GEOUSE AND BLACK GAME SHOOTING 



GROUSE-SHOOTING, when the season begins, and our 

 moors are thronged by ardent sportsmen from all parts 

 of the kingdom, although requiring some tact and skill, 

 is mere child's play compared to what it becomes when 

 the birds are wild and wary. 



In the month of August or September, a few general 

 rules may enable a good shot, upon a tolerable moor, to 

 load his game-carrier. He should commence upon the 

 farthest end of his range, giving his dogs the wind, and 

 select some part of the moor, near the centre, to which 

 he must endeavour to drive all his packs. His follower 

 should be a good marker,* active and intelligent in com- 

 prehending his least signal, and always ready, when the 

 dogs point, to place himself so as to prevent the birds 

 taking a wrong direction. After having skirmished in 



* In marking grouse, when you can no longer distinguish them from 

 the brown heather, still let your eye follow their course, as the flapping 

 of their wings when they light is much longer discernible than the 

 rapid motion of their flight. 



