Our people

How to cape deer

Paul Childerley shows how to skin a deer in preparation for a full head mount by a taxidermist. For Sako rifles, go to GMK.co.uk For

#Eaglecam 1

Roy is up the Scottish hills with two golden eagles to help bring down mountain hare numbers – and to try out the #eaglecam he

Pigeon shoot (just the one)

Ryan Dawson of Cymru Hunters and Nick Richards of British Shooting Services ask Charlie Jacoby up for a day’s pigeon shooting in South Wales. Unfortunately,

Paul hunts trophy mouflon

Paul has been offered a trophy 75-80cm trophy mouflon in Hungary. They grow to more than 90cm here. He is on a recce to find

How a field trial works

Paul Childerley is hosting a field trial – and Andy Crow joins him to help put birds on the ground for the dog handlers. Find

Chinese Water Deer Double

Paul Childerley, Cai Ap Bryn and Johan ‘Trigger’ Solheim are stalking the field margins of Bedfordshire in search of Chinese water deer, perhaps the UK’s

Dove hunting with airguns

Rich Leonard is after doves on a farm in Cape Privince, South Africa, armed with his Air Arms S510. This item is supported by Air

How to Reload Your Own Ammunition

Expert deerstalker Roy Lupton shows the kit and the techniques you need to reload your own rifle ammunition, from start to finish. For more info

Elkhound at Work

The Swedish work their elkhounds on a variety of big game. Tim Pilbeam is out to shoot wild boar flushed by an elkhound in Sweden.

Digweed escapes tractor fire

Digweed escapes tractor fire

Top game shot and 26-times world champion George Digweed had a lucky escape when his tractor caught fire. George was mowing maize at the shoot

Pigeons over January Rape

Mark Winser joins Andy Crow to shoot pigeons on the farm in Kent. The birds are coming in hard on the oilseed rape crop and

Find out more about Roger

What a mixture! Roger presents items on our airgun show AirHeads about BSA guns – and lots of other stuff too.

On test: Sako Quad

In the latest ‘Federal on the farm’, Andy Crow takes his Sako Quad and two different cartridges out into the field to see what works

Find out more about Dom

Sporting Shooter and its sister titles Rifle Shooter and Clay Shooter are all under the editorial control of the extraordinary Dom Holtam.

Hunting at Eriksberg

Hunters and wildlife watchers both love the Eriksberg estate in Southern Sweden. You can go there to drink in nature with a pair of binos,

Scottish Stalking

It’s time for the Ardnamurchan hind cull. Niall Rowantree is up the hill with Robert Sajitz and Alexandra Baur of Blaser, Sporting Shooter editor Rebecca

Bloopers 2016

Work with people like Roy, Crow and the rest, and it’s not all going to go according to plan. And it doesn’t. Here is where

Charlie’s Driven Hunt 360

We’ve gone 360! Immerse yourself in a driven big game hunt in Germany. Join Charlie in the stand for the highs and lows of a

Fast Action Wild Boar

It is driven hunting at its finest. Paul Childerley is on the Zeiss Media Hunt on the Laubach estate in Hesse, Germany. he tries out

Scottish Woodcock Shoot

When the rest of Europe freezes in winter, woodcock head for the west coast of the British Islaes where the gulf stream keeps the land

What to Wear out Shooting?

Gameshooting in the UK has a strong sense of fashion, believe it or not. Here is what to wear if you are asked pheasant or

Hunting Model

Crow is looking good as he shoots pheasants with Childerley Sporting in the English Home Counties. The reason? He is modelling the new range of

Straight-Pull Rifle Test

Straight-Pull Rifle Test

Top rifle review Tim Pilbeam has a Merkel Helix, a Blaser R8 and a Browning Maral to play with as he runs through the pros

Guns & Cartridges

Going gameshooting in the UK? Don’t know what to bring by way of guns and cartridges? This film is for you. Edward King lays it

Highland hind cull

Niall Rowantree is in the middle of the red hind cull (female red deer) at Ardnamurchan in the Highlands of Scotland. Robert Sajitz from German

Airgun Multi Pest

Jamie Chandler is out after a Hampshire triple – a squirrel, a dove and a rabbit – with his BSA Ultra XL This item is

Frome & District Pistol Club

Frome & District Pistol Club in Somerset, UK, has a new range, thanks to support from the NRA. Charlie Jacoby watches shooters put it through

Training Eagles to Catch Prey

If you think a golden eagle is big, wait until you see an African crowned eagle. Roy Lupton’s friend Sang from South Korea has one

Hunting Badgers

Badgers are the countryside’s vacuum cleaners. They tidy up a lot of wildlife. Left unchecked, however, and they can suck up the rug with the

Dogs on shoots

You are going on a British gameshooting day. But can you bring your gundog? In the latest in his Shoot Curious series, Edward King gives

Medical packs for hunters

Are you equipped to deal with a bullet or knife wound in the field? Many hunters do not prepare for the worst case scenario even

Food and drink at shoots

You are going on a British gameshooting day. But what do you eat and drink? In the latest in his Shoot Curious series, Edward King

Wild Boar Shoot Training

  Tim Pilbeam is learning about charging boar, running boar and high seat boar. In his new outing in the Rucksack & Rifle series, he

How to tip the Gamekeeper

Don’t be intimidated by the funny way shooters tip keepers. Here is what to do if you are asked on a driven bird shoot in

How to Call in Fallow Deer

You clatter antlers together – that’s how. Roy Lupton shows the secrets of fallow buck calling during the fallow rut, and brings the deer in

Login

Free weekly newsletter