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shooter upwind of you will drop some of his birds in 

 your ground, the only man who really suffers being 

 the one in the shelter nearest the point from which 

 the wind blows. 



To assist the shooters to find all their dead birds a 

 narrow strip cut in the heather (fig. 70) is of great 



-tance, as by dividing the ground it will prevent 

 you from searching the same parts of it twice or thrice 

 over. 



This strip being in the same direction as the flight 

 of the grouse when flying to the shelters, the birds 

 will not notice it, though if a large round patch is 

 cleared near a shelter it is an evidence of danger, the 

 grouse may see from a distance, and avoid, especially 

 if the experience of a previous drive over it and the 

 shelter in its centre, has taught them to do so ; 

 besides which, grouse falling on bare ground, amid 

 the sharp stalks of burnt or mown heather, are liable 

 to be badly bruised or cut. 



HOW TO MAKE THE SHELTERS SECURE FROM 

 ACCIDENT 



There is no possible excuse for firing a dangerous 

 shot when grouse driving, for to do this you will have 

 to shoot straight at one or other of the shelters on 

 either side of you, and which are in full view a 



