SHOOTING: A SEASON OF DISCOVERY. By the Duchess of Rutland with Jane Pruden.

2012 1st edition. Square 4to (272 x 270mm). Pp193. B/w and colour photographs throughout, photograph end-papers. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

Includes contributions from Phil Burtt, Peter Bacon, and Will Garfit. This book "is a fascinating and revealing guide to some of the UK's most significant shoots, both large and small and includes the ...history of the Belvoir shoot, where the Duchess of Rutland co-hosts one of the country's finest partridge and pheasant shoots with her husband the Duke of Rutland". In this book, the Duchess of Rutland visits and describes twenty shoots of varying character. Chapters include; History of the Belvoir Castle shoot, the estate's biodiversity; Grouse - Glenogil, the Radnorshire Hills, Howden and Derwent moors, Langholm, Westerdale, Wemmergill, Phil Burtt's top tips for grouse shooting; Grey partridge and wild birds - Ratcheugh recovery project, a 400 acre project in Lincolnshire, Raby Castle, Phil Burtt's top tips; Red-legged partridge - low ground in Lincolnshire, a co-operative in Suffolk, gundog field trial, high ground in Wensleydale, etiquette by Jonathan Young, Phil Burtt's top tips; Pheasants - Caerhays, Will Garfit's shoot, Westwick, Stanage Castle, 'The Rat Patrol', Phil Burtt's top tips; Wild duck and geese - North Norfolk marshes, developing a wild duck pond, geese in Caithness, geese at Belvoir, Pattie Wilson's top tips; snipe and woodcock - Isle of Muck, Arundell Arms at Lifton, the west of Ireland, Peter Bacon's top tips; Pigeons - Will Garfit, a young enthusiast, flighting at Belvoir, roost shooting in the Fens, Will Garfit's top tips; Cooking with Mike Robinson; The way forward.