GAMEKEEPING AND SHOOTING FOR AMATEURS. By Guy N. Smith. Fourth edition. Drawings by Bob Sanders.
(1976) 1986 4th edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppviii,211. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Grey boards, spine titled in gilt.
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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Book Code
18785
Author | Smith (Guy Newman). (b.1939). |
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Book Code | 18785 |
ISBN | 094764749X / 094764749X. |
Book Description | Good-plus in slightly used dust wrapper. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1986 |
Publisher | Nimrod Press. |
Place | Liss, Hampshire. |