The Great Shoots was the first and only book of sporting literature to provide a comprehensive survey of the British gameshooting scene. This new and revised edition brings the fascinating story up to date, celebrating the gameshooting world today. A general history of gameshooting in Britain is followed by the history and present state of the sport at each estate, region by region. Brian Martin provides rare insight into the social lives of the shoots' owners and comments on their estates.
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Brian P. Martin, author of over 25 books, including Tales of the Old Gamekeeper (978-0-7153-0952-0), is among Britain's most successful country and natural history writers. He lives in the southwest of England.
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sporting rates, partridge bags, partridge driving, pheasant days, quarry list, pheasant rearing, shoot owners, high pheasants, shooting interests, driven shooting, partridge days, partridge shoot, favourite quarry, game crops, release pens, wild partridges, family shoot, pheasant shooting, record bag, total bag, wild pheasants, vermin control, grouse shooting, shooting world Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Lord Walsingham, Lord Leicester, Prince of Wales, Lord Ripon, Lord Carnarvon, Dhuleep Singh, Hall Barn, Lord Iveagh, Lord Burnham, Lord Brabourne, Lord Biddulph, Christopher Pope, Lord Ashburton, Marquis of Ripon, Game Conservancy, Lord Montagu, Robert Biddulph, King Edward, The Grange, Arthur Rank, Duke of Roxburghe, Stratfield Saye, Earl of Leicester, The Queen Browse Sample Pages:
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sporting rates, partridge bags, partridge driving, pheasant days, quarry list, pheasant rearing, shoot owners, high pheasants, shooting interests, driven shooting, partridge days, partridge shoot, favourite quarry, game crops, release pens, wild partridges, family shoot, pheasant shooting, record bag, total bag, wild pheasants, vermin control, grouse shooting, shooting world Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Lord Walsingham, Lord Leicester, Prince of Wales, Lord Ripon, Lord Carnarvon, Dhuleep Singh, Hall Barn, Lord Iveagh, Lord Burnham, Lord Brabourne, Lord Biddulph, Christopher Pope, Lord Ashburton, Marquis of Ripon, Game Conservancy, Lord Montagu, Robert Biddulph, King Edward, The Grange, Arthur Rank, Duke of Roxburghe, Stratfield Saye, Earl of Leicester, The Queen Browse Sample Pages:
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