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Think Like a Pheasant Brian Mitchell

Think Like a Pheasant par Brian Mitchell

Think Like a Pheasant Brian Mitchell

42,00 €
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Résumé

A fascinating book on the life of Brian Mitchell and his gamekeeping philosophy and view on countryside management based on his 25 years of experience on Castle Hill shoot.

Think Like a Pheasant Résumé

Think Like a Pheasant: Brian Mitchell and the Rise of the Exmoor High Bird Brian Mitchell

A fascinating and comprehensive autobiography on Brian Mitchell and his philosophies towards gamekeeping and countryside management - his once controversial views on pheasant rearing and cover crops are now accepted worldwide.

Think like a Pheasant covers his early working life from under keeper on the Sherborne Estate through to the great Exmoor shoot of Miltons where Brian saw the potential of the shoot to produce the now renowned Exmoor High Bird. It discusses his move to Castle Hill, the many challenges he has faced there and the development of the shoot over 25 years.

Mishaps and successes are chronicled and each chapter is littered full of anecdotes - many of them humorous - and laced with the names of characters from the world of shooting. With an introduction by David Clark, Head Keeper of Her Majesty's Estate at Sandringham, anyone owning or running a shoot will find Think Like a Pheasant and the author's philosophy towards gamekeeping both inspirational and educational.

Think Like a Pheasant Avis

Now, in collaboration with Stephen Manning, military historian, author, keen Shot and a man passionate about working his springer spaniels, Brian has unleashed on to the shooting world a remarkable book. Think Like a Pheasant, subtitled Brian Mitchell and the Rise of the Exmoor High Bird, will be required reading for all those Guns who have attempted and enjoyed the Castle Hill experience, and particularly for those hesitant souls who have been deterred by the legend of the West Country high-bird shoot...A truly inspirational book which will, I have little doubt, become a classic in its own right.
Above all, this excellent book demonstrates that Brian is a countryman from the top of his cap to the soles of his boots; understanding of farming - so long as it does not disrupt the shooting too much - and in tune with nature...This is a fascinating and readable book, written with the help of historian Stephen Manning, that deals honestly and often humorously with an aspect of rural life not always covered in such detail or with such deep understanding. Shooters and non-shooter alike will learn a lot from its pages.
Packed with practical advice and amusing anecdotes, and is a must for anyone helping run a shoot, or who is passionate about rural affairs, gamekeeping or countryside management.

À propos de Brian Mitchell

Brian Mitchell is a founding member of the National Gamekeepers' Organisation and internationally renowned Head Keeper at the Castle Hill Estate in Devon. He built the Estate's reputation as one of the most respected shoots in the world. He has been a gamekeeper all his working life and introduced the concept of the Exmoor High Bird, first at Miltons, then at Chargot, Challacombe and Bulland, which transformed shooting on Exmoor and across the country.

Sommaire

Preface Introduction 1. The Morning After the Season Before 2. An Early Love of the Country 3. Mapperton - A New Life and a New Challenge 4. Miltons and the Goal of the Exmoor High Bird 5. Castle Hill - A New Beginning 6. 'Prevention Better Than Cure...' 7. 'Not Always the Most Popular Guy...' 8. The Future of the Exmoor High Bird 9. Legacy and the Future Postscript Index

Informations supplémentaires

GOR011433696
9781846892004
1846892007
Think Like a Pheasant: Brian Mitchell and the Rise of the Exmoor High Bird Brian Mitchell
Brian Mitchell
Occasion - Comme neuf
Relié
Quiller Publishing Ltd
20140908
216
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