. Guns and gunning. Blue Grouse Shooting fLand. !il Upland Shooting ANY one who is fond of nature will appreciateupland shooting. As the name implies,it is the hunt of upland game birds, andit differs in almost every respect from bay principal difference is that in water-fowl shooting,the gunner sits still and lets the bird come to him;while in upland shooting he goes after the birds. Storms and sleet no longer insure a good tramps are over crisp stubble fields, throughold, sweet-scented orchards, and the cool woods,where the autumn leaves lie thick. Instead of thelong wed
. Guns and gunning. Blue Grouse Shooting fLand. !il Upland Shooting ANY one who is fond of nature will appreciateupland shooting. As the name implies,it is the hunt of upland game birds, andit differs in almost every respect from bay principal difference is that in water-fowl shooting,the gunner sits still and lets the bird come to him;while in upland shooting he goes after the birds. Storms and sleet no longer insure a good tramps are over crisp stubble fields, throughold, sweet-scented orchards, and the cool woods,where the autumn leaves lie thick. Instead of thelong wedges of water-fowl driving steadily south-ward, we have some solitary grouse whirring awaybetween the gray tree-trunks, or a bevy of quailbursting like a miniature bomb-shell from the comerof an old rail fence. One of the pleasantestfeatures of upland shooting is watching the dogs 59 i work. In all other bird shooting dogs are usedprincipally as retrievers, but in upland shooting theydo most of the work. This sport is at its bestnear civilizati
Size: 2008px × 1244px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorbe, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjecthunting
