Quail Shooting 



ter the shooter must know "what to 

 do with his gun." 



I do not assume to be competent 

 to give instruction in quail shooting. 

 I miss too often to undertake such a 

 role. It may not, however, be en- 

 tirely unprofitable to mention a fault 

 which I suppose to be somewhat com- 

 mon among those who have not 

 reached the point of satisfactory skill, 

 and which my experience has taught 

 me will stand in the way of success 

 as long as it remains uncorrected. I 

 refer to the instinctive and difficultly 

 controlled impulse to shoot too quick- 

 ly when the bird rises. The flight 

 seems to be much more speedy than 

 it really is ; and the undrilled shooter, 

 if he has any idea in his mind at all, 

 is dominated by the fear that if the 

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