Graham Downing

Graham Downing

Graham started wildfowling and rough-shooting at the age of 13 with his father. He has been shooting ever since, though now as much with a rifle as a shotgun. With his wife Veronica he owns and manages a small mixed farm in Suffolk for game and wildlife. He is a passionate deer stalker and the author of 9 books on stalking and shooting. He is Secretary of the British Shooting Sports Council, a liveryman of the Gunmakers Company and President of Suffolk CLA.

Hedgelaying

Depicting local hedgelaying patterns is like reading a map. Walk over to a newly cut-and-laid hedge. If it is 4ft 6in high, with hazel stakes and woven hazel binders along…

roe trophy

When news broke that the so-called “Emperor of Exmoor” may have been felled by a “hunter’s bullet”, the indignation voiced by the national media was matched, albeit more discreetly, by…