The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals could be given powers to enter land, examine objects and seize evidence without a warrant
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How to dress crab
This step-by-step guide – with photos for each process – makes it easy to dress your freshly caught crab
Video: How to call ducks
Watch Sporting Gun's wildfowling expert teach a child how to call ducks
Hard-core antis make the RSPB’s actions look moderate
Just as American film- makers use actors with British accents to play bad guys, it may suit the RSPB to equip villains with Range Rovers and tweed
The battle to bring back Welsh grouse
It is difficult to imagine the grouse moors of Wales as they were 100 years ago. A look at the gamebook of one of the estates in the Ceiriog Valley…
The UK’s first award-winning Damson Port revealed
Yorkshire drinks maker Raithorpe Manor won three gold stars at the recent 2014 Great Taste Awards for their unique Damson Port Liqueur after blind tasting. “Being awarded three stars is…
A tweed takeover at Cowes Week
A Volvo Ocean Race yacht was given a country takeover duing Cowes week to test Musto's shooting kit
Miroku MK60 Universal Sporting Grade 5 shotgun
Most who have considered buying a new shotgun will have looked at over-unders made by the holy trinity of Browning, Beretta and Miroku. Once hugely popular, Miroku has slipped into…
Scientists prove grouse shooting and hen harriers can co-exist
Researchers at Aberdeen University have proved that hen harrier chicks could be reared in captivity and released into the wild elsewhere, protecting both bird numbers and grouse shooting
Video: Grouse season opens
Archive footage of the start of the grouse shooting season in 1937
The RSPB is the hen harrier’s biggest enemy, says columnist
Charles Clover argues that the biggest threat to hen harrier numbers isn't grouse shooting but the RSPB itself, which is calling for grouse moors to be licenced.
David Cameron vetoes increase in licensing fees
The Prime Minister vetoed Home Office proposals to increase licensing fees, despite the deal being backed by the country sports industry and approved by Home Secretary Theresa May
Crab and mussel chowder
A simple recipe that brings out the natural flavours of the crab and mussels
Video: Grouse shooting in the 1970s
This video contains previously unissued footage of grouse shooting in the 1970s. It shows one man aiming at grouse with a loader at his side as well as dogs picking…
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If you're under 18, a keen Shot and love to write, we've got a great opportunity for you
Shotguns for children under £3,000
We pick out the best shotguns for children priced £3,000 or under
.17 HMR bolt-action rifles
Flat shooting and fast expanding, the .17 HMR round is a popular vermin control cartridge. This guide rounds up the best of the rifles on the market
Rachel Carrie: What really happened at Malmaison in Dundee
Clay shooter Rachel Carrie explains what happened when she took her gun to a hotel in Dundee and staff called the police
How a maremma sheepdog saved a penguin colony
When the penguin population on an Australian island fell to just 10 birds, the council turned to the radical idea of using a maremma sheepdog to guard the colony that…
Video: A Passion for Deer
This video, the first in its series, follows a stalker through the season as he explains what deer stalking is all about