SHOOTING WOOD-PIGEON. By A.E.B. Johnson. First edition.

1961 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp118. B/w photographs, drawings by Bert Smith. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt.

To be a successful pigeon shot, the shooter must study the bird's habits, its food and its behaviour under different weather conditions - in fact, as the author says, 'one must almost be able to think like a pigeon.' Chapters include: The wood-pigeon and stock dove; The food and habits of pigeons; Migration; Hides and camouflage; Guns and cartridges; Shooting over decoys, flight-shooting; Woodland shooting and organised pigeon shoots; Calling, stalking and driving pigeons; Obtaining permission to shoot pigeons; Selling pigeons, and how to cook them.