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    Private Thoughts from a Small Shoot
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    Private Thoughts from a Small Shoot

    By Laurence Catlow

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    About this ebook

    Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Pennines, Catlow's shooting diary records his year as an amateur pheasant rearer, gamekeeper, forester, dog-handler and all-round shooting enthusiast. But he also records his thoughts as he goes around his small shoot: his views on the right to roam, on why he loves the birds he shoots, his wine cellar, his other sporting interests. He airs his opinions on subjects as diverse as sport and the nanny state, game cookery, friendship, disobedient dogs and beloved hats.

    Interspersed with pheasant shooting are magical evenings duck flighting and expeditions rabbit shooting. He controls vermin such as mink, crows and foxes - all familiar activities to those who run small shoots.

    Catlow is shooting's most articulate exponent and this is an intelligent, funny and thought-provoking book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMerlin Unwin Books
    Release dateJan 1, 2015
    ISBN9781906122843
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    Private Thoughts from a Small Shoot
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    Laurence Catlow

    Laurence Catlow writes about shooting and fishing for Trout & Salmon and Shooting Times. He is author of: Confessions of a Shooting, Fishing Man, Once a Flyfisher, Private Thoughts from a Small Shoot, That Strange Alchemy and The Healing Stream. Laurence Catlow has a doctorate in Classics from Cambridge University and was head of Classics at Sedbergh School in Cumbria until his retirement. His interests include fishing, shooting, walking, red wine, religion and literature. He lives in Brough, Cumbria.

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