9780946474158 - Gamekeeping and Shooting for Amateurs von Smith, Guy N. (1 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). (1976) 1983 3rd edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Ppviii,211. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w line illustrations. Blue-green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, slight browning to edges, smells slightly musty from long storage. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. The author was an amateur gamekeeper who eventually went to live on his shoot, to devote himself more fully to it. Chapters include: Buying and using guns; Working dogs; Cartridges; Rough shooting; The role of the gamekeeper; Organising a shoot; Rabbits and hares; Pigeons; Stoats and weasels; The crow family; Hawks; Fox control; The starling menace; Badgers; Stocking with pheasants; Stocking with partridge; Woodcock and snipe; Wildfowling; Deer; Grouse and blackgame; Poachers; Experiments in conservation. Appendix: The Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. .