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Estates Urged To Seek Rates Relief

While some shoots may face vastly increased fees as a result of Scottish land reform, others may escape the sporting rates entirely

Rhapsody With Snipe

Whether it was high, fiendishly fast or in level flight, when you bring down a snipe it will be the shot everyone remembers, says Blue Zulu

All The Right Notes With The Thring Throng

Mat Manning joins the thring family’s Alford shoot for beaters’ day, where filling the gamecart comes a distant second to inclusiveness and friendship.

Keeping a cull on track

Stalking tends not to be a social occasion but when a deer herd is in need of thinning, a team can achieve more than a lone hunter, says Graham Downing.

UK Declared Bird Flu-Free

It has been more than three months since the last outbreak of avian influenza, but keepers are being warned not to let their guard down as winter approaches

Nesting Sea Eagle Slain By

A conservation charity has reported that a female white-tailed sea eagle has been killed in a fight for territory by another bird of prey 

Proper Picking-Up

When it comes to picking-up on a shoot, confidence in your dog and abiding by the rules are paramount. David Tomlinson offers advice

Putting Game On The Modern Curriculum

Public schools are beginning to embrace shooting more and more as Dominic Prince, invited to explore the Dorset countryside, discovers

Vote For Best Of British Game

The public is being encouraged to nominate its game meat heroes in a new national competition that unites the food, shooting and hospitality industries

Grouse Moors Are Keepering It Sweet

Gamekeepers and beekeepers have formed a unique partnership for the benefit of moorland heather and local honey producers

Something Of That Elk

They call them moose in Finland and Patrick Galbraith, having visited Sako headquarters, sets off into the icy land with a licence to shoot one 

All We Need Now Are The Ducks

With two ponds to play with, the photographer in tow, and more hope than experience, Tim Maddams plans the first duck flight of the season 

Hatching A Fishy Plot In Colonial Africa

Pioneer Ewart Scott Grogan stocked Kenya’s rivers with trout, starting the young country’s fish farming industry, as John Sampson discovers 

Country Diary

By 2050 our oceans will contain more plastic than fish — a haunting vision of a polluted world and one that we can all help to prevent

Fury As Councillors End Shooting On Ilkley Moor

There are fears for wildlife and habitat on Ilkley Moor as councillors vote not to renew the shooting licence, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill for management

A Glorious Day In Henry's England

Patrick Galbraith enjoys a day on a traditional shoot in Shropshire, where the birds are as testing as the landscape is beautiful

Gamekeeper

It won’t be long before the season is over but do the Guns appreciate all the planning that goes into making their shoot days so enjoyable?

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Team GB had great results at the World Championship, where the cover was a challenge for handlers and HPRs

Spoiled For Choice

A day at High Park, an invitation to shoot beautifully presented pheasants, driven grouse or flighting a pond — which is best?

Excelling In A Plum Role

The Plummer terrier is adept at flushing game and vermin to the gun, as John Glover discovers during a day out on a farm to test the dogs’ versatility.

Coaxing In The Canny Corvids

Careful decoying combined with roost shooting pays off for a Cotswold keeper in his quest to control corvid numbers. Paul Quagliana reports.

Excavating Errant Ferrets

If your ferret fails to reappear from the warren, do you bait and wait or start to dig? Simon Whitehead examines the options and their pros and cons.

The Wonder Of Wellies

At IWA OutdoorClassics in Nuremberg, Patrick Galbraith gets sidetracked by sartorial temptations, a dainty woodcock gun and the mighty new Blaser F16.

Country Diary

It may be shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, but the planned five-year grey squirrel reduction programme is good news for our native reds.

Bywell Estate Shoot Wins 2017 Gold Purdey Award

The 5,000-acre shoot was commended for its “outstanding vision” and was just one of the exceptional conservation projects honoured at the awards last week

Fishing Changing Youngsters' Lives

Children with physical, learning and behavioural difficulties have flourished by getting out of the classroom and on to the water

Strictly Come Shooting

Game shooting is becoming more popular, which means it must be seen to police itself ever more stringently, says the CA’s Liam Stokes

Country Diary

When a good brood of mallard ducklings dwindles from nine to zero, a surprise encounter with an opportunistic mink reveals the culprit

Seeing Red

Everyone wants to buy field trial champion offspring, even if they have no idea what it is. Ellena Swift looks at what is important

Game Keeper

Counting coveys of wild partridge is its own reward — proof that the decisions made regarding feeding, stewardship strips and cover crops were the right ones