Modern Game Shooting by Willett, Roderick - 1975

Seeley, Service & Co, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5.5" X 8.75. h/b 375 pages, condition is very good. Minor edge wear to the DJ, the spine of which is faded. An owners libris label has been removed from the reverse of the front cover. Modern Game Shooting is the product of a life-time of experience by a recognized expert in the sport who has, for many years, been shooting correspondent of The Field. This book is as much for the newcomer to shooting as it is for the man who raises several thousand birds for the shooting field. It covers all aspects of the sport comprehensively, from the planting or adapting of natural game cover to the eventual preparation of a game bird for the table, from the ballistics of the modern game gun to artificial brooders. However, it is to the small landowner who wishes to make the best use of his land, either for sport for himself, or with a view to establishing a shooting syndicate, that this book will most appeal. Roddie Willett's ardent support of the wild, rather than the raised, bird and his prescient forecast of the shooting scene in the years ahead is certainly one of the most valuable aspects of a book which will undoubtedly become the standard work on the subject in the acknowledged tradition of the Lonsdale Library.