GAME AND THE GUNNER: OBSERVATIONS ON GAME MANAGEMENT AND SPORT HUNTING. By Pierre Pulling (Albert Van Siclen Pulling).

1973 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppxii,233. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Richard Amundsen. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt.

"Game and the Gunner is neither a personal memoir, a how-to treatise or a layman's textbook, though it contains elements of all three. Rather, it is the considered opinion of a broadly experienced and highly knowledgeable man about everything that has a bearing on game harvest and management. The book is in two parts, the harvest or hunting section leading off. Beginning with a discussion of hunting arms and the general principles of hunting, Pulling proceeds to describe the most appropriate tools, techniques and tactics for bagging every important species of American game bird and big or small game animal. The second section concerns the goals, practice and problems involved in the management of these same species and the basic ecological considerations that are involved. Board in scope, provocative in content and eminently readable, Game and the Gunner is a book all responsible sportsmen will want to read and reread". Chapters include:- Shotguns; Hunting rifles; General principles; Waterfowl; Upland game; Doves and marsh-fringe birds; Varmints; Deer; Antelope, sheep, and goats; Carnivorous game; Rabbits and squirrels; Camping and incidental equipment; Ecology; Poisons; Conflicts and confrontations; Game management errors; Waterfowl; Upland game; Deer; Antelope, sheep and goats; Carnivorous game, fur-bearers, and small game; Enforcement problems.