I can recall reading items in 'Shooting Times' in the 1970s predicting the end of game shooting in the UK.

By the late 1980s we used to have discussions on our shoots about whether or not we would still be there in five years time.

Well, here we are in the 2010s and we are still shooting.

I am not sticking my head in the sand and do not take shooting and gun ownership for granted. Things change and indeed have changed in the UK shooting field. They always have and always will. However, we are still here and will be, I suspect, in another fifty years time. At least, I hope and pray so!

Tim