All this and more

I was recently asked what I considered to be the absolute minimum of kit needed for a successful day’s pigeon shooting. I surprised myself when I whittled it down to a gun, cartridges and a rotary.

When I started to take pigeon shooting seriously, in the early 1970s, there were no such things as electronic whirlies and flappers. In those days, no company specialised in pigeon shooting equipment, so my gear either came from ex-Army surplus stores or was home-made. There were few opportunities to make the huge bags we take for granted these