THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CALLING AND DECOYING WATERFOWL: TIPS AND TACTICS FOR HUNTING DUCKS AND GEESE. By Monte Burch.

2002 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 236mm). Pp298. Colour photograph plates, b/w photographs, illustrations. Two-tone cream boards, gilt titles to blue spine.

This is a comprehensive guide to duck and goose shooting, with much material, obviously, on decoys and calls of different sorts and their effective use in the field. Guns, ammunition, accessories, decoys, boats and blinds. Chapters include: History of waterfowling; Types of calls; Calling ducks; Calling geese; Decoys; Decoy rigging and transporting; Duck decoy sets; Goose decoy sets; Combination sets; Decoy maintenance; Blinds and other gear; Waterfowl boats and boat blinds; Waterfowl guns and loads; Seasonal strategies; Advanced duck hunting strategies; Advanced goose hunting strategies; Hunting sea ducks; Introducing kids to waterfowling.