YOUR SHOOT: GAMEKEEPERING AND MANAGEMENT. By Ian McCall of the Game Conservancy with drawings by Will Garfit.
1985 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxii,180. B/w photographs, drawings by Will Garfit, bibliography, errata slip. Laminated boards, issued without without dust-wrapper.
The best modern manual on gamekeeping. Chapters include: A shoot of your own - objectives, considerations, budgeting; taking stock - catching up pheasants, partridges and mallard forlaying stock, encouraging wildfowl nesting; Predator control (I) - why, when and what, squirrels and corvids; Predator control (II) - rats, mink, feral cats, small ground predators; Crops for game; Broodies - raising gamebirds under hens or bantams; Brooder rearing - is restocking necessary?, to rear or buy in, redleg and grey partridges, mallard; Releasing pheasants; Flight ponds and inland duck; Releasing and driving partridges - reasons for releasing and how to do it; Winter management and feeding; Organising the shoot days; Woodland and permanent game habitat; Thanksgiving, clearing-up and reviewing results - gratuities, Keeper's Day and cocks only, equipment hygiene and storage.
The best modern manual on gamekeeping. Chapters include: A shoot of your own - objectives, considerations, budgeting; taking stock - catching up pheasants, partridges and mallard forlaying stock, encouraging wildfowl nesting; Predator control (I) - why, when and what, squirrels and corvids; Predator control (II) - rats, mink, feral cats, small ground predators; Crops for game; Broodies - raising gamebirds under hens or bantams; Brooder rearing - is restocking necessary?, to rear or buy in, redleg and grey partridges, mallard; Releasing pheasants; Flight ponds and inland duck; Releasing and driving partridges - reasons for releasing and how to do it; Winter management and feeding; Organising the shoot days; Woodland and permanent game habitat; Thanksgiving, clearing-up and reviewing results - gratuities, Keeper's Day and cocks only, equipment hygiene and storage.
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Book Code
21370
Author | McCall (Ian). |
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Book Code | 21370 |
ISBN | 0713626968 / 0713626968. |
Book Description | Slight use and fading to boards, slight soiling to end-papers and edges, errata slip to half-title. Good copy. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1985 |
Publisher | A and C Black. |
Place | London. |