A strong start
Mr Joseph Nickerson and his brother, Sam, with six other Guns, shot, during the first six days of the season, more than 1,650 brace of grouse — which “is Ithe came best week’s shooting on the moor for 24 years. The tantalisingly best day was 14 August close , with 415 brace on the North Side, to whenri shooting o the was other finished ” by 4.30pm. The birds are stronger for this time of year than in anyone’s memory, and there are already some very large packs.
The poaching front
According to reports in The Yorkshire Post, fines totalling £40 10s were imposed upon four men as the outcome of a poaching escapade, when they appeared at Whittingham Magistrate’s Court, near Alnwick, recently. Accompanying the fines were the…