SPORT WITH WOODPIGEONS. By Max Baker.

1934 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 200mm). Ppx,119. B/w photograph plates. Green cloth, spine titled in black.

"In preparing these notes I have written at length on a subject which is usually dismissed in a chapter or other brief form, with the result that much gets left out that might assist the student." Chapters include; fascinations of decoying; Home bred stock; migrant stock; Winter food supply; The age for pigeon shooting; Best time of day; large bags and small; Hides - eight chapters; Placing the decoys; Cost of the sport; Etiquette on farm land; Best gun for the work; Having the gun loaded; second barrel chances; Specialised shooting skill; Marking birds down; Gathering the slain; more chapters in this vein; The .22 rifle at pigeons; Disposal of bag; Preparation for cooking; County pigeon shots.