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Sporting Rifle
May 2021
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Hit the roe, Jack
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The Buyer’s Guide
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The last ivory hunter
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STALKING: Feral goats
The man who stares at goats
Feral goats have had some bad press but in Galloway they are part of the mountains — and they produce fabulous meat, reports Patrick Laurie
ROEBUCK: Recollections
Return of the buck
Paul Childerley heads to Wiltshire to help with with a stalk of his favoured roebucks
ROEBUCK: Ayrshire
Buck hit list
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DEER: Dogs
Forgotten work?
Rudi van Kets considers the role of the deer dog in the modern world and wonders if they are a misunderstood breed
DEER DOGS: UK
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The final Conquest
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REVIEW:Haenel
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REVIEW: Pulsar Trail XQ50
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FOXING:Information
Watch and learn
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FOXING: Lambing season
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