WILL'S PIGEON SHOOTING: SECRETS OF CONSISTENT SUCCESS. By Will Garfit.

Garfit (Will).

ISBN 10: 184689123X / ISBN 13: 9781846891236

Published by Quiller Publishing. Wykey, Shropshire. 2012, 2012

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2012). 2012 1st edition. 4to (195 x 254mm). Pp192. Colour photographs and paintings, b/w illustrations, bibliography. Laminated boards. Fine unread copy in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. "Will Garfit is a renowned pigeon shot and this authoritative book on how to shoot wood pigeons is an explosion of his enthusiasm and passion for the bird and the sport it can produce. For fifty years, Will has been developing his art as a pigeon shooter and this book shares his personal experiences, thoughts and secrets that enable him to shoot consistently good bags. He has an amazing record; when protecting crops over the past ten years, he has averaged over 100 a day on over 600 days. This book explains that this is not just luck but based on the sound principles of good reconnaissance, siting and building of hides, presentation of decoys, and accurate shooting. All are covered in this book, which is written in an engaging style and illustrated by his own watercolours and diagrams. A superb book." Chapters include: The pigeon family; Background information; Your gun and cartridges; What kit do you need?; Pigeon feeding habits through the year; Pigeon shooting opportunities; How to shoot pigeons; A day out pigeon decoying together; Flight line shooting; An evening roost shooting together; Favourite pigeon recipes; Stories of memorable days. Two appendices give, pigeon shooting and general licences, and, woodpigeon shooting, how does science help us do it better? .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WILL'S PIGEON SHOOTING: SECRETS OF CONSISTENT SUCCESS. By Will Garfit.
• Publisher: Quiller Publishing. Wykey, Shropshire. 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184689123X
• ISBN 13: 9781846891236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Will Garfit is a renowned pigeon shot and his stories of all forms of pigeon shooting are well known to readers of the Shooting Gazette, for whom he has written a monthly column since 1994.

This authoritative book on how to shoot woodpigeons is an explosion of his enthusiasm and passion for the bird and the sport it can produce. He is not a professional pigeon shooter but likes to be known as an 'enthusiastic amateur'.

His first pigeon was killed with a catapult as a buy and he then progressed to stalking pigeons with an air rifle and .410, then to decoying using a 12 bore. His youthful enthusiasm led him to meet the legendary father of pigeon shooting, Archie Coats, who took Will under his proverbial wing and become not only a close friend but like a sporting father.

For fifty years Will has been developing his art as a pigeon shooter and this book shares the personal experience, thoughts and secrets that enable him to shoot consistently good bags. An amazing record is that when protecting crops over the past ten years amazing record is that when protecting crops over the past ten years he has averaged over 100 a day over 600 days. This book explains that this is not just luck but based on the sound principles of good reconnaissance, siting and building of hides, presentation of decoys and accurate shooting. All are covered in this book which is written in an engaging style and illustrated by his own watercolours and diagrams.

The whole book is creates a very connected and visual picture in the mind of the reader which will be sure to impart knowledge to the experienced or the beginner. Not only the facts and information but the accompanying stories lift this book from a 'How to do it' to a 'How can you really do it'.

About the Author

Will Garfit developed an award winning (Laurent Perrier, 1988 ― now the Purdey Award) site of old gravel workings for wildlife and game. He has written a monthly column on pigeon shooting for the Shooting Gazette since 1994 and been an exhibitor at the Tryon Gallery since 1981, and has illustrated over thirty shooting and country sports books. He has sat on the Countryside Alliance Conservation and BASC Game Shooting committees.