Syndicates are the building blocks of the UK game shooting community, 45% of shoots run primarily as a syndicate. Syndicates not only provide wonderful shooting opportunities and conservation, but are often keystones in their local communities, bringing likeminded folk together to share a passion for the countryside.

Sam Phillips, who runs a syndicate in Lincolnshire, joins us to discuss the joys and challenges of managing a shoot like this, and how he's managed to keep everything going despite the difficulties of the last few seasons.

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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!

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.

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

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.

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.