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LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS 



they will be dispersed by the firing, hence when 

 driven back against the wind they will fly either singly 

 or in small numbers at a time, thus giving the guns a 

 good chance of killing them. 



ng 



JLJw 



FIG. 43. PARTRIDGE DRIVING. (EXAMPLE 2.) How TO DRIVE PARTRIDGES 



DOWNWIND FOR A SUBSKQUKNT DRIVE BACK FROM THE BOUNDARY 

 AGAINST THE WIND. 



(A, B. C) are three fields of cover. $maJ? arrows are the drivers walking for- 

 ward. f<mJl i-irdfs. Guns posted for the different drives. I, II, III. Tlir-e 

 figures show the order of the three drives. Thf rond is the boundary of the 

 beat. Long arrow points in the direction the wind blows from. 



(A downwind drive is seldom one to make a bag 

 from, as the birds either fly too fast for the shooters 

 or too many together. It takes a rare good marksman 

 to pretty regularly kill a right and left out of each 

 covey that passes him with the wind, if a fresh 

 breeze is blowing.) 



