If your shotgun is lighter is it easier to shoot or should game shots follow clay shooters by choosing a heavier gun whether it's a 12-bore or 20-bore?
Features
Olympic shooting: Double trap video
Watch and see just what Olympic shooting at London 2012 will involve. Double trap olympic shooting with Peter Wilson
Birdsong: How to recognise bird calls
The dawn chorus is even better when you can tell who's in the choir. Early spring is a great time to enjoy birdsong and learn the call of different birds
Iron Age hillforts
Iron Age Britons created formidable hillforts. These hillforts still dominate our landscape today
The best fishing huts
The salmon fisher's fishing hut is a warm santuary , the trout fisher's a bijou tearoom. Fishing huts can enhance the bank as well as the day.
Video: fishing on beautiful lakes
Fishing on beautiful lakes, such as those designed by Capability Brown, can enhance your lake fishing experience
Side saddle video: behind the scenes footage
Side saddle video. Behind the scenes footage from our photoshoot to take a lead picture for our June side saddle feature
Exclusive images from The Field: side saddle hunting photoshoot
Behind the scenes footage of The Field's side saddle photoshoot in High Leicestershire. Three side saddle thrusters demonstrate how to hunt side saddle over a hedge in Quorn Monday country
Video: HM The Queen Trooping the Colour in 1951 – colour footage
HM The Queen Trooping the Colour in 1951, as Princess Elizabeth. The first time she received the salute at the Trooping of the Colour, riding side saddle.
British gunmakers
British gunmakers are the blue bloods of the industry. Douglas Tate picks the best of British gunmakers