Fishing_Hunting
The Field
European Championship For Irish Setters On Snipe
Ideal lowland heather bogs on the banks of the Shannon and good numbers of snipe provided the perfect setting for an international field
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March 2018
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Embracing Change
Just ahead of the new season, farmers’ attention focuses on the Oxford farming conferences. So is it just the landscape that’s going green? asks Tim Field
3 min |
March 2018
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Volkswagen Arteon
VAG’s “flagship” model is a clever, attractive saloon with a real cracker under the bonnet. Charlie Flindt finds little to moan about
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March 2018
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As Right As Rain
’Tis the season of mists, mud – and moaning, says Eve Jones, wrestling with yet another inside-out umbrella. But hang on. What about the smell of rain on the hill and those hot baths afterwards…
4 min |
November 2017
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Racing Trainers Turn Loaders At East Garston
Lambourn is the home of the racehorse but many of racing’s famous names helped out at this fundraising shoot
8 min |
November 2017
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Golden Ticket Winners At The High Four Day
Four challenging drives, each at a different Gloucestershire estate, tested the lucky guns who won the GWCT raffle
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November 2017
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Beauty, Beast And A Perfect View
To bag your stag, one of the three parts of the Field Macnab challenge, you’ll need to ensure you have patience – and the best tools for the job
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November 2017
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Hospital Wings
Falconry has strong sporting and cultural significance in the United Arab Emirates, where medical care reflects the affection felt for these beloved birds
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November 2017
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Bryony Daniels
Tackling bogs with a garron or taking photographs as #TheHuntress, this producer, stylist and private PA says her heart is in the Highlands
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November 2017
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Art In The Field
Landseer’s famous portrait of a stag has been secured for the nation but, finds Janet Menzies, this famous 12-pointer is still being shot at.
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September 2017
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Foraging And Foul Play
The Midsomer Murderers are missing a few tricks, thinks Jonathan Young, with nature’s bounty offering potential both on and off the dinner table
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September 2017
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A Wild Adventure In The Orkneys
Wildfowling in the Orkneys offers thrilling sport – and helps the island’s beleaguered farmers control the over-abundant geese
8 min |
September 2017
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Spanish Style At Challacombe
How would French redlegs, bred and reared in Spain, perform during a Westcountry southwester?
7 min |
September 2017
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The Best Of Muck
As well as providing a giant breakfast bowl to sustain birds during winter, the muck heap is a valuable tool in the battle against soil depletion
3 min |
January 2018
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Guerini Invictus High Pheasant
With relatively light barrels and good pointing qualities, Michael Yardley finds this gun an attractive proposition for rangy work – with, perhaps, a slight tweak to the stock.
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January 2018
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The Gun Terrier
At 14 months old, it was time for Betsy, Editor Jonathan Young’s Sealyham x Jack Russell, to venture into the field. How would she perform?
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April 2018
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Playing The Tubers
With a bit of help from her dad, Eve Jones has transformed her roof garden into a little patch of Oxfordshire. But how can she explain the absence of the begonias?
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April 2018
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Pike And Pancakes
While he might not have got the better of the batter, Editor Jonathan Young finds tossing a large fly at a huge hen the perfect antidote to abstinence
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April 2017
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Employing Citizen Science
Through initiatives such as the GWCT’s Partridge Count, farmers are starting to measure their own environmental impact.
3 min |
April 2017
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Building British Guns A Different Way
Does the revolutionary design of the Longthorne shotgun, including barrels made from a single billet, mark James Longthorne Stewart as genius or maverick?
9 min |
March 2017
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Should We Still Be Shooting Woodcock?
As the resident population of this gamebird declines, should it remain on the quarry list?
7 min |
March 2017
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There's More To Shooting Than Shooting
A growing obsession with continual large bags is destroying the quality of the shooting experience, says Editor Jonathan Young, and damaging the reputation of the sport in the process
4 min |
February 2018
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Art In The Field
Bruce Little’s latest sculpture is now greeting visitors to Longleat after a tortuous journey from South Africa, as he explains to Janet Menzies
3 min |
February 2018
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Tricky Cocks At Willey's
Difficult conditions make for testing birds to be added to the Foresters’ gamebook, kept meticulously since 1825
7 min |
February 2017
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Out For A Duck
The foreshore fowling season ends on 20 February. Here are nine species that may feature in the bag and on the table
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February 2017
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And They Call It Puppy Love
There’s no better way for a man to perk up his dating profi le than by posing with a puppy. It gives a whole new meaning to picking-up…
7 min |
February 2017
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A Black Beak But Beautiful Mid Winter
Cold and barren it may be but colourful traditions around the Solstice – expertly adopted by the Christian Church – make this a time of hope and glory, says Sir Johnny Scott
3 min |
December 2017
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Getting A Taste For The Salt
For the third year running, rods headed to St Mawes in Cornwall to compete in the Kilchoman UK Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival for The Field Cup – and the chance to land a wide range of species
5 min |
December 2017
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The Name Game
With human monikers, makes of gun or even gamebirds used to identify gundogs, David Tomlinson prefers the simplicity of the hunt system for naming foxhounds
4 min |
December 2017
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Art In The Field
Raoul Millais came from a family adept at capturing the spirit of the age on canvas. It is time his work was re-evaluated, suggests Janet Menzies
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