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How to smash it
David Turner catches up with clay shooting hotshot Dave Ferriman
Out of season
Jon Snowdon reflects on how the pandemic has affected what he and his deer group have done over the past year
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
Stay your fire
Geoff Garrod on how to approach some of the difficult decisions posed by the lockdown
Fair play, little fella
Ed Cook talks about his deep admiration for what he says is the most underestimated animal on the planet
Fausti Magnificent
The editor tests an overand-under 12-bore from Fausti, but does the gun live up to its name?
Under pressure
Robert Morgan explains how a valve was the last piece in the jigsaw that created the sophisticated, and expensive, pneumatic airgun
Adventures of Nick & Ted
What to do with a dog like Percy? Nick Ridley muses on the problem before putting us in the picture
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
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 …
Then and now
Peter Theobald reflects on how little has changed since shooting pigeon became regarded as a legitimate form of control
Island life
New Zealand ecologist Biz Bell is the scourge of rodents in remote places. She talks techniques with Ed Cook
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
Action required
Malcolm Plant takes you through the steps required to analyse how to shoot successfully
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
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
A winter's tale
The cold snap can bring its benefits as well as its challenges, says Jon Snowdon
You and the law
Geoff Garrod marks the card of shooters as a new general licence regime beds in
Bolt action!
Ed Cook hedges his bets when it comes to a certain type of rabbit work
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
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
Watch the world go by
Robin Scott finds time to reflect by his pond. Or should that be lake?
Board appointment
Fran Ardley was sceptical about the merits of using a place board for training, but then everything changed
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
On the scrapheap
Robert Morgan says the changes to antiques firearms regulations is a debacle that could have been avoided with more thought
Beretta A400 Xtreme Plus
Tom Sykes heads out with his dad’s new semi-auto to see how it performs on the foreshore
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
A bird in the hand…
Nick Ridley recalls some of his fondest days shooting with his dogs and friends
Dead Cats And Monkey Business
Charles Smith-Jones ponders the rhetorical devices and distractive tactics employed by those with an agenda
Locked, stock and barrel!
Robin Scott bemoans a lack quick access to his gun for some impromptu pest control, and the pesky Wild Justice