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Pigeon shooting is one of the fastest growing shooting sports in the uk, People from all walks of life take up this sport every day. If you would like to take up pigeon shooting there is many ways you could go around this.
Firstly let me tell u about BASC an organisation there for shooting it would be very usful to you to join them not only for Pigeon Shooting but for insurance and a lot of other benefits.
Your next option would be to approach any farmers that you know locally or that live around you. If it is an arable farm then you will stand a good chance of being able to get some shooting from them if not you may need to keep trying until you find an arable farm that needs some help.
Another way is to speak to estate owners and see if they need anyone to keep control of there vermin in general. As most estates have rabbits and pigeons and other vermin and all of these need controlled therefore they may not be as keen to take on someone for 1 job if there is someone else out there that will do the two jobs.
Now you also need to know a little bit about the equipment that you will need to take up this hobby properly.
Firstly you need a shotgun preferably 12 gauge. And 32 gram 6 and a half cartridges.
You will also need a hide decoys and seat, it can get uncomfortable. You can find most of these at my website below. You will also need to remember a gamebag to carry home all your birds as you should not leave them lying in the field after your days shooting.
If you need any more information please feel free to visit my website you must also remember that if you are going to take pigeon shooting up as a hobby then you will need to try and get insurance to cover you where ever you are going to be pigeon shooting as a lot of estate owners and farmers will not take someone on if there is no insurance.
you must also remember that if you are going out on your own that people must know exactly where you are going and what time you will be back as you could possibly be in the middle of no where.
