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Memories of an old Spalding Wildfowler the late Ken Burton.

Wildfowlers have a great love of nature and observe it with interest both within and outside their shooting activities. Ken Burton, one...

A Puntgunners Tale

There is a type of elegance in the observations of the Victorian sportsman, and whilst “offpatch” in Scotland I find this account by E.T....

Warnings from the past of the dangers of wildfowling

1st September saw the start of the wildfowling season. It is possibly one of the purest and most challenging forms of field sport still...

A Tale of Kenzie Thorpe the Wild Goose Man of Sutton Bridge

Any one that enquires about wildfowling in The Wash will soon hear of the name Kenzie. MacKenzie Thorpe was a poacher, wildfowler, marsh...

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