I think that we can all agree that the 2019-20 season was one of, if not, the wettest in living memory

Roxtons are supporters of The Country Food Trust, at the start of December this year they have launched their Winter Appeal and hoping to raise £100,000 for people in need..

With the start of the 2019 / 2020 season less than a week away..

Through the sincere generosity of His Grace, The Duke of Buccleuch, we are delighted to help support this amazing and unique package of staying at Drumlanrig Castle for two nights and shooting on the magnificent Drumlanrig Estate. All funds raised will go straight to the Foundation to help fight the battle against Motor Neurone Disease.

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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...

Early prospects for the 2017 grouse season were very encouraging with excellent spring counts and generally very good breeding conditions. ...

We have just become corporate sponsors of The Country Food Trust, a fantastic charity which manufactures a pheasant casserole which is then donated to people living in food poverty... 

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...