SHOOTING IN NEW FOREST 257 



This shows what could be accomplished by 

 two young men in the prime of life, excellent 

 walkers and good shots, provided also with dogs 

 particularly well suited for the work. They used 

 to shoot the Forest three days a week on a 

 regular system, and it is not everyone that would 

 care to lay himself out so entirely for the sport, 

 and work so hard at it. Messrs. Wingrove paid 

 attention mainly to rabbit shooting in the earlier 

 part of the season, and as the season progressed 

 went mainly after snipe. Pheasants they merely 

 took as chance provided, and many of the licencees 

 killed each year many more than they did. 



The figures shown on the bottom lines of pages 

 258, 259, represent the sums of money they paid 

 between each year for their shooting. 



Various other gentlemen have given me par- 

 ticulars of their bags in the Forest. In 1897 the 

 late Mr. Howard of Goldenhayes sent me his 

 totals for the year as follows : 



Pheasants 91 



Partridges ...... 2 



Woodcock 56 



Snipe .11 



Duck 2 



Hares . . . . . . .1 



Rabbits 687 



Various ...... 5 



855 



