Shooting Times

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  • July 29, 2015

In this week’s 124-page Summer Special issue: Law Commission consults on simplifying firearms law The delights of DIY shoots Moorland groups dismiss RSPB muirburn study Train before the game: How…

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  • July 22, 2015

In this week’s issue: SNP may tighten hunting laws after vote U-turn Fowlers to benefit from new marshland Corvids on the quiet Poults, pens and percentages CLA Game Fair preview…

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  • July 8, 2015

In this week’s issue: RSPCA may “lose credibility” after activists join council Holyrood could seize private land through Land Reform Bill Petrel recalls a clay shoot, writing in 1960 The…

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  • July 1, 2015

In this week’s issue: Scottish bill proposes new business rates for estates Scotland passes airgun bill despite big drop in airgun crime The particulars of pigeon over peas Sisters are…

book on Waterloo

  • June 29, 2015

The Guards’ squares “presented a shocking sight”, wrote Captain Rees Gronow. “Inside, we were nearly suffocated by the smoke and smell from burnt cartridges. It was impossible to move a…

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  • June 24, 2015

In this week’s issue: Shooting groups write new lead ammo report Natural diet for phesant chicks “boosts survival” Nuts to squirrels: Summer squirrel shooting White hunter, big heart: Victorian adventurer…

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  • June 17, 2015

In this week’s issue: Two more LAG members quit Hen Harriers continue to disappear in England Eel’s well that ends well The auguries of animals Top tips for young shots…

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  • June 10, 2015

In this week’s issue: Wild game pays the cold toll Farmers blast Caffè Nero for bowing to anti-cull pressure The “Wild Chef” shoots and cooks pigeon A call to arms…

  • May 27, 2015

Sir Barney White-Spunner has resigned from the Lead Ammunition Group (LAG), citing a “lost confidence” in the group chairman John Swift. The LAG was set up under in April 2010…

roe deer

  • May 26, 2015

The British Deer Society (BDS) is renowned for its promotion of deer welfare and best practice management as well as for courses such as the Deer Stalking Certificate (DSC) 1…

Roebucks

  • May 21, 2015

For the roebuck — whether mature or a youngster — the rut used to be when he was most likely to become a statistic of a successful stalk. Today, the…

  • May 12, 2015

No sound evidence, no change” is the firmly held position of every British shooting organisation on lead ammunition. This means that any regulations must first and foremost be supported by…

Fox control

  • May 5, 2015

Night visionary Essex farmer Robert Bucknell is the doyen of fox shooting. Robert has been using night-vision devices for more than 30 years, long before the 1990-91 Gulf War brought…

Ratting in Wiltshire

  • February 24, 2015

Our ratting group moved off to the first draw, a hedge just across the road from the yard. We had a pack of six terriers and one golden retriever, which…

  • February 12, 2015

Annual roe reviews offer a chance for a catch-up — a catch-up on what was recently harvested and, increasingly, a catch-up and a reflection on what has been harvested in…

Roe buck

  • February 4, 2015

Last November, new guidelines for the European species within the CIC’s Red Book — the “bible” of international trophy measuring — were published for internal use. The changes, in principle,…

  • January 28, 2015

Barn owls are impressive birds, with the ability to use their ears to locate mice and voles precisely in total darkness. Fortunately, they also feed in daylight, thereby providing some…

End-of-season wildfowling

  • January 20, 2015

The wildfowling season may be drawing to a close, but there’s still time for one last venture to the foreshore. Nick Milman, chairman of the Devon Wildfowlers, offers his tips…