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About this book
Dare Wilson's sporting career dates back to 1920s when, as a small boy, he started fishing in Northumberland on River Derwent. Since then as he has pursued successful careers in the Army and Conservation, he has fished and shot all over the world; turkey hunting and snake catching in Georgia, pheasants in Korea, sand grouse and quail in Palestine, geese in Ireland, ducks in Manitoba.A natural story teller, General Wilson's sporting career almost ended while wildfowling in The Wash in early 1939 he, his Cambridge University friends and their dogs were saved by a miracle. An uninterrupted line of black Labradors have shared Dare's experiences. The current one, is the 12th. For good measure the General tells of his thrilling winter sports (skiing and cresta) and parachuting experiences. His team of SAS free-fallers broke the World Record in 1962 tragically one member died.Dare may have lived life on the edge but the risks he has taken have always been carefully calculated. Had they not been he would not still be an active fisherman and shot in his 90's. This is a treasure trove of sporting stories.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Chapter 1: The Seeds are Sown
- Chapter 2: Problems on the Wash
- Chapter 3: ‘Paradise to a Shooter’
- Chapter 4: A Blizzard on the Solway
- Chapter 5: Wildfowling Reverie
- Chapter 6: Chancing it in No-Man’s-Land
- Chapter 7: Sandgrouse beyond Beersheba
- Chapter 8: Recollections from Egypt and Sudan
- Chapter 9: Quail, Francolin and Chukar in Palestine
- Chapter 10: Lake Hula, a Mecca for Duck
- Chapter 11: The Ponds of Beisan
- Chapter 12: Turkey Hunting and Snake Catching in Georgia
- Chapter 13: Duck Hunting in Manitoba
- Chapter 14: Pheasants in Korea and Duck in Hong Kong
- Chapter 15: White-fronted Geese in Wexford
- Chapter 16: Sporting Options in Kenya
- Chapter 17: The Magic of Grouse
- Chapter 18: The Charm of Ptarmigan
- Chapter 19: Woodcock, Snipe and the Minstrel of the Moors
- Chapter 20: Rabbits and Rough Shooting
- Chapter 21: The Fascination of Salmon
- Chapter 22: Sea Trout and Otters
- Chapter 23: Wildlife in Lapland
- Chapter 24: Sporting Interludes in Germany
- Chapter 25: The Unique Cresta Run
- Chapter 26: The Six-Mile Free Fall Parachute Drop
- Chapter 27: Eighty-Five Years of Shooting for Sport
- Appendix: The General’s Black Labradors
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