The sportsman's book for India . uite low down near the villages, and inthe fields where there are roots, but the old stagsremain up above, even in the December snow. Colonel Ward declares that from February20th to March 25th is the only time that it isworth while to shoot stag. Unfortunately thereare but few visitors who can reach Kashmirbefore the end of March. A good many veryhandsome heads, however, are shot every yearin October. A lo-pointer, measuring 40 inches,with a girth of 6 inches, is a very fine trophy,and by no means uncommon. An exception-ally good head would be a 12-pointer, len
The sportsman's book for India . uite low down near the villages, and inthe fields where there are roots, but the old stagsremain up above, even in the December snow. Colonel Ward declares that from February20th to March 25th is the only time that it isworth while to shoot stag. Unfortunately thereare but few visitors who can reach Kashmirbefore the end of March. A good many veryhandsome heads, however, are shot every yearin October. A lo-pointer, measuring 40 inches,with a girth of 6 inches, is a very fine trophy,and by no means uncommon. An exception-ally good head would be a 12-pointer, length 45inches, and girth 7 inches. Other The only other Kashmir game that I have^Game!^ not yet dealt with are serow, and the two speciesof leopard. Burhel and sharpu have receivedsufficient mention wherever the route after othermore important game has crossed their all the nullahs south of the Indus betweenLamayuru and Leh hold both these species ofsheep, and sharpu are also to be found in Western ^^^-y^mr^^^^^^f^^. After Bara Singh in the Pulwar Nullah in October KASHMIR SHOOTING i8i Kashmir. Neither is Hkely to form the primaryobject of a shooting trip in Kashmir, althoughfrom Mussoorie a very nice six weeks might bespent after burhel, and probably better headssecured than in Ladakh. Serow.—The serow is but seldom seen or shotin Kashmir, and his head is a very poor trophywhen secured. If you come across one, it willprobably be by chance, when looking for bearor stag. A German sportsman, who went as faras Askole in Baltistan this year after ibex, butonly secured some photographs, returned to thePulwar nullah for stag. There by pure chancehis shikari twice pointed out a good serow, withfrom lo-inch to 12-inch horns, but could notpersuade him to shoot, because the horns werenot as big as a stags. Serow are to be found inthe preserved rukhs between the Scinde andLiddar valleys, and in the Trisingham andAtroto (or Atawat) nullahs at the head of theBandipur valley,
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