Wild Duck and Their Pursuit

by Butler, Douglas

• ISBN13: 9781906122249
• ISBN10: 1906122245
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-16
• Publisher: Scb Distributors

Summary

"This lively and informative book looks at the natural history, the populations, the movements and the behaviour of wild duck, in order to help the sports-man to better understand his quarry.In no-nonsense prose, Douglas Butler shares the knowledge and experience of a lifetime of interest in ducks and in hunting them, with a European and US perspective.Wildfowling is a sport for the dedicated: it takes place at dawn and dusk in the depths of winter; it is a largely solitary pursuit (a working dog is often the only companion) and it requires knowledge of each species (for identification purposes) often in poor light and bad weather.This is the only book to focus exclusively on duck shooting and it will appeal to ornithologists, conservationists and those who shoot duck."

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
First Encounters	p. 1
About Ducks	p. 9
Residents, Migrants and the Numbers Game	p. 33
Times Past	p. 49
Populations, Hunting and Mortality	p. 65
Lead Shot, Non-toxic Shot and Crippling Losses	p. 77
Regulations	p. 89
Walking Up Ducks	p. 97
Flighting	p. 119
Flighting at Dawn	p. 139
Flighting at Dusk	p. 155
Moonlight	p. 171
Stubble Time	p. 177
Punt Gunning	p. 185
The Future	p. 189
References	p. 201
Useful Organisations & Websites	p. 203
Index	p. 207
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