"HIGH BIRDS 



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HE majority of owners and lessees of shootings at 

 the present time have one dominating ambition when 

 shooting their coverts, and that is to make their 

 pheasants fly as high as possible and thereby afford 

 difficult and sporting shots to their gue^s. 



There is no doubt that for some reason or other a really 

 high pheasant is more difficult for most men to kill artistically 

 and regularly than many other seemingly awkward shots, 

 even though the latter may be further out than the high 

 birds are. 



The objed of this article is not to discuss how best to 

 obtain the required result of making the birds fly high, but 

 to try and find out why the fadt of a bird being high up 

 overhead seemingly makes it more difficult than the same 

 bird would be when flying a parallel course at a lower 

 elevation, and to ascertain the best method of overcoming 

 the difficulty. 



In order to get good opinions on this subjed from various 

 points of view, the writer has first communicated with 

 several friends, who, besides being the happy possessors of 

 first rate shooting, are themselves exceptionally good shots. 



Although they are first rate performers with the gun, 

 they desire that their names should not be published, as, 

 being of a naturally shy and unboastful temperament, they 

 do not wish to pose as professional didators ; so they are 

 referred to by alphabetical letters. 



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