Embrace the change

It is very easy for game and land managers to get sucked into the minutiae of detail involved in day-to-day jobs and chores. It is these important details that make a season work and allow you to adapt to changes in the weather or the demands of the shooting programme.

Do you take time to stand back and see what is ahead? Not just in the next week or month, but over the coming years? Times are changing and very quickly; you need to prepare to make the most of the significant opportunities rapidly approaching.

While they may not fall immediately within your radar, there are two key pillars to consider. Importantly, after an incredibly wet winter they become all the more relevant to you and your game management activity.

Agricultural policy

There has been an exhausting blast of political turbulence over the past