Since its launch in 1882, Shooting Times & Country Magazine has been at the forefront of the shooting scene. The magazine is the clear first choice for shooting sportsmen, with editorial covering all disciplines, including gameshooting, rough shooting, pigeon shooting, wildfowling and deer stalking. Additionally the magazine has a strong focus on the training and use of gundogs in the field and, because it is a weekly publication, the magazine keeps readers firmly up-to-date with the latest news in their world.

DOG OF THE WEEK • Shooting Times recommends chudleys.com Fuelling gundogs for generations

Tweed top-up

2020: a year to forget 2021: a time to fight • After an extraordinary year — and not only because of the coronavirus pandemic — shooting has a chance to build on and improve its image

It’s not all doom and gloom

Being part of the solution

Weekend Twitter poll

To do this week

Lead and legal battles, but shooting can win • Non-toxic shot and persistent challenges will continue to dominate our sport but we must be ready to face change and fight our corner

THEY SAID WHAT • “Cherwell owns mainly play areas, grass verges and shopping malls — the only hunting that takes place is for bargains.”

A year of ‘feast or famine’ for game meat market

Once-in-a-generation chance

NEWS IN BRIEF

LETTERS

Don’t let the vegans have all the lentils

Shooting Times & Country

THIS WAS NO VANDALISM

NEXT WEEK IN SHOOTING TIMES

Country Diary • The Big Farmland Bird Count is a wonderful opportunity for people to help gather data on the state of wildlife in our ‘real’ countryside

How can we breed the perfect labrador? • It is a contentious question with few right answers — but there are some clear things that we should try to breed out, says Ellena Swift

Labrador perfection, according to the the Kennel Club

The man who stares at goats • Feral goats have had some bad press but in Galloway they are part of the mountains — and they produce fabulous meat

WHY WE SHOOT

The right-and-left that almost was • Woodcock awaken such passion in Worth Mathewson that he decides to cross the pond in search of some sport

A New Year’s revelation • To get an idea of how to tackle January pheasants you have to understand the science of death, says Simon Reinhold

Only boys allowed • It’s amazing what a low-maintenance wild shoot can provide in terms of mixed sport and it always pays to target the cocks, says J S Grotrian

A nod is as good as a wink-wink • Geese are notoriously unpredictable — but that can work in your favour, says Soldier Palmer

Britain’s little Arctic visitor goes full circle • Guided here by the Earth’s geomagnetic field, the snow bunting is a welcome winter migrant

To brighten a winter’s day • Velvet shank is one of the few mushrooms to thrive at this time of year, says John Wright

All for one, one for all • In a single day, the ferrets, dog and goshawk bag their bunny — a feat to be known forthwith as a rabbiting Macnab, says Simon Whitehead

ABC OF FERRETING • In this column, Simon outlines the essentials of good ferreting

Youthful vigour of the famous five • In the latest of our series on bringing youngsters into fieldsports, Richard Negus’s son Charlie joins the beating line on a farm shoot

Coloured judgement • Just how important is the hue of a gundog’s coat? David Tomlinson examines the history behind the kaleidoscope of canine colours

SHOULD DOGS EAT SCRAPS? • A common-sense approach is needed at feeding time

Game Cookery • Nostalgic for that 70s classic, the chicken Kiev, Tim...