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WIN a day on a driven shoot!

Competition ends on the 2009-01-06

ALWAYS wanted to experience a day’s driven game shooting but never had the opportunity or contacts to fulfil your dream?

Then here’s your chance! Thanks to the generosity of David Nickerson we are taking 24 young shots aged between 12 and 18 years to his renowned Tathwell estate in Lincolnshire for their first taste of a driven day.

David is both a well-known figure in the gun trade and a sportsman with a lifetime’s experience of game shooting. In fact his knowledge of shooting and guns led to him developing a best-selling range of affordable shotguns – the Lincoln.

So how did he come to hand out such a golden invitation to so many youngsters?

Nigel Winkle of Euroguns, Finningley, South Yorks and its proprietor, Steven Drage take up the story: “We recently asked David how youngsters could possibly hope to try game shooting if they didn’t have the connections or opportunity in the first place. Apart from a fortunate few it’s a situation most teenagers find themselves in. What we said must’ve hit a chord because David’s immediate reaction was ‘right, let’s do something about it then’, and here we are with everything in place for a shoot on January 28.”

By splitting into 3 teams of 8 each of our competition winners will shoot two drives during the day. But the experience on offer is more than just the chance to swing a gun on high flying pheasants and pull the trigger – everyone will also discover what goes into making a driven day tick and the people involved in it.

Guests will learn about the etiquette of a formal day and how everything is geared towards people enjoying a great social occasion in a safe, courteous, environment. David – with the help of a handpicked team of instructors from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation – will be at pains to ensure each guest knows how to handle a gun safely in the company of others and conduct him/herself properly both on the peg, and off it.

Included in this will be advice on safe arcs of fire, how to pick a shootable bird and avoid ‘poaching’ those heading towards a neighbouring Gun.

“This really is going to be a unique and enjoyable day out for all concerned,” said Nigel, “and I for one can’t wait for it to come around!”

All you’ve got to do is answer the questions below.

All correct answers will go into a hat and the first 24 to be drawn will receive an invitation to David’s Tathwell shoot.

What range of guns is David Nickerson associated with?

Where are Euroguns located?

What month does pheasant shooting start in the UK?

Who is the editor of Sporting Gun magazine?

Where in Lincolnshire is David Nickerson’s shooting estate?

And finally… What sort of shooting have you already done?

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Rules & Regulations:
1. Closing date for entries is 6th January 2009
2. All winners must be able to attend on the day of the event (No alternative date will be offered)
3. All entrants must provide their own travel to and from the venue.
4. Winners must provide their own lunch on the day.
5. All entries must be on the original official entry form.
6. Entries received mutilated, illegible, altered, incomplete or not complying exactly with the rules and instructions will be disqualified.
7. No responsibility can be accepted for entries lost or delayed in
the post or elsewhere.
8. No correspondence will be entered into and entry implies acceptance of the rules as final and legally binding.
9. Employees of IPC Media, Euroguns, & BASC and their relatives are not eligible for entry.
10. The prize is as listed – no cash alternative.
11. No purchase is necessary to enter the prize draw, for a free entry form, please write to Ian Hughes, Sporting Gun, Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SU Closing date: 2009-01-06