Fishing-Hunting
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
All The Right Notes With The Thring Throng
Mat Manning joins the thring family’s Alford shoot for beaters’ day, where filling the gamecart comes a distant second to inclusiveness and friendship.
5 min |
February 15,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Keeping a cull on track
Stalking tends not to be a social occasion but when a deer herd is in need of thinning, a team can achieve more than a lone hunter, says Graham Downing.
8 min |
February 15,2017
Shooting Times & Country
UK Declared Bird Flu-Free
It has been more than three months since the last outbreak of avian influenza, but keepers are being warned not to let their guard down as winter approaches
2 min |
October 4,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Nesting Sea Eagle Slain By
A conservation charity has reported that a female white-tailed sea eagle has been killed in a fight for territory by another bird of prey
2 min |
October 4,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Proper Picking-Up
When it comes to picking-up on a shoot, confidence in your dog and abiding by the rules are paramount. David Tomlinson offers advice
3 min |
October 4,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Putting Game On The Modern Curriculum
Public schools are beginning to embrace shooting more and more as Dominic Prince, invited to explore the Dorset countryside, discovers
4 min |
October 4,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Vote For Best Of British Game
The public is being encouraged to nominate its game meat heroes in a new national competition that unites the food, shooting and hospitality industries
2 min |
November 15,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Grouse Moors Are Keepering It Sweet
Gamekeepers and beekeepers have formed a unique partnership for the benefit of moorland heather and local honey producers
2 min |
November 15,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Something Of That Elk
They call them moose in Finland and Patrick Galbraith, having visited Sako headquarters, sets off into the icy land with a licence to shoot one
6 min |
November 15,2017
Shooting Times & Country
All We Need Now Are The Ducks
With two ponds to play with, the photographer in tow, and more hope than experience, Tim Maddams plans the first duck flight of the season
4 min |
November 15,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Hatching A Fishy Plot In Colonial Africa
Pioneer Ewart Scott Grogan stocked Kenya’s rivers with trout, starting the young country’s fish farming industry, as John Sampson discovers
3 min |
November 15,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Country Diary
By 2050 our oceans will contain more plastic than fish — a haunting vision of a polluted world and one that we can all help to prevent
3 min |
November 15,2017
Shooting Times & Country
Fury As Councillors End Shooting On Ilkley Moor
There are fears for wildlife and habitat on Ilkley Moor as councillors vote not to renew the shooting licence, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill for management
2 min |
January 24,2018
Shooting Times & Country
A Glorious Day In Henry's England
Patrick Galbraith enjoys a day on a traditional shoot in Shropshire, where the birds are as testing as the landscape is beautiful
6 min |
January 24,2018
Shooting Times & Country
Gamekeeper
It won’t be long before the season is over but do the Guns appreciate all the planning that goes into making their shoot days so enjoyable?
3 min |
December 27,2017
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
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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
Shooting Times & Country
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
Game Keeper
Counting coveys of wild partridge is its own reward — proof that the decisions made regarding feeding, stewardship strips and cover crops were the right ones
3 min |