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.

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Is farming to blame for Europe-wide bird decline? • There are 550 million fewer birds on the continent than there were 40 years ago, with research suggesting that agriculture is the main culprit

RSPB calls for releasing halt

Labour supports right to roam

To do this week

‘Catastrophic decline’ in foxes following ban • More than 100 vets are calling for a scientific review to address the current situation, as fox populations continue to fall across the UK

New Sako 90 impresses British rifle shooters

New restriction on releasing

NEWS IN BRIEF

Shooting Times & Country

LETTERS

Country Diary • Spring is in full swing, and it’s a good time to contemplate the state of the natural world just before the turn of the season is upon us all

Gamekeeper • Foxing gives ample opportunity to keep an eye on wildlife at large, and an experiment with jackdaws produces some interesting results

Stalking Diary • An impressive stag taken during the 2022 rut leads to some interesting thoughts and conversations about not being too hasty with culling

JOTTINGS FOR WILDFOWLERS • Lots of us have different guns for differents occasions, a gun for geese on the mud and a gun for duck flighting, but is best to stick with one?

Dropping in for some spring sport • The weather doesn’t dampen any spirits — or the action — as a last-minute visit results in a successful woodland stalk for roebuck and muntjac in the gloom

We need to look at the bigger picture • Game shooting is under close scrutiny, so it’s vital that management decisions consider the broader environment, writes Mike Swan

Boots for big adventurers • A high lace-up boot is just the ticket for crossing country while shooting says Richard Negus, who rounds up four of the best on the market

Conserving an iconic indigenous species • Nathan Little takes on the heat and mountainous terrain of Mallorca as he learns the story of the Balearean boc and a new hunting culture

Serious matters • Why has Britain’s humble coney seemingly disappeared from our countryside?

Online dating, but with a difference • The internet is a hugely powerful tool, not only for meeting folk across the world but also for promoting our sport, writes Guy Maddocks

Waging war on these parasites • In the first of a two-parter, Al Gabriel investigates the rise in our tick population and the risks they carry

Be careful what you wish for • Simon Whitehead looks at the nature of ferrets and worries that we might be breeding out their hunting instinct

ABC OF FERRETING • In this column, Simon outlines the essentials of good ferreting

One handler, one dog? • Professionals may well raise trialling standards, but David Tomlinson asks if it is fairer for handlers to be restricted to one dog per person

WALKING TO HEEL • Is dog walking more dangerous than we think?

Kreighoff K20 Parcours £13,995 • Utterly beautiful and living up to the quality of the K80, this dream of a gun shoots faultlessly and handles smoothly, writes Jonny Carter

When it’s time to say goodbye • It’s never an easy decision to make, but there’s peace to be had in remembering the good times, says...