Ian Sweetman joins Chris and George to talk about his life in the guntrade. Having started at the bench at age 15, and having worked at some of the country's best-known gun brands before striking out on his own, there are few better placed to offer an insight into the life of a gunmaker.
Ian is also one half of the husband and wife team behind the new rural-focussed social network 'Stile'.
Ian helps to offer some advice to two young game shots ahead of a red-letter shoot day next season, and his views on the dangers of flaming headlights on the A1.
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The Avian's Advice Episode
George, Jake, Avian and Sam gather at the mics once more. Avian's been to the BASC 'keeper's conference, Sam's been lambing, Jake's been behind the lens once more. We celebrate the first Order of the Garters wedding (that we know of) and discuss the value of engaging with your local MP to demonstrate the value of your syndicate to the people who make the decisions that affect us all.
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The Treachery Episode
Leon Challis-Davies, game cook extraordinaire and the man tasked with promoting wild meat to the wider catering and food industries, joins Chris and George on the morning after the Eat Game Awards. He struggles through a hangover with the aid of a powerful cocktail to help the boys resolve a particularly outrageous shooting dilemma involving brotherly betrayal, and plagiarism. Later he shares the latest news from the frontlines of the battle to get the public eating more game.
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1:15:44
The Cirencester Pentathlon Episode
Inspired by the conversation in the previous episode,George, Avian, Sam and Jake gather around the mics to share their suggestions for a suitable mix of events to make up the Cirencester Pentathlon, with ideas ranging from the Welly Wang to Ice Axe Fighting.
We also learn about a shotgun named for one of our number, and dig deeper into questions around rewilding and reintroductions.
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The Keeper's Dream Drive Episode
Tim Weston, Director of Environment, Policy and Politics at the National Gamekeepers Organisation, joins Chris and George for a wide-ranging conversation taking in everything from the morality of breaking up an pair of old English sidelocks, drinking on shoot days, and George's new chicken coop, to the trouble with hare coursing and the challenges inherent in the reintroduction and translocation of species. Tim shares the latest news from the NGO and his Desert Island Shooting
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