Shooting Times & Country - May 17, 2023

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How long to hang venison?
The process adds flavour, but the length of time depends on the animal.

Personal training in the garden
Richard Negus is put through his paces to get fit for next season..

Shooting community hails King Charles III in Harrogate

A gun salute celebrates the coronation in style, while there are big plans to grow the Northern Shooting Show for next year’s event

1 min

British Deer Society launches birth survey

The society hopes the research will highlight how deer are reacting to changes in their environment and if birth dates are being affected

1 min

You'll get the hang of it

Hanging a carcass adds flavour to the meat, but how long you leave it for will depend on a number of factors, says Graham Downing

6 mins

Stalking where the snow lingers

Daniel Smith travels to a lonely outpost in the scenic Austrian Alps on a quest to stalk roebuck, but it's the region's chamois goats that will make him return

5 mins

It's a battle of the sexes

Whether you pick a dog or a bitch is a personal preference, says Ellena Swift, but what can affect the decision?

5 mins

Get fit for the field - even in your garden

Improve your fitness and your shooting technique will no doubt benefit too, writes Richard Negus, and you don’t need to go to the gym

6 mins

Avoiding those dental disasters

A handheld metal detector could well be the way forward when cooking with steel-shot game, says Guy Maddocks

5 mins

It's time to get real

It can seem tricky to bridge the gap between training and a shoot day, says Ellena Swift, but there are a number of exercises to help

6 mins

Price isn't the main factor

Liam Bell looks at the pitfalls to avoid and the questions to ask to ensure a healthy stock of birds this season

5 mins

Whipping up a firecracker

The weather might be against them, but Leon Challis-Davies still manages to feed the team a hearty caramelised breakfast burger

5 mins

Preventative action

Distemper has been controlled in the UK through vaccinations, but David Tomlinson asks if annual boosters are still really necessary

4 mins

Big performance in a small package

Mat Manning puts the compact MTC SWAT Prismatic Atom telescopic sight to the test to see how this petite optic performs against its price

4 mins

A sporting life in Africa

What’s the worth in republishing the works of a man who lied again and again over the years?

6 mins

Losing the battle

Robin H Harrison reports on the tragedy of waders, and the difficult struggle faced by the geese in East Norfolk during the hard winter

5 mins

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Since its launch in 1882, Shooting Times & Country Magazine has been at the forefront of the shooting scene. The magazine is the clear first choice for shooting sportsmen, with editorial covering all disciplines, including gameshooting, rough shooting, pigeon shooting, wildfowling and deer stalking. Additionally the magazine has a strong focus on the training and use of gundogs in the field and, because it is a weekly publication, the magazine keeps readers firmly up-to-date with the latest news in their world.