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Gundog training video

Watch the first video in a new series on training gun dogs with Chris Burns

How to skin a pheasant - video

Shooting Times' game cook, Mark Hinge, explains how to skin and prepare a pheasant for cooking.

Win a day's gundog training with David Lisett!

Don't miss 18 November issue of Shooting Times: Chudleys is offering five lucky Shooting Times readers the opportunity to spend two days with their dog at the Buccleuch kennels in June 2010, where they will receive training from David Lisett.

Sloe Gin - Captain Harriman's accelerated sloe gin

After perfecting a method of producting superb sloe gin in a matter of days, Bill Harriman is happy to share his groundbreaking secret concoction

Mallard at Mocklerstown shoot

For the duck it's a long way up in Tipperary thanks to newly built wetlands and masterly presentation

Airgunners tackle rabbit problems at a Bristol rugby pitch

Ian Valentine heads to Bristol to see how the tide of rabbits causing havoc on the pitches of a rugby club is being tackled

The Future Face of Firearms

As gun production beomes increasingly sophisticated to meet today's high standards, Selena Masson travels to the Benelli factory in Italy to view state-of-the-art gunmaking

Coastal access concerns

The Country Land and Business Association's national access adviser, Sarah Slade, discusses why coastal access is causing concern

VIDEO: How to use a ferret finder device

ST's ferreting expert Simon Whitehead shows you how to retrieve lost ferrets from deep underground

Job vacancy: Gamekeeper required

Single-handed keeper required for 1,000 ha estate in Belgium.

Learn how to perfect the sit and recall commands with your gun dog.

NEW! ST gundog training video - Essential kit

Gun dog trainer Chris Burns discusses what kit you need to train a gun dog.

Beating the credit crunch

Could the global economic downturn herald a change in the nature of UK shooting? Alastair Balmain explores the implications of financial instability on the shooting sector

Shooting Times sample magazine!

Shooting Times & Country Magazine is the only weekly title to cover all aspects of shooting and stalking, as well as other country pursuits such as ferreting, falconry and hunting.

The grouse counter

Ian Valentine meets a rising star in the world of game conservation, doing what he enjoys most: counting grouse with his English pointers in the Highlands of Scotland

England's provincial gunmakers

Shooting Times discovers quality workmanship and high standards alive and well beyond the London and Birmingham gun trade

Gamefarmers feel effects of slowing economy

An uncertain economic climate is forcing gamefarmers to keep costs down.

Buy exclusive Shooting Times prints!

Shooting Times is selling signed limited-edition prints of this week's BASC centenary cover for £30 each.

Airport story from Robert McCulloch

En route to Nairobi, Robert McCulloch is stopped at the airport when the security guards discover an illegal cargo in his waistcoat will he be subjected to a strip-search?

Joe Dimbleby goes rook shooting

A rookery in the garden brings the household luck, and for Joe Dimbleby the traditional annual May shoot is pest control with pie in mind

Building and maintaining a rabbit pen

Building and maintaining a rabbit pen may be time-consuming, but Paul Rawlings believes it is a vital aid in the pursuit of steadiness and training your dog to hunt

ST remembers Fred J. Taylor

Modest, generous and ever jovial, the death of Fred J. Taylor leaves the fieldsports world short of one of its finest writers. Tony Jackson remembers the Countryman

How to save money on fuel

With prices rising faster than a January pheasant, refuelling the shoot 4x4 now requires significant investment. Alastair Balmain looks at what you can do to cut the fuel bill

Roestalking adventure

A break in the dreary weather gave Tony Jackson and his stalking partner Charles Fenn the opportunity to clamber into their high seats for a chance at roebuck

PODCAST: New GWCT and RSPB conservation initiative

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has joined forces with the RSPB to launch a new initiative looking at how farming can secure a healthy natural environment.

Land Rover celebrates it's 60th birthday

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

Gunmakers of London

Tradition and Best-quality gunmaking is still thriving,
as Ian Valentine discovers when he embarks on a
tour of London’s smartest addresses

New blackgrouse plan launched

A new rescue plan by The North Pennines Black Grouse Recovery Project was launched on 30 April in the Yorkshire Dales.

Controlling pests with poison

With ever-changing laws and strict guidelines on usage, it can be confusing for keepers when using poisons for the control of rodents and other pests, says Mike Swan

VIDEOS: All the latest products from the IWA trade fair

We hunted down all the brand new products that will be hitting the UK soon.

Seeland, Realtree, Webley & Scott and Browning discuss all their latest products at the recent IWA trade fair, held in Nuremburg, Germany.

New squirrel calling gadget

We provided an experienced squirrel controller with a new calling gadget from the US to see whether
it increases his success rate. Ian Valentine reports from the woods of East Sussex

Buying game

Is the mark-up of game out of proportion? Mark Lorne argues the case for gamedealers in response to complaints concerning the low prices paid for game

Help for Heroes bike ride

On 26 May, more than 300 volunteers, including ST’s chief sub-editor Charlotte Lycett Green, will depart from Portsmouth on the Help for Heroes Big Battlefield Bike Ride — a 350-mile cycling tour of battlefield sites of both world wars, including the D-Day beaches and the Somme.

Suitable soil and choosing a crop

Following the EU’s scrapping of compulsory set-aside and higher incomes from commercial crops, choosing and placing covercrops will be more vital than ever. David Lyles explains

Get to know your (local) tides when wildfowling

The dangers of turning tides and exceptional winds can often be underestimated. Mike Swan looks into the treacherous circumstances that can cut a fowler off from safety

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How to prepare a woodcock - video

Shooting Times' game chef, Mark Hinge, explains how to prepare and dress a woodcock ready for the oven.

Video: How to breast a pigeon

Game chef, Mark Hinge, shows you how to breast a woodpigeon.

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