DUCK SHOOTING. By Van Campen Heilner.

DUCK SHOOTING. By Van Campen Heilner.

CREATIVE BIRD CARVING. By William I. Tawes.

CREATIVE BIRD CARVING. By William I. Tawes.

HUNTING DUCKS AND GEESE: HARD FACTS, GOOD BETS, AND SERIOUS ADVICE FROM A DUCK HUNTER YOU CAN TRUST. By Steve Smith.

1984 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 235mm). Ppx,150. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by David Roebuck. Tan cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt.

Practical advice on American wildfowling. Covers all the techniques of US wildfowling, including pre-season scouting, placing blinds, and using decoys and calls: "Learn all the how-to's for hunting ducks and geese - how to work a blind, how to perfect a good call and when to use it, how to hunt a managed area, how to set up for mallards, blacks, pintails, how pre-season scouting can work for you, how to float-trip for puddle-ducks, how to master techniques for river hunting, flooded timber shooting and prairie shooting, how to and where to place a blind, how and when to set up the decoys, scattered or tight, how the weather affects shooting, what triggers the main migrations, how to use the weather to plan your outing to your advantage, how a good dog can improve your success ratio, how to estimate range and get enough forward allowance on birds, how to set up a duck camp and make it work. Chapters include: There and then; The divers; The dabblers; The geese; The weather; The dogs; The guns; The gear; Etcetera; The duck camp; The future of the sport; The mistakes.
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508
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Author Smith (Steve).
Book Code 508
ISBN 0811704610 / 9780811704618 / PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 12.95.
Book Description Fine in dust-wrapper.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1984
Publisher Stackpole Books.
Place Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.