H5N5 confirmed at Ness on the Isle of Lewis ends GB’s disease-free status and bans gamebird releases in the zones.

Botswana licensed the hunting of 23 elephants for its 60th independence celebrations, defending the quota as conservation ...

Beretta turned 500 on 3 October 2026, five centuries after Venice paid Bartolomeo Beretta for 185 arquebus barrels. What the ...

The NGO is gathering members’ intelligence on poaching, coursing and police response for the national delivery group, and says 101 is not fit for purpose.

The 2026 Game Shooting Census found 76% of woodland management on shoots gets no public money, 93% of predator control is private, and planting is rising.

Defra’s call for evidence on gamebird rearing, release and shooting closes on 1 November, and BASC warns the response so far ...

Star Wars and The Gentlemen actor Jason Wong took up clay shooting on Guy Ritchie’s advice. Three seasons on he is a new ...

Told to pray, Richard Donnelly cured his gun shy labrador in a season: sight first, then noise, then birds, then gunfire from ...

Olympic coach Ian Coley MBE tells Fieldsports Journal how to shoot an incoming grouse, where the safe zones are in a butt and ...

Ed Jackson tests the £5,299 thermal riflescope, with its 1280x1024 sensor, Dual Clarity and rangefinder, on foxes and deer.

Ben Randall, writing in Gundog Journal, on why gundog training starts the second the puppy is put in the car and why early ...

Rules 2026 are in force: holders must report diagnoses, online GP visits and second homes. Police promise a pragmatic ...