Following on from the news about United Utilities announcing that there will be no new grouse shooting leases on its land (a move that it now seems to be back-pedaling…
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United Utilities starts to back-pedal on decision
It is a month now since the troubled water provider, United Utilities, announced – to much initial cheer on social media – that it would not be renewing any licences…
Scottish water poised to end grouse shooting
Following on from the news about United Utilities announcing that there will be no new grouse shooting leases on its land (a move that they now seem to be backpedaling…
Land access protesters win landmark victory
In January this year, an estimated 3,000 people flocked to Cornwood in Dartmoor, then the site of some spectacular pheasant shooting, to protest a ban on what some call ‘wild…
Grouse shooting leases will not be renewed by United Utilities
Shooting Times understands that United Utilities, Britain’s biggest water company and also Britain’s largest corporate landowner, is going to end grouse shooting across its 56,000-hectare holding by way of not…
Planning controversy over shoot flightponds
There’s a row going on in Dumfries and Galloway, one of Britain’s heartlands of duck shooting and a destination for wildfowlers from all over Britain. An estate on Eskdalemuir has…
Grouse shooting leases pulled on United Utilities land
Shooting Times understands that United Utilities, Britain’s biggest water company and also Britain’s largest corporate landowner, is going to end grouse shooting across its 56,000 hectare holding by way of…
Land Rover brand to be dropped in restructure
Nothing stands still. Not so long ago, every shoot up and down the country would have had a few Land Rovers in the mix and it was the keeper’s truck…
Beretta interview: reinvigorating Holland & Holland
Over the years, Shooting Times has been published by lots of different companies, large and small. In the 1990s, it was published by IPC, which was known colloquially as the…
Royal Warrants: a cartridge fit for The Queen
We were 12 miles north of Moy when the engine went bang. At first, the power started to go, then a gritty groan came from deep within the Jimny’s oily…
So what’s so special about Teague chokes?
A reader is considering fitting Teague multichokes to his Breda Vega Special Trap gun so he can shoot a variety of birds
The best wildfowling gear for the season ahead
Wildfowling kit has benefitted greatly from advances in materials technology in recent years and so we’ve compiled this guide to the best wildfowling gear. Decoy bags are now much lighter…
How to tell if your gun fits you
Tom Payne explains what gun fit means, going over the parts of a gun, terminology and which measurements are important. As he says: “Gun fit is a bit like having…
Every day’s a school day
We were huddled together in an old Dumfriesshire farmhouse kitchen, with rain bouncing off the windows. “Whether we hit 10 birds today or 100 matters not,” announced 14-year-old Charlie Hattam,…
Following in the footsteps of famous wildfowlers
You might not have heard of him but if you’re a member of BASC — and by my reckoning you ought to be — you owe a great deal to…
What do Guns really want?
In a West Country inn on a crisp autumnal evening, Tim Maddams, whom regular readers will recognise from our cookery pages, tells me that he thinks we need to kick…
Gameshooting in Wiltshire – sport as it’s meant to be
Say what you will but I don’t always wear a tie in the field, remember to fill out my game book, nor ever really use my side-by-side. I am not…
Your first day in the field
In the fourth part of our Shooting Times series on how to become the Shot you’ve always wanted, in association with Hull Cartridge, Tom Payne is looking at how to…
Getting your footwork right
In the third instalment of our series on how to become the Shot you’ve always wanted to be, in association with Hull Cartridge, Tom Payne teaches you how to up…
A good day’s ratting
It was about 4am with rain falling hard from the London sky and people spilling out of nightclubs on to the greasy streets. As I sat waiting for the red…