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Side 77
In the early part of the season , grouse take short flights and may easily be
marked down , and even if not marked down , may be found again by following
the line of their flight , till you reach the first turn in the mountain , within a hundred
yards ...
In the early part of the season , grouse take short flights and may easily be
marked down , and even if not marked down , may be found again by following
the line of their flight , till you reach the first turn in the mountain , within a hundred
yards ...
Side 78
I have often been puzzled and unsuccessful , when I expected to have found
them immediately , but the fact is they are very unequal in their flight , and
sometimes go very great distances , and at others drop almost immediately on
turning the ...
I have often been puzzled and unsuccessful , when I expected to have found
them immediately , but the fact is they are very unequal in their flight , and
sometimes go very great distances , and at others drop almost immediately on
turning the ...
Side 101
They are only to be found on the tops of very high , rocky mountains , are
generally very tame , and will allow you to get sufficiently near to have one shot
sitting and another as they take their flight from the ledge of the rocks on which
you will ...
They are only to be found on the tops of very high , rocky mountains , are
generally very tame , and will allow you to get sufficiently near to have one shot
sitting and another as they take their flight from the ledge of the rocks on which
you will ...
Side 105
... and shot at in the stubbles , will immediately fly to and drop in the first thick
piece of clover or turnips , or thick hedgerow , whereas , had you found them at
daybreak , they would have dropped on some bare place and taken a second
flight .
... and shot at in the stubbles , will immediately fly to and drop in the first thick
piece of clover or turnips , or thick hedgerow , whereas , had you found them at
daybreak , they would have dropped on some bare place and taken a second
flight .
Side 108
Partridges are very easy birds to kill , their flight being steady and regular ; if a
covey rises within tolerable distance , there is always time for the effective
discharge of both your barrels without any hurry ; in fact , at the commencement
of the ...
Partridges are very easy birds to kill , their flight being steady and regular ; if a
covey rises within tolerable distance , there is always time for the effective
discharge of both your barrels without any hurry ; in fact , at the commencement
of the ...
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Hints on shooting and fishing [&c.]. |
| Forfatter | Christopher Idle (pseud.) |
| Utgave | 2 |
| distribuert | 1865 |
| Original fra | Oxford University |
| Digitalisert | 1. aug 2006 |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |