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SPORTING ANSWERS

The experts

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

Contact the team

Email: ollie.harvey@futurenet.com

Post: Shooting Times, Future, 121-141 Westbourne Terrace, London W2 6JR

ART AND THE ARTIST

Marcus Hodge

IF YOU LIKE LOTS OF COLOUR, YOU will almost certainly love Marcus Hodge’s artwork. Bold and vibrant, bright colour is his trademark, on large-scale canvasses.

Reading economics at university, Marcus began his career at the age of 25 as a portrait painter, studying classical oil painting at the Escuela Libre del Mediterraneo, Palma, for five years with Joaquín Torrents Lladó, a notable Spanish portrait and landscape artist. On completion of his

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