ROUGH SHOOTING. By Mike Swan.

(1991) 2007 3rd edition. 4to (187 x 248mm). Pp185. B/w photographs and illustrations, brief bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

This is a "practical guide to sport with dog and gun and ...a celebration of the simple pleasures of informal shooting. ...A clear and concise guide to all the principal sporting quarry species, to sporting guns and cartridges and to the choice and training of a gundog. [Includes] helpful guidance on shoot management and habitat improvement for game and wildfowl." Foreword by Jonathan Young, editor of Shooting Times. Chapters include: the roughshooting ethos. Part 1 Getting Started: Basic woodcraft; Quarry recognition; the roughshooter's dog; Guns and cartridges; Clothes and equipment; Legal and ethical considerations. Part 2 Quarry and their Pursuit: Pheasants; Partridges; Woodcock; Snipe; Ground game; Wildfowl; Pigeons; Principles of decoying. Part 3 Managing the Shoot: Conservation and restocking policy; Habitat management; Predation control; Continuing care - leaving a healthy stock, food in winter, joining the crowd.