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Side 42
... feet from the surface of the ground , when I found that one shot had entered the eye of one of my dogs standing about fifteen or twenty yards to the right of the direction in which I shot what caused the shot to go thus obliquely I ...
... feet from the surface of the ground , when I found that one shot had entered the eye of one of my dogs standing about fifteen or twenty yards to the right of the direction in which I shot what caused the shot to go thus obliquely I ...
Side 50
... feet ahead . One of the principal reasons of the continuous bad shooting of some sportsmen is to be found in their habit of merely shooting at their game ; the consequence of which is , that they never , except by mere accident , kill a ...
... feet ahead . One of the principal reasons of the continuous bad shooting of some sportsmen is to be found in their habit of merely shooting at their game ; the consequence of which is , that they never , except by mere accident , kill a ...
Side 56
... feet in advance - and sometimes even more - if the birds are in full flight and going rapidly down wind , as will frequently be the case at the end of the season ; as it must be remembered that grouse , partridges , and black game are ...
... feet in advance - and sometimes even more - if the birds are in full flight and going rapidly down wind , as will frequently be the case at the end of the season ; as it must be remembered that grouse , partridges , and black game are ...
Side 57
... feet before the bird , and the trigger finger obeys and sympathises with the sight - the distance is in reality not so great , indeed it is sometimes insufficient . Guns are frequently found fault with when the sports- man alone is to ...
... feet before the bird , and the trigger finger obeys and sympathises with the sight - the distance is in reality not so great , indeed it is sometimes insufficient . Guns are frequently found fault with when the sports- man alone is to ...
Side 59
... feet in advance of them - the precise distance can only be learnt from experience . At the time of pulling the trigger , the bird must be momentarily lost sight of . All these shots can be better managed with both eyes open than with ...
... feet in advance of them - the precise distance can only be learnt from experience . At the time of pulling the trigger , the bird must be momentarily lost sight of . All these shots can be better managed with both eyes open than with ...
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