Countryman's Weekly | 6th December 2023
Inside this issue...
SPORTING HISTORY
The Boxing Day meet – A Christmas sporting tradition
SQUIRREL CONTROL
Heading back to the woods after Storm Ciaran
FERRETING
Time-honoured methods of retrieving laid-up ferrets
DEERSTALKING
Here we go again… it’s Chinese water deer season!
WILDFOWLING
A morning on the marshes
LURCHERS
Hunting is a connection to land, life and the past
GUN REVIEW
The ATA Venza synthetic game semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun
GUNDOG TRAINING
Feedback after first training session
All this and loads more, including news, reviews, competitions, plus your letters and pictures.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Countryman's Weekly 6th December 2023.