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Losing the battle

Robin H Harrison reports on the tragedy of waders, and the difficult struggle faced by the geese in East Norfolk during the hard winter

A sporting life in Africa

What’s the worth in republishing the works of a man who lied again and again over the years?

Big performance in a small package

Mat Manning puts the compact MTC SWAT Prismatic Atom telescopic sight to the test to see how this petite optic performs against its price

Preventative action

Distemper has been controlled in the UK through vaccinations, but David Tomlinson asks if annual boosters are still really necessary

Whipping up a firecracker

The weather might be against them, but Leon Challis-Davies still manages to feed the team a hearty caramelised breakfast burger

Price isn't the main factor

Liam Bell looks at the pitfalls to avoid and the questions to ask to ensure a healthy stock of birds this season

It's time to get real

It can seem tricky to bridge the gap between training and a shoot day, says Ellena Swift, but there are a number of exercises to help

Avoiding those dental disasters

A handheld metal detector could well be the way forward when cooking with steel-shot game, says Guy Maddocks

Get fit for the field - even in your garden

Improve your fitness and your shooting technique will no doubt benefit too, writes Richard Negus, and you don’t need to go to the gym

It's a battle of the sexes

Whether you pick a dog or a bitch is a personal preference, says Ellena Swift, but what can affect the decision?

Stalking where the snow lingers

Daniel Smith travels to a lonely outpost in the scenic Austrian Alps on a quest to stalk roebuck, but it's the region's chamois goats that will make him return

You'll get the hang of it

Hanging a carcass adds flavour to the meat, but how long you leave it for will depend on a number of factors, says Graham Downing

Instructor of the month

For Anita North, trust, focus and enjoyment are the keys to success

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A place for the industry to gather

Dave Whitby examines how the real cost of running a driven shoot has changed over the decades - things are actually cheaper nowadays

Bucking the trend

Dave Whitby examines how the real cost of running a driven shoot has changed over the decades - things are actually cheaper nowadays

A matter of breeding

While a gundog that's bred for working will likely be the best choice, David Tomlinson has met some unusual candidates that also did well

Consider the right covercrop

The use of game crops other than is on the rise, and Liam Bell runs throug some of the more popular options available

Adventure out west

A dearth of jobs in his home territory forces Pat Cringle to try his luck across the pond, but an odd summer leaves him homesick for England

Gunroom

A 19th-century sporting carbine from BSA was well loved by its owner, and subsequently tells the story of the man who carried it into battle

Can you train a dog with an app?

With a young labrador joining the family, an initially sceptical Marcus Janssen puts Ben Randall’s Gundog App to the test

My first deer

The story of two fallow bucks taught Chris Rogers an important lesson

Casting a fly in unlikely places

The main barrier to our sport is accessibility, says Will Martin, who investigates our cities' waterways

Aim for its nose

The early spring bank holiday proves just the time to have a go at the bunnies once again and put some advice into practice

It's sim-ply the best fun

Sim days have become a crowded market, and Simon Reinhold advises on how to avoid amateur mistakes when setting up your own

Stalking Diary

A night on the thermals is spent watching the comings and goings of a fox den, and the chance encounter of a dog fox bringing in its dinner

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JOTTINGS FOR WILDFOWLERS

Spring is in the air, and a fresh perspective on shooting has led to a change in tactics and a few more ethical considerations when fowling

Gamekeeper

The aims of grouse moors and the RSPB should be the same when it comes to vulnerable species, but is the gap of trust too far to bridge?

Country Diary

The first sighting of a white stork in the area for more than 10 years is welcome proof that dairy farms aren’t a black hole of biodiversity

Moratorium on turtle doves

Fifty years ago, there were estimated to be more than 125,000 pairs of turtle doves breeding in Britain. Today it is a mere 2,000, making this dove one of the most endangered of all our farmland birds

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