Shooting Gazette

Galloway rules, OK?

hen the weather is right and the birds have turned up in good numbers, I would happily put my neck out and say that Galloway is the best place to shoot snipe in Britain. Walked-up or driven days can provide dazzling sport in the south-west of Scotland, and I’ve often been out with Guns who are forced to confess that they have run out of cartridges after an hour or two. There have been

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