The Christmas shopping panic can cease. Ditch the stress this festive season with our pick of sporting presents for the sporting man. The Field’s Christmas Gift Guide For The Sporting…
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Gundog injuries: be prepared
Working your gundog in the beating line, or as a picking up dog, is seldom thought of as a high-risk job. Well, it’s not usually for the handler but it…
Shooting: Tipping the gamekeeper when game shooting
Shooting manners and shooting etiquette: tipping the gamekeeper when game shooting
A glossary of scenting terms
Breast-high: warming air allows scent molecules to rise up through evaporation and convection so that even ground scenters can carry their noses high. Dead ground: lower-lying, colder or wetter patches…
A dog’s sense of smell – astonishingly complex
Scents and sensibility Every working dog uses one of its senses above all others – usually its nose, and sometimes its eyes or even ears. Here are the breeds by…
Top fishing schools
It might be tempting to think that fishing is one of those things you can pick up as you go along and that one just has to get one’s line…
December 2024
The wait is nearly over: The Field’s famous Christmas number is winging its way to homes across the land. Packed with festive sport, including Adrian Dangar reporting from North Yorkshire’s…
Sherry recipes for Christmas
Three sherry recipes for Christmas It was when I first started working as a chef at Moro, a Spanish restaurant in London, that I became aware of how little I…
Blaser F16 Game 20-bore
This month’s test explores the new 20-bore Blaser F16 Game. Our specimen – weighing 7lb 6oz – has 30in barrels and fleur-de-lys steel proof for 3in chambers. The single selective…
23 things to know about teckels: are they dachshunds?
A dachshund is a teckel and a teckel is a dachshund Dachshunds are great characters. They are fun, they make great working and family companions, and are a joy to…