The experts at Sporting Shooter help you improve your hunting skills.


An Old Hunter's Idle Thoughts

Uncle Nick goes through pin-point accuracy, the magnum advantage, good balance, barrel stretching and cartridges. Premium

Calling your shots

Hunting

The serious big-game hunter should always know exactly where his bullet hit. When shooting at a trophy animal it’s vital to be able to recognize the indications of a hit.

The Engraver’s Art

To my everlasting shame I have only ever owned one firearm which was engraved.

Scouting - A new hunting property

Once you have access to a property, how do you maximise your future hunting success there? Adrian Kenney shares his ten techniques.

Rubs and scrapes tell a story

Most hunters spot a rubbed tree and dismiss its meaning simply as having been done by a stag or buck rubbing the remnants of itchy velvet off his antlers. But actually rubs can mean a great deal more than that.

Busting Boars

Good sized boars don’t just fall in your lap in forest country. Here, we learn how to increase your chances.

Getting a kick out of shooting

Any discussion about getting kicked deals with a complicated subject - a combination of physics, dynamics, psychology, and hot air.

The 300 yard vixen

This vixen paid with her life for hanging at 300 yards and thinking she was safe.

I was fortunate to spend a few days' fox whistling recently with "Foxmeister" Tony Pizzata at a reasonably productive area on a sheep property a few hours from home.

Keep it simple to defeat Murphy's Law

If there's anything I've learnt from a lifetime spent hunting and shooting it is that the hunter should keep everything as simple as he possibly can.

Tips for hunting long horned goats

Useful tips for a successful hunt of long horned goats.

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The reticle you aim with

A reticle’s primary function is to help you aim and there’s many to choose from, but a simple reticle is better for the hunter than a complex one that clutters your field and impairs aiming.