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THE ULTIMATE SHOOTING QUIZ TEAM

BILL HARRIMAN

BASC’s head of firearms and global authority on guns

MAT MANNING

Airgunner and journalist from the West Country

DIGGORY HADOKE

Vintage gun expert, firearms dealer, author and journalist

BRUCE POTTS

Shooting Times rifle reviewer and stalker

MIKE SWAN

Conservation expert and head of education for the GWCT

DAVID TOMLINSON

Highly regarded writer and ornithologist

LIAM BELL

Shropshire gamekeeper, keen wildfowler and amateur naturalist

GRAHAM DOWNING

Shooting consultant and sporting author

TONY BUCKWELL

Veterinary surgeon with a special interest in gundogs

TOM PAYNE

Professional shooting instructor and avid pigeon shooter

ELLENA SWIFT

Award-winning gundog trainer and canine behaviour specialist

TIM MADDAMS

Former head chef at River Cottage and runs a shoot in Devon

SIMON WHITEHEAD

Author, professional ferreter and rabbit controller

IAIN WATSON

Keen stalker and senior CIC international trophy judge

CHRIS DALTON

Professional stalker and regular presenter on The Shooting Show

MARK RIPLEY

Well-known fox controller and long-range shooting expert

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Barn owl daylight robbery

NATIVE SPECIES

Q We frequently used to see barn owls hunting in daylight on our shoot in North Norfolk, but in the past two or three years we have had considerably fewer sightings. However, the two barn owl boxes on the shoot were both used successfully this year and last, so the owls are still here, we’re just not seeing them. Why not?

Norfolk has long been one of the best places in Britain to see barn owls, not simply because the population is healthy, but because

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