The Ultimate Picking Up Episode
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Master gundog trainer and breeder Ricky Moloney has been involved in fieldsports since an early age and has built a reputation as one of the nation's leading practitioners of the art of running a picking up team... though where Ricky is concerned it is more science than art. In this fascinating episode Ricky shares what he calls "The Procedure" - his foolproof way to pick every bird that should be picked, and none of those that should not.Ricky also shares the heartwarming story of how he came into fieldsports as a British-Pakistani, adopted at a young age by an English family in Lancashire, and how the shooting community welcomed him with open arms.We also solve more listener correspondence, including a challenging thank you present and a man who's missed his lunch and is not happy about it.
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