i8o LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS LETTER 



Start the guns at the end of (B) (against the wind 

 if possible) , three guns walking in line with the beaters, 

 to kill ground game, or birds flying back; two walking 

 50 yards ahead of the beaters, and two others standing 

 forward (see small arrows in sketch). These four 

 outside guns will prevent the birds from breaking 

 covert without running or flying on to (A), and they 

 can shoot any that make for the open. 



When the guns and beaters have walked up in 

 line, with the two guns standing forward at the far 

 corners of (B), all march on through (A), killing ground 

 game and birds flying high back, till they reach the 

 ride cut halfway in (A). Here all stand (see small 

 circles in sketch). 



The men who have been acting as stops (ride flags) 

 now form line, enter the covert, and drive the birds 

 concentrated in the portion of the wood between 

 themselves and the ride, over the guns, back to the 

 other half of (A) and to (B). 



The guns now at once move outside the wood (A) 

 to the open space at (D) between (A) and (B), and the 

 beaters and stops, keeping a good line, and at the 

 same time gathering the game that has been killed, 

 drive the half of (A) that is next (D) out to the guns, 

 and afterwards the birds that have flown on to the 

 wood (B) may be driven over the guns back again to 

 (A), if further sport is desired ! 



The result of this manoeuvre is that the pheasants 

 are separated, and all of them being thoroughly 



