. Grouse and grouse moors . HH a- v. -^ en ON GROUSE-DRIVING 193 Besides this there should be a keeperwhose sole duties are picking up. Duringthe drive he should remain well con-cealed some two or three hundred yardsbehind the butts, where he can mark^own wounded birds that carry on fromthe drive. This is scarcely necessary ifthere is to be a return drive afterwards,but when the ground behind the buttsis not subsequently to be driven hemay do good work, and the writer canremember a man so placed picking upseventeen birds out of a total of sixtykilled in a drive where the birds had astrong; win
. Grouse and grouse moors . HH a- v. -^ en ON GROUSE-DRIVING 193 Besides this there should be a keeperwhose sole duties are picking up. Duringthe drive he should remain well con-cealed some two or three hundred yardsbehind the butts, where he can mark^own wounded birds that carry on fromthe drive. This is scarcely necessary ifthere is to be a return drive afterwards,but when the ground behind the buttsis not subsequently to be driven hemay do good work, and the writer canremember a man so placed picking upseventeen birds out of a total of sixtykilled in a drive where the birds had astrong; wind behind them. Most of thesebirds had carried on out of sight of thebutts, and would have been lost to thebag if there had been no one to markwhere they fell. Besides this precaution,a man with a brace of spaniels, or a goodworking retriever, should always huntround the butts after the guns havefinished picking up. Driving, when all these points havebeen considered, is a beautiful and 13 194 THE GROUSE finished performance;
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