Can you imagine a countryside without the Land Rover? As a much-loved rural icon turns 60, Alastair Balmain reflects on what this British success story means to shooters
Alastair Balmain
Labour promise to “reduce animal cruelty on shooting estates”
Party leader Ed Miliband said: “Our Labour values tell us that we have a moral duty to treat the animals we share our planet with in a humane and compassionate…
Mark Winser wins the Ultimate One!
In a thrilling final at the Royal Berkshire Shooting School’s Ultimate One Challenge, shooter Mark Winser this morning shot an astonishing 25/25, beating the 18 other finalists and taking home…
Keeper jailed for raptor persecution
Raptor Persecution George Mutch, a 48-year-old gamekeeper from Kildrummy in Aberdeenshire, has been sentenced to for four months in jail after being found guilty of killing a goshawk and setting…
Crimestoppers hotline scrapped by police
Crimestoppers hotline pulled because there is no evidence of legal firearms users being involved in terrorism; all security checks to be led by intelligence
Thieves target Land Rover Defenders
Police warn of thieves targetting Land Rover Defenders to strip them for parts
How do we encourage more Young Shots?
What do you think are the barriers preventing youngsters from taking part in shooting?
Gallery: Home nations victorious at the Commonwealth Games
England's shooters have enjoyed astonishing success at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with no fewer than 12 gold, silver and bronze medals in their haul.
Canine Partners create life-changing partnerships
When it comes to working in harmony with our dogs, we shooters tend to think we have it taped. Granted, there are one or two unruly exceptions, but what we…
RSPB conservation chief to make landmark speech to gamekeepers
The conservation chief at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is to make the keynote address at the National Gamekeepers’ Organisation Annual General Meeting this spring
Age-restrictions wrongly applied to buying Shooting Times
Buying Shooting Times from self-service tills in Asda has caused age-authorisation problems in some stores
A gun that fits your dreams
Buy, or win, a Boxall & Edmiston shotgun
Grouse shooting in the Lake District
We visit Newton Rigg College who have their own grouse moor
Sedburgh Shoot: Schooled in shooting savvy
Student Shots at Sedburgh School
Sedbergh School shoot VIDEO: Building your own shoot
Sedbergh VIDEO: Don’t miss this superb video made by the students about the work they put in throughout the year on the shoot.
Natural England issues first licence to control buzzards to protect gamebirds
Government agency issues buzzard nest destruction licence to a small shoot after exhaustive trialling of non-lethal methods to prevent predation and economic loss
Shooting Times praised in parliament
A new Early Day Motion congratulating Shooting Times on its 130th anniversary has been tabled in parliament
Our Olympic dream
Discussing the legacy of the London Games
More than bricks and mortar
What will be the Games' shooting legacy?
John Humphreys – Country Gun passes away
A legend in the shooting world, Shooting Times' much-loved columnist John Humphreys has died