November

The Shooting Show – Geoff Garrod’s Lockdown Pigeons

Posted on November 24, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

The story is that Geoff was called up by the farmer just before we entered November lockdown because pigeons and corvids were damaging his emerging winter wheat. Geoff dropped everything and went out the day before lockdown, not expecting a…

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Fallow in the frost

Posted on November 6, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

David Barrington Barnes on the challenges, opportunities and quirks that hunting in November presents Credit: Getty Images No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, no comfortable feel in any member, no shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, no fruits,…

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Doe selection

Posted on October 31, 2018 by richardt — No Comments ↓

As the deer seasons change, we give you all the advice you need to get the doe cull kicked off successfully this November

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The November issue of Sporting Rifle is out now!

Posted on October 18, 2018 by richardt — No Comments ↓

The ever-changing seasons always bring something new for the rifleman – and November brings one of the biggest changes of all. Roebucks are no longer in season and roe does have come in – while fallow, sika, red, Chinese water deer and muntjac are all in season in England and Wales too.

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