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Peas and pigeon shooting
Peas are a great crop for picking off the pigeon - but success still requires fieldcraft A warm day with a light breeze were ideal conditions for shooting over peasIt has been a very strange — and...
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Pest control on covercrops drillings
Tom is up before the birds for a spot of pest control, with hopes of bringing both crows and pigeon into range of his hide with a double decoy patternTom takes aim on another pigeonAfter a very early...
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Top 10 game shoots in Yorkshire
Yorkshire is home to some of the best game shoots in the country. How many of these are on your bucket list? One of Warter Priory's exceptional drives. The vast county of Yorkshire with its varied...
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What’s the best cartridge for pest control?
Pest control is rather a blanket term because there are obviously a variety of pest control needs - for rats, foxes, crows... Here Bruce Potts helps you to make a suitable choice. What I’m going to do...
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Pigeon Shooting with a DIY straw hide
Richard Gray goes pigeon shooting and finds a spot to put his DIY straw hide to the testRichard Gray shooting from his DIY cane hideLast season I had trouble finding camouflage netting in the right...
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New gamebird figures challenge RSPB claims
New research questions RSPB numbers by showing around 15million fewer gamebirds are released each year than claimed New figures estimate 27.9million pheasants and 7.5million partridges are released in...
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Drumlanrig: Partridge shooting in Dumfriesshire
Drumlanrig is home to a partridge shoot which is far removed from the traditional form of the sport where coveys and hedgerows abound. Both the Scudlaw and Gate Slack drives take place alongside this...
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Partridge shooting at Wappenshall in Shropshire
Two decades on, Tony Jackson revisits a Shropshire shoot that’s still putting up greys and redlegs for traditional partridge shooting at its bestJosh Whittingham in action on the first driveTwenty...
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Meet Dragon – the last horse on the beating line?
Spend a day at the Shellard Shoot in Somerset and you may well see Dragon on the beating line, ridden by shoot owner Frank ShellardFrank Shellard on DragonA horse moving with a line of beaters isn’t a...
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Fosseway Game: Partridge shooting at Sutton shoot, Warks
Fosseway Game is connected to the Sutton shoot, a homely shoot with a steely determination to succeed in the North Cotswolds, run by Joe Smith.Paddy Miller and Pocket the dog saw a good deal of sport...
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Pheasant and partridge shooting from Molland, Devon
One of the biggest names in shooting, Molland is part of the Bettws Hall. We asked how the shoot is run and about the challenges it faces. Molland is one of the biggest names in the Bettws Hall stable....
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Where is the best place to shoot redleg partridges in the UK?
There are many fine counties within which to shoot redleg partridges in the UK. Redleg partridges pour over a valley to provide exhilarating sport at Bandirran in Perthshire, but Dr Watson’s favourite...
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Ladies’ partridge shooting in Oxfordshire
Nick Ridley observes the next generation of female shooters coming through at one of Oxfordshire's most progressive driven game shootsTo the uninitiated, game shooting is often thought of as a...
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Partridge shooting at Pawton Manor, Cornwall
Pawton Manor is a high quality partridge shoot run by Anthony and Jimmy Wills that packs plenty of West Country punchThe varied terrain at Pawton Manor means no two drives look the same on the day.I...
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Llandinam shoot: Pheasant and partridge shooting in Powys
Llandinam shoot is a game shoot that delivers excellent partridge and pheasant shooting.Llandinam shoot underkeeper Sam Parkes. Every time I get in the car to go shooting and the journey involves...
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Batcombe shoot, pheasant and partridge shooting in Somerset
Batcombe shoot is the home of a game shooting syndicate some 25 miles from Bath where high birds and old-fashioned values abound. Mark Burr in action on Reevers, the signature drive on the shoot. In...
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Young shots on their first partridge and duck shoot
Tom Sykes joins a team of keen young shots for their first day of partridge and duck donated by local Lancashire farmersThe bag was divided between the Young ShotsEarlier this season, I joined a team...
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Eagle Hall Shoot, pheasant and partridge shooting in Lincolnshire
Eagle Hall is a mixed-game shoot with traditional Lincolnshire topography, whose new owners are aiming to make an impression next season. The Lincolnshire topography is flat but that doesn't mean bad...
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A September challenge for the picker-up
Driven red-legged partridges can offer great September sport for the Gun but they present a particular challenge to the picker-up, says David TomlinsonCrash-landing red-legged partridges can fool even...
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Top 10 partridge shoots
We have scoured the country to bring you this exclusive list of the UK’s best partridge shoots. QuidenhamWhether they are presenting classic East Anglian hedge skimmers, high birds in the chalk downs...
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