With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . )ping in this dircrtioiilast veiir, and was lined for his SNARING GROUSE. Kio wirif XAiiin-: ami a camera. A favourite metliod of })oaeliin^- Grouse ])\ tliosewlio still induli>e a little in illicit gunning is knownas beckinu/ It is a nuicli more s])ortsnianlikebusiness tlian netting or snaring, and is often use-full v eni])lo3ed by gamekee])ers in October andXoveniber for killing off a number of sujierfluousand very artful old cocks that stick to the. highergroun
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . )ping in this dircrtioiilast veiir, and was lined for his SNARING GROUSE. Kio wirif XAiiin-: ami a camera. A favourite metliod of })oaeliin^- Grouse ])\ tliosewlio still induli>e a little in illicit gunning is knownas beckinu/ It is a nuicli more s])ortsnianlikebusiness tlian netting or snaring, and is often use-full v eni])lo3ed by gamekee])ers in October andXoveniber for killing off a number of sujierfluousand very artful old cocks that stick to the. higherground. AVhen I was a lad 1 used to go becking witha keeper nearly every suitable Saturday morningin the late autunni, and have probably lured moreJ^Ioorcocks to their destruction in this wa} thanany youngster living. My companion was an ex-cellent shot, and together we have on numy occasionsbaofsred six brace of birds bv breakfast-time. l^ecking consists of getting up very early intlie morning and reaching the deep moss hags beforethe iirst peep of day. I have on many occasionscalled a bird within shot before there was sufHcientlight to see it by whilst on the ground. At thevery firs
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