Shooting Gazette – September 2019

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WIN a pair of Hunter

GTX Evo Extreme

boots from Lowa

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My dream team

by Adrian Blundell

Journalist and fi eldsports photographer.

M

ydreamdaywouldtakeplace

inSeptember,whenelse,onSir

JosephNickerson’sRothwell

EstateinLincolnshirewhereheso carefully

nurturedwildgreypartridge.

Firstonmyteamwouldbemydeparted

butneverforgottenfriendGranvilleHaley.

A countrymanwhoneverletworkgetinthe

wayofshootingorbeating and whose gun

isinmycabinettoday.

Next,SteveBennett, verymucharound

anda passionateshootingfriendwhowould

bringoneofhissmall-boreguns,whichhe

wieldswithamazingskillandenthusiasm.

KeithErlandson, thespanieltraining

legend, was on the initial list but has been

supplantedbyGeoffTaylor, whogave

memyfirstspanielandtherebysparked a

lifelongpassionforthebreed.

MyfriendJohnHalsteadofDrakeshead

Labradorfamewouldbringgoodnature,

soundadviceaboutlabsorspaniels– and

hopefullyhiswife,Sandra, tohelppick-up.

FollowingonwouldbeStanleyDuncan,

thevisionarywildfowlerandnaturalist

whofoundedWAGBI(nowBASC)tohelp

wildfowlers,protectwetland habitats and

defendthesport.

BillPowellthegentlemanfarmer

turnedwildfowlingguidecouldregale

uswithinnumerablestories– from

hunting hedgerows for pheasants to his

pioneeringbusinesson the treacherous

Solwayforeshore.

Lastbutneverleastmyson,Bart, who

wouldbringendlessenthusiasm,support

andpositivity– liftingourspirits no matter

what the day brought.