This vintage book contains the 'Grouse Shooting' edition of 'The Sportsman’s Library', and includes information on the history of the sport, shooting dogs, equipment, habits and habitats, moor management, and much more. Written in clear, plain language and full of handy tips and invaluable information, this timeless volume would be of considerable value to those with an interest in the sport, and it would make for a great addition to collections of hunting literature. The chapters of this book include: “Shooting Wildfowl”, “The Development of Grouse Shooting”, “Habits and Feeding”, “Manipulating Grouse”, “In the Butts”, “Pointers and Setters”, “Shooting Dogs”, “Moor Management”, “Distribution and Hand-Reading”, “Grouse Disease”, etcetera. This antiquarian volume is being republished now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on hunting wildfowl.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to hunting grouse, with additional chapters on grouse disease and vermin, and grouse shooting. A highly accessible and practical handbook, "Round the Seasons" is recommended for all those with an interest in hunting grouse, and would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this volume include: “Shooting Wildfowl”, “The Grouse Moor in Spring”, “The Grouse Moor in Summer”, “The Grouse Moor in Autumn”, “The Grouse Moor in Winter”, “The Problem of Grouse Disease”, and “Grouse Shooting”. This volume is being republished now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on hunting wildfowl.

• Revised edition cites up-to-date statistics reflecting the trends among grouse hunters • Includes a chapter of grouse recipes Dennis Walrod takes beginning and experienced grouse hunters alike through an examination of key aspects of the hunt: how to get the most out of a covert, choosing guns and dogs, as well as concerns particular to autumn stalking or winter hunting. The emphasis falls on grouse hunting as a sport pursued for the thrill of the hunt, the adrenaline shot brought by the force of a flush, rather than the quest for impressive numbers.

"The Grand Sporting Tradition Continues. Ruffed grouse hunting is to bird hunting what fly fishing is to fishing - the pinnacle of the sport. Grouse hunters are a diehard lot consumed by chasing evasive birds through impenetrable thickets ... Grouse hunters everywhere will relate to and enjoy this intimate look into 'ruffin' it in Idaho'."--

If you ran into Frank Jezioro in the grouse woods, you wouldn't guess that he served as the director of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources under two governors which is practically unheard of until he stepped away into retirement. You wouldn't know that as a friend and confidant of West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, a hunting and fishing buddy, Frank serves as a liaison and conduit between the senator and the myriad hunting and conservation groups seeking to have their voices heard on Capitol Hill. What you would know is that you'd be looking at a real grouse hunter. You'd be looking at a man who knows how to breed and train grouse dogs, building them from the ground up, because for Frank, grouse hunting is all about the dogs. His setters and pointers over the years have been the best anyone could ask for. And they've had to be in the up-and-down Appalachian grouse country where Frank lives and hunts. But he doesn't just hunt there. Frank's chased ruffed grouse in Canada and after sampling New England and all the Lake States, he has settled on Michigan, and every October will find him there, and too rarely I'll be there with him. This book is the distilled knowledge and experience of a man who has pursued this King of Game Birds for the better part of six decades and counting. He knows the bird, the covers, the dogs, and the guns. Spend time with this book, and you'll come away perhaps not knowing as much as Frank Jezioro does, but you'll know a whole lot more than you did.

Burton Spiller's Grouse Feathers is without question the best known book of all time on grouse hunting. His stories have been read and loved since their original publication by The Derrydale Press in 1935. Now, The Derrydale Press is proud to present a new collection of Spiller's stories that have not been previously published in any book.