This week's issue (on sale 7 December) is packed with information on how to correctly punish a gundog, walked-up shooting in Norfolk and discover how to protect your shoot from saboteurs. Don't miss it.

In this week's issue: Discover why respect for quarry must never be sacrificed at any cost A family affair: out on a walk-one, stand-one mixed day in Norfolk From canvas to covert: the art of combining keepering with painting Keeper’s Diary: enjoying a mixed bag with some cracking duck shooting What you can do to protect your shoot from saboteurs? Running a shoot can be stressful — ST offers advice on how to cope Stalking roe in the foothills of the Urals in central Russia Joe Irving on how and when it is right to punish a gundog What to do if your dog tucks into the turkey this Christmas and becomes ill