The Gameshooter's Pocket Guide has been revised, covering even more essentials of gameshooting. It is a compact, encyclopaedic compendium of facts, rules, shooting etiquette and lore for the use of both novice and seasoned gameshooters. Chapters cover safety, legal requirements, choice of gun and equipment, dress, etiquette, game seasons, dogs, teaching a novice, rules for beginners and many other details that all gameshooters might need to know. Appendices list useful addresses of representative organisations and shooting schools. Information on shooting seasons, shot sizes and essential safety points in the field are presented in tabular form for easy reference. Gameshooting continues to attract a growing following, making it all the more important that gameshooting enthusiasts learn and keep to hand the fundamental rules of field safety and behaviour. This guide will serve as an ideal companion for gameshooters at all levels, regardless of nationality, wishing to avoid being a danger and embarrassment in the shooting field.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to game shooting, with notes on shooting grouse, pheasants, partridge, quails, woodcocks, snipe, running a covert shoot, breeding and rearing game birds, and practicing your aim. It encompasses a wealth of information that would be of considerable utility to modern sportsmen, and would make for a great addition to collections of hunting literature. The chapters of this book include: “Grouse”, “Pheasants”, “Quails”, “Woodcock”, “Snipe”, “Rearing Pheasants and Partridges”, “Moor Management”, “Distribution and Head-Reading”, “Partridge Driving”, “Covert Shooting: As It Should Be”, “The Art of Shooting-Flying”, “The Right Shooter’s Gun and Dog”, etcetera. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on shooting wildfowl.

This concise, easy-to-use guide is overflowing with the techniques readers need to know to create great movies. Story builds the solid foundation that helps to better understand the camera.

A true record of an era, this unabridged facsimile of the retail giant's 1895 catalogue showcases some 25,000 items, from the necessities of life to products whose time has passed. Illustrated.