The Shot-gun and Sporting Rifle: and the Dogs, Ponies, Ferrets (etc.) Used with Them in the Various Kinds of Shooting and Trapping. By Stonehenge (pseud.)Routlodge, Warne, 1859 - 448 pages |
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... leaving the gun , the aim must be over them , or they will inevitably be missed . With these directions , if patiently and assiduously carried out , the young sportsman will only want to acquire steadiness of nerve to become as skilful ...
... leaving the gun , the aim must be over them , or they will inevitably be missed . With these directions , if patiently and assiduously carried out , the young sportsman will only want to acquire steadiness of nerve to become as skilful ...
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... leaving the gun , the aim must be over them , or they will inevitably be missed . With these directions , if patiently and assiduously carried out , the young sportsman will only want to acquire steadiness of nerve to become as skilful ...
... leaving the gun , the aim must be over them , or they will inevitably be missed . With these directions , if patiently and assiduously carried out , the young sportsman will only want to acquire steadiness of nerve to become as skilful ...
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... leaving the plumage of a pure white . The length of the female averages fourteen inches and a half . Like the red grouse , the ptarmigan pairs early in spring , and the hen lays eight to ten eggs , generally on the bare ground , among ...
... leaving the plumage of a pure white . The length of the female averages fourteen inches and a half . Like the red grouse , the ptarmigan pairs early in spring , and the hen lays eight to ten eggs , generally on the bare ground , among ...
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... leaving their own hill , and will fly round and round its sides if they are followed up , just putting the brow between them and their persecutor . Later on in the season they take long flights , either from hill to hill , or from the ...
... leaving their own hill , and will fly round and round its sides if they are followed up , just putting the brow between them and their persecutor . Later on in the season they take long flights , either from hill to hill , or from the ...
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... leaving the nest and feeding on insects , seeds , and green leaves . They are found in September in " bevies " ( as the broods are called ) on the stubbles , and many are killed on the eastern coast by par- tridge shooters . The quail ...
... leaving the nest and feeding on insects , seeds , and green leaves . They are found in September in " bevies " ( as the broods are called ) on the stubbles , and many are killed on the eastern coast by par- tridge shooters . The quail ...
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adopted animal ball barrel beak better birds black grouse bore breech breech-loader breed bullet carrion crow cartridge centre chamber charge of powder cock colour common snipe dark brown deer described drachms eggs explosion fawn colour feathers female fired friction grey greyish grooves ground grouse half head HEN HARRIER inches iron keeper killed kind latter Lefaucheaux legs and toes length lever loader loading lock male mode mould muzzle muzzle-loader neck needle NEEDLE GUN nest nipple ordinary ounces pale patch percussion pheasants piece plug plumage poacher pointer rabbits ramrod recoil red deer red grouse reddish brown retriever rifle scear Scotland screw season shooter shooting shot shot-gun side snipe spaniels sportsman stoat streak surface tail coverts terrier Toho trap tridge upper velocity vermin weight wing woodcock yards young birds
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