GAMEKEEPING AND SHOOTING FOR AMATEURS. By Guy N. Smith.
(1976) 1989 revised Boydell Press edition. 8vo (159 x 240mm). Ppviii,211. B/w and colour photographs, b/w illustrations. Yellow boards, spine titled in silver gilt.
The author was an amateur gamekeeper who eventually went to live on his shoot in order to devote himself more fully to it. Chapters include; Buying and using guns; Working dogs; Cartridges; Rough shooting; The role of the gamekeeper; Organising a shoot; Rabbits and hares; Pigeons; Stoats and weasels; The crow family; Hawks; Fox control; The starling menace; Badgers; Stocking with pheasants; Stocking with partridge; Woodcock and snipe; Wildfowling; Grouse and blackgame; Poachers; Experiments in conservation.
The author was an amateur gamekeeper who eventually went to live on his shoot in order to devote himself more fully to it. Chapters include; Buying and using guns; Working dogs; Cartridges; Rough shooting; The role of the gamekeeper; Organising a shoot; Rabbits and hares; Pigeons; Stoats and weasels; The crow family; Hawks; Fox control; The starling menace; Badgers; Stocking with pheasants; Stocking with partridge; Woodcock and snipe; Wildfowling; Grouse and blackgame; Poachers; Experiments in conservation.
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6388
| Author | Smith (Guy Newman). (b.1939). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 6388 |
| ISBN | 094647415X / 094647415X. |
| Book Description | Boards slightly bowed, manufacturing fault (1" crease) to lower edge of pp39-88 but a good clean copy in dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1983 |
| Publisher | The Boydell Press. |
| Place | Woodbridge, Suffolk. |