Rights and lefts: the ultimate shooting pleasure

Our guns were made to shoot two birds and when we achieve that, it’s the height of sporting satisfaction

"So... erm... do you work your dogs?"

You've invested a lot of time and money in your gundog training, but when you don't have a little black book of existing contacts to call upon, how do you secure your first day in the field?

Game is dead. Long live Wild Food!

Public attitudes towards game meat are deeply rooted. If we want to change them, it needs a fresh approach and new language

The evolution of an angler

How catching salmon fry with a plastic bottle laid the foundations for a lifelong love affair with the art of fly fishing

I thought shooting was doomed

There have been occasions when I have genuinely considered giving up shooting for good. But I'm glad to say that my faith has been restored.

Hiding in the shadows

Why do some of us feel the need to hide our passion for shooting? If we continue to hide, rather than beat the drum, surely we are destined to fail? I am proud of all the good that we do, and so should you be.

A Smorgasbord of Cornish Fish

An annual excursion takes me back to where an angling life began. I ponder on life, join friends upon a vast seascape and catch a variety of species.

The mentor and the muntjac

The first part in a series of articles around the process of mentoring a complete novice in the beginnings of their stalking life. Is this the way to go?

From Wine to Wildlife: My Manifesto for the Countryside

I love this country and its countryside. I was once used to competing on cricket fields around the globe but now my sport is found in the greener parts of the UK. Not only that but the fields also now contain grapes, and we know what that means!

Food For Thought

From the crofts of highland Scotland to the farms and fjords of Norway, the changing face of land use and food production in the North provides food for thought on a nation-wide scale.

Is driven pheasant shooting actually OK?

Is it right to not look at ourselves and our actions objectively? I am obviously a lover of every facet of hunting and shooting, but am often left wondering whether how we do things should remain unchanged!

The Wonder of Wildfowling

A fieldsports photographer's musings on our wildest of British landscapes