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GROUSE SHOOTIXG (PART VI\ ' DRIVING' 345 



Keep your attention fixed upon the two birds you 

 first intend to kill, and do not think of any others 

 till you have fired at these, though there may be a 

 hundred on wing all round you ; for once you take 

 your eyes off the two you first selected, you will 

 probably have no time to single out a fresh brace to 

 aim at, as a few seconds of indecision and the grouse 

 may be darting past in all directions, and then all 

 you are likely to do is to fire a couple of ill-aimed 

 despairing shots at perhaps the most difficult birds in 

 the pack. 



Nothing is more against success in killing driven 

 grouse than to allow the eyes to wander indecisively 

 among a number of birds flying rapidly to you, and 

 then to hesitate at which of them to fire till they are 

 all about within shot. 



It is no unusual incident to see a young shooter 

 so confused by a pack of grouse skimming over 

 his shelter, that, though he had plenty of time to 

 drop at least two birds in front of him, he wavers 

 over his aim till it is too late to do so, loses his best 

 chance, and finally turns round to fire a harmless 

 and random salute at the tail of the pack as it whirls 

 away into space. 



Both in regard to safety and success, one of the 

 iirst lessons for a young shooter to learn in grouse 

 driving is to keep cool and collected when a number 



