To do this week

Sporting shooter Peter Wilson and triathlon athletes the Brownlee brothers will be hosting a Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) event.

The two-hour evening will be held at Duke’s Dorchester Fine Art Salerooms on Tuesday, 5 December. Mr Wilson, a life member of the GWCT, is hosting the event, which includes a Q&A session, drinks, canapés and a raffle, with a bike ride with Alistair and Jonny Brownlee to be won. Visit po.st/wilsoneve to buy tickets.

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The Pace Brothers and the Northern Shooting Show have launched the DNA Hunting Film Festival, the first of its kind in the UK, and are asking hunters to take part by creating films that offer an understanding of what we do and why we do it. There are two categories — amateur and professional — and shortlisted films will be shown in a showreel at next year’s Northern Shooting Show. The deadline for entries is 31 March 2018. Visit po.st/dnafilm for more information and to enter.

MAKE A FILM

The National Gamekeepers’ Organisation has published the 12th edition of Sporting Shooting and the Law, the indispensable user’s guide to firearm and shotgun licensing written by Shooting Times contributor David Frost. The authoritative 76-page book is the most up-to-date text on gun licensing available, and includes details of the latest amendments to the Firearms Act. For more information, visit po.st/shootlaw.

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