PIGEON SHOOTING. By Archie Coats. Edited by Colin Willock.

(1963, 1970) 1990 reprint with new cover. Small 8vo (134 x 204mm). Ppx,146. B/w photographs, illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper. Edited by Colin Willock.

The classic work on woodpigeon shooting. Equipment buffs should note that Archie Coats shot 70,000 pigeons a year wearing a tatty old sports jacket. A great read. chapters include: Introduction; The ring-necked dove - the migration problem, other species in the UK; why do we have so many pigeons? - historical, habitat, reconnaissance; Hides and hide siting, types of hide, equipment; Setting out decoys - the 'picture', hide discipline; Advance decoying; MIxed bag - roosting, organised day shoots, beech-mast and acorns, training a dog, safety first, averages; The Big Day; The rabbit clearance societies and the pigeon; Practical and unusual pigeon recipes. This is the eighth reprint of the 1970 second edition, issued with a new cover.