FORM IN GAME SHOOTING 85 



with the arms and shoulders, and not with the hips. Obviously, 

 if the shooter can always keep facing his game, the triangle 

 sides made with gun, arm, and body all remain of the same 

 length, and besides, the head and eye remain relatively in 

 the same position, and absolutely in the same line with the 

 rib and sight of the gun and game. If, then, a shooter can 

 rely upon thus facing his game, he has more need of bringing 

 up the gun to a point than he has of muscular contraction of 

 the arms in pushing and pulling about the gun, in swinging 

 with the game. 



Still, we can none of us afford to be handicapped, and 

 there are occasions when the arms must swing for all they 

 are worth, and for this reason an easy position for the left 

 hand is desirable, although that position need not necessarily 

 be looked for on the trigger guard, or even on the fore end 

 of the gun. There is a medium in all things, and assuredly 

 those who strain to get their hands more forward than looks 

 comfortable are likely to miss in consequence. This remark 

 is made because the author has seen some beginners striving 

 to reach forward, because they have read that it is proper ; 

 whereas they looked as strained as if they were on the rack, 

 and besides, killed no game. 



One of the most awkward attempts is to try to follow game 

 overhead and fail to get enough in front to fire. There is then 

 no time to turn round. When turning round is necessary, it 

 should be done with the gun at the " ready," not at the " present," 

 and not until the foot is planted firmly should the gun be raised. 

 Any following round with the gun, or even with the eye if the 

 game is going over, will not prove very deadly as a rule. The 

 late Lord Hill and his brother, the Hon. G. Hill, were as good 

 pheasant shots as anybody is, or has been, and it was very 

 obvious that they both went round and planted a firm foot 

 before looking for their game from overhead. 



The two positions of holding the left hand may be seen 

 in the shooting of the Prince of Wales, with the straight arm, 

 and in Mr. R. Rimington Wilson, with the bent left elbow. 



The question has often been asked, What should one do in 



