Country Notes

The poacher’s gun

A time when countrymen had to steal or starve

Another country

The tales that show how rural life has changed

Funny old game

What would Big Jack have made of today’s shoots?

Deer prudence

Raise a glass of exquisite Tokaji

Forbidden fruit

Why do so many refuse to shoot woodcock?

Ferreting baht’at

There are few rabbits to be found on Ilkley Moor

Playing the game

The grey areas of the law: trying to lead a life on the right side of The Poaching Act

Pedigree chums

Patrick Galbraith salutes the perfection of “imperfect” dogs

Do the right thing

Shoots must be places of buzzing biodiversity

Bloody vegans

Patrick Galbraith on the complex ethics of butter substitutes