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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.
RABBITS
Pattern of behaviour
Do you think camouflage suits help you stalk rabbits? I am trying to get closer to them with my air rifle, but they run off before I can get within range of them.
Ed says: I’ve never been convinced that camouflage makes the slightest difference. Rabbits respond to movement more than pretty patterns. It’s certainly no replacement for fieldcraft, which uses slow movement and patience. If you want to get that close, it would be good to find places where the rabbits haven’t been shot at, especially by larger rifles. It will be difficult to get near your quarry if they are more alert.
LEGAL
Land a certificate
I want to shoot as part of a syndicate that has no land of its own. Will this make it more difficult for me to get a shotgun certificate?
It shouldn’t. Game shooting is a good reason for having a shotgun
