Who are the greatest wildfowlers in British history?
Graham Downing takes a look at some of the influential figures who deserve their place in fowling’s hall of fame as the greatest wildfowlers
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Why is the population of geese increasing so much?
Though it may seem remarkable now, 50 years ago a sighting of geese was worth a note in any wildfowler’s diary, writes David Tomlinson
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Punt-gunning and punt guns - the history behind the past-time
0shares Punt-gunning was a business in the 19th century but there were also very fine vessels made for gentleman fowlers, says Diggory Hadoke For punt-gunning, you had to lie as flat as possible in the flat-bottomed punt Punt-gunning today is a curiosity. Once it was a business. To some Victorian sportsmen, it was an art to be learned and practised. The punt, the punt-gun and the punt-gunner are characters from a fading chapter in the history of old British shooting sports. Younger readers may have no idea what it was all about. Perhaps a brief retrospective is in order. Punt-gunni...
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