Budgets cut as DEFRA covers up
Shooting Times
What food is best for encouraging deer?
With winter approaching, I would like to supplement the food available to roe deer in our woodland. Would it be acceptable to put out grain, carrots and turnips, or is…
Streets ahead
The life of the famous broadcaster and writer A.G. Street is full of sporting tales. Charles Ward takes a look at the brimming background of a true sporting farmer
RSPCA — new authority figures?
Government to extend power of authority figures
Which sex of ferret should I buy?
I am on the verge of purchasing a couple of ferrets, but do not know which sex I should be obtaining. I would like ferrets that are easygoing and, of…
CFTS Open Qualifying AV Retriever 12 dog stake
Results of CFTS Open Qualifying AV Retriever 12 dog stake held on 11 October 2006 at the Caerhays Estate, Cornwall
Natural England Expects
But will cuts cripple new agency before the off?
Raising the standard
The new Game Shoot Standards Assurance Scheme is in the process of being launched to the shooting community. Alastair Balmain visits Belvoir Castle to find out more
Highland fling
The Auch and Invermeran estates are enough to set the heart aflutter. Charlotte Lycett Green heads north
Shooting gets Tory vote at conference
Conservatives praise conservation commitment
“Shoot monitor” in court victory
“Monitor” provokes a response — shooters urged not to “rise to the bait”
What does BASC do for you?
Has wildfowling been over-represented? Will there be a merger? Tony Jackson addresses these and other pertinent questions to John Swift, chief executive of BASC
Skye is the limit
Greeted in Gaelic, Professor Colin Trotman immediately felt welcome at Eilean Iarmain, and shooting woodcock in a snow-scattered landscape gave him a weekend to remember
MPs pledge support for shooting
Rural reception elicits governmental support.
Should I get Hobs or Jills when buying ferrets?
I am about to acquire two ferrets but am puzzled to know which sex is best. I want them to be good natured and to work well. Any suggestions?
Wild game prospects
Will this summer’s record temperatures translate into record numbers of wild game? The GCT’s Ian Lindsay offers some predictions for the 2006/7 UK lowland season
BASC Eastern Gundog Test
Results of a novice test held on Sunday 24 September near March in Cambridgeshire
Becoming an informant
Police want information about where your shooting.
The roe of Raemoir
Raemoir, near Banchory, provides the stunning backdrop for some roebuck stalking for Ian Valentine
A Babe of our own
When ST reader Hilary Rowles’ Labrador retrieved a newborn wild boar on a shoot in France, it wasn’t long before it was house-trained and hogging the sofa…