Shooting Times & Country

Since its launch in 1882, Shooting Times & Country Magazine has been at the forefront of the shooting scene. The magazine is the clear first choice for shooting sportsmen, with editorial covering all disciplines, including gameshooting, rough shooting, pigeon shooting, wildfowling and deer stalking. Additionally the magazine has a strong focus on the training and use of gundogs in the field and, because it is a weekly publication, the magazine keeps readers firmly up-to-date with the latest news in their world.

It takes all sorts

Number of shotgun licence holders is now in decline • New Home Office figures show that shotgun licence holders are down 4% year on year, while there are some worrying age and gender trends

Peer links guns and misogyny

Brits winning on the clays

To do this week

Grouse numbers — how are they looking? • There are hopes that the grouse season should be a good one this year, thanks to the rain coming just in time to break the dry spell

Government warns of new disease threat from ticks

Wild camping saga continues

NEWS IN BRIEF

Shooting Times & Country

LETTERS

An introduction to the countryside

Country Diary • The unique taste of heather honey might not be for everyone, but we should all thank the bees for their hard work, writes Rose Sutcliffe

Gamekeeper • Liam Bell says gamekeepers must be realistic about growing game crops without the use of any herbicides or artificial fertilisers

Stalking Diary • Charlie Blance argues that bowhunting should be welcomed by the fieldsports community, with growing interest among the young

JOTTINGS FOR WILDFOWLERS • James Green explains why the internet cannot compete with the Game Fair when it comes to meeting like-minded sportsmen and women

Going for gold in Glenfinnan • A guided stalk in the Highlands leaves Jamie Tusting with memories to last a lifetime as he goes in pursuit of a red stag

Step up your stalking footwear • Back-to-back stalks over rough terrain present the perfect opportunity to compare top-of-the-range boots and gaiters

Ten of the best • We preview the top 10 gunmakers exhibiting at the Game Fair

A midsummer night’s dream • Gethin Jones joins Stuart Llewellyn of the Llanrwst Anglers Club on a night-time foray in for sea-trout on the wonderful River Conwy

Sure, it’s not lead but is it accurate? • When testing ‘non-toxic’ ammunition in .243, the nation’s favourite stalking calibre, Graham Downing is fairly impressed

The gun that every one of us needs • After enjoying a productive day on the woodies above the maize, Mark Ripley considers the merits of using a semi-automatic shotgun

It’s not all lost • When it comes to shooting kit, Felix Petit learns that British brands are still thriving

No place like the North • Lindsay Waddell explores the incredible sporting history of Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland from the coast to the moors

Breaking new ground • Al Gabriel has a new permission that’s just 50 acres but it has everything you could want to be a real deerstalker’s paradise

Getting the lay of the land • Tom Payne tries his luck over laid barley and rues missed opportunities earlier in the year

The Secret Land Agent • As regenerative farming takes off, we must consider how eco-friendly shoots can be

Rocksteady rabbiting • Mat Manning hunkers down for a bipod-based airgun ambush as the bunnies continue to bounce back on his patch in Somerset

Training or breaking? • Though first published in 1848, General Hutchinson’s Dog Breaking contains plenty of gems for owners of today, says David Tomlinson

SHORT LEADS ONLY, PLEASE • There’s a time and a...