PHEASANT SHOOTING {PART III} 189 



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EXAMPLE No.' 8. (Fie. 35) 



HOW TO FORCE PHEASANTS TO RISE HIGH AT THE END 

 OF A WOOD. 



If pheasants persistently fly low at the end of a 

 wood, erect a fence of 2 ft. 6 in. wire netting, sup- 

 ported by upright sticks, 60 to 70 yards back in the 

 covert. This will force the 

 birds to rise farther from 

 the guns, and they will afford 

 much higher shots than if 

 they ran to the verge of the 

 wood before taking wing. 

 Each end of the wire should 

 be turned in towards the birds, 

 or they will run round its ex- 

 tremities when they meet it. 

 If the ends of the wire are 

 turned square the pheasants 

 will collect at the corners 

 before rising. The wire fence 

 should be placed in a half 

 circle (as in Example No. 8) ; the birds will then, 

 having no angles to run into, rise over it here and 

 there, as the beaters approach them. 











FIG. 35. PHEASAXT SHOOTING. 



(EXAMPLK 8.) 



Small firrotcx. Beaters having 

 walked forward to within a short 

 distance of the end of the wood 

 are now standing still. / Y<i.--*v.v. 

 Three men in front of bt-ater.s 

 flushing a few birds at a time. 

 Xinnll circle. (inns jested for 

 rise of pliea.-ants. Cu reed line. 

 Wire netting. 



