Shooting Times & Country – 17 July 2019

100-page special issue

It’s goodto talk

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Issue 6,

Itprobablyhasn’tescaped

yourattentionthatthephone

hasbecomeanintegralpart

ofmodernlife.Smartphones

candoalmostanything,yet

theiroriginalpurposeis stillthebest.

Someweeksago,drivingbackfrom

HampshirewhereI’dbeenshootingclays,I

gota call(hands-free)froma long-time

readerwhowaspleasedtonote,inmy

editorialcolumn,thatI’dbeentotheIsle of

Sheppey.Forthenext 15 minuteshe

recalledinfinedetailmanydecadesof

roughshootinginthatruggedpartofKent.

A fewdaysagomyphonerangagain.

It wasPeterWildgoose,anaptlynamed

Hebrideanwildfowlerofsomerenown,

whohadcalledtotellmeabouta Greener

harpoongunina Shetlandmuseum.

Ourconversationturnedtothespare

populationofgrouseonShetland.Theyare

soinaccessiblethatonlythehardiestfolkgo

afterthem.A tripupthere is now on my

sportingbucketlist.

Everytimea readerrings,it reaffirmsmy

beliefthatShootingTimesis notsomucha

magazineasa like-mindedcommunityof

shootingmenandwomen.I lookforward

toseeinglotsofyouat theGameFair— and,

justasimportantly,pleasekeep ringing.

FollowPatrickonTwitter

@paddycgalbraith

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Theancientartoftenkara

Flyfi shing, Japanese-style

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Choosingshotsize

(^40) Finding the perfect load
Gettingyourgoat
Stalking feral goats in Ireland
16
Pigeonred-letterday
Saving Britain’s barley
24
Selectinga stagtostalk
The deer manager’s challenge
32
Stalkingcrowswitha.
A challenge to test the best^36
Essexbirds
Emergency crop defence
20
Huntingfordinner
A London lad on a mission
28
Shootingina crystalball
Richard Negus leaps into 2079
Contents
NEWS& OPINION
06 NEWS
10 LETTERS
FEATURES
16 PIGEONCONTROL
20 WILDFOOD
22 PIGEONSHOOTING
24 STALKING
28 GAMESHOOTING
32 CORVIDS
36 PIGEONSHOOTING
40 GOATSTALKING
44 FISHING
48 BALLISTICS
50 VEHICLETEST
54 PIGEONSPECIES
56 SEAFISHING
60 HIGHLAND STALKER
62 GAMEFAIRNEW KIT
64 BOOKS
66 AIRGUNNING
70 RANGE
74 PIGEONSHOOTING
76 GAMEFAIR PREVIEW
REGULARS
12 COUNTRYDIARY
14 GAMEKEEPER
78 GUNDOGS
80 VINTAGETIMES
82 COOKERY
84 SPORTING
ANSWERS
90 PRODUCTS
91 KEEPEROF
THEMONTH
98 SHARPSHOOTER
Patrick Galbraith, Editor