The Small Shoot - Hardcover
The Small Shoot is a wry look at the two seasons the author spent setting up and running a shoot on the border between England & Scotland. The book looks at the practical approach to running a small shoot and has useful advice for both the beginner and for the more experienced shoot manager. This is an evocative account which will entertain as well as enlighten the reader. The Small Shoot is based around a popular series of articles which appeared in The Shooting Times. It is a wry look at the two seasons the author spent setting up and running a shoot on the border between England and Scotland. This informal rough shoot somehow developed into a full blown syndicate shoot. On the one level the book looks at the practical approach to running a shoot and alongside this is the story of very real problems, frustrations, setbacks and triumphs. The tragedy of the foot and mouth outbreak, the contrast between the present and the great days of the Estate a century ago, the characters who added so much to the pleasure, and sometimes the pain, of shoot days and the inevitable tensions that develop in every syndicate are all covered; sometimes seriously, sometimes humorously but always with deep insight into the countryside, country sports and a way of life that may not survive very much longer. This is an evocative account of running a shoot which will not only entertain the reader but which contains much valuable information.
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David Hudson has been shooting for nearly half a century. He lives in the Scottish Borders with his wife, Georgina, and a collection of pointers and setters plus a Labrador and a cocker spaniel, two cats and several geese - he knows exactly where he belongs in the pecking order. The Small Shoot is his sixth countrysports book.
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- PublisherSwan Hill Pr
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1904057233
- ISBN 13 9781904057239
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
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THE SMALL SHOOT. By David Hudson.
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Swan Hill Press. Shrewsbury, Shropshire. 2003.
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ISBN 10: 1904057233
ISBN 13: 9781904057239
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Book Description Condition: New. (Hardcover, 2003). (2003) 2004 reprint. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp174. Colour photographs, bibliography. Dark green boards, spine titled in gilt. New copy in slightly shelf-worn dust-wrapper. The Small Shoot, based around a popular series of articles in The Shooting Times, is a wry look at two seasons that the author spent setting up and running a shoot on the border between England and Scotland. On one level the book looks at the practical approach to running a small shoot with useful advice both for the beginner and for the more experienced shoot manager. Running alongside the theoretical approach is the story of the very real problems, frustrations, setbacks and occasional triumphs that filled the two years covered by the book. All this is covered sometimes seriously, sometimes humorously, but always with a deep insight into the countryside and country sports. "This is one of the best books on organising shooting I have come across." (Sporting Shooter). "This book is crammed with anecdotal records and tips." (Shooting Times). . Seller Inventory # 29171
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