Shooting Times & Country Magazine - 27 Aug 2025
Walked-up grouse on the glens
Decoying pigeons over bean stubble
How to prevent gundog thefts
ATTACKS
MASKED SABS TARGET GLORIOUS TWELFTH SHOOTS
DOES CAMO KIT REALLY WORK?
HOW TO START WILDFOWLING
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Guard dogs: a first line of defence
Go wildfowling – you won’t regret it
The case for our own wild venision
A stunning sideby-side to covet
Glorious Twelfth Scottish- style
Deadly decoying bags 130 woodies
News BASC column
Letters Features
Masked thugs target shoot on the Twelfth
Shooting is key to nature recovery, reports BASC
Defra enhances measures to combat avian influenza
New ambassador for Highlands & Islands at GWT
Golden eagle may return to England
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‘Building year’ looms for red grouse estates
Scottish stalkers offered £95,000 funding boost
Gundog displays and hound parades escape licence threat
Barbury provides new entry to try out rifle shooting
“It’s the thrill of being at one with some of Britain’s last remaining empty spaces”
Scholarship students receive funding boost from BASC
Durrell Trust to end paid stalking on Scottish estate
To do this week
BASC plays a vital role across the UK
It’s not a job, it’s a countryside calling
NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR PELLETS?
GAME CROP GUIDANCE
MAKING SURE THE JOB’S DONE
TREE PLANTING, NOT IN WALES
Some good news for once about the process of renewing a firearms certificate and a firm reminder that honesty really is the best policy
WILDFOWLERS
GAME-CHANGING
A glorious dawn on a Scottish glen
Beans means flightlines
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Joy of truly wild quarry
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CONCLUSION
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It’s four for a bullet
Rich pickings for squirrels
The experts
Whistle while they work…
Nipping kit bites in the bud
Rifle range’s safe set-up
Muntjac in hard antler
Has my dog had a stroke?
Rules on importing guns
Foxing with semi-autos
Do you need all that kit?
The milky drinks are on me
Crossword
Across
Rat-faced Mcdougal
Solution 1730 /13 August 2025
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