Where do I start?

To be successful when it comes to wildfowling a certain level of skill and knowledge is essential.

As well as understanding the habitat, including tides, you need to be able to identify legal quarry species in poor light and difficult weather conditions.

Often, despite many hours spent on the marsh, you might not fire a single shot but, when you do, it is important that you have a dog to retrieve the bird from the mud or water.

An intimate knowledge of the coast is a prerequisite to this sport. The inexperienced wildfowler can easily be cut off from the land by the twice-daily tides or become disorientated by the sudden descent of fog.

Due to the migratory nature of the birds and the need to protect their populations, wildfowling is heavily regulated, that said providing you are a good shot and experienced at shooting birds getting involved in wildfowling is relatively easy.