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Digging deep
How deep can rabbit burrows go? What's the deepest hole you’ve had to dig? If my ferret should get lost in a big burrow would it be best to leave it there overnight and hope it had resurfaced the next morning?
My gun dog is water-shy, what can I do?
My two year-old spaniel dog refuses to enter water. How can I overcome this problem?
Shooting and Rural Organisations
British Association for Shooting and Conservation www.basc.org.uk British Deer Society www.bds.org.uk British Shooting Sports Council www.bssc.org.uk Clay Pigeon Shooting Association www.cpsa.co.uk Country Land and Business Association www.cla.org.uk Countryside Alliance www.countryside-alliance.org Gun Trade Association www.guntradeassociation.co.uk National Gamekeepers’ Organisation www.nationalgamekeepers.org.uk National Organisation of Beaters and Pickers up www.nobs.org.uk National Rifle Association www.nra.org.uk …
Fieldsports and country magazines
Horse and Hound www.horseandhound.co.uk Country Life www.countrylife.co.uk
Conservation bodies
Countryside Restoration Trust www.livingcountryside.org.uk Game Conservancy Trust www.gct.org.uk Heather Trust www.heathertrust.co.uk Moorland Association www.moorlandassociation.org Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust www.wwt.org.uk
Government bodies
Defra www.defra.gov.uk English Nature www.englishnature.org.uk Scottish Natural Heritage www.snh.org.uk
Detecting deer damage
There is an element of detection work in being a successful stalker, says Richard Prior, since the cause of woodland damage and when it was done is not always clear
Hunting fights back after ban
Two years after the ban, hunts are still out, Conservatives offer a lifeline, but are foxes in decline?
Woodcock casserole with brandy and cream
This recipe requires four woodcock — two right and lefts, if possible
September Game Fairs and Shows
2 KEIGHLEY SHOW Marley Fields, Keighley, West Yorkshire, tel (01535) 645074. 2 MORETON-IN-MARSH SHOW Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, tel (01608) 651908. 2 KINGSBRIDGE SHOW Borough Farm, one mile north of Kingsbridge on the A381, Devon, tel (01548) 521406. 2 ALRESFORD SHOW Tichborne Park, Alresford, Hampshire, tel (01962) 738748. …