The Team

Chief cook and bottle-washer for the Anglo American Shooting Society are Silvio Calabi, from the US, and Douglas Day, also a Yank but one who has lived in England for more than 40 years. Between them, they have decades of experience in organizing and managing shoots, and also in easing newcomers into the unique culture of driven shooting. As AASS ‘staff,’ they stay with members and guests from arrival to departure. In the field, they stand with the Guns, to maintain safety and also to help newcomers connect with fast, high-flying birds.

SILVIO CALABI

As a publisher, editor, journalist and author, Silvio has roamed the world on assignment for sporting magazines since the 1970s and has written extensively about fine guns and automobiles, shooting, hunting, fly-fishing, boating and sporting travel. He is a knight of the International Order of St. Hubertus and has led shooting trips across the UK, Italy, Spain and Southern Africa. Silvio lives on the coast of Maine and in the mountains of Colorado. With Ken Duglan’s unexpected passing in September 2025, he has taken the lead in AASS operations.

DOUGLAS DAY

American by birth and British by upbringing, Doug is a devotee of the countryside life, especially driven game shooting and angling (fly-fishing) for trout and salmon. Doug worked for Ford Motor Company, ran his own Information Technology firm and then launched Shots & Company, a purveyor of spirits in bespoke cartridge-shaped decanters. He lives near Newmarket, Suffolk, where he is a member of the prestigious Jockey Club Rooms and Honorary Commander (call sign ‘Shots’) of the US Air Force 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath. Doug was recently admitted to London’s Worshipful Company of Gunmakers as well.