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Benelli Raffaello Crio 28

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:40 GMT

Twenty-eight bores are flooding gundealers' racks, but the high-tech, fast-handling Raffaello has an edge on the rest, says Lewis Potter

The Keenley Shoot

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:14:04 GMT

Towering hills and plunging valleys send the pheasants high over the Guns when Selena Masson closes the season in the spectacular Pennines

Coast to Coast...... Dyfi & District

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:03:45 GMT

Kate Gatacre joins fowlers decoying for Canadas on the stunning Dyfi estuary, where a young Shot has goose calling down to a fine art

A raid on the roosts

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:03:45 GMT

Graham Downing joins a strong Gun team on the first day of pigeon shooting at Glemham estate, in Suffolk, where a well-planned approach soon rids the woods of the pests

Stop birds straying

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:01:01 GMT

Get a higher return next season with Mike Swan's simple guide to choosing the correct covercrop varieties for your shoot, climate and birds

The Hele Barton shoot

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:09:09 GMT

In the wild woods of North Cornwall where Atlantic mists roll in, Tony Jackson enjoys high pheasants, fast woodcock and home-made pasties

Watching them watching you

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:02:55 GMT

New legal guidance on covert surveillance will help to ensure that it is no longer vigilantes but the police who enforce animal legislation, says Tim Bonner

The Cotleigh shoot

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:07:20 GMT

In Devon's dramatic valleys, Tony Jackson joins a team of dedicated Guns whose efforts have resulted in great local support and spectacular sport

First Aid in the field

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:02:19 GMT

In an emergency, a paid and confident response can be key to a casualty's survival. Robert Gray reports on a unique course for shooters

Woodcock in a western winter

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:07:08 GMT

Sport and conservation converge when Selena Masson joins a team of Guns in the Western Isles to shoot Woodock in their winter stronghold

The Manor Shoot

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:15:31 GMT

In Somerset's combes and gulleys a syndicate has discovered how to get more enjoyment from its shooting for less effort

Pen-y-Lan shoot

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:01:23 GMT

David Tomlinson joins a shoot where the Guns line out across two counties and the pheasants fly fast and high over the wooded Dee valley

In the field of higher learning

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:01:23 GMT

At Wiltshire College the gamekeeping students run the show on shoot days. Alastair Balmain discovers how practical experience and classroom learning can work in harmony.

Catching rates among the rubbish

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:01:21 GMT

With fast, non-stop action, ratting is a sport fit for kings. Selena Masson joins a team of ratters and their terriers on pest control duty in Lancashire.

DEFRA kicks off a cage fight

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:00:52 GMT

A ban on using raised cages for gamebird egg production is in the frame. Alastair Balmain investigates a topic that has split the UK's shooting bodies

New woodcock groups planned

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:00:52 GMT

Dr Andrew Hoodless calls on shooters to pool their valuable knowledge and experience to support a new regional network of woodcock groups

Shoot report: Willey Park shoot

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:25:19 GMT

Joe Dimbleby returns to one of Englands oldest shoots to discover how its owner has succeeded in reviving his familys illustrious sporting legacy

Trumps Farm shoot

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:12:29 GMT

High-flying pheasants mirror Heathrow-bound jets when Tony Jackson visits an enterprising Surrey shoot in the shadow of London's landmarks

Picking-up an artist's touch

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:07:48 GMT

Charlotte Lycett Green visits Bernadette Restorick, who between working her dogs find inspiration for her painting under the big skies of Romney Marsh

Heveningham Hall Shoot

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:08:50 GMT

After a disasterous fire, the house and gamebirds on one of England's finest estates have risen phoenix-like from the flames

Wild woodcock of the Hebrides

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:31:14 GMT

On a bewitching Scottish island, Julian Schmechel and his vizsla embark on a gripping hunt over mountainous terrain for secretive wintering woodcock

Restoring the grey partridge

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:15:43 GMT

The success of the Grey Partridge Recovery Project shows that with careful management this fragile species can be restored. Malcolm Brockless reports

What does the recession mean for shooting?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:44:28 GMT

Earlier this season, industry insiders met to discuss the effects of the recession on gameshooting and to plan its recovery. Ben Roberts reports on the talks

Going wild for Germany's boar

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:08:39 GMT

The exhilarating but unpredicatable sport of shooting wild boar at night on a superior western German hunting ground has Selena Masson hooked

Dorset Wildfowlers

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:12:14 GMT

Kate Gatacre visits a forward-looking club in Poole Harbour, where vast shallow waters and numerous islands provide an enthralling flight