The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ountry will be found to answer allkilling purposes. A gun with a good open patternfor the right barrel, and a strong choke for theleft, is best. Either the bird is fired at in coverlat not more than twenty yards, and, if missed, isnot seen again, or else it occasionally gets up wildin more open ground and wants a long shot. Thechoke is also useful in case of coming across a deeror pig at close quarters, as not infrequently happenswhen after woodcock. Most Turkish sportsmencommencr business at dawn and continue till sun
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ountry will be found to answer allkilling purposes. A gun with a good open patternfor the right barrel, and a strong choke for theleft, is best. Either the bird is fired at in coverlat not more than twenty yards, and, if missed, isnot seen again, or else it occasionally gets up wildin more open ground and wants a long shot. Thechoke is also useful in case of coming across a deeror pig at close quarters, as not infrequently happenswhen after woodcock. Most Turkish sportsmencommencr business at dawn and continue till sun-set, but my own experience is that the best hoursare from two to four, and the mornings are seldomfruitful. Cocks lie up an hour or so before sunrise, and the dew obliterates the night noon they shake themselves and beginto move about, and are, of course, much easier forthe dogs to find. Space fails to say more thanthat the Turkish woodcock is like the Turkishpeasant—not difficult to get on with when youget to know him, but you have got to know ONE OF WHICH LOOKS MORE LIKE A HOUND THAN A POINTER, TILL SHE STRAIGHTENS OUT ON POINT (*• 274). (Photo : A. G. Hulme-Beaman.) 2/6
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