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Airgun Myths And Legends

It’s Impossible To Find Permission - Jamie Chandler debunks the myth that finding places to shoot with airguns is nigh on impossible

Is It Time To Try HFT?

Gary Chillingworth gives Hunter Field Target shooting the hard sell ...

Mountains high

Upper Donside’s mountain hare population is thriving, thanks to the work of grouse keepers like Alex Jenkins

Rizzini ‘Grand Regal' 20-bore

The Regals represent a significant step in the evolution of the Rizzini range, says Michael Yardley, offering good shooting qualities as well as value for money

It's my obsession

Collecting is an admirable hobby, agrees Roger Field, as a collection of Winchesters came to the market. But to what lengths should you go to add to your hoard?

The battle over saving the hen harrier

A Government-backed recovery plan should have ended the controversy surrounding this bird of prey; however, the conflict continues

Securing wildlife habitat for the future

Since its inception in 1986, the Wildlife Habitat Trust has helped clubs and projects across the UK to acquire land and enhance conservation

Create your own nature reserve

With a little effort and for minimal cost, we can all have more wildlife in our countryside and towns

Riding the high moor

Once a year, the Two Bridges Hunt Club unites the four hunts that call Dartmoor home, for dinner and a day’s challenging sport

Ashes to ashes: the devastation of dieback

This much-loved native species faces an uncertain future due to a relentless pathogen, which is damaging landscapes and wrecking our woodlands

Driving Ireland's grouse moors again

The Irish Grouse Conservation Trust has produced driven Lagopus lagopus hibernicus for the first time in more than 60 years – and won the 2019 Purdey Awards

A helping hand for wild trout

The Wild Trout Trust provides hands-on advice for fishing clubs, landowners and other groups on providing the perfect habitat for this iconic fish

Working for every bird

With no wind to speak of and wary game at the end of the season, an HPR day on a Norfolk shoot provides great sport for David Tomlinson

The right raw material

Training your own gundog can be enormously rewarding — but only if you choose the right puppy in the first place, warns Jeremy Hunt

Tackling the problem

The end of the game season provides the chance to get among the pigeons but you must be ready to adapt to succeed, says Tom Payne

Knock down ginger

Forget the poor old muntjac, it is the gingery little Chinese water deer that is rapidly colonizing our countryside, reveals Graham Downing

Gamekeeper

The camaraderie at shoots at the end of the season underlines how important our country sports are in binding communities together

Force for the good

A visit to RAF Cranwell shoot reminds Simon Garnham that Battle of Britain pilots might well have learned early discipline in field sports

For Queen and country

There is a close relationship between the Army and fieldsports, with soldiers using their countryside skills in combat, says Richard Negus

Exam for life

A new GCSE in natural history will teach children about wildlife — and they want to learn, says Mary Colwell

Every second counts

Mat Manning heads out during the dying hours of daylight to enjoy some fine winter shooting — it’s worth it even for a couple of hours

A gun to last forever

Buying a gun is a major investment; get a good one, look after it, and it could well see you out, says Diggory Hadoke

Judging distance

Geoff Garrod looks at how to find the right range for shooting pigeons – too close and they won’t be fit to eat, too far away and you will miss or prick them

English skeet for youngsters

On a day at Bisley, Graham Brown of the Purbeck Shooting School has two young guns among his clients. Paul Quagliana witnesses the importance of good tuition

Resolutions and resolve

A new year always sees us load up with good intentions and Robin Scott is determined, as ever, to give the 12 months ahead both barrels

Adventures of Nick & Ted

Ted has been working well, says Nick Ridley, but an injury meant bringing old Percy out of retirement

Get your skeets on

Tony Bracci explains the discipline of skeet shooting, a great way to improve your speed and accuracy

A Gem of an air rifle

This intriguing item could catch out the unwary collector, who must follow a trail of patents to discover its identity, as Robert Morgan reveals

It's not all in the bag

A great day’s shooting should not be all about bag size, argues Nick Ridley — there is far more to it than that

A brief encounter

Come rain or shine, professional stalkers have to be out there to try to control the deer, says Jon Snowdon