WRITTEN & PHOTOGRAPHED BY SIMON K BARR A few years ago, Steve Hornady and I booked to hunt for mid-Caucasian tur in Russia. It had longbeen an ambition of mine to hunt with Steve. I’d known him...
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WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY SIMON K BARR Having stealthily crawled to within 30 yards of the group, our faint scent was carried on swirling winds to the herd, which then revealed itself to be far bi...
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As I write, I am in between bouts of unloading a van following the annual Stalking Show held at the Staffordshire County Showground. I can genuinely say that it was the best one yet, with a bigge...
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The Cairngorms National Park’s (CNPA) wildfire plan is not credible, says the Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA). Muirburn professionals have accused Cairngorms leaders of not having a reas...
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The killing of five people in Plymouth in August 2021 shocked the nation — but in the aftermath did the region’s police overreact in terms of gun licence revocation? The recently published ...
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Eat Wild, the development board for British game, is urging shoots to secure routes to market for the birds they shoot ahead of next season. Eat Wild’s Plan for the Plate initiative sets out ...
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Police have arrested two men over alleged breaches of Scotland’s new foxhunting legislation. The arrests followed video surveillance and complaints submitted by anti-hunt groups in the Scottish...
https://www.shootinguk.co.uk/uncategorised/two-arrested-in-scotland-under-new-hunting-law-147816/
Despite huge protests, there are no plans to pause the roll out of Wales’s controversial subsidy scheme for farmers, according to Wales’s new rural affairs secretary, Huw Irranca-Davies. The ...
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Thames Water confirmed its waterways are not safe to swim in last week, as it faced claims from television naturalist Steve Backshall that the pollution found in the river was “toxic”. Sample...
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In February, Royal Mail announced that it would be banning the carriage of knives and other bladed items across its delivery network (News, 10 April and 14 February). In March, I wrote to sever...
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