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Gamekeeping
Dark Angel crowned Crufts gamekeeping winner
We celebrate remarkable achievements at this year’s Crufts, where a Devon-based flat-coated retriever named Barney won BASC’s prestigious gamekeeper class. Owned by gamekeeper Sue May and shown by Helen Ford, Barney showcased the perfect blend of skill, versatility and training, proving why working dogs are integral to conservation and gamekeeping.
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GamekeepingVets are more than just ‘firefighters’: rearing gamebirds through record heat
Record heat is reshaping how gamebirds are reared and released, and the vet has a vital role to play in disease prevention, says Rita Alves
By Shooting Times | 6 August 2026
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Game ShootingPheasant strains: which bird is right for your shoot?
Every pheasant strain comes with a reputation, but reputations don't fly, and they don't feed anyone. Selena Barr asks a leading breeder, a gamekeepers' champion and an industry adviser what actually ...
By Selena Barr | 5 August 2026
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Game ShootingGame handling: how to look after shot birds from peg to chiller
With lead shot's exit confirmed for 2029 and game finally welcome on supermarket shelves, four leading voices explain how to handle shot birds well
By Selena Barr | 23 July 2026
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GamekeepingFox control before the poults go out: a keeper’s summer fieldcraft
With release only weeks away, gamekeeper Mike Appleby shares the fieldcraft, kit and fox signs he leans on to keep on top of foxes and give poults and other wildlife a fighting chance
By Mike Appleby | 13 July 2026
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GamekeepingIt’s not only about choosing the birds
A shoot would be nothing without the game farmers, who go to great lengths to meet the demand for birds each season.
By Shooting Times | 10 April 2026
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GamekeepingGamekeeping traps and snares: legal predator control guide
Why trapping remains essential for modern gamekeeping
By Shooting Times | 10 March 2026
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Gamekeeping
Avian flu: game farms urged to tighten biosecurity as cases rise
By Shooting Times | 21 August 2025
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Gamekeeping news
Devastating effects of keepers downing tools
A 20-year experiment highlights the dramatic decline in our red-listed birds after predator control ends, proving the vital role of gamekeepers
By Hollis Butler | 27 June 2025
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Gamekeeping news
Peers back keepers as wildfire risk grows
Peers warned that Natural England’s clampdown on controlled burning is fuelling the risk of catastrophic wildfires
By Hollis Butler | 25 June 2025
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Gamekeeping news
Shoots in limbo – and Defra won’t say why
Defra’s silence over scrapping General Licence 45 puts rural livelihoods at risk, says BASC, as it takes the first formal step towards legal action
By Hollis Butler | 25 June 2025
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