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The Good Gundog Feeding Guide – Part 2
Whether you have been on the moors, picking partridge or are planning the next pheasant recipe, it’s a good time to review how our gundogs are looking and performing.
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Giving people the chance to shoot
BASC’s most advanced shooting simulator has had a busy 2019. Travelling the length and breadth of the country, it has provided educational enjoyment to dozens of shows and events.
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Using airguns as part of squirrel conservation
JDJ Braithwaite reports on the role of modern thermal imaging technology and its use when coupled with airgun hunting methods for the humane removal of grey squirrels from our woodlands. He talks about his experience and the issues he faces in his local town, Lakeland.
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The perfect retrieve
As the shooting season gets into full swing, I’m enjoying visiting shoots all over the country. With birds plentiful and Guns shooting well, it is an exciting time for everybody – especially so for the dogs.
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Is satellite tagging reliable?
In April this year, a satellite tag fitted to a golden eagle called Adam made its last broadcast from a vehicle turning circle on a grouse moor in Perthshire.
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What’s the problem with firearms licensing?
One of the aims of the 2016 Home Office guide to firearms licensing law was to bring about consistency in how the police administered firearms licensing in England and Wales, particularly around medical involvement in the process.
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Nature vs Nurture
When two dogs from the same family have very different personalities by Will Hetherington.
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A proactive approach – small game processing
Marta Jacyna visits a Scottish estate that has set up a profitable game processing operation which could provide the model for shoots of a similar scale.
