SHOOTERS’ RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

DOG OF THE WEEK

Betty Betty is nearly two years old and

An Achilles heel

26.06.24 Issue 6,467

Gunshop guide

A pick of some of the best brick-and-mortar retailers for fieldsports

SOMERSET

UK Gun Repairs

EAST SUSSEX

Ray Ward Gunsmith

BRISTOL

Newavon Arms

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Cambridge Gun Club

Parties reveal manifestos at last — and it’s bad news

Labour continues class warfare on trail-hunting, the Greens vow to end the badger cull, as main parties unveil their pledges for 4 July

BASC settles GL43 legal challenge with government

The debacle in 2023 came as Defra scrapped

Angling club buys river to aid endangered salmonids

Water abstraction can adversely affect the movement of

To do this week

SHOOT Across the country, there are people

Charities accused of ‘giving up’ on waders

Campaign group slams ‘unadulterated silence’ of the RSPB as tools for predator control are removed and trees are planted in wader habitat

“A highlight was a child loudly proclaiming it was a pig”

THEY SAID WHAT Who said it: Louisa Clutterbuck

School serves venison to teach ‘farm to fork’ eating

Giving children venison at school helps to cultivate

SSPCA ‘ideology’ could mean it makes unsafe convictions

SSPCA’s new powers could compromise criminal investigations The

Met Police trials A5 certificates

The Metropolitan Police has started atrial of anew

Two men convicted of night poaching

Two men have pleaded guilty to charges of

Labour turns its focus on to gun licence fees

Comment with BASC’s Conor O’Gorman

LETTERS

LETTER OF THE WEEK

AHEAD OF THE GAME

A pig? That’s really wild!

Upland keeper

Lindsay Waddell is a former chairman of the NGO and a retired gamekeeper

Stalking Diary

Charlie Blance is a stalker, fishing gillie and conservationist working across Scotland

Country Diary

Watching clutches of tiny fluffballs trail their mother is one of the joys of spring, but serves a reminder that nature is red in beak and claw

Sporting Life

Jeremy Hobsonis an experienced keeper, shoot host and fisherman

On the Campaign Trail

The offer of a 120-year-old damascus-barrelled boxlock is too good to refuse and the remarkable gun is already showing its versatility

Beretta SL2 £19,850

The launch of a completely new Beretta is always a big deal but its ‘hypergun’ is so much more — Jonny Carter falls in love

Less song and dance

Dogs are great with positives but not so much negatives, so it is vital to think about the commands we give them, says Jackie Drakeford

Diamonds in the ruff

In the days when game was shot over dogs, Guns of modest means had to make do with all kinds of breeds, but they got the job done, says WC

Game Cookery

Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day but if you’re wondering what to have, Cai ap Bryn’s venison muffin hits the spot

SPORTING ANSWERS

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Crossword

The Shooting Times Almanac

29 JUNE 2024

Sharpshooter

Almost all the UK is subject to human intervention, including parts that many regard as wilderness, but it is still important habitat for wildlife

Dog

In at the deep end

A golden retriever might not be the obvious choice for a wildfowling dog, but Mike Swan is finding that young Willow learns a little every day

Filling up with the right fuel

Overwhelmed by the choice of food on the market? Industry experts tell Felix Petit about what is best for our dogs

Finding freedom in a Scottish glen

Matt Limb looks at the life of a gillie whose family has twice been forced to flee their homeland but who has found his niche

All aboard for your fill of teal

Forget about all those stories of doves, duck species are varied and plentiful in Argentina, as Alan Jarrett discovers

Tick all the boxes for concerns about Lyme

It’s tick season and, while only a tiny number carry Lyme disease, prevention is better than cure, so we share advice from Admiral vets

From dwarf to giant

Did the dwarfism gene in an otterhound produce the bedlington, a tough working terrier with a huge reputation, wonders John Glover

First-class all the way

You want to take your gundog from A to B as comfortably as possible, so we’ve selected five of the best transit boxes on the market

GMK

http://www.gmk.co.uk

Shooting Times

Weekend X poll

Fine Shooting Accessories

http://www.fineshootingaccessories.com

THOMAS JACKS

http://www.thomasjacks.co.uk

DT BOXES

http://www.dtboxes.co.uk

Clay Hunt VR

http://www.shotgungaming.com/clayhuntvr

Texturevr

http://www.texturevr.com

ZEISS V8

http://www.zeiss.ly/st-v8

IAN HODGE FIELD SPORTS

http://www.ianhodgefieldsports.co.uk

BETTWS HALL

Tuffies

http://www.tuffies.co.uk

Solway Feeders

http://www.solwayfeeders.com

Shooting Times

Drew's lab

http://www.drewslab.co.uk

Brattonsound

http://www.brattonsound.co.uk

Shooting Times

Shooting Times And Country

http://www.shootingtimesandcountry.com

LINTRAN K9

http://www.lintran.co.uk

Bristol Incubators

http://www.bristolincubators.com

PACDOG

http://www.pacdog.co.uk

Angle Books

http://www.anglebooks.com

Shooting Times

GUNDOG-JOURNAL

http://www.gundog-journal.com/shop/books

NORTH NORFOLK

Heart of England Farms Ltd

http://www.heartofenglandfarmsltd.com

Wellington

http://www.wellington.co.uk

Melbourne Gun

http://www.melbournegun.com

Kent shoot

Teague chokes

http://www.teaguechokes.com

Muntjac Trading

http://www.muntjactrading.co.uk