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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
PIGEONS
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.
PIGEONS
A look at things in the round
I have just bought a new pigeon rotary decoy machine and I am unsure where to use it to the best effect. Can you help?
When rotary machines were invented, pigeons were almost suicidal in their attempt to land near them, so much so that there was talk of banning them for fear of decoyers taking too great a toll on bird numbers. Pigeons soon learned to steer clear of the machines, and it took much experimentation before decoyers got the maximum benefit from them. Paul and I still use whirlies 90% of the time, and have found that placing it as far upwind of the decoy pattern as possible produces the best results. Pigeons are
