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Side 80
... coveys and single birds will be found to lie as well as at the commencement of the season . The more frequently the beat can be changed the better ; twice a week is sufficiently often to go over the same ground , as grouse become not ...
... coveys and single birds will be found to lie as well as at the commencement of the season . The more frequently the beat can be changed the better ; twice a week is sufficiently often to go over the same ground , as grouse become not ...
Side 86
... coveys of grouse arrived , small in size and of peculiar plu- mage , tamer , and much easier of access than grouse generally are at that season of the year ; so that I used to have good sport with them , in a small way , from the time ...
... coveys of grouse arrived , small in size and of peculiar plu- mage , tamer , and much easier of access than grouse generally are at that season of the year ; so that I used to have good sport with them , in a small way , from the time ...
Side 97
... covey : the old hen is almost always found with the young birds , and is generally the first to rise . After a few days , most of the broods leave the open heather and descend to the immediate vicinity of the oat - fields , especially ...
... covey : the old hen is almost always found with the young birds , and is generally the first to rise . After a few days , most of the broods leave the open heather and descend to the immediate vicinity of the oat - fields , especially ...
Side 107
... covey , and as they subsequently draw after single dis- persed birds , will be considerably greater than that which he will experience who can kill three times the number without the use of dogs . In a wild country , where birds are ...
... covey , and as they subsequently draw after single dis- persed birds , will be considerably greater than that which he will experience who can kill three times the number without the use of dogs . In a wild country , where birds are ...
Side 108
... covey rises within tolerable distance , there is always time for the effective discharge of both your barrels with- out any ... coveys . I have shot much in wild countries where birds were not over plentiful , and I always 108 SHOOTING ...
... covey rises within tolerable distance , there is always time for the effective discharge of both your barrels with- out any ... coveys . I have shot much in wild countries where birds were not over plentiful , and I always 108 SHOOTING ...
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