THE ABC OF SHOOTING: A GUIDE TO GAME AND ROUGH SHOOTING, PIGEON SHOOTING, WILDFOWLING, DEER-STALKING AND CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING. Edited by Colin Willock.

(1975) 2008 new edition. 8vo (155 x 240mm). Pp352. B/w illustrations by Rodger McPhail. Red boards, spine titled in gilt.

The ABC of Shooting. A fully revised and updated guide to game and rough shooting, pigeon shooting, wildfowling, deer-stalking and clay pigeon shooting. Edited by Colin Willock, with contributions from a number of noted sporting authors. Contents include: Shotguns, by Geoffrey Boothroyd; How to shoot, by Tony Jackson; Driven pheasants, by Tony Jackson; Shooting partridges, by C.L. Coles; Rough shooting, by Tony Jackson; Grouse shooting, by John Phillips and W.A. Newlands; The management of game, by C.L. Coles; Rearing gamebirds, by T.H. Blank and Mike Swan; Pigeon shooting, by Colin Willock; Wildfowling guns, by Geoffrey Boothroyd; The natural history of wildfowl, by Jeffery Harrison and BASC; Shooting duck - above and below the sea wall, by Tony Jackson; Goose shooting, by Arthur Cadman. Stalking: The rifle, by Richard Prior; The natural history of red deer, by Lea MacNally; Stalking highland deer, by Lea MacNally; Woodland deer stalking, by Richard Prior; Guns for clays, by Derek Partridge and Alan Jarrett; Clay shooting, by Derek Partridge and Alan Jarrett; Shooting law, by Peter Turner and Jean Skinner. An appendix lists field sports organisations. An excellent introduction to all forms of UK game shooting.