HIGH PHEASANTS 



60 yards from the first wire, then stop the line, advancing 

 one man in every 40 yards or less to work up the birds. 

 When these men have got the thickest of the birds up, the 

 line can be steadily advanced, taking great care not to move 

 too quick or get too near the advanced men. The men who 

 are working in advance must be men with an interest in the 

 work, or they will be liable to put the birds up too fast, or 

 leave a good many behind them. As to the men at the 

 end of the coverts with the white flags, as soon as the 

 birds start to fly over them, they should work their flags 

 continually, as the birds will not see them until they are 

 well on the wing, and are right over the top of them then. 

 As soon as the birds see these flags, up they rise, and the 

 next objects they see are the guns which make them rise 

 higher. Some might think that this would turn them, but 

 it is far from that, as they are well on the wing, and the 

 flag-man gives them the spurt at the right place. It will 

 be found if the above is carried out properly, the birds will 

 be as high as any ordinary gun can reach them, with a 

 good percentage of them even higher. This has been 

 worked successfully for high Pheasants risen from low ground 

 as well as level." 



George Legg, head-keeper, Buriton, Petersfield, referring 

 to high Pheasants, says : — 



"The above is a problem not easily solved, and although 



science has done and is still doing wonders in high flying, 



the time has not yet arrived when we can drive our Pheasants 



out of a level cover like Shepherd's Bush, and make them 



use their own ' quite safe flip-flap ' to anything like the 



rocketing height that we soar to there ! 



" High shooting is invaluable in these days, both from a 



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