Sporting Gun

Shooting Answers

Meet the team

FRAN ARDLEY

GUNDOGS

Owner of Tarncrag Gundog Training, with more than 10 years’ experience.

NEIL MCINTOSH

VETERINARY

A keen shooter and a practising vet in Scotland.

TONY BRACCI

TUITION

Bisley Shooting Ground’s deputy shooting manager and master gunfitter.

DAVID FROST

LEGAL

SG’s legal expert and author of Sporting Shooting and the Law.

PETER THEOBALD

PIGEON

Pigeon-shooting expert; author of Woodpigeon: The Ultimate Quarry.

ROBERT MORGAN

ANTIQUES

Arms and armour valuer at Holts Auctioneers.

ED COOK

RABBITS

Professional rabbit catcher working over 30,000 acres.

TOM SYKES

PEST CONTROL & WILDFOWLING

Sporting photographer, wildfowler and pest controller.

IAN SWEETMAN

GUNSMITHING

Owner of I S Sweetman Gun & Rifle Makers and former gunsmith at Purdey.

RICHARD ATKINS

TECHNICAL

Expert on the technical aspects of ballistics and shotgun performance.

WILDFOWLING

Morning or evening flight

We have a large pink-footed goose roost locally and I wanted to ask, is it better to flight geese in the morning or evening?

This is an interesting one and can be determined by the area. I prefer morning flights; I enjoy the early start, getting into a good shooting position in the dark and watching the world come to life. Morning flights often produce the most yield for my local area and the duration of the flight is often longer. I find

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