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Word: whimbrel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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...best year, he took 48 pheasant, 72 partridge, 68 hare, 1 woodcock, 106 geese, 146 mallard, 231 widgeon, 193 shelduck, 2 shoveler, 1 tufted duck, 61 plover, 18 pigeon, 79 redshank, 50 knot, 40 curlew, 1 reeve, 1 gadwall, 1 pintail, 1 black-tailed godwit, 2 whimbrel and 6 rabbit. In the early 1960s, the invasion of the marshes by wildfowling clubs convinced Thorpe that the bountiful days were forever gone. Complaining that "the marsh is a regular shooting gallery," he went straight in 1963 and has since become, among other things, the man responsible for tracking down poachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Wild-Goose Man | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

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