Advice from a Gamekeeper

John Cowan author Roger Penwill illustrator C F Tunnicliffe illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Merlin Unwin Books

Published:17th Sep '09

Should be back in stock very soon

Advice from a Gamekeeper cover

John Cowan is headkeeper on a large Scottish estate, and has worked as a gamekeeper all his life. In this new book, he passes on everything he knows about the profession he loves.

The book is crammed with fascinating practical advice – but it is also a very entertaining read for anyone interested in the day-to-day challenges and joys of running a busy sporting estate.

It can be read for its countless tips and gamekeeping wisdom, or simply for pleasure, for the unique insight into the hard-working but rewarding life of the modern gamekeeper.

With informative drawings of traps and snares by Roger Penwill and classic wildlife illustrations from C.F. Tunnicliffe.

Crammed full of fascinating, practical advice about the day-to-day challenges of running an estate, Advice from a Gamekeeper can be read for its countless tips and gamekeeping wisdom or simply for pleasure, for a unique insight into the hard-working but rewarding life of the modern gamekeeper.


A vivid insight into the life of a modern gamekeeper.


John Cowan’s advice is aimed at the casual as well as the aspiring guardian of the countryside. This is a no-holds-barred account of life as a modern keeper.

-- Alastair Balmain

Very useful. The most comprehensive and probably the best book written by a gamekeeper I have had the pleasure in reading and would fully recommend it.

-- Winter issue 2010

A fantastic account of life behind the scenes of a shoot. Though packed full of expert advice, this is an accessible tome providing a beautifully written and very personal account of life as a gamekeeper.

ISBN: 9781906122119

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 689g

288 pages