalities since I joined Shooting Gazette 15 years ago than I had in the previous 25 years of my life, and I am all the bet

Engineering The engineering on AYA guns has been tried and tested; they are as indestructible as any gun can be. We use a number of AYA No 4 boxlocks at the shooting school and I cannot recall sending one to the gunsmith for repair. Numerous customer

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The chance to shoot one drive on four different shoots in the Chilterns in a single day is the mouth-watering prize being offered in a raffle in aid of the GWCT. The prize will see the eight Guns enjoy a drive on each shoot on a date to be agreed bet