Shooting Times & Country

Game Cookery

Rough shooting is something that I love doing. I suppose it’s a bit like falconry, especially when you are flying a hawk. You never know what you will find and you can walk for miles before finding anything.

My first experience of rough shooting came with friends in Norfolk on a 2,500-acre farm not far from King’s Lynn. The farm had acres and acres of sugar beet as well as large fields of rape that held pretty much everything you could want to shoot on a day out. Hares, rabbits, pheasants,

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

More from Shooting Times & Country

Shooting Times & Country2 min read
Crossword
4Gun case seen at the awards event? (12) 8 The hard-hitting effect of a bullet means a little rascal must behave (6) 9 Bad-tempered women are mousy types (6)10 Go under a water feature (4)11 The airborne trooper is on location with a flea, for one (8
Shooting Times & Country2 min read
Shooting Proving Hard To Sell As Season Looms
Email your stories / stnews@fieldsportspress.com It will come as no surprise, given the pinch we’re all feeling, that shooting for the forthcoming season is proving hard to sell. Digby Taylor, of GunsOnPegs, told Shooting Times that they are seeing m
Shooting Times & Country4 min read
Letters
Email your letters / stletters@futurenet.com In your issue of 26 July, both Liam Bell and the Secret Land Agent (SLA) wrote about game covers, an essential feature on every serious shoot. The SLA wrote that the game covers on the estate he manages we

Related