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Hands-on health tips

If you want to stay handy with a gun it’s important to look after your daddles,

Slow, slow, quick

Peter Theobald says that his experience and that of his shooting partner Paul helped them stay the course over rape fields that eventually produced a bumper harvest

Up and away

Elliot Roberts and friends have great fun and some challenging sport with the new portable clay trap produced by Danish company Nordic Clays

A dog's breakfast

Ed Cook is unimpressed with the Scottish government's Hunting with Dogs Bill, which he says will prevent him and others doing essential control in good time

Stills going strong

Some of our finest whisky distilleries have been run by the same families for generations, their spirits as unique as their history

Walking in our grandfathers' footsteps

There’s no better way to enjoy unspoilt countryside, companionship and testing birds than on a walked-up day – just how it used to be

Scotland, Fleming's other secret agent

Much like an extra character, Scotland has had a starring role in many Bond films – but was 007 a Scot?

Well I'll be blowed

Bagpipes, long associated with royal reveille and haggis, are hitting the right note in other areas

The battle for birds

Part of the fun of a shoot day is letting your dog retrieve a few of your birds, says David Tomlinson, bemoaning the advent of the big picking-up packs

Dreaming of the perfect pools

As your mind wanders while sat on the riverbank during a slow day, try conjuring up the perfect stretch of salmon water

The hunting horn

A passionate American hunter has compiled a comprehensive reference on the instrument that punctuates a day’s hunting

Strange encounters

While digital demons have upped the horror ante, medieval ghost stories still have the power to chill host stories have all but

HOW TO… … plan for a year of sporting achievement

As the first page of the 2022 calendar is turned, here is our month-by-month guide to ticking off those sporting firsts

Art in the field

Madeleine Bunbury is travelling the globe to find 80 subjects to fill her life-size canvases. Janet Menzies tries to think of 80 breeds

Style's sporting legacy

Britain’s heritage brands, whether supplying estate tweed or creating Best guns, define modern luxury while continuing to lead innovation

The Buchan-eers

An unseasonably hot, still September day on Harris wasn’t ideal for a Macnab attempt. Could good fieldcraft overcome the conditions?

In association with Chudleys The judges' decision…

Please raise a glass to The Field Gundog Award winners for 2021

Snow, snow, quick, quick…

Skijoring is a thrilling combination of skiing and racing – why not give it a go this winter?

The creation of Father Christmas

Folklore, religion, and revelry have combined over the centuries to create the festive figure so central to our celebrations today

Feathers and festivity

How did the turkey end up on our tables or a partridge in a pear tree? Birds play an interesting part in our festive traditions

Newton Mulgrave North Yorkshire

Before Covid confined us all to barracks last December, one lucky group of Guns enjoyed a testing partridge day near Whitby

Changing beats on Lower Spey

A once-in-a-generation change is happening to seven beats in time for the 2022 season. Is now the time to net a spot on the bank?

Boxing clever

The Christmas box is more than just a gift, which is why everyone should give as generously as they can this festive season – or risk going down in hunting history for all the wrong reasons

A Yule log to bring light

Many of Britain’s favourite Christmas traditions, from burning a yule log to kissing under the mistletoe, date back to ancient history

Subaru Outback

Having silenced the maddeningly intrusive warning beeps and bongs, Charlie Flindt finds himself out and about with an old friend once more

In praise of smaller dogs

They eat less, live longer, won’t knock you over when the postman calls and will take on most the tasks of their larger brethren. What’s not to like, asks David Tomlinson?

Ground rules

Where it is safe to do so, should shooting ground game be permitted on a driven day, upholding the tradition of rabbit pie once more?

A stately hut

Whether folly or functional, ornate or ordinary, these idiosyncratic structures are indispensable to our sporting lives

Bet on your hedges

There’s a renewed energy for managing and planting hedgerows across Britain, but what makes a good hedge and why are they so important?

On the guest list

Visiting different hunt country is a surefire way to get the adrenaline racing and to see sport from a new perspective, just be sure to stay on the right side of the secretary