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Side 58
... is one of the cases in which the gun cannot well be directed too much in
advance, especially if the flight of the bird be rapid. In the case of birds coming
immediately towards the sportsman, his best chance is at thirty-five yards for the
first ...
... is one of the cases in which the gun cannot well be directed too much in
advance, especially if the flight of the bird be rapid. In the case of birds coming
immediately towards the sportsman, his best chance is at thirty-five yards for the
first ...
Side 59
Partridges are perhaps more rapid in their flight when driven and coming over
your head in this way than either grouse or black game. The snipe is a very easy
bird to kill, if you go down wind on him, as he flies round you, and when in ...
Partridges are perhaps more rapid in their flight when driven and coming over
your head in this way than either grouse or black game. The snipe is a very easy
bird to kill, if you go down wind on him, as he flies round you, and when in ...
Side 60
condition his flight is regular. The woodcock is a much more difficult bird, owing to
the extreme irregularity of his flight, sometimes as rapid as a hawk, at other times
as slow and heavy as an owl. The snipe is constantly alluded to as a difficult ...
condition his flight is regular. The woodcock is a much more difficult bird, owing to
the extreme irregularity of his flight, sometimes as rapid as a hawk, at other times
as slow and heavy as an owl. The snipe is constantly alluded to as a difficult ...
Side 61
A woodcock scarcely ever continues his flight straight forward, when he reaches
any object he can dodge behind. SUGGESTIONS ON THE SHOOTING DRESS.
Dress, generally speaking, is so much a matter of caprice, and occasionally ...
A woodcock scarcely ever continues his flight straight forward, when he reaches
any object he can dodge behind. SUGGESTIONS ON THE SHOOTING DRESS.
Dress, generally speaking, is so much a matter of caprice, and occasionally ...
Side 73
... grouse, when disturbed, generally fly down wind, take long flights, and do not
return, like partridges, the same evening, to the ground where they were bred, so
that, if driven into an enemy's, country, a serious loss may be the consequence.
... grouse, when disturbed, generally fly down wind, take long flights, and do not
return, like partridges, the same evening, to the ground where they were bred, so
that, if driven into an enemy's, country, a serious loss may be the consequence.
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