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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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Advice for trapping mink

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Q There are mink on the stream at the bottom of my garden. We have had cage traps out for nearly a month and still haven’t caught any. Do you have any tips or advice you could share?

Mink are quite brave and rarely trap-shy. My guess is that the traps are relatively new and that it might take another week or so for

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