Graham Downing has written freelance in the countryside and farming sector over a period of 20 years. He is a regular contributor to leading UK country sports magazines Shooting Times & Country Magazine, The Field and Shooting Gazette. He edits Deer, the magazine of the British Deer Society, and has contributed to titles ranging from The Daily Telegraph, Country Landowner, Farmers Weekly and Countrymans Weekly to Sporting Gun, Sporting Shooter, The Gun Collector, Shooting and Conservation, The Shooting Field and Ducks Unlimited.

His most recent books include Shooting for Beginners (Swan Hill, 2nd edition 2003) and The Deer Stalking Handbook (Swan Hill 2004).

He is a member of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists.