Category: Hunting Tips
Gunplan’s Guide to Going on a Festive Shoot
All over the country, shooters will be enjoying shoots over the festive period. Although no game shooting takes place on Christmas Day itself, Boxing Day shoots are a chance to spend the day enjoying the countryside with your closest friends and family. So, if you’re going out on Boxing Day – or on any festive… Read more →
Rabbit Shooting: Bagging Your First Bunny
We’ve already covered one way to beat the summer shooting blues with pigeon shooting. Today, we cover another popular way of keeping your eye in – rabbit shooting. The gun There’s no better place to start than with the gun you’ll use. We would steer well clear of air pistols. Despite being easier to transport,… Read more →
The UK’s Best Pigeon Shooting Locations
The grouse season is over. The pheasants are no more. But there is one incredibly popular bird for which there is no close season. One of the United Kingdom’s finest sporting birds, in fact. The humble wood pigeon. There are three methods for pigeon shooting; decoying, flighting and roost shooting. Decoying remains by far the… Read more →
What Kind Of Shooter Are You?
From grouse to partridge, clays to targets – shooting is one of the most exciting and skillful sports around. But which type of shooting are you destined for? Take our exclusive and totally non-scientific quiz to find out: What Kind Of Shooter Are You?
5 Ways To Stay Warm On A Shoot
While the shooting season starts in the height of summer, it ends in the depths of winter. As the days get shorter, the temperature cooler and the winds icier, it becomes ever more important to keep yourself warm and dry whilst you’re out on the moors or vale. Having the right clothes can be the difference… Read more →
A Guide To Grouse Shooting Etiquette
Grouse shooting is full of deeply held traditions and subtle codes of behaviour that can be confusing to a newcomer, but the etiquette is not as complicated as it looks. We spoke to Kiri, owner of Athina Sporting – a shooting and hunting trip business based in Kent – on how one should conduct themselves… Read more →
Win £200 of Swillington Shooting Supplies vouchers!
When you’re renewing your shooting insurance, we know you want the best value cover for all your shooting needs. It’s cheaper to take your insurance out through us than through membership of a shooting organisation. So instead of paying more for unnecessary pricey extras, simply tell us the month your renewal is due, and we’ll… Read more →
The top clay pigeon shooting locations in England
Clay pigeon shooting is one of the UK’s fastest growing sports and it’s easy to see why. It is more accessible than most people think, easy to learn but hard to master and a great way to spend time with friends and family. We’ve scoured the English countryside for the best shooting locations and here… Read more →
5 reasons why shooting can be surprisingly good for your health
Target and clay pigeon shooting aren’t typically seen as being as physically demanding as game shooting. After all, stalking birds in boggy marshes and fields can be quite tiring. But actually, now that the game season is over, it might be worth considering taking up other kinds of shooting to stay active. Here are five… Read more →
With the release of The Revenant, Gunplan counts down the five best wilderness survival films
A box office hit in the US, where it’s even competed with the unstoppable force of Star Wars, The Revenant recently won three Golden Globes (Best Film, Director and Actor) and its leading star, Leonardo DiCaprio is hotly tipped to claim the best actor Oscar at this year’s ceremony. DiCaprio stars as legendary fur trapper… Read more →