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James Delingpole

The joy of a day spent bagging almost no birds

16 November 2019

9:00 AM

16 November 2019

9:00 AM

The highlight of my country calendar is when I’m lucky enough to be invited to what even the host describes as ‘the world’s best worst shoot’. It’s the worst shoot because the bag is often truly atrocious. This year, for example, in the course of six or possibly seven drives — the details are hazy — we managed a total of nine birds between us.

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