The Proof House has turned an unused armoury on Commercial Road into a secure, climate-controlled store open to certificate holders, gunmakers and dealers, proof master David Miles has told Gun Trade…

Nine in ten of the family businesses behind Britain’s farms and estates have paused spending, the CLA warns ahead of the Budget

X-rays found pellets in the bird’s wing after it was picked up near Buxton in July; Derbyshire Constabulary wants information

FOI returns from 29 fire services in England and Wales reveal missing kit, thin training and engines off the road, as the CLA calls for controlled burning to return

The shadow farming minister told a BASC conference reception the party will work to protect shooting, with the call for evidence in its final weeks

Scottish Government backs SGA-led Central Belt scheme to cut deer-vehicle collisions, with venison going to foodbanks

Highland Game becomes the first wild venison processor approved by the supermarket, creating 12 jobs and the biggest mainstream outlet yet for the Scottish cull

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission’s annual review records a delayed trap licensing scheme, a completed muirburn regime and new deer rules for keepers to plan around

The BHSA and the Countryside Alliance will showcase lawful trail hunting at four flagship meets, opening a newcomers’ week while the Government weighs its ban consultation

The Allerton Project’s leader is honoured for 25 years showing that productive farming, game management and wildlife can thrive together

Most licensed releasing on England’s protected sites sat on or near the North York Moors, and some shoots never applied at all, the Moorland Association says

BASC’s Patron joins 167 Lancashire pupils as the UK’s largest upland education programme celebrates a decade and 16,000 young visitors to the moors

Labour's conference showed the countryside is still misunderstood. Your email to Defra can change that, urges BASC's Conor O'Gorman

Holkham head keeper Mark Fitzer on why lone-working safety comes first, why keepers should talk about what they do, and a first go at the grey partridges

As pheasant days loom, Jeremy Hobson considers why shooting clothes should never look too new – and why a dog once took exception to a sharp suit

An army of 106 hissing swans puts paid to Giles Catchpole's day's fishing, but the geese are coming in and the hedgerows are now heaving with fruit

From Defra's call for evidence to the Countryside Alliance's Rural Reset, now is the time for the shooting world to be heard, argues the GFA's Dominic Boulton

Losing in the arena of public opinion, not legislation, is the real threat to game shooting, and the clock is ticking, warns Jan Roosenburg

Dylan Williams of Eat Wild on why every bird shot must be treated as food from the moment it falls – and how Guns can help build the market for it

A simulated game day puts the clays where the birds would be, and for the shoot owner, the keeper and the syndicate Gun it is the honest way to earn from the ground and get the swing back between seas…

Jamie Culpan became his father’s picker-up at eight, after the family dog died, and was handed a gun at 12 on the syndicate family day. For the keepers and shoot owners who run those days, it is a rem…

D’Arcy Wyvill’s North Yorkshire shoot gave up release pens 15 to 20 years ago, went to steel seven seasons back and sends every bird to dealers supplying M&S and Waitrose. For keepers and shoot operat…

Ben Palfreyman takes a peg on a syndicate day at the Cotswold estate that has run simulated game since the 1990s. For shoot owners and keepers it shows what a shoot’s drives can earn between seasons,…

Host Will Horner on how Old Long Mountain, the Cambrian Sporting shoot on the Powis Castle Estate in mid-Wales, runs a minimum of four drives, eats when it is dark, fines everyone for charity and keep…

Gary Chillingworth swaps his scope for a diopter sight and shoots the sub-6ft/lb Precihole Club Pro Junior from the bench, prone and standing at 10m. What the film shows for anyone starting a young sh…

Danny Brookfield combines grey squirrel control and early gundog training for a rewarding morning on a pheasant estate

No law in the United Kingdom requires you to insure yourself to shoot an air rifle. Every farmer you ask for permission will want to know, though, and the club you want to join will require it – so he…

Hunter Field Target is the most popular form of airgun competition in Britain, and the easiest to get into. Here is how it works, what the rules say, what rifle and scope you need and where to shoot y…

Whether you shoot a break barrel in the garden, a PCP on the permission or a match rifle at 10 metres, there's an organisation that governs, insures or represents what you do. Here's who they are and…

Watch the AirMaks Arms Krait MKII bullpup PCP put through its paces on video, then check the headline specs at a glance and head over to our full written review.

Dave Barham gets his hands on the new AirMaks Arms Krait MKII, the latest bullpup PCP from the Czech maker, tuned in the UK by Hawke Optics before it reaches the shops. Tested in .177 at his club rang…

Using modern thermal gear and classic fieldcraft, Danny Brookfield spends a summer evening with an FAC air rifle, protecting an arable farmer's oilseed rape from ravenous rabbits

Pete Evans tests the Gamo Riser Punisher, a hardwood-stocked pre-charged air rifle with an integrated moderator, open sights and a 10-shot rotary magazine. He strips the moderator, adjusts the trigger…

Dave Barham puts the new QYS .22 Domed pellets, in 17gr and 20gr, over the chronograph and on paper at 30 metres. The weight consistency is remarkable, but the 20gr came within a whisker of the 12ft/l…

A sub-£770 bullpup PCP that squeezes a 680mm barrel into a compact frame: Dave Barham finds out whether the Umarex UX Zelos earns its place with the all-round shooter and pest controller.

From its flawless performance to its stunning stock, this 100-gun special edition marks a triumphant return for Theoben, says Mark Camoccio

'Gamekeeper trained' was once a selling point in the classified columns, and Jeremy Hobson remembers the keepers whose spaniels and labradors earned it

An expert told Richard Donnelly to pray. A year-old labrador that hid under the bed at the sight of a shotgun was retrieving cock pheasants out of the cattails by the winter. His method, set out in Gu…

The free-running pup that looks brilliant in the yard at 10 weeks is the dog squeaking in the beating line at 10 months, argues Ben Randall. Writing in Gundog Journal, the trainer of back-to-back Brit…

A run with a view of the whole garden is a big TV the dog cannot switch off, says Ryan Kay, and Ben Randall keeps his kennels inside a building for that reason and for the weather. Speaking to Gundog…

Jeremy Hobson has walked beagle puppies for years, but six months with Waffle, a future autism assistance dog, is another education altogether

A gundog that will not come back runs into the line of Guns, chases wounded game into unsafe ground and flushes birds out of range, the trainer Ben Randall tells Gundog Journal in a feature on recall….

All dogs are predators, and Jackie Drakeford explains how understanding the way wild canines kill tells you a great deal about the dogs working in front of you

The Country Girls UK fine-tune delivery to hand, water work and blind casts with trainer Jennifer Thomas during an intensive gundog training day in Buckinghamshire

The law offers little help when an out-of-control dog charges yours, so reading the danger early is the best defence, insists Jackie Drakeford

Veteran trainer John Cook shares with Selena Barr the lifetime of hard work that he is convinced has kept him feeling young at 80 years old

The team at Mordor Gundogs have trained and lived alongside Labradors, cockers and springers for years, and each breed has wormed its way into family life in its own unmistakable way. So which one rea…

Jackie Drakeford explains how understanding the purpose of your dog's breed can lessen training challenges and build a better partnership