The Countryman's Weekly

Positive use of social media promotes work of rat pack By Ed Cook. ONLINE platforms and social media have enhanced the way in which fieldsports are shared across a large audience instantaneously. We ensure footage shared from Suffolk and Norfolk Rat Pack’s social media positively promotes the working of dogs,

The stalking kit essentials By Charles Smith-Jones. IT’S often said artificial flies catch more anglers than they do fish, and when I look at the contents of my own boxes it’s hard to disagree. I suspect many of us are the same regardless of our particular sporting disciplines – seen

A morning of mist and mallard on riverbank By Alan Jarrett. EVEN if my love is for the wildness of the estuary and the saltmarsh sport on offer, there are other sporting opportunities which can be both challenging and highly enjoyable. Flighting followed by hunting on the riverbank can be

A good retrieve is not over until it’s presented perfectly by David Mazey. THE shooting season’s well under way by now and my two young dogs are gaining valuable game finding experience. I’m delighted to find that the older of the two is now picking and presenting birds cleanly; no

Baiting your box By Linus Woods. FOR those of you following this series, I apologise for explaining again why the grey tide is such an evil scourge. The damage they do is unreal, not just to our native animal species, but also to our plants. Google ‘British Red Squirrel’ if

Black rabbit of the family in sheep country By Mark Hopkins. IT stared as I walked past with the lurcher by my side; the dog took no notice as I glanced back at the creature which was staring and I thought it an ugly brute – but maybe not to