Animals-and-Pets
Shooting Times & Country
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Team GB had great results at the World Championship, where the cover was a challenge for handlers and HPRs
3 min |
December 27,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Spoiled For Choice
A day at High Park, an invitation to shoot beautifully presented pheasants, driven grouse or flighting a pond — which is best?
5 min |
January 3,2018
Shooting Times & Country
Excelling In A Plum Role
The Plummer terrier is adept at flushing game and vermin to the gun, as John Glover discovers during a day out on a farm to test the dogs’ versatility.
4 min |
March 8,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Coaxing In The Canny Corvids
Careful decoying combined with roost shooting pays off for a Cotswold keeper in his quest to control corvid numbers. Paul Quagliana reports.
5 min |
March 8,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Excavating Errant Ferrets
If your ferret fails to reappear from the warren, do you bait and wait or start to dig? Simon Whitehead examines the options and their pros and cons.
6 min |
March 8,2017
Shooting Times & Country
The Wonder Of Wellies
At IWA OutdoorClassics in Nuremberg, Patrick Galbraith gets sidetracked by sartorial temptations, a dainty woodcock gun and the mighty new Blaser F16.
3 min |
March 15,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Country Diary
It may be shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, but the planned five-year grey squirrel reduction programme is good news for our native reds.
3 min |
March 15,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Bywell Estate Shoot Wins 2017 Gold Purdey Award
The 5,000-acre shoot was commended for its “outstanding vision” and was just one of the exceptional conservation projects honoured at the awards last week
2 min |
November 29,2017
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Fishing Changing Youngsters' Lives
Children with physical, learning and behavioural difficulties have flourished by getting out of the classroom and on to the water
2 min |
November 29,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Strictly Come Shooting
Game shooting is becoming more popular, which means it must be seen to police itself ever more stringently, says the CA’s Liam Stokes
5 min |
November 29,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Country Diary
When a good brood of mallard ducklings dwindles from nine to zero, a surprise encounter with an opportunistic mink reveals the culprit
3 min |
November 29,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Seeing Red
Everyone wants to buy field trial champion offspring, even if they have no idea what it is. Ellena Swift looks at what is important
4 min |
February 7,2018
Shooting Times & Country
More Than A Game Fair
With healthy ticket sales and worldwide support, this year’s British Shooting Show looks set to be better than ever, says Patrick Galbraith
2 min |
February 7,2018
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Wildlife Crime Has No Place In Our Community
To kill raptors illegally is a fool’s bargain that could bring the end of shooting and the benefits it brings, says BASC acting chief executive Christopher Graffius
2 min |
November 8 2017
Shooting Times & Country
Game Industry Cuts Antibiotic Use
New figures show antibiotics used in game bird rearing have been cut by 36 per cent voluntarily, well ahead of the 25 per cent target
2 min |
November 8 2017
Shooting Times & Country
Falling In Love With The Lady Of The Stream
As coarse fish, grayling have no close season so Matt Cross visits the river Annan in Scotland to learn the art of Czech nymphing
6 min |
November 8 2017
Shooting Times & Country
Enough To Make Your Heart Sing
The experienced grouse of October and November are survivors that know where danger awaits and provide a challenge, says Blue Zulu
5 min |
November 8 2017
Shooting Times & Country
Cutting-Edge Sport
The much-maligned Dr Beeching and his infamous railway closures gifted generations of Guns some wonderful shooting, says Matt Cross
5 min |
November 8 2017
Shooting Times & Country
Country Diary
With Britain’s rabbits declining significantly over the past 20 years, it is time that we recognised these animals for the valuable resource they are
3 min |
November 8 2017
Shooting Times & Country
Estates Urged To Seek Rates Relief
While some shoots may face vastly increased fees as a result of Scottish land reform, others may escape the sporting rates entirely
2 min |
October 11,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Rhapsody With Snipe
Whether it was high, fiendishly fast or in level flight, when you bring down a snipe it will be the shot everyone remembers, says Blue Zulu
4 min |
October 11,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Never A Cold Shoulder
A shoot in the Derbyshire dales offers some challenging shooting amid freezing conditions, but Sam Proctor finds a warm welcome
4 min |
January 10,2018
Shooting Times & Country
Grinning In The Rain
Despite nonstop rain and no vehicle access, a West Country shoot is booked solid by very happy Guns. Tony Jackson joins them for a day
4 min |
January 10,2018
Shooting Times & Country
Morning Pursuit Of A Woodland Bounty
Tom Sykes ventures out at dawn for a winter stalk with a friend in search of a suitable roe doe that will grace the table in the New Year
4 min |
January 10,2018
Shooting Times & Country
Grouse Is King As Scottish Diners Want More On Menu
There is good news for game meat sales north of the border, as chefs and game dealers report a growing demand for grouse in restaurants, pubs and hotels
2 min |
February 14,2018
Shooting Times & Country
Help Make Voice Of Shooting Heard
Natural Resources Wales has proposed to let shooters keep using its land but some fear the animal rights lobby may apply pressure
2 min |
February 14,2018
Shooting Times & Country
A New Kind Of Macnab
David Tomlinson finds some entertainment in back issues of a 1980s sporting title called The Working Gundog, with a sense of déjà vu…
4 min |
February 28,2018
Shooting Times & Country
Watching And Wading
With our resident woodcock in decline shoots are urging restraint, which puts us in a much stronger position, says David Tomlinson
4 min |
January 24,2018
Shooting Times & Country
GWCT Working To Save Our Salmon
The GWCT has launched a new cross-border research project to shed light on why salmon and sea trout numbers are plummeting
2 min |
January 31,2018
Shooting Times & Country
Woodcock For Breakfast
Yes, we must think carefully before we shoot woodcock, but they are such challenging, magical little birds, says Will Martin
5 min |