Sporting Shooter UK – August 2019

CONSERVATION

66 A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: How a

farmer in Wiltshire turned hundreds of

acres of land into a wildlife paradise

WILDFOWLING

70 BUCKET LIST: Do you have a bucket

list of quarry? For Alan Jarrett, the

eagle-head snow goose is at the top!

CLAY SHOOTING

18 CLAYS FOR GAME: Clay tuition to

help you shoot better in the autumn

26 GROUND PROFILE: Hownhall

Shooting School

36 CLAY NEWS

92 CLAY GROUNDS

COMPETITIONS

11 Win gun cleaning multi kit

23 Win Seeland Winster jacket and cap

24 Win Seeland Weston Club waistcoat

25 Win a gunslip

77 Our 2020 calendar competition

89 Win Chudleys dog food

GUNDOGS

80 GUNDOG TRAINING: How to

progress with multiple dummies

using the round-the-clock method

84 GUNDOG FOCUS:Ryan’s time-

saving training technique

88 GUNDOG ALPHABET: S is for...

89 GUNDOG EXPERTS: Q&As

Contents

72 CLASSIC GUNS: The original ‘Field

Trials’ weren’t what you might think

74 CROCKETT’S COUNTRY WAYS:

Make a whisk – and beer biscuits!

90 FIND SHOOTING

MARKETPLACE

44 PRODUCTS: Clothing and wads

46 CARTRIDGES: It’s easy being green

48 GUN TEST:Winchester SX4 20-bore

GAME SHOOTING

14 BLACK MAGIC: Glimpse into the

world of modern-day muzzle-loaders

34 ROUGH ROVERS: Happy memories

of a rough shooting day last season

42 TECHNIQUE: Solutions for shooters

who lift their head off the stock

PEST CONTROL

20 PIGEONS: A daytime patrol in a

lupin field in Kent

64 FOXING: Deano may have tussled

with death just weeks ago – but

he’s back out after foxes already!

GAMEKEEPING

55 NGO COLUMN: General licences

57 GAMEKEEPING: Rod tests a whole

host of stalking gear while on a roe

buck and munty stalk

61 UPLAND DIARY: The future success

of grouse shooting

62 KEEPER’S COUNTRY: The oft-times

misunderstood life of an airgunner

ON THE COVER

48 GUN TEST

42 AVOID COMMON PITFALLS

18 MAP YOUR ROUTE

23 SEELAND COMPETITION

84 GUNDOG TRAINING PLAN

20 PIGEONS

66 CONSERVATION

COLUMNS

03 FIRST WORDS
38 COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE
51 BASC
69 SHOOTING IN WALES

REGULARS

06 NEWS
24 LETTERS
28 ASK THE EXPERTS: Q&As on all
manner of subjects
30 GUNSMITHING: A life-changing trip
to Tuscany after boar
33 GWCT: Hooray for Ray Mears!
40 NOTES FROM IRELAND:Up early
in the high seat after those crows
and pigeons

Issue 190

AUGUST 2019

AUGUST 2019

£3.

TRAIN

SMARTER

COMMON PITFALLS &

HOW TO AVOID THEM

MAP YOUR ROUTE

TO BETTER SHOOTING

A SEELAND WIN!

WINSTER CLASSIC JACKET & CAP!

WORTH £115!

S OO S, O S OOS

PIGEONS:

to protect a lupin cropCrowman’s on patrol

GUNDOGS:

Part two of our time-saving training plan

CONSERVATION:

became a wildlife oasisHow a desolate down

N S o

GUN TEST: