The ShootHub Podcast

Poult Markets and Cover Crops - Richard Crofts

Digby and George are joined by Richard Crofts. If you’ve bought chicks or poults in the last 10 years, the chances are you bought them off Crofty. He’s recently finished up working at Bettws Hall where he hosted at The Brigands in the winter and ran the game farm in the summer and has now gone to work for himself along with his wife Lizzy at RC Crops, involved in game birds, cover crops, agricultural seed supply, game farm kit… the whole lot!Few in the shooting world have such a holistic view of the sector as Crofty, and he is uniquely placed to take the temperature of our community and offer words of wisdom gained from being on both sides of the fence, making for a fascinating episode.

Bugeting for your shoot - Jamie Horner

Jamie Horner, recipient of a Special Commendation at the 2019 Purdey Awards and game feed specialist at Marsdens, joins Digby and George to discuss something that all shoots, no matter what the size or style, have to think about: budgets and budgeting.The trio discuss the input costs, including feed, poult and egg prices, rent and more, and how those might shape up for the 2023/24 season. Jamie dispenses wisdom on false economies, the importance of wild bird cover crops and looking after the birds that you have.He also helps us to rate not one but two beating sounds, and shares the one thing he'd like to change about the shooting sector.

Shoots, tax and sporting clubs - Special Edition

Tax is something that every shoot, no matter the size, needs to think about to a greater or lesser extent. Tax expert Michael Sherry joins us to discuss the challenges, and the opportunities

Running a high bird shoot - Episode 2

Will Horner of Cambrian Birds joins George and Digby for a chat. Will rates another listener's beating noise and we learn what one thing he would change about shooting. George and Digby quiz Will about what smaller shoots can learn from commercial shooting operations, the challenge of producing sporting ducks, keeping exacting teams of guns happy, the Cambrian Birds breeding and rearing operation, and how to handle negative PR.

How will bird flu effect next season? - Episode 1

In our first ever episode, leading game bird vet Kenny Nutting join Digby Taylor and George Browne to discuss the current Avian Influenza situation, how that might develop in coming months and how to prevent the rearing season ahead becoming a repeat of last year's. We also introduce 'Beating Noise of the Day' and discover what one thing Kenny would change about the shooting world.Send your favourite beating noises and quickfire questions to pod@gunsonpegs.com