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Gallery: Mappowder shoot

Tony Jackson spends a day at the Mappowder shoot in Dorset, where the quality of the shooting and the sociable atmosphere created by all involved is second to none

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P.Quagliana Nov 2007. The Guns between drives. USED 15 NOV 07 SHOOT REPORT

View a selection of images from the Mappowder shoot in Dorset

The team of local Guns on the shoot are old friends, which adds to the excellent atmosphere

James House, whose father Graham owns part of the shooting land, shot well with his 20-bore

Albert Courage, with his spaniels, helps to run the shoot and is in charge of the beaters

Hot-shot Chris Sprake takes aim with deadly precision in the early November sunshine

Mappowder beater Antony Neal takes a well-deserved break before another drive begins

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