CULTIVATING A SHOOT. By J.C. Jeremy Hobson.

1991 1st edition. 4to (192 x 247mm). Pp200. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, brief bibliography. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"All the information needed to encourage the successful rearing of gamebirds naturally. ...illustrated throughout with practical photographs and explanatory line drawings". Chapters include: Shooting habitat and conservation; Woodland management: pheasants and woodcock; Partridge, hedgerows and fields; Winning ways with wildfowl; Ground for grouse; Game crops for cover and feeding; Predators; Birds, bees and butterflies; In conclusion.