Pigeon shoooting kit: 12 items to keep in the car A pair of binoculars for checking out the flightlines before you set up shop. A score of flock-covered shell…
Jonathan Young
Over and under or side by side?
The choice between over and under or side by side shotgun will be forever open for debate. While tradition has favoured side by sides, an over and under will not…
11 Pheasant shooting tips
Whether you are an experienced Shot or a new Gun, everybody could do with some pheasant shooting tips. So if you feel your technique isn’t quite as sharp as you’d…
Rock pigeon shooting in South Africa
It might or might not have been an eland. Dusk is short in South Africa, the light was fading and we were barrelling home for cold beers and an Afrikaner…
The genius of Browning
With Browning launching their latest shotgun, the B15 Beauchamp, in the UK, Jonathan Young investigates the history of this iconic gunmaker. For The Field’s review of Browning’s new over-and-under, read…
The 20 best pheasant shoots in Britain
The 20 best pheasant shoots picks out the cream of the crop. With the season fully underway, The Field lists the best pheasant shoots in the country from Dorset to…
Top Shots 2015: young bucks
The Top Shots 2015 list is not the preserve of the ancient few. These young bucks prove that being just good on game is not adequate, when you are gunning…
Top Shots 2015: ladies
These ladies don’t lunch, they shoot their own. And these 10 dead-eyed Dianas will wipe most men’s eyes. They make it on to our fabled fifty top shots 2015 list.…
Top Shots 2015: all rounders
Little will inch past these 10 all rounders. Whether walking up a foreshore, after high pheasants or just something feathered and wild you want one of the all rounders as…
Top Shots 2015: grouse gurus
The mantle of the grouse guru rests lightly on these 10 shoulders. But they tumble birds with deadly accuracy. It is sport enough to watch them on the hill grouse…