. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. UPLAND SHOOTING. 117 fill I'll I' !' ill more, even ,â thick covert; but that is a very different thin, from saying can kill them. That I am s^iilJ ^ did, nor ever will do. ' ^'^ °° """" ^^^"^ dtresln Mr A .' K "'""' "^"'^ '^^^ ^^^ "^« *« ^^^ ''ttle aigression, Mr Audubon remarks that he has fonnrl iU. ^. ! h uteer, h« peculiar .hrill ., ; .âd i\us I perfecZg^t fhlnHl, Y '/ "&q
. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. UPLAND SHOOTING. 117 fill I'll I' !' ill more, even ,â thick covert; but that is a very different thin, from saying can kill them. That I am s^iilJ ^ did, nor ever will do. ' ^'^ °° """" ^^^"^ dtresln Mr A .' K "'""' "^"'^ '^^^ ^^^ "^« *« ^^^ ''ttle aigression, Mr Audubon remarks that he has fonnrl iU. ^. ! h uteer, h« peculiar .hrill ., ; .âd i\us I perfecZg^t fhlnHl, Y '/ "" """"""'^ """ ">e mo,t killing way to oft,⢠in wh,ch he hang, on the wind-that is to sav to nuD Lir""'"' '"'"â " *» ^"'""-- ^- 'our ,r The old school method was to wait tiU the bird had done toff r!' Tt"" "' """^ '""^ ^"'* "«'âi "u, aVtha â¢Â«mg the gun, was well enough for the days of W ainrie^ bart^elled gâns with flint locks. A good shot of the prird t would knock over his dozen couple of right and left'^h'^t^ waspamfullyp,ck,.gup his half dozen. Ca,teru paHiu. the quickest shot is the best shot. Anodier maxim of the same age and the same school is, that flie best dog over which to shoot Snipe is an old broken-d^wn low Pointer-perhaps ha i, for a pot-hunter! Indeed I 12 heve, nme times out of ten n« ^,ââ i,- j 7 could be bagged without a dog at all, âr with a Newfoundland or Water Spaniel, kept entirely at heel, and only used to "trie e The best dog» for Snipe are the best dogs that can be got for Setteis for my use, seeing that I prefer them for all purposes ⢠but Pointers, if you will. »' purposes, i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations
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