Some punt guns still in use here in the UK, though unfortunately I am not one of the users. Colonel Peter Hawker tells tales of puntgunning in the early 1800s around the Isle of Wight. See also Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey - The Fowler in Ireland published in 1882 - for much more. reprint by Ashford Press in 1985

In the 1950s actor James Robertson Justice was a great enthusiast and legend has it that on one trip when he was accompanied by Prince Philip - husband of our queen, the pair came close to drowning.