Shooting Times & Country Magazine - 8 Okt 2025
First class greys
How to travel with a gundog
Taking on field trials in Sweden
WHY IS NATURAL ENGLAND IGNORING THE EVIDENCE?
The finest gun slips
around
THE APPEAL OF BUDGET SCOPES
SQUIRRELS ON BIRTH CONTROL
THUMBHOLE
HUNTER
TIMBER
CREST
DOG OF THE WEEK Mrs Wieneberger (Narla)
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Cornerstones
This week’s cover image was supplied
by Matt Kidd
Keeping your dog safe and secure
Rewriting the rulebook
A wild bird shoot like no other
Back to a lesson in the basics
A taste of Nordic gundog trialling
A rifle ripe for rabbit control
Country Diary
Wildfowlers’ jottings
Moorland Association
Vintage Times
Sporting Answers
Gamekeeper
Stalking Diary
Letters Features
Regulars
Almanac
Gundogs
Rifle test
BASC takes shooting’s case to party conferences
Black grouse breed for first time in 200 years
Reserve takes action as goat population explodes
Countryside Alliance launches fight for rural life
Defra opens peat burning licence applications
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Proposed bill could halve stalker numbers
Raptor study on Scottish moors records 16 species
BASC celebrates increase in female membership
Red squirrels threatened by net zero scheme
“As we all know, grey partridge shoots are increasingly rare in the UK”
Estate defends hillwalking restrictions on four Munros
Bylaw banning campfires welcomed in Cairngorms
To do this week
No grey areas with new contraception
Ian Danby
The public mustn’t be fooled by the media
ONE MAN AND HIS DOG
GIVING CREDIT WHERE IT’S DUE
RESEARCHING SETTER HISTORY
GAMEBIRD GUIDANCE
With ducks still in eclipse plumage and warm weather lingering, there’s a little longer to wait for the best of the wildfowling action
WILDFOWLERS
Sporting Life
Flashes of grey and gold
Flashes of grey and gold
MOORLAND
The importance of restraining your gundog
BEYOND COMPLIANCE: BESTPRACTICES
Gundogs in Gotland
TIME TO COMMIT TO A CLUB
GAME FARM
Optical delusions
MAXIMISE YOUR EXPERIENCE
Routine conquers chaos
Dan’s shooting kit
Routine conquers chaos
DAN’S THREE TAKEAWAYS
FINESHOOTINGACCESSORIES CROCODILESHOTGUNSLIP
ACORNSADDLERY EXMOORINTEGRAL DOUBLEGUNSLIP
Slick slips
MARTINDINGMAN SAFARISWEET 16CASE
CHATHAM BUCKLE LEATHER GUN SLIP
CROOTS MALTON BRIDLE LEATHER SHOTGUN SLIP
Bergara BMR-X .22 LR rifle £750
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NEED TO KNOW
IN DEPTH
FIELD TEST
CONCLUSION
Game Cookery
THE METHOD Serves 2
Ingredients
A few birds on your tod
Best places for red deer
The experts
Transferring new shotgun
Shooting sticks or a bipod?
Eagles out on the hill
Canine worm treatment
Best air rifle magazines
Crossword
Never consume roadkill
Leaf Avoider Cascade
Across
Competition:
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Native Britain
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