GAME FOR THE SPORTING RIFLE. By Henry Tegner, M.A.

1963 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp191. B/w photographs, bibliography. Binding A. Red boards, spine titled in gilt.

"From wide experience and knowledge gained from stalking and shooting with gun and camera, he writes of the game which is the quarry of the hunter in the British Isles - game such as deer, wild goat, hare, squirrel, grouse and wood-pigeon". Chapters include: Red deer; The population of Scottish red deer; Stalking stags; Hinds and hind stalking; Distribution of roedeer; Habits and horns of roedeer; Stalking roe deer; Calling and moving roedeer; Ways of the fallow deer; Pursuit of the fallow; Stalking sika; Wild goats of Britain; Hares of different kinds; What's left of the rabbit; Squirrels and squirrel hunting; The rat and its destruction; Too many corvines; The giant grouse; The wood-pigeon and others; The rifleman's armoury; Unsuitable weapons; Targets and target practice; Trophies and collections; Hunting on the Continent; A humble safari; Venison and cooking; Some bibliography. An essay, Hints on Roe Stalking, is given as an appendix.