Alfie, now three, was on his first shoot at just five months old. Grandad had him in a sling while mum and dad shot.
Alfie now helps rearing all of the poults over the summer on our local village shoot.
Nowadays, Alfie can be found on the beating line with his flag or carrying the birds to be counted at the end of the day.
He has already earned the name of ‘third keeper’.
Sparsholt’s history stretches back 125 years. Fifty years ago, the college pioneered the country’s first dedicated gamekeeping course.
The wind, rain and mud did nothing to dampen the spirits of a group of youngsters who attended a BASC Young Shots game day in East Sussex in January.
More than 550 school children attended a three-day educational event at the Ledston Estate last week hosted by Countryside Learning and BASC.
