Shooting Times & Country
Enjoying shooting's Golden Age
But when exactly was it? Did the Edwardians experience our sport’s finest hour or did it occur between the wars?
6 min |
May 27, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
A murderous siege from above
Booming corvid numbers were causing a farmer to be anxious about his young lambs, so Mat Manning went over to put his mind at rest
5 min |
May 27, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
When garden birds were fare game
From house sparrow to blackbird and even fieldfare, our cherished birds were once used to supplement bare larders, says Graham Lorne
4 min |
May 20, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
White knuckles and wide eyes
As we learn there is to be little let-up on lockdown, we need a bit of escapism so Patrick Laurie shares some of his top reads
5 min |
May 20, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Jump at the chance
Some dogs are keener to jump than others but a cautious approach may well be the best and safest option, suggests David Tomlinson
4 min |
May 20, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
By hook or by rook
How easy is it to shoot the famous ‘four and 20 blackbirds’ and is rook pie a ‘dainty dish’? Jamie Tusting is determined to find out
6 min |
May 20, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Country Diary
Now we are into late spring it is all systems go in the farming world, keeping one eye on the weather and the other on the new dairy herd
3 min |
May 20, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Where can you find a pigeon paradise?
You need lots of arable, plenty of woodland and an abundance of birds but which is the best pigeon shooting county, wonders Tom Payne
6 min |
May 20, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Beauty to make you cry
As lockdown continues, there is plenty of delight to be found outside and much birdsong to be savoured
4 min |
May 20, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
A captive audience
The sanctuary at Peakirk provides an education in wildfowl, says Petrel, while the Borough Fen duck decoy is a nostalgic reminder of times past
6 min |
May 20, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
Foxes are threatening to wipe out nesting waders so an ambush is set up — and techniques learned in the Royal Marines prove invaluable as Reynard takes his time
6 min |
May 20, 2020
The Field
Holland & Holland's side-by-side-by-sides
Nearly two decades after it was challenged to do so, the gunmaker has produced a magnificent pair of 20-bore triple-barrelled guns
6 min |
June 2020
The Field
In pursuit of a large slab of silver
We do not need to venture abroad to land a leviathan; some British rivers carry the genetics for double-figure sea-trout
7 min |
June 2020
The Field
Treehouses, living the high life
With timeless appeal, whether balanced on branches or supported by stilts, treehouses enable visitors to look down on the world
8 min |
June 2020
The Field
Browning 725 Sporter
The changes to this version of the popular over-and-under are both cosmetic and functional, says Michael Yardley; it is a gun he would consider buying
5 min |
June 2020
The Field
The perfect playground
What makes the ideal sporting estate? Situation? Range of sport available? Luxury accommodation? Leading sporting land agents offer their opinions
9 min |
June 2020
The Field
Play at crystal palace
Was The Field of Cloth of Gold, the meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I 500 years ago this month, the greatest party ever thrown?
9 min |
June 2020
The Field
Calling on Dr Carrot and Potato Pete
During wartime rationing the British became both inventive and green-fingered. Culinary skills we are, perhaps, appreciating today
10+ min |
June 2020
The Field
Art in the field
Argentinian sculptor Hernán Álvarez Forn tells Janet Menzies how a childhood among horses and the discovery of raku has shaped his work
3 min |
June 2020
The Field
A farewell to hounds
The role of huntsman or Master is a huge commitment for small remuneration. But handing back the horn isn’t easy, as several former incumbents explai
7 min |
June 2020
The Field
Shooting Clays Can Improve Your Game
Whilst a clay day will not exactly replicate time on the peg it is good practice – and could become an enjoyable activity in its own right
8 min |
June 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Tackling a tide of rats
Early morning flighting on the marsh reveals unwelcome companions —rats destroy nests, eggs and ducklings, so Tower-Bird goes on the attack
5 min |
May 13, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Sanity is restored
As the coronavirus crisis continues to weigh upon the population of County Kerry, the countryside offers a glorious escape for one besieged shooter and his setters
6 min |
May 13, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Play the long game with cover crops
The next shooting season will certainly look different but it is vital to keep everything ticking over, including your crops, says Liam Bell
4 min |
May 13, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Keeping in the swing
Many of us have a lot of time on our hands at the moment so why not get some shooting practice in at home suggests Simon Reinhold.
5 min |
May 13, 2020
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Keeping an eye on you
How well can deer species see and why does the blaze orange of European hunters not expose them? Graham Downing investigates
6 min |
May 13, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
It's a bug's life
Paying a bit more attention to creepy-crawlies could reap great benefits for your shoot
5 min |
May 13, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Extinction rebellion
The huge Irish elk was a fearsome foe for our forefathers — one of many, says Richard Negus
5 min |
May 13, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
Apocalypse now
Rabbits have no respect for the lockdown and are running riot, so Simon Whitehead heads out to put a dent in their numbers
5 min |
May 13, 2020
Shooting Times & Country
A little local difficulty
Experienced roe stalker Richard Hardy finds the new kids in town, muntjac, present a whole new challenge
6 min |