The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . means, not pre-sent at other times,of detecting the ap-proach of danger, forone hardly ever takesthem unawares insuch weather. I sup-pose when they see apassenger along themoorland road theydo not take muchnotice, for they cer-tainly allow a verymuch closer approachin such a mannerthan thev would ifthe shooter onlyvaried by twentyyards from the road-way. Another of the de-ceptive plans is thatof becking. Beck-ing is the flirtationof the grouse, but it is not only that, for it goes on in the autumn aswell as in the peri
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . means, not pre-sent at other times,of detecting the ap-proach of danger, forone hardly ever takesthem unawares insuch weather. I sup-pose when they see apassenger along themoorland road theydo not take muchnotice, for they cer-tainly allow a verymuch closer approachin such a mannerthan thev would ifthe shooter onlyvaried by twentyyards from the road-way. Another of the de-ceptive plans is thatof becking. Beck-ing is the flirtationof the grouse, but it is not only that, for it goes on in the autumn aswell as in the period of love-making, and it mightmore properly, perhaps, be called the exercise ofsuperfluous energy and the display of exuberantjoy and pride of the noble bird. The cock birdrises vertically from fifteen to thirty feet in the air,with what sounds like an expression of delight ad-dressed to his wife, as well as a challenge for all itmay concern. To see this from the lodge windowsas one is dressing in the morning is an addedcharm to the grouse shooters life, and one that is. MOVING GROUSE kill grouse by an imitationand this is the sport of have studied them closely, denied the dwellersin big houses, whichare rarely placedupon the moor it-self, but are mostlyfar below, in somewarmer strath, asituation that hasother attractions, butnot this one. Thereare lodges whenceone can see the deergraze, the grousebeck, and the salmonleap, but they arefew indeed. To en-able the shooter toof their own calls—becking —he mustand it may be said that not one in fifty amongst grouse-shootersever saw the birds becking, and not one in fivehundred could succeed in making a bag by callingthem in the manner practised by beckers. I imagine that long before grouse driving wasadopted, the art of moving grouse over the gunswas well known. In districts where no butts existthis is a common practice late in the season. The LATE GROUSE SHOOTING. Ci difference between it and driving is merely thatin the regul
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