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As Right As Rain
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As Right As Rain

’Tis the season of mists, mud – and moaning, says Eve Jones, wrestling with yet another inside-out umbrella. But hang on. What about the smell of rain on the hill and those hot baths afterwards…

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November 2017
Racing Trainers Turn Loaders At East Garston
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Racing Trainers Turn Loaders At East Garston

Lambourn is the home of the racehorse but many of racing’s famous names helped out at this fundraising shoot

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November 2017
Golden Ticket Winners At The High Four Day
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Golden Ticket Winners At The High Four Day

Four challenging drives, each at a different Gloucestershire estate, tested the lucky guns who won the GWCT raffle

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November 2017
Beauty, Beast And A Perfect View
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Beauty, Beast And A Perfect View

To bag your stag, one of the three parts of the Field Macnab challenge, you’ll need to ensure you have patience – and the best tools for the job

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November 2017
Hospital Wings
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Hospital Wings

Falconry has strong sporting and cultural significance in the United Arab Emirates, where medical care reflects the affection felt for these beloved birds

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November 2017
Bryony Daniels
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Bryony Daniels

Tackling bogs with a garron or taking photographs as #TheHuntress, this producer, stylist and private PA says her heart is in the Highlands

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November 2017
Art In The Field
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Art In The Field

Landseer’s famous portrait of a stag has been secured for the nation but, finds Janet Menzies, this famous 12-pointer is still being shot at.

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September 2017
Foraging And Foul Play
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Foraging And Foul Play

The Midsomer Murderers are missing a few tricks, thinks Jonathan Young, with nature’s bounty offering potential both on and off the dinner table

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September 2017
A Wild Adventure In The Orkneys
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A Wild Adventure In The Orkneys

Wildfowling in the Orkneys offers thrilling sport – and helps the island’s beleaguered farmers control the over-abundant geese

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September 2017
Spanish Style At Challacombe
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Spanish Style At Challacombe

How would French redlegs, bred and reared in Spain, perform during a Westcountry southwester?

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September 2017
Building British Guns A Different Way
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Building British Guns A Different Way

Does the revolutionary design of the Longthorne shotgun, including barrels made from a single billet, mark James Longthorne Stewart as genius or maverick?

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March 2017
Should We Still Be Shooting Woodcock?
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Should We Still Be Shooting Woodcock?

As the resident population of this gamebird declines, should it remain on the quarry list?

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March 2017
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A Black Beak But Beautiful Mid Winter

Cold and barren it may be but colourful traditions around the Solstice – expertly adopted by the Christian Church – make this a time of hope and glory, says Sir Johnny Scott

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December 2017
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Getting A Taste For The Salt

For the third year running, rods headed to St Mawes in Cornwall to compete in the Kilchoman UK Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival for The Field Cup – and the chance to land a wide range of species

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December 2017
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The Name Game

With human monikers, makes of gun or even gamebirds used to identify gundogs, David Tomlinson prefers the simplicity of the hunt system for naming foxhounds

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December 2017
Art In The Field
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Art In The Field

Raoul Millais came from a family adept at capturing the spirit of the age on canvas. It is time his work was re-evaluated, suggests Janet Menzies

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March 2018
Bloat And The Need To Act Quickly
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Bloat And The Need To Act Quickly

Gastric dilation torsion, or bloat, is not common in dogs – but it is often fatal, as the winner of our Best Family Gundog award discovered, sadly. David Tomlinson describes the symptoms

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March 2018
There's More To Shooting Than Shooting
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There's More To Shooting Than Shooting

A growing obsession with continual large bags is destroying the quality of the shooting experience, says Editor Jonathan Young, and damaging the reputation of the sport in the process

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February 2018
Art In The Field
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Art In The Field

Bruce Little’s latest sculpture is now greeting visitors to Longleat after a tortuous journey from South Africa, as he explains to Janet Menzies

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February 2018
Tricky Cocks At Willey's
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Tricky Cocks At Willey's

Difficult conditions make for testing birds to be added to the Foresters’ gamebook, kept meticulously since 1825

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February 2017
Out For A Duck
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Out For A Duck

The foreshore fowling season ends on 20 February. Here are nine species that may feature in the bag and on the table

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February 2017
And They Call It Puppy Love
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And They Call It Puppy Love

There’s no better way for a man to perk up his dating profi le than by posing with a puppy. It gives a whole new meaning to picking-up…

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February 2017