HOW TO KILL THEM i6i 



by a good natural shot, not so difficult of attainment 

 as many seem to think. 



When, as often happens, you are in the front row 

 of guns, with one or two picked guns forming a second 

 row behind you, you should not, so to speak, pursue 

 the birds which have passed you. If you do, you 

 will appear greedy, and probably kill or wound them 

 exactly at the moment when the gun behind you is 

 just about to fire. As you are sure to get considerably 

 more shooting in the front than he does in the back 

 row, you will be treating him unfairly, and unneces- 

 sarily annoying him. 



When a pheasant passes exactly halfway between 

 you and your neighbour, I would always recommend 

 letting it pass the line a little way before firing ; let 

 him have the chance of killing it first, if he is suffi- 

 ciently greedy to try and do so. It is almost sure to be 

 an easy chance, which will gain you no kudos ; and, as 

 I have said above, there is no excuse for scoring one 

 against the other in pheasant shooting. 



The happiest position at a big rise of pheasants is 

 to be placed in the back row, with two moderate and 

 not greedy guns in front of you. Should those in 

 front shoot too well, it is not always such good fun, 

 though very pretty to look on at. 



I remember once standing in this position behind 



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