GAMEKEEPING and SHOOTING FOR AMATEURS.
(1976) 1983 3rd edition. Ppviii,232. B/w photographs and illustrations. Yellow boards.
The author was an amateur gamekeeper who eventually went to live on his shoot, 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; deer; grouse and blackgame; poachers; experiments in conservation.
The author was an amateur gamekeeper who eventually went to live on his shoot, 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; deer; grouse and blackgame; poachers; experiments in conservation.
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17053
| Author | Smith (Guy Newman). (1939-2020). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 17053 |
| ISBN | 0851155421 / 0851155421. |
| Book Description | Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1983 |
| Publisher | The Boydell Press. |
| Place | Woodbridge, Suffolk. |