McKenzie Thorpe, half gypsy, stole his first shotgun at the age of 13 and went poaching full-time for the next 35 years. He scored 29 convictions, £150 in fines, had four guns confiscated, and did two months in Lincoln Gaol. Now reformed at 61 he lectures on wildfowling to gamekeepers and police, and cares for the geese he once hunted.