Shortly after the Game Fair, Chris and George received an email from listener Gary Pettett, whose nomination of his step-father Bill Barling as a 'Shooting Hero' had been featured in the live podcast recording in the Game Fair Theatre. Gary's email was an extraordinarily kind invitation to come and visit the shoot that Bill set up in 1977, to see the effects of nearly half a century of conservation and habitat work, and to enjoy a day's shooting.

On the Saturday before Christmas, Chris and George travelled to the Horsham Farm Shoot to take Gary and Bill up on their offer. After a challenging day's shooting in strong winds, they set up the microphones in the the syndicate's shoot room to find out more about the shoot, the people who run it, and what makes it so special.