On Sale: 26 June 2008

Game Fair preview - your essential guide to the best of Blenheim.

This month, we preview the 50th anniversary CLA Game Fair at Blenheim Palace and tell you where to find the best of what's on offer, including the very best kit you can buy for next season and details on this year's silent art auction in aid of the Countryside Foundation for Education. You could also win £500 worth of Seeland clothing every day of the Game Fair in our exclusive competition

Rising costs mean that shoots will have to pull out all the stops this season to ensure repeat business, as Barney Stratton reports

With game becoming increasingly popular on British tables, Joanna Gray speaks to the big supermarkets to find out about the surge in sales and the demand for new suppliers

Our shoot reports come from Maurice Stanbury, who visits a Cornish shoot with a long and successful history of hunting woodcock, and Jake Eastham who travels to the revered Sutton Scotney

Chris Austyn charts the life of C.J.P. Ionides, who enjoyed a passion for Africa's big game and snakes

The limited edition Beretta Silver Pigeon III is this month's gun of choice for Mike Yardley

Alex Flint meets sporting artist Jonathan Sainsbury, who has much to say about Britain's wildlife

If you have ever had a shooting lesson, you will probably have been influenced by Percy Stanbury and his Webley & Scott 500 series shotgun - Don Brunt examines this great shot's legacy

There are an enormous number of knives and multi-tools on the market - Steve Newman takes a look at the leading contenders

Graham Downing explains how stalkers can make a difference in the number of deer deaths on our roads

With national pride at stake at the Gundog International, Graham Cox looks back over the years in anticipation of another excellent competition at this year's Game Fair

Our gundog experts offer their advice on labradors losing interest in retrieving, stopping young dogs from chasing quarry in the field, and the transition from dummies to game