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At the annual gathering of the ornithological clan, the Bird Fair, held two weeks ago, shooting journalist Charlie Jacoby, bearded the lion or in this […]

That hackneyed phrase was the one selected by Chris Packham to describe reports much covered in the press, concerning British shooters travelling to Iceland to […]

Shooting sports was forced to yield last week. For all its articulacy in making its case, it had no defence against one of modern life’s […]

On the June 20th a firearms licencing team, backed up by more than 20 police including two armed officers- appeared at the premises  of a […]

In August last year we covered the tragic case of Stanley Metcalf, (see: ‘Not nice work from the Network‘ 16-08-18) the six year old boy […]

It doesn’t take much to imagine the smug satisfaction felt by those involved with Wild Justice after its torpedoing of the general licence. The campaigning […]

All the agencies involved are to be congratulated on the latest announcement of the results of the successful campaign to exterminate the rat population on […]

Whoever it was who took the picture of a sea eagle making off with a lamb clutched in its talons, has done everyone who cares […]

First published in 1853 as a country newspaper for the hunting, shooting and fishing community, by 1986 The Field magazine was struggling. With a circulation of just […]

Interviewed in the March issue of industry publication, Gun Trade News, Rebecca Schönfelder, manager of Europe’s biggest shooting show, IWA, mentioned that in the past […]

Magazine publishing has ceased to be the great business opportunity it was and publishers cast around desperately for ways of earning a few bob, which […]

Every so often a shooting magazine will publish a letter from a reader, in which the correspondent offers a peon of praise to a police […]

There was a modest fanfare when in the Spring of last year anti-fieldsports campaigner and animal rights personality, Chris Packham, announced the launch of a […]

Future Publishing, owners of a range of shooting magazines including Sporting Rifle, Airgun Shooter and industry voice, Gun Trade News has launched its own series of shooting awards. The […]

Very few British shooters venture to mainland Europe to go boar hunting, but those that do and indeed others who may be hunting other game […]

Classic firearms dealer Diggory Hadoke found himself the victim of an episode in media duplicity, when having agreed to give an interview to ITV’s Breakfast […]

For anyone searching for the perfect example of a modern politician in action, the continuing tale of Natural Resource Wales’ (NRW) decision to ban shooting […]

The furore occasioned by the publicity surrounding the killing of feral goats in Scotland offered arguably the perfect insight into what exactly it is about […]

Outside of Wales few will have heard of Hannah Blythyn and given the drab uniformity of politicians generally, it is a fair bet that only […]