184 LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS 



LETTEE XII 



PHEASANT SHOOTING (PAET III) 



HOW TO DRIVE OUT A CORNER THAT CONTAINS PHEASANTS 

 WITH A VIEW TO KILLING OR SPARING THE BIRDS AS 

 THOUGHT ADVISABLE 



HAVING driven the pheasants of a wood into some 

 corner that is commanded by the guns, there is still 

 considerable management required in the way in 

 which the birds should be compelled to break covert 

 over the shooters. 



If you wish to spare the game for future sport, or 

 if you think the hen birds are scarce, all you have to 

 do is to walk the beaters without any delay straight 

 through a corner that contains a number of pheasants. 

 The birds will then rise so fast, and in such a large 

 flight, that your friends will not kill more than a few 

 though they may express delight at the ' bouquet ' 

 driven to them, and expatiate on how hot their guns 

 became during the few moments of quick firing they 

 indulged in. 



If you wish to kill a good percentage of the birds, 

 quite a different course will have to be taken. Instead 

 of forcing the pheasants to the guns collectively, the 



