Sporting Gun

The family way

I’ve known Marvin Rear for about seven years through a clay shooting club. He is the cunning mastermind behind the layout of each fortnightly shoot. A great job he does too.

The clay club is on top of a hill, which overlooks some of the land where Marvin now shoots game and he has recently been lucky enough to become a member of the family-orientated syndicate. When I was offered a chance to join them on a day, I jumped at the opportunity.

Terrain

Moscow Farm sits in its own small valley with a single-track road running through and an impressive fort at Burrough Hill overlooking it. It is owned by the Johnson family, close friends of the Stimsons, who have the shooting rights. The shoot was set up 35 years ago by John

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Sporting Gun

Sporting Gun6 min read
Easy Does It
Gamekeepers today must be familiar with the various growing options that qualify for stewardship funding. The range of schemes – denoted by an array of names and numbers – can even appear intimidating, especially to the uninitiated. Yet, whatever the
Sporting Gun1 min read
Events
BASC shotgun coach award, Kibworth Shooting Ground, Leicestershire Bisley Range Day, Bisley Shooting Ground, Bisley, Surrey Firearms awareness training – rifle, Calton Moor, Ashbourne, Derbyshire Wild Boar Certificate, BASC head office, Marford Mill,
Sporting Gun3 min read
Shotgun Q&AS
I have trouble at my local shoot on one stand that fires the same target from the same trap on-report. I hit the first one but fail to connect with the second. Why? Tony Bracci says: The fact that you hit the first target proves it can be done, so th

Related Books & Audiobooks