This book emphasises the care of birds in an aviary environment or running free in an estate or park, rather than as a game bird. Many species are described, and 26 species have beautiful colour illustrations, including peacocks , part of the pheasant family.

Rough Shooting is a both a practical guide to sport with dog and gun, and also a celebration of the simple pleasures of informal shooting. In an age dominated by the organized driven shoot, Mike Swan reminds the reader of the quality and variety of sport which can still be enjoyed by the sportsman and his dog. Rough Shooting is a clear and concise guide to all the principle sporting quarry species, to sporting guns and cartridges, and to your choice and training of a gundog. Practical hints on shooting tactics are accompanied by helpful guidance on shoot management and habit improvement for game and wildfowl.

As the author takes the reader through the landscape of the Catskills in upstate New York, a picture of hunting in the finest sense, as it ought to be and as it was when you hunted with your Dad and raced alongside your dogs for downed birds.

Dr. Greenfield writes in his introduction, "My purpose in writing this book is to document my experiences hunting birds, specifically eastern Bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus), over a span of sixty years. In this quest I have walked and/or ridden tens of thousands of miles and have seen the changes that have occurred in bird hunting—none of them for the best. The sport has been transformed from a fairly ubiquitous pastime available to almost everyone to the current situation where hunting wild quail is either essentially nonexistent or extraordinarily expensive. Throughout this time I've occasionally strayed from the role of single-species bird hunter to hunting other game. . . . The reader will soon determine that, as a bird hunter, I appear to be self-assured, opinionated, and intolerant of the approaches taken by others. All true! Still, I don't claim to know everything about bird hunting—not by a long shot—but I have had a wide and varied set of experiences, and I've gained a modicum of understanding about the sport." Come along with Joe as he relives his many cherished hours spent afield and describes the many facets of quail hunting. As he says, "Everything described contains at least a grain of truth, though I confess that nothing has lost any fat in the telling!"

This is an introduction to this branch of sport shooting, commencing with an overview of the sport and an introduction to the natural history of the species most commonly sought. Etiquette in the field and descriptions of shotguns and ammunition follow, with tactics of hides, camouflage and decoys that are employed.

This is the classic grouse hunting book, "Grouse Feathers". Responsible for creating more interest in the sport than all other grouse-related works put together, this book offers the reader practical, hands-on advice on hunting these birds, the choice of bird dogs, decent hunting spots throughout the New England states, and much more. This book is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in the sport, and it would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. This antiquarian book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.

Wingbeats and Heatbeats is a wingshooter's odyssey to the wild places where, at the end of the day, the companionship of faithful gun dogs and good friends matters more than a bulging game bag. Dave Books celebrates a time-Honored connection to the land and the hard-earned hunting rewards of an outdoor life.

This book brings together the diverse talents of the three authors. All the main game species (grouse, partridge, pheasant, wildfowl, pigeons, rabbit, hare, venison, and trout and salmon) are covered one at a time. Each chapter has a series of anecdotal stories about the relevant sport and how it may be brought to the kitchen. Delicious simple recipes by Angela Humphreys, author of the celebrated Game Cookery, are also included. The book is beautifully illustrated with Rodger McPhails's outstanding paintings and vignettes.

Houston’s Cyril Adams is one of the most influential figures in the revival of interest in British guns—particularly hammer guns and those with Damascus barrels—that swept America in the 1980s and ‘90s. During the period he owned London’s Atkin Grant & Lang (1984-1999), Adams resuscitated the once-great maker and aided by the expert tutelage of Ron Solari produced some of the finest sporting shotguns made in Britain during that time. In 1996, along with co-author Robert Braden, Adams published Lock, Stock & Barrel, which remains one of the best single-volume primers on the principles and methods of best quality British gunmaking.