Shooting Times

Airgun competition is largely settled before you reach the firing point. From entries and power checks to pellet batches, kit lists and holding your nerve, here is how to arrive with nothing…

20 October 2026

19 October 2026

This stunning Aberdeenshire moor has recently changed hands and is seeking a replacement beatkeeper due to retirement.

19 October 2026

A guide to the toughest waterproofs, thornproof legs, boots and dummy vests designed to withstand dense cover and winter duties, from six leading brands

15 October 2026

We round up five coats that keep working gundogs warm, dry and protected through the shooting season – from towelling drying robes to neoprene vests

15 October 2026

When a fowler takes another man's gun to the foreshore, strange things follow, warns AL Jarrett in this piece from the Shooting Times archive, first published in October 1979

15 October 2026

With the new school year under way, this edition is all about what comes next, with expert advice on starting a career in keepering and where to study. Plus the red-legged partridge,…

10 October 2026

A house move with a labrador, five terriers and eight ferrets was never going to be simple, as Petrel discovered on the road west in this piece from 1979

10 October 2026

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

10 October 2026

From ivy tods and a dusk-flying pipistrelle to two old boats and myxomatosis, H Manley surveys the sporting countryside in this piece from the Shooting Times archive, first published in October 1954

10 October 2026