Hundreds of acres around the River Kent estuary in Cumbria, tarns, duck ponds, fishing ponds and a pheasant shoot – all these belong to the Westmorland Wildfowlers Association. Charlie Jacoby goes out on to the marsh with WWA member Ryan Teasdale and WWA young shot Lucy Stevens.
If you are under 21, you want to take up shooting and you live in or near Westmorland in the north-west of England, consider joining the Westmorland Wildfowlers Association. It takes youngsters aged 8-21 and teaches them about shooting sports, including gun safety. In this film, members explain what it does and how it can help you.
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