How to smash it

David Turner catches up with clay shooting hotshot Dave Ferriman

Out of season

Jon Snowdon reflects on how the pandemic has affected what he and his deer group have done over the past year

The problem: Epilepsy

“My springer spaniel had a couple of fits a while ago and now needs twice daily treatment. Do you think that I will ever be able to work him again? I have read little or nothing about this condition.” ARTHUR ASHMORE, DERBYSHIRE

Stay your fire

Geoff Garrod on how to approach some of the difficult decisions posed by the lockdown

Fair play, little fella

Ed Cook talks about his deep admiration for what he says is the most underestimated animal on the planet

Fausti Magnificent

The editor tests an overand-under 12-bore from Fausti, but does the gun live up to its name?

Under pressure

Robert Morgan explains how a valve was the last piece in the jigsaw that created the sophisticated, and expensive, pneumatic airgun

Adventures of Nick & Ted

What to do with a dog like Percy? Nick Ridley muses on the problem before putting us in the picture

The Over And Undergraduates

The Cambridge University Clay Pigeon Shooting Club has flourished as students find a day in the countryside a welcome release from the pressures of academia, says club secretary Maximilian Yale

Adventures Of Nick & Ted

Nick Ridley enjoys a final walked-up hurrah with Ted before the season is brought abruptly to a halt. Now for Percy’s training …

Then and now

Peter Theobald reflects on how little has changed since shooting pigeon became regarded as a legitimate form of control

Island life

New Zealand ecologist Biz Bell is the scourge of rodents in remote places. She talks techniques with Ed Cook

The draw of the catapult

Tom Sykes has rekindled a childhood passion and been out hunting with his ‘new’ favourite weapon. Here he explains how satisfying the sport can be

Action required

Malcolm Plant takes you through the steps required to analyse how to shoot successfully

Sick as a parrot

Lord Botham is prepared to ruffle the RSPB’s feathers over its approach to the countryside. Good, says Robin Scott, who has his own beef with the charity about the culling of parakeets

A countryman and a scholar

Sporting Gun recently caught up with retired professor and former Army captain Simon Denny to talk about his life and career

A winter's tale

The cold snap can bring its benefits as well as its challenges, says Jon Snowdon

You and the law

Geoff Garrod marks the card of shooters as a new general licence regime beds in

Bolt action!

Ed Cook hedges his bets when it comes to a certain type of rabbit work

Gone with the wind

No matter how carefully you plan, if the wind changes direction it can leave your strategy in tatters warns Jon Snowdon

The family way

Richard Faulks has a fantastic day all round at the estimable Moscow Farm shoot, an exemplar for shooting if fieldsports are to continue to prosper

Watch the world go by

Robin Scott finds time to reflect by his pond. Or should that be lake?

Board appointment

Fran Ardley was sceptical about the merits of using a place board for training, but then everything changed

Adventures of Nick & Ted

Autumn has borne fruit for the Ridley family, both two-and four-legged, as Ted has had time to recover from an injury, Percy’s training has clicked and a young trainer of promise has surfaced, as Nick explains

On the scrapheap

Robert Morgan says the changes to antiques firearms regulations is a debacle that could have been avoided with more thought

Beretta A400 Xtreme Plus

Tom Sykes heads out with his dad’s new semi-auto to see how it performs on the foreshore

Beating then and now

Paul Quagliana reflects on his memories as a beater and shares some tips for those who fancy giving it a go

A bird in the hand…

Nick Ridley recalls some of his fondest days shooting with his dogs and friends

Dead Cats And Monkey Business

Charles Smith-Jones ponders the rhetorical devices and distractive tactics employed by those with an agenda

Locked, stock and barrel!

Robin Scott bemoans a lack quick access to his gun for some impromptu pest control, and the pesky Wild Justice