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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, Fieldsports Press, Macnab House, 14 Belford Road, EH4 3BL

Could a ban be on the cards?

LEGAL

Q I have heard that the Government is looking at banning machetes. I have an ex-Army one that I use for making hides for pigeon decoying or clearing brush and cutting rides on the shoot. Will I have to give it up?

The Home Office ran a consultation from 18 April to 6 June, which concentrated on asking about what are called ‘zombie-style’ or ‘fantasy’

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