THE ART OF SHOOTING
AND ROUGH SHOOT MANAGEMENT

LESLIE SPRAKE

H. F. G. WITHERBY: LONDON
1930

CONTENTS
PART I.—THE ART OF SHOOTING
Choice and Fit of a Gun
Footwork
Balance
Swing
Physical Action
General Hints

PART II.—THE ROUGH SHOOT
FOREWORD
ON TAKING A ROUGH SHOOT—
Inspecting a Rough Shoot
The Lease of a Rough Shoot
Relations with Farmers and Farm Workers
Keepering
Expenses
II. PARTRIDGES—
Natural History
Courtship
Nesting
Eggs
Incubation
Hatching
Food
Artificial Winter Feeding
Contents of Crops
Drink
Habits
Description
The Senses of a Partridge
HOW TO INCREASE THE PARTRIDGES—
A Chipped Egg System
Protecting Partridge Nests
SHOOTING THE PARTRIDGES—
Walking Up
Driving
Stock
PHEASANTS—
Hand-reared Birds
Shooting
HARES AND RABBITS—
The Hare
The March Hare Shooting
Rabbits
Ferreting
In Covert
In the Open Hedgerow
Hunting Trapping Snaring
VARIOUS—
Snipe
Wild Pigeons
The Corncrake Woodcock Duck
VERMIN AND POACHERS—
Rats
Stoats and Weasels
Hedgehogs
Hawks
Owls
Crows and Rooks
Magpies, Jackdaws, and Jays
Poachers
DESIRABLE DOGS

22 x 15 cm. 203 pp + b/w photo plates.

Good condition, some foxing throughout.