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Jul 13 min read

More puntgunning

If you look at punts in different areas they have different designs. Those used on the tidal Norfolk Broads and large expanses of water...

Jun 283 min read

Whittlesey Meer - Punt gunning on a sledge

In 1876 JM Heathcote describes the use of a stalking sledge on Whittlesea Mere and at the same time related a curious way of pursuing...

Jun 242 min read

Washland Punt Gunning

The inland punt-gunner was a rare beast that was typically found in the Fenlands of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, but was also seen in...

Jun 106 min read

Wildfowlers Observations, Tails and Tall Stories - Part 3

It is not often that wildfowlers get a second chance when making a mistake with water, the elements, dogs and guns all providing their...

Jun 3, 20224 min read

The Great Guns of the Fens.

In 1906 Mr Henry Pickering, then 88, revealed what it was like to pursue wildfowl with a punt on Cowbit Wash in the 1840’s: When about...

Mar 27, 20221 min read

A Puntgunners Tale

There is a type of elegance in the observations of the Victorian sportsman, and whilst “offpatch” in Scotland I find this account by E.T....

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