Back for another year, Great British Game Week returns from 4-10 November. The Field’s 7 recipes for Great British Game Week include snacks for smalls, hearty kitchen suppers and something…
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The Field’s essential guide to Great British Game Week
Great British Game Week returns from 4-10 November 2024 to celebrate wild food at its very best. Born from a partnership of the Countryside Alliance’s Game to Eat campaign and…
Parker-Hale: part of your sporting adventure
The last thing anyone needs on a day in the field is for their kit to let them down. Fortunately there’s the ever-reliable, quietly stylish accessories range from Parker-Hale, a…
How to judge range when shooting
Here are 10 basic tenets to help you judge range and shoot high birds. (Read more on shooting high birds here.) 1.Make sure your gun fits well A low comb…
Going wild for Great British Game Week 4-10 November 2024
The physical beauty of British game inspires poets and artists, and can stop most of us in our tracks. Hides in myriad tones of bronze, feathers in stained-glass hues and…
The Shetland Pony Grand National – sponsored by the Thelwell Estate
Who better to be a sponsor of the popular Shetland Pony Grand National than Thelwell? Norman Thelwell (1923-2004) was an English landscape artist and illustrator. He was most famous for…
The best elevenses to try this season
I think of elevenses snacks for shooting as canapés’ slightly bigger, more boisterous cousin. Both need to look attractive, be packed full of flavour and must be easy to eat…
The signet ring – why is it making a comeback?
When HM The King was crowned at Westminster Abbey, he had the Sovereign’s Ring placed on his right hand. It is a clunking bit of bling, the Union flag made…
Fireworks – what does the law say?
I live in a remote spot and my only neighbours are a charming but feisty family who have taken to celebrating everything with fireworks: New Year, their birthdays or just…
Forward allowance. 9 techniques for shooting well
Different types of birds need addressing differently and your forward allowance should vary accordingly. What is forward allowance? It is allowing for the forward movement of a bird – in…