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Sanity is restored

As the coronavirus crisis continues to weigh upon the population of County Kerry, the countryside offers a glorious escape for one besieged shooter and his setters

Play the long game with cover crops

The next shooting season will certainly look different but it is vital to keep everything ticking over, including your crops, says Liam Bell

Keeping in the swing

Many of us have a lot of time on our hands at the moment so why not get some shooting practice in at home suggests Simon Reinhold.

Keeping an eye on you

How well can deer species see and why does the blaze orange of European hunters not expose them? Graham Downing investigates

It's a bug's life

Paying a bit more attention to creepy-crawlies could reap great benefits for your shoot

Extinction rebellion

The huge Irish elk was a fearsome foe for our forefathers — one of many, says Richard Negus

Apocalypse now

Rabbits have no respect for the lockdown and are running riot, so Simon Whitehead heads out to put a dent in their numbers

A little local difficulty

Experienced roe stalker Richard Hardy finds the new kids in town, muntjac, present a whole new challenge

Toyota Hilux £20,423

The Toyota Hilux has been shifting loads for 52 years and its latest incarnation lives up to that workhorse reputation, says Ed Coles.

Slipping out of our grasp

There is a real risk that we will lose thecapercaillie forever,

War and peas

Frustratingly for farmers, there is nothing that woodies like more than young peas — Tom Payne heads to Norfolk to tackle the issue

Waterloo sunset

Now illegal under the Hunting Act, hare coursing has a rich history, from the Romans up to the Blair government, says Sir Johnny Scott

Ireland's goat talent

County Kerry has a healthy population of feral goats that cause much damage but luckily they’re tremendously tasty,

Highs, lows and hilo

There is nothing like the joy — and despair — of a quiet day fishing in the sunshine to escape the troubles of the world, Jamie Tusting.

Anyone can make a mistake

There is a fine line between a shot that kills and one that wounds, so why do so few people stalk with a dog, wonders Richard Negus.

A Nordic nirvana

With bear, elk, reindeer and red deer and its stunning topography, Norway makes for an exceptional and challenging sporting destination

Gamekeeper

The immediate fallout from coronavirus is having an impact on all our daily lives, but the effects on shooting could last for many years

Casting Shadows Fish And Fishing In Britain

In his cultural history of fishing, Tom Fort charts the rise and decline of eel trapping in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland

Written in the stars

A group of deer was proving tricky for Jon Snowdon, until a stalker with a different approach arrived on the scene

A toxic message

Robin Scott tries to look on the bright side but remains to be convinced about the move away from lead shot

Golden plover Pluvialis apricaria

Charles Smith-Jones looks at one of the most distinguished and fast birds to visit our shores

Whistling in the wind

Handlers should look at themselves rather than their dogs when things go wrong,

The hits and the misses

David Turner reflects on his shooting life and what made him the man he is today.

Wild Justice makes its case

Dr Mark Avery of the campaign group responds to a recent article in Sporting Gun and outlines why it is conducting a legal challenge about gamebird releases

Adventures of Nick & Ted

Nick heads to the Cumbrian fells before the lockdown, something he may wish to impose on young Percy

Cut to the chase

Tom Sykes reminisces about an early morning ambush on crows over freshly mown grass

Brought to heel

Fran Ardley explains the techniques to train that most fundamental of gundog tasks

A predicament of pigeon

Geoff Garrod reflects on what to do with the ever-voracious birds at this time of crisis

Detectorist's Golden Goal

Having been interested in detecting for quite some time, last year I finally decided to ‘bite the bullet’ and by myself a metal detector.

Garden Lockdown

Since the Government’s recent instructions regarding ‘social distancing’ in connection with the Coronavirus outbreak, we have all no doubt hugely missed being able to go out detecting as well as socialising with friends (Fig.1).