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About Enjoying Sports In The Countryside...

RuralSports was created as a unique reference point for interesting articles and features on various rural sports in the UK (both past and present). We were concerned that this did not previously exist in the UK.

April's Most Popular Articles...

What Is Rambling?: Rambling has become a much more popular pastime in the UK recently with the Ramblers’ Association now boasting 140,000 members who regularly take part in activities… [208 views in Apr]
Can a Neighbour Shoot Birds That Fall Into My Garden?: It is a criminal offence to trespass onto land belonging to other people for shooting purposes unless you have gained… [182 views in Apr]
Arguments For Hunting: Hunting (especially fox hunting) is a controversial issue. On the one hand animal rights groups protest that maiming and killing defenceless animals is inhumane. On… [134 views in Apr]
Shooting Rules and Regulations: If you're new to shooting, you'll need to be familiar with the shooting rules and regulations. Shooting in the UK is quite a traditional sport with… [120 views in Apr]
Shooting Seasons: Each shooting discipline has an open and closed season. It's illegal to shoot during the closed season. For many other birds and animals, there are closed seasons that… [116 views in Apr]
Gundogs & Hunting Dogs: There is no real difference between gun dogs and hunting dogs - a gun dog is basically a type of hunting dog. The main difference is between the two is the… [112 views in Apr]