The Orkney Unseen naked charity calendar 2015 has put the archipelago, just off the north coast of Scotland, in the spotlight. The Orkney inhabitants have laid bare the inner Islander,…
THE FIELD
How to save British wildlife – with love, not sentiment
How to save British wildlife. It is one of the biggest challenges facing those who live and work in the countryside. And those who enjoy everything the field can offer,…
Expert guide to pigeon shooting
An expert guide to pigeon shooting is particularly useful when it comes from a team that down the grey grouse in their thousands. But before the advice on telling you…
Braised grouse with tomato, parmesan and wet polenta
Braised grouse with tomato, Parmesan and polenta is a delicious game recipe that will use up any tough old birds you may have lurking in the freezer. A braised grouse…
Jeremy Houghton, sporting artist
Jeremy Houghton’s work is all about the spaces in between, which somehow convey the realities of the sports he depicts more convincingly than any amount of photographic detail. The forbidding…
The CLA Game Chef of the Year competition 2015
Have you got the passion and skill to be our Game Chef of the Year?
Video: The oldest fishing book in the world?
The oldest fishing book in the world may have been discovered. Nestling in the back of an ancient mid-fifteenth century prayer book, hand written in obscure dialect, were notes relating…
Man-eaters. When man is on the menu.
Man-eaters are not just a category of monsters consigned to schlock horror films. They are a very real danger, particularly if one finds oneself on safari (for expert advice see…
March 2015
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History of the shotgun and shooting
From the reign of Henry VIII to 1800, the shotgun has evolved to the weapon we know today