HIDES, CALLS AND DECOYS. By John Humphreys.

HIDES, CALLS AND DECOYS. By John Humphreys.

ESTUARY SAGA: A WILDFOWLER NATURALIST ON THE ELBE. By Jeffery G. Harrison.

ESTUARY SAGA: A WILDFOWLER NATURALIST ON THE ELBE. By Jeffery G. Harrison.

THE GREY GEESE CALL. By Bill Powell. Grayling edition.

(1956) 1994 new edition. Pp167. B/w photographs, illustrations. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt, issued without a dust-wrapper.

This new edition includes two new chapters by the author and a new frontispiece. The pursuit of wild geese - wildfowling, netting, punt-gunning, photography. A wilfowling classic written by a professional fowler on the Solway Firth. Bill Powell organised wild-fowling tours on the Solway Firth for many years, and he and his wife ran a guest-house in Glencaple. Foreword by Peter Scott. Chapters include: Introduction to wildfowling - what to do, and pitfalls to avoid; A guide's-eye view; Solway geese - regular and rare types that visit Solway; Tactics - suggestions of methods of approach; Stalking with gun and camera - accounts of approaching geese on the ground, and of a photographic expedition; Rocket-netting - how wild geese are netted; The Protection of Birds Act 1954; The lure of shore-shooting; The lure of punt-gunning; This and that - queer experiences on the marsh, and off it; Boys of all ages - tales of wildfowlers, and of a flight that nearly ended in disaster; August 12th, 1954 - a morning flight that can never be repeated; Romance by moonlight - the marshes by night; Appointment with fear; Solway - the tale of a beautiful fowling ground; Wildfowlmanship (with apologies to Stephen Potter) - contains advice to be taken with salt.
£35.00
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Book Code
14884
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Author Powell (Bill).
Book Code 14884
ISBN B00GA7703M.
Book Description Fine copy.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1994
Publisher David A.H.Grayling.
Place Crosby Ravensworth, Cumbria.