I love shooting and got involved at a young age beating on local syndicate shoots. There is an image or heritage and tradition and good company sold with shooting which is a passion of mine and has shaped my entire way of life, that being said standing in echo chambers is great, but it doesn't solve problems, the shooting community in the UK is a fantastic asset and massively important for rural areas BUT what we must remember is that most of the population has a pretty poor opinion and understanding of shooting and "blood sports" and that with the internet just as we form our own communities here anti's are highly motivated, with little education of the facts to work against us and are more likely to win the support of an uneducated public who think all pheasant shooting is for toffs and aristocratic hangovers living in the past. I think we need to face facts sooner rather than later else in my lifetime i might be traveling to America for some driven shooting, and i don't think i could bare the shame!!! ( Only joking guys! ).
