SMALL GAME HUNTING WITH DOGS 



HUNTING WITH A BOBBERY PACK 



BY M. L. WILKINS 



This is a form of sport, in my opinion, which entails an 

 amount of physical exertion in no way commensurate with 

 the results obtained. I devoted a good portion of my spare 

 time to it, and during something like eight years only bagged 

 about 25 red deer, 2 pigs, and 150 hares, besides jungle 

 fowl and other game. Patna hunting in this district seems 

 particularly hard on dogs and I lost a large number, 

 pneumonia being the chief complaint. But notwithstand- 

 ing the objections referred to, and the large proportion 

 of blank days, I can look back to many a pleasant Sunday 

 morning's sport with neighbours and friends with pleasure 

 and satisfaction. 



As regards dogs, I have found hardy half-breeds, 

 harriers, and beagle - terriers amongst the most useful. 

 Imported hounds could never stand the climate. A good 

 finder is the most useful member of the pack. 



A 12-bore Holland's "Paradox" is my ideal weapon 

 for this form of sport, loaded with ball in one barrel for 

 anything like a clear shot, and AAA in the other for a snap- 

 shot at a red deer or even a hare. An accurate .303 rifle 

 carried by a boy is on rare occasions useful, when, say, 

 you have a commanding position and a deer, sneaking 

 up an open ravine below you, offers a by no means easy 

 test of marksmanship. 



Good topographical knowledge and an intimate 

 acquaintance with the deer runs are essential to success, 

 and, when these are obtained, nothing but straight shooting 

 and a sound condition of wind and limb will yield satis- 

 factory sport. 



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