We despatch Jason Doyle to Lincolnshire and one of the country’s most famed driven shoots, Rothwell. Catching up with head keeper John Pyle, he learns what keepers are up to at this time of year and just how much hard…
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The Shooting Show – red and fallow deer stalking in New Zealand
International hunting guide Ben Tumata and client Rob head out with a specific aim in mind: To fill the freezer. With two days to do it, we stalk high and low in search of fallow or red – but this…
The Shooting Show – Rothwell bird bonanza with Geoff Garrod
Geoff Garrod swaps his usual pigeon-shooting antics for a day at pheasant and partridge, shooting driven game at Rothwell. With John Pyle at the helm, those strong end-of-season birds are a delight to behold – and the high winds and…
The Shooting Show – last-minute game shooting on 31 January
We’re at the Rothwell estate in Lincolnshire on the last day of January – the final day of the woodcock season and penultimate day of the pheasant season. Jason Doyle was last seen in educational mode with Carly Coates, but…
The Shooting Show – tutoring a new gun on a driven pheasant shoot
We’re at Burton Agnes estate and today it’s a driven pheasant shoot – and there’s a newcomer in our midst. Carly Coates is the green gun, but there’s no need for her to be nervous – Jason Doyle is her knight…
The Shooting Show – rainy driven pheasants in Essex
Gamekeeping supremo Geoff Garrod turns gun for the day, swapping his more usual pigeons for pheasants on the Rickling Hall shoot in Essex. Loading up with Eley Zenith 20-bore shells, he’s ready for the birds to come – but what…
The Shooting Show – Doyle’s decoying crows and woodpigeons
Jason Doyle’s got some winged pest control to take care of, and we join him as he sets the deeks out in anticipation of a day at the woodies. But things don’t go to plan as, on a windless day,…
The Shooting Show – ultra high pheasant and partridge at the Rievaulx Estate
Jason Doyle, accompanied by the boys from SMH Game Larders, have made the trip to North Yorkshire for some top-notch driven shooting courtesy of Rievaulx Sporting. With the wind up, we’re due some supersonic high birds – and the day…
The Shooting Show – all-night foxing with Mark Ripley
Mark Ripley has some overdue fox control to take care of – so it’s time to go the distance with an all-nighter. This feat of foxing endurance requires all of Mark’s fieldcraft – plus the best kit in the…
The Airgun Show – pigeon and rabbit mixed bag PLUS all the news from the Midland Game Fair
Stuart Wilson’s busy again, taking on woodies in the forestry on his patch. But circumstances soon dictate a switch of quarry, and he shoulders his BSA R10 in pursuit of coneys instead… Then we head to Weston Park for the…
