We don’t think we could say that the 2018-19 season was a classic! It’s been well documented that the detrimental effects that the ‘Beast from the East’ and the dry summer had on grouse numbers although early concerns about cover crops not growing due to the dry weather, were unfounded.

Whilst the early pheasant days were a success, many shoots struggled to hold onto their birds due to the mild and bright weather and an abundance of wild food...

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has launched a new book to increase understanding of shoot conservation and to raise standards by increasing awareness of Guns’ legal and ethical obligations including tackling some of the most controversial issues affecting shooting today...

Six months is a long time in the Natural World, and even more so in the heather-clad uplands of Northern England and Scotland. Most moors started the winter with good, healthy stocks of grouse, having had solid seasons last year. Who would have foreseen the effects of the long, challenging winter that was to come...

Roxtons are delighted to support the research programme which is being carried out by the Game and Wildlife Trust (GWCT) with assistance from the Greater Exmoor Shoots Association (GESA). The three year programme is privately funded by such donations and is currently in its last phase...

We are always keen to encourage the young, believing firmly that they are the future of shooting. Dan Reynolds hosted a day on Saturday at Druids Lodge where these two enthusiasts energetically joined their father with their toy guns...

The plastic-v's-fibre wadding remains a topic of colourful dispute. Some shoots prefer guns to only use plastic as it is believed to provide a cleaner kill on the higher birds, so we put our own cartridges to the test with a summer experiment... 

Our Roxtons guns have had a truly excellent driven partridge season in Spain. This year we had parties shooting from the 1^st October through to the last week of the season, all with excellent results...

Partridge shooting in Spain has a long and colourful history so I went to visit the various lodges that we represent in a bid to understand the compelling appeal.