We’re grateful, not greedy An enjoyable pheasant shoot to open the season

06 News 10 Letters 20 Fallow stalking 24 Pheasant shooting 28 Red deer stalking 34 Load testing 38 Clumber spaniels 42 Highland stalker 52 Shooting Times’s 140th anniversary celebrations 54 Pest control

13 Country Diary 14 Gamekeeper 16 Stalking Diary 18 Jottings for wildfowlers 47 My favourite gunshop 49 Products 50 Gundogs 57 Deer heads 62 Vintage Times 64 Cookery 66 Sporting Answers 69 Crossword 71 Almanac 74 Sharpshooter