Creating a community: The story behind the Shooting Diaries App

Shooting Diaries is a brand-new mobile app designed to unite the British shooting community. The brainchild of CEO Jason Dent, an experienced country man and entrepreneur, the app started taking shape one quiet afternoon while Jason was doing some vermin control on a local farm. Sitting in a hide, he began to wonder how he could create a more efficient digital system for keeping the gamekeeper up to date with his progress over the last few months. It was this lightbulb moment that sparked the creation of the Shooting Diaries app. Jason explains:

“It was such an exciting moment when I was running this through in my head in the hide. The more I thought about it, I realised the huge potential. It could be the go-to mobile app for anyone who’s already passionate about shooting or wants to get into the sport. A place to share information with like-minded people, make new friends and build a bigger, stronger community.”

Always one to put ideas into action, Jason loaded up the quad, rushed home and started planning. Within days he was working with app development company Rex Global Ltd to make his vision a reality. From humble beginnings, the project snowballed into much more than a simple shooting diary. Jason expanded the concept, adding social media feeds, an in-app chat facility, an in-app explorer, Gun License renewal reminders and other useful features.

With a little help from friends, family and some faces from Instagram, Jason has created the most comprehensive, user-friendly and up-to-date mobile shooting app around.