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How to smash it
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How to smash it

David Turner catches up with clay shooting hotshot Dave Ferriman

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April 2021
Out of season
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Out of season

Jon Snowdon reflects on how the pandemic has affected what he and his deer group have done over the past year

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April 2021
The problem: Epilepsy
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The problem: Epilepsy

“My springer spaniel had a couple of fits a while ago and now needs twice daily treatment. Do you think that I will ever be able to work him again? I have read little or nothing about this condition.” ARTHUR ASHMORE, DERBYSHIRE

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April 2021
Stay your fire
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Stay your fire

Geoff Garrod on how to approach some of the difficult decisions posed by the lockdown

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April 2021
Fair play, little fella
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Fair play, little fella

Ed Cook talks about his deep admiration for what he says is the most underestimated animal on the planet

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April 2021
Fausti Magnificent
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Fausti Magnificent

The editor tests an overand-under 12-bore from Fausti, but does the gun live up to its name?

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April 2021
Under pressure
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Under pressure

Robert Morgan explains how a valve was the last piece in the jigsaw that created the sophisticated, and expensive, pneumatic airgun

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April 2021
Adventures of Nick & Ted
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Adventures of Nick & Ted

What to do with a dog like Percy? Nick Ridley muses on the problem before putting us in the picture

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April 2021
The Over And Undergraduates
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The Over And Undergraduates

The Cambridge University Clay Pigeon Shooting Club has flourished as students find a day in the countryside a welcome release from the pressures of academia, says club secretary Maximilian Yale

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March 2021
Adventures Of Nick & Ted
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Adventures Of Nick & Ted

Nick Ridley enjoys a final walked-up hurrah with Ted before the season is brought abruptly to a halt. Now for Percy’s training …

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March 2021
Then and now
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Then and now

Peter Theobald reflects on how little has changed since shooting pigeon became regarded as a legitimate form of control

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March 2021
Island life
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Island life

New Zealand ecologist Biz Bell is the scourge of rodents in remote places. She talks techniques with Ed Cook

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March 2021
The draw of the catapult
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The draw of the catapult

Tom Sykes has rekindled a childhood passion and been out hunting with his ‘new’ favourite weapon. Here he explains how satisfying the sport can be

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March 2021
Action required
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Action required

Malcolm Plant takes you through the steps required to analyse how to shoot successfully

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March 2021
Sick as a parrot
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Sick as a parrot

Lord Botham is prepared to ruffle the RSPB’s feathers over its approach to the countryside. Good, says Robin Scott, who has his own beef with the charity about the culling of parakeets

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March 2021
A countryman and a scholar
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A countryman and a scholar

Sporting Gun recently caught up with retired professor and former Army captain Simon Denny to talk about his life and career

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March 2021
A winter's tale
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A winter's tale

The cold snap can bring its benefits as well as its challenges, says Jon Snowdon

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March 2021
You and the law
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You and the law

Geoff Garrod marks the card of shooters as a new general licence regime beds in

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March 2021
Bolt action!
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Bolt action!

Ed Cook hedges his bets when it comes to a certain type of rabbit work

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February 2021
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Gone with the wind

No matter how carefully you plan, if the wind changes direction it can leave your strategy in tatters warns Jon Snowdon

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February 2021
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The family way

Richard Faulks has a fantastic day all round at the estimable Moscow Farm shoot, an exemplar for shooting if fieldsports are to continue to prosper

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February 2021
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Watch the world go by

Robin Scott finds time to reflect by his pond. Or should that be lake?

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February 2021
Board appointment
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Board appointment

Fran Ardley was sceptical about the merits of using a place board for training, but then everything changed

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February 2021
Adventures of Nick & Ted
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Adventures of Nick & Ted

Autumn has borne fruit for the Ridley family, both two-and four-legged, as Ted has had time to recover from an injury, Percy’s training has clicked and a young trainer of promise has surfaced, as Nick explains

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February 2021
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On the scrapheap

Robert Morgan says the changes to antiques firearms regulations is a debacle that could have been avoided with more thought

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February 2021
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Beretta A400 Xtreme Plus

Tom Sykes heads out with his dad’s new semi-auto to see how it performs on the foreshore

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February 2021
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Beating then and now

Paul Quagliana reflects on his memories as a beater and shares some tips for those who fancy giving it a go

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February 2021
A bird in the hand…
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A bird in the hand…

Nick Ridley recalls some of his fondest days shooting with his dogs and friends

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February 2021
Dead Cats And Monkey Business
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Dead Cats And Monkey Business

Charles Smith-Jones ponders the rhetorical devices and distractive tactics employed by those with an agenda

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January 2021
Locked, stock and barrel!
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Locked, stock and barrel!

Robin Scott bemoans a lack quick access to his gun for some impromptu pest control, and the pesky Wild Justice

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January 2021

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