i. REMARKS ON MODERN GAME SHOOTING 3 



off a parish or two towards a line of guns, and that 

 here begins and ends all connected therewith. 



They never seem to realise that, to drive game 

 properly, good generalship is required, and many 

 details of management have to be considered such, 

 for example, as the direction and force of the wind, 

 the nature of the ground, the home and usual flight 

 of the birds, the position of the boundaries, the 

 description of cover available, and so forth. 



It is, in fact, just as interesting and amusing to 

 watch or partake in a cleverly contrived ' drive ' for 

 partridges, grouse, or pheasants, as it is to plod up 

 and down the country at the tails of pointers and 

 sett< 



As regards the act of shooting, the great advan- 

 tage of driving birds to the gun is that the game 

 is much less frequently wounded than when it is 

 walked up. 



A driven bird is generally killed on the spot, or 

 clean missed ; for if struck at all it is hit in the head 

 and neck, and then down it falls. On the other hand, 

 a bird rising before a shooter, though it may not be 

 killed, is rarely missed altogether, as it offers ample 

 time for aiming, and presents an easy mark for 

 aligning the gun. 



In the matter of skill with the gun, especially in 

 regard to pheasants, there is no comparison between 



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