One of the things we get asked over and over again is "how can I get permission to shoot pigeons?" People ring a few farmers, are told to get lost, and think it’s impossible. So when I met Will Beasley recently for our magazine series on pigeon decoying, I asked him that question. Will and [...]

I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to test out the Hawke Pro-Stalk camera from Deben – a nifty bit of kit that you set up strapped to a tree, then come back a day later and marvel at the high quality pictures and video it’s snapped of any passing wildlife. At least, that’s the theory. [...]

We picked up Bracken today, full of apprehension as always with a new pup – what will the old dog think of her, will she be ok, are we feeding her right, etc, etc! Well, so far so good! She’s getting on fine with Skye (although Skye was unimpressed by Bracken’s attempt to feed from [...]

Driving to see my parents this afternoon, I stopped to let these two run across the lane in front of me. They never noticed the car – just carried on with their squabble until the winner sent his rival packing.Walking round the place later, I was amazed by the number of berries on the holly [...]

OK readers, I need your help. We’re compiling our Christmas wish-list for the magazine. In the category of ‘shooting related toys’ what would you most desire?Here are a few that I’d be happy to find in my stocking on Christmas Day, but what would you want?Ideas and suggestions please – via the comments or email [...]

Organisations from the RSPB to the LACS are good at creating catchy slogans to support their campaigns. Shooters, on the other hand, are rather rubbish at it. We’re guilty of sitting in the corner sulking ‘it’s not fair’ and ‘they don’t understand us’. Well, it’s not and they don’t, but moping won’t solve anything. Actually, [...]

Douglas Batchelor, £100,000+ p.a. chief exec of the League Against Cruel Sports, is incandescent at BBC Countryfile’s excellent coverage of National Taste of Game Week (Julia Bradbury went shooting with game chef Mike Robinson, and shot, cooked and ate a hen pheasant – for the next week or so, you can watch the programme on [...]

That’s enough about tiresome antis – on to happier subjects: this young lady will be joining the Marchington family in a week or so (we’ll have to get her out of the trouser-chewing habit pdq!). She was bred by Shaun, a Sporting Shooter reader and keen beater/shooter who lives in Reading. By concidence, I had [...]

Is your MP on this list? If so, it looks like they’ve been had by the antis’ latest stunt, where David Taylor MP tabled an ‘early day motion’ – clearly spoonfed to him by Animal Aid and their chums – calling for the banning of game shooting. I first reported on this nonsense here, but [...]

With my coterminous firearms and shotgun certificates coming up for renewal shortly, I’ve been rushing round getting 8 identical passport photos, finding 2 upstanding members of the community to vouch for me, filling in all the forms with scrupulous accuracy, etc. I’ve been fighting off the temptation to think ‘the law is an ass’ and [...]