CHAPTER XII 



TYPES OF SHOOTERS 



The interfering shooter The 'sketchy' shooter The late guest The 

 perfumed shooter The ( winger ' The man in weird raiment 

 Some incidents The fidgety shooter. 



MY bag of shooters is a mixed one. The shooter 

 who is most objectionable to the keeper is the man 

 who wants to run everything himself, and, con- 

 sequently, never is happy unless he is interfering. 

 Often enough he is a pretty good shot, thinks he 

 knows as much about woodcraft as he would lead one 

 to believe, and is always selfish. I had experience 

 of such a man during the early days of my career, 

 and I have never forgotten him. We were about 

 to walk a large piece of sainfoin in which we knew 

 there were a good many partridges. I proposed to 

 take it in two beats, coming back after the first on 

 the same ground. A guest interposed his dictatorial 

 spoke to the effect that my plan was absurd, and 

 meant a deal of extra walking and unnecessary waste 

 of time. He never had been on the ground before. 

 However, after being compelled to waste time 

 listening to his harangue, I suggested that possibly 



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