How to zvalk for and shoot Snipe. ^<^ 



is likely to be so much loss to the bag, to 

 say nothing of the enjoyment. Finally, it 

 is in any case harder to keep the eyes wide 

 open and clear if a cold or strong wind is 

 blowing straight into them, than if they are 

 comfortably sheltered on '' the lee side of your 

 face." The human optic must be in partic- 

 ularly good working order to gauge correctly 

 the flight of an erratic little object travelling 

 at goodness knows how many miles an hour 

 along a road which certainly cannot be '* called 

 straight." 



Down-wind shooting is certainly the luxury 

 of snipe-shooting, although occasionally — very 

 occasionally — there will be a sameness in 

 the description of shots that will not com- 

 mend itself in a sport of which variety is 

 the very life and soul. Snipe would not be 

 worth shooting if they were easy to shoot, 

 and it must be confessed that a long walk 

 may be taken down-wind over open country 

 without the sportsman's especially "snipey" 

 qualities being very severely tested. 



In enclosed land it is a very different 



