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able from certain game farms at a moderate price. It 

 is better, however, to secure them from a more intimate 

 source. Owing to the size of the hare, which makes it 

 an easy mark for the gun, the stock needs constantly 

 renewing, or it will soon disappear altogether. A strict 

 limit should be fixed every season on the number of 

 hares to be shot. 



Poaching Hares 



Hare-poaching is generally carried out by driving 

 the hares towards a gate, on the outside of which a net 

 is fastened. On this account the bottom bars of gates 

 should be so close together that a hare cannot bolt 

 through. 



Snipe 



The snipe are migratory birds, but increasing 

 numbers are year by year nesting in this country. They 

 rather upset one's usual methods of shooting, but make 

 good sporting shots. Where the ground is of little value, 

 it should be remembered that, while draining in many 

 cases is necessary, a little wet land should be left on a 

 shoot here and there for the home of snipe and wild 

 duck. Why some ground should be more suitable than 

 others for snipe it is hard to determine, but it is more 

 than likely that the feeding is the attraction, and that 

 rich, soft land with lots of worms is the source of attrac- 

 tion and the most likely haunt of the woodcock and 

 snipe. 



The observant keeper should have a very definite 

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