Young Shots

Pictured is Zachary Mountford at his 10th birthday party. Zachary and all his friends enjoyed their time and his sister Megan, five-year-old in the pink mac, hit a bullseye with only a little bit of help! Not bad for someone who didn’t want a go when she first arrived. Everyone Read more…

Thomas Body, aged 11, helping out at the Praze syndicate shoot in Cornwall. He has recently tried for the first time a 20 bore with a few clays but his dad says he has to learn the ropes before he shoots any birds! He beats every Saturday during the season Read more…

Ted enjoyed his first day picking-up on the Burnhouses Shoot in the Scottish Borders. He managed half a day and must have walked over five miles carrying this beautiful woodcock.

Sarah Taylor, 13, shot a pheasant at the Boxing Day shoot at her local syndicate in Buxton, Derbyshire. Sarah also shoots with the Shotgun and Chelsea Bun Club.  

Robert Mackay pictured with his first pheasant, shot with an 1939 English .410 boxlock ejector, on a driven day at Hurstpierpoint, Sussex.

Natice Waterhouse ran her dog, Warriors Choice (Jack), in the Kent Novice Cocker Trial and achieved a certificate of merit and the Guns’ choice prize of a game bag sponsored by BASC. Jack was given to Natice last Christmas and she trained the dog herself. Later the pair achieved second Read more…

Jacob Swann, age 13, with a hen pheasant he shot in Northumberland in January. He was using a 28 bore Baikal over & under.

Nine-year-old Edward Thomas from Cutnall Green, Worcestershire, with his first ever pigeon, claimed with his first shot using his grandad’s 20 bore.