. The complete manual for young sportsmen: with directions for handling the gun, the rifle, and the rod; the art of shooting on the wing; the breaking, management, and hunting of the dog; the varieties and habits of game; river, lake, and seafishing, etc. ... Hunting; Shooting; Fishing; Dogs. WILD FOWL SHOOTING. Wild fowl shooting in America may properly be distin- guished into three classes: the Chesapeake Bay shooting, to which, as the finest of all, both in the quality of the game killed and the greatness of the sport, the palm must be assigned; sea-shooting, over decoys, which, though tedi
. The complete manual for young sportsmen: with directions for handling the gun, the rifle, and the rod; the art of shooting on the wing; the breaking, management, and hunting of the dog; the varieties and habits of game; river, lake, and seafishing, etc. ... Hunting; Shooting; Fishing; Dogs. WILD FOWL SHOOTING. Wild fowl shooting in America may properly be distin- guished into three classes: the Chesapeake Bay shooting, to which, as the finest of all, both in the quality of the game killed and the greatness of the sport, the palm must be assigned; sea-shooting, over decoys, which, though tedious, and requiring much exposure to wild wintry weather, is a favorite amusement with enthusiastic sportsmen; and lastly inland duck-shooting, which, in the places where it is to be had in perfection, is a most exciting and delightful pursuit. The game killed, in these three different kinds of sport, are as different as the modes adopted of bringing them to 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 may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York, W. A. Townsend & Adams
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