Country Notes
Ducking for cover
Tweed breeks, secret shoots and searching for lapwings
Passion by the barrel
Meeting the new boss of London’s finest gunmaker
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