DUCK SHOOTING. By Colin Willock.

(1962) 1981 2nd edition. Small 8vo (133 x 203mm). Pp128. B/w photographs, illustrations. Maroon cloth, spine titled in gilt.

This is an all-round introduction to duck shooting, inland as well as on foreshore and marsh. The text is regularly punctuated with anecdotes from the author's own exploits, and there is a chapter on punt-gunning. Chapters include: Duck shooting; The birds; The weapons; Stubbling; Flighting; Inland flighting; Punting; Wild flight. Appendices deal with cooking wild duck, notes on flighting possibilities, and a note on W.A.G.B.I. ("Solidarity is vital in the sport and WAGBI is every shore gunner's best chance of obtaining it. ...Minimum subscription ...10s per year").