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As a stickler for statistics, the annual release of the number of firearm and shotgun certificate holders in England and Wales by the Home Office is always enjoyable (statistics from Northern Ireland and Scotland are not made public but are available on request). The numbers are quite incredible and show the strength of the shooting community across the board.
To give you an overview, as of March 2017, there were 154,958 firearm certificate holders in England and Wales, with 559,302 individual firearms covered by those certificates. As of the same date, there were 561,413 shotgun certificate holders accounting for 1,349,099 individual shotguns. Taking into account the overlap of those with both firearm and shotgun certificates, that leaves over 600,000 certificate holders in England and Wales alone.
The last statistics in Northern Ireland recorded over 63,000 firearm certificate holders (Northern Ireland only has firearms certificates covering both shotguns and firearms), and in Scotland over 80,000 shotgun certificate holders and 15,000 firearm certificate holders were recorded.
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RSPB gives mixed message on shooting
Having recently attended the RSPB’s virtual AGM, Conor O’Gorman discusses the outcome of the charity’s year-long review of game bird shooting
Causeway for concern
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Through a purple patch
The Garrows Estate is taking a conservation-focused approach to restoring the wildlife populations and biodiversity on the Scottish heather moorland.
When the wheels fall off
Losing form on a day’s shooting can be infuriating, especially if you’ve been shooting like a god up to that point. Simon O’Leary looks at some common causes and how to remedy them
Beaches, books & bad behaviour!
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Using the Stop whistle
Now you’ve instilled the basics, it’s time to up the ante with some more tricky distance work. Howard Kirby explains how to take the core Stop whistle command to the next level
The humble teal
They may be tiny, but as far as Rupert Butler is concerned, the appeal of this little duck is huge. He recalls some of his most memorable nights in pursuit of these aerial acrobats
Fab all-rounder
Mike is impressed with the Fabarm Elos B2 Field Notte, which offers great value for money, is suited to fieldwork or clays and is future-proofed for use with steel in all choke constrictions
CALL OF THE WILD
Dom Holtam reconnects with one of the purest forms of shotgun shooting as he walks-up woodcock over pointing dogs in the Scottish Highlands
A yen for the Fens
Tony Jackson recounts a memorable duck flight over an area of Fenland in Norfolk with his friend and author, the late Alan Savory
