Fieldsports magazine... for game shooting & fishing field sports enthusiasts the essential quarterly magazine. Fans of field sports such as shooting and fishing will love it. Field sports for all.
Leading field sports artists, known for shooting and fishing pictures, featuring shooting and fishing scenes, are featured. Along with the best shoots and fishings and the great sporting estates where field sports abound.
Field sports fans love eating the fruits of shooting and fishing adventures, so game cookery is big in Fieldsports magazine. And Fieldsports also features top restaurants which offer pheasants and salmon in their menus.
Lots of fishing too. Salmon, trout and sea-trout - fishing all around the UK will appeal to field sports enthusiasts. Fieldsports magazine is for them too. A very high percentage of game shooters also fish in the summer.
Not forgetting field sports, both shooting and fishing, around the world. Partridge shooting in Spain, pheasants in Hungary, elephants in Tanzania and game bird shooting in Tanzania. Again Fieldsports magazine has it all.
Shooting instruction with invaluable shooting tips, and experts on new and old guns. A full guide to shotguns is included. Side-by-side-shotguns and over-under shotguns. Fieldsports looks at all the recommended makers.
Wild pheasants and partridges always appeal to field sports enthusiasts. Fieldsports magazine has shoots that have grown from practically nothing.
In other words every field sports enthusiast will love Fieldsports magazine. Fieldsports is a must.
Fieldsports magazine is the essential quarterly title for all who enjoy game shooting and fishing.
Features include field sport grouse shooting, partridge shooting, pheasant shooting and shoot conservation, It is an essential read for shooting enthusiasts, with much more editorial than any other shooting magazine.
Leading sporting artists who focus on game species such as woodcock and snipe are also featured. There are articles on the best shoots around the country and also the great sporting estates.
Game cookery is also a key element in Fieldsports, along with restaurants serving game dishes.
For the fisherman there are authoritative articles on salmon, trout and sea-trout, with fishing in all parts of the UK and overseas. A very high percentage of game shots enjoy to fish in he summer and Fieldsports is for them.
Not forgetting sport abroad in our fist issue there is partridge shooting in Spain, pheasants in Hungary, elephants in Tanzania, and game birds in Zululand.
Leading authorities talk about shooting instruction with invaluable shooting tips, and there are experts on new and old guns. The new issue has a comprehensive guide to buying an over-under gun. Many side-by-side shotgun users are now thinking about the over-under 12 bore and 20 bore, and the Fieldsports guide looks at all the recommended gunmakers.
Developing a shoot for wild pheasants and partridges is another key subject area with two stories of partridge shoots that have been established from virtually nothing.
In other words, a big, entertaining and informative read for the shooting and fishing sportsman. Fieldsports is a must.
Summer 2010
New initiative benefits GWCT
GunsOnPegs, the online shoot finder, has launched a new Fieldsports insurance package, in which half of the net proceeds will go to Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust research.
Company founder James Horne explained: "I was staggered when I discovered how little money the GWCT received, particularly when they employ 65 scientists whose work is so important to the future of our sport. But, as a charitable trust, they are unable to offer any insurance for members, so we are doing it instead. Half the money will go to the trust for further research, initially in relation to the current project which is looking into finding out exactly what happens to pheasants once they are released into the wild.
The package is competitively priced at £49, with joint membership at £66, and offering £10m public liability and £10m employers' liability - GWCT chairman Mark Hudson said the trust were delighted with the initiative and extremely grateful.
Code of practice withdrawn - for now
The proposed new game rearing code of practice has now been withdrawn for reconsideration.
The new Minister for Agriculture and Food, Jim Paice MP, said that problematic sections could now be reworked in the light of best available evidence. BASC have taken some serious criticism over this, being involved in controversial late changes to the code. They then walked into another storm over a possible ban on lead shot. Quite whether this was justified is hard to say. CEO John Swift insists BASC is firmly opposed to any unwarranted attempts to further restrict lead shot. DEFRA prompted the formation of a lead ammunition working group, involving BASC, CA, GWCT, GTA, RSPB, WWT and others. Then, on the day of the first group meeting, RSPB and WWT published a report on the effects on humans from consumption of lead shot via game meat. Incredible!
A truly Glorious Twelfth?
Another shooting season is almost upon us. The good news is that it really could be a Glorious Twelfth, with a number of moors across the north of England reporting strong broods. Some good reports, too, from north of the border. As ever, a lot can happen between me committing these words to print and the dawning of the opening day, but as Phil Burtt says on page 96 of the magazine, 'fingers crossed'.
Demand is certainly strong. James Chapel, of William Powell Sporting Agency, told me that bookings generally are well up on last year. Robert Rattray, of CKD Galbraith in Perth, also reports a positive mood in Scotland, particularly the Highlands. Conditions have been good for grouse - it has been wet but warm, with lots of insects. Just as long as there are no flash floods and cold temperatures.
The CLA Game Fair
And finally... the CLA Game Fair, which this year moves to Ragley Hall, Warwickshire (see page 120). Why not do it in style? The ever-innovative organisers have come up with a Game Fair VIP Members' Club. For £150, you get hospitality for the day, concierge service, buggy, personal shopper and use of a special VIP area. But don't forget to call in and see us on Stand P1324 at the top end of Bond Street. A welcome awaits.