The Countryman's Weekly

Correct exercise for lurcher pups By Penny Taylor. I REMEMBER reading somewhere that you should give a puppy five minutes of exercise per day for each month of its growth. In that case, a pup which has reached five months of age should only receive 25 minutes of exercise each

Locator, location, location By Mark Hopkins. TAPPER box, grey box, bleeper, knocker box, these are just some of the names for the old grey ferret finder. Then came the bright orange locator, which was more expensive, with flatter but slippery nylon collars which would easily come off in an underground

The Weihrauch .22 – most fun I’ve had with a gun for years! By Airgunner. MY interest in airguns started around the age of seven when my family moved into temporary shared lodgings after being bombed out during the last war. I soon spotted an old BSA air rifle in

What makes a gundog the cream of the crop? by David Mazey. IN my opinion, a champion is born. A good dog can, of course, be improved with good training and the right experience, but that star quality which defines the true champion is there from birth. You can usually

‘Tally’ keeps score on a bushing day By Scott Allan. LAST time around uncontrollable events had meant not everyone could attend when we organised some bushing in Oxford. Fortunately, the day went so well we agreed to meet up for another day a couple of months later. I headed to

Don’t forget to eat your greens… or the pigeons will! By Alan Jarrett. AS I write much of the country is being beset by snow. Gallingly this comes at the back end of the wildfowling season while we are in lockdown – good for the birds, but frustrating for the