Old Phil, a real poacher known to the naturalist John Watson, was born to the trade but was also a sportsman and a keen observer of wild things. His confessions follow him from boyhood through his education in woodcraft to the methods he used against partridges, hares, pheasants, salmon and trout, and the tricks that kept the keepers guessing.
A rich, unsentimental piece of English country lore for lovers of nature writing and rural history. Download the free EPUB.