Widget - Not As Others
How a very special dog weaved her unique magic into our hearts
Mark Firth
I've been arranging shooting for 40 years, and originally co-founded Roxtons. Mad keen fisherman and smokery owner.
Firthy's Top Tips for Shooting Lunch Success
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Firthy's Shits Line - the First Candidate
Over 40 years of hosting days - nearly 3000 in that time - I've come across some memorable interesting behaviour. I formed my shits line - of the eight nastiest people I had ever encountered on a shoot; four permanent members and four floaters.
The Rural Roots of Olympic Glory, With a Side of Old-fashioned Manners
How Olympic history should never forget it's rural roots, integrity, or the source of so many of our medallists
The Fragile Beauty of Our Chalkstreams is Under Threat
Decades of mismanagement and poor policy has left our rare and precious chalkstream environments in a perilous state
Grouse - a poor season ahead?
Firthy reflects on the recent history of moor management - specifically how the keepers are at the centre of everything, work all hours yet bear the brunt when there is little or no shooting through no fault of their own
Spain Might Just Have the Best Shooting Estates... Here's Why
Lifting the lid on why Spain is drawing an increasing number of sporting Brits
Funding the Future of Shooting: Why Is It Always Somebody Else's Job?
When it comes to defending shooting, why are so many guns shy of putting their hand in their pocket?
Salmon Fishing - Expensive Casting Practice?
46 years after catching my first salmon, I am reluctantly counting the costs
The Perfect Shoot Guest: How to Get More Return Invitations
As the shooting season draws to a close, many of us will be rueing too few days spent in the field. Here's my advice on how to keep those kind shooting invitations dropping through the letterbox
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Is Commercialism REALLY The Cause Of Shooting's Challenges?
After a long career in the shooting 'industry', I take a look at the all the challenges that shooting faces and ask whether it is fair to point the finger of blame at 'commercial' shooting.
The worst shoot day I have ever seen
For those who say there's no such thing as a bad day's shooting - read on!