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Are you next months star?
Are you a young Gun, beater or picker-up (or you know one) experiencing the field for the first time this year? We would love to hear all about your adventures and experiences. Perhaps you shot your first bird this season, stalked your first deer or...

Police and crime commissioners are to be scrapped but this removes a vital contact point between rural bodies and FLDs, says Martin Parker
The Government announced recently that from 2028, the role of police and crime commissioner (PCC) is to be abolished (News, 3 December 2025). Irrespective of your views on the wisdom of creating these mostly political appointments, their abolition is...

Is the tripod officially obsolete? In this video, we head into the field with Ed Jackson to put the revolutionary Swarovski AT and ST Balance spotting scopes to the ultimate test. Featuring groundbreaking Swarobalance stabilisation technology, these...

GP medical markers remain voluntary
The Government has refused to make GP medical markers mandatory for firearms certificate holders despite cross-party support from MPs.
During a Westminster Hall debate on 28 January, Liberal Democrat Helen Maguire told MPs the current voluntary system leaves certificate holders’ health changes undetected between licence renewals. “That is a missed opportunity to save lives, to safeguard...