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.
GUNDOGS
Choose your sex
Which make the better gundogs, dogs or bitches?
Fran says: It all comes down to what suits the individual; some people get on better with dogs, others with bitches. If you have a bitch you must take into account that she will generally come into season twice a year and one may fall in the shooting season, which means losing her for at least three weeks. Some people say dogs are less complicated than bitches but in my experience every dog has a different personality and I adapt my handling and training to suit the individual.
LEGAL
Licensing woes out west
I live in Cornwall and have to deal with the Devon and Cornwall firearms licensing department (DCFLD). I have concerns regarding my legal status. My shotgun and firearm certificates were simultaneously valid until 19 March this year. I sent my renewal request and full documentation (by registered
