DEER STALKING IN SCOTLAND. THE SHOOTING TIMES LIBRARY No.8. By G. Kenneth Whitehead.

1964 1st edition. Small 8vo (122 x 190mm). Ppiv,96. B/w photographs, bibliography. Green boards, gilt titles to spine.

This is a concise introduction to deer stalking, aimed at the new, wider post-war audience of sportsmen for whom Scottish deerstalking had become a real possibility. Another good title in this fine series which retains its interest and utility. Chapters include: The stalk and shot; After the shot; Stalking equipment; Miscellaneous - target practice, fitness, sighting-in telescopic sights, first aid on the hill, heads and antlers, weights of deer, care of the rifle, cost of stalking, tipping.