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... caught at dusk or dark , and a couple of persons with a lantern can soon catch and cut the wings of the pheasants , without causing them much anxiety of mind or body . Of course , later on , when some of the birds are sitting , there is ...
... caught at dusk or dark , and a couple of persons with a lantern can soon catch and cut the wings of the pheasants , without causing them much anxiety of mind or body . Of course , later on , when some of the birds are sitting , there is ...
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... caught up wild birds , and , moreover , we would always prefer an equal number of cock and hen pheasants , in place of the usually recom- mended lot of cock birds only . The best time of year to turn these birds down is at the end of ...
... caught up wild birds , and , moreover , we would always prefer an equal number of cock and hen pheasants , in place of the usually recom- mended lot of cock birds only . The best time of year to turn these birds down is at the end of ...
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... caught at dusk or dark , and a couple of persons with a lantern can soon catch and cut the wings of the pheasants , without causing them much anxiety of mind or body . Of course , later on , when some of the birds are sitting , there is ...
... caught at dusk or dark , and a couple of persons with a lantern can soon catch and cut the wings of the pheasants , without causing them much anxiety of mind or body . Of course , later on , when some of the birds are sitting , there is ...
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... caught up wild birds , and , moreover , we would always prefer an equal number of cock and hen pheasants , in place of the usually recom- mended lot of cock birds only . The best time of year to turn these birds down is at the end of ...
... caught up wild birds , and , moreover , we would always prefer an equal number of cock and hen pheasants , in place of the usually recom- mended lot of cock birds only . The best time of year to turn these birds down is at the end of ...
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... caught in the act . We have had personal chats with men who have worked this class of depredation , and had the various modes of procedure described in detail . One man said he had on several occasions , with two or three " pals , " got ...
... caught in the act . We have had personal chats with men who have worked this class of depredation , and had the various modes of procedure described in detail . One man said he had on several occasions , with two or three " pals , " got ...
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Practical Game-Preserving: A Complete Guide to the Rearing and Preservation ... William Carnegie No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 514 - ... (c.) Every person so authorised by the occupier, on demand by any person having a concurrent right to take and kill the ground game on the land or any person authorised by him in writing to make such demand, shall produce to the person so demanding the document by which he is authorised, and in default he shall not be deemed to be an authorised person...
Page 512 - ... of money not exceeding five shillings, in addition to the costs, unless such person shall prove that the said wild bird was either killed or taken, or bought, or received during the period in which such wild bird could be legally killed or taken, or from some person residing out of the United Kingdom. This section shall not apply to the owner or occupier of any land, or to any person authorised by the owner or occupier of any land, killing or taking any wild bird on such land not included in...
Page 515 - Save as aforesaid, but subject as in section six hereafter mentioned, the occupier may exercise any other or more extensive right which he may possess in respect of ground game or other game, in the same manner and to the same extent as if this Act had not passed.
Page 514 - Provided that the right conferred on the occupier by this section shall be subject to the following limitations : (1) The occupier shall kill and take ground game only by himself or by persons duly authorised by him in writing : (a) The occupier himself and one other person authorised in writing by such occupier...
Page 508 - ... or shall take or kill, by any means whatever, or shall assist in any manner in the taking or killing, by any means whatever, any game, or any woodcock, snipe, quail, or landrail, or any coney, — by virtue of any deputation or appointment, duly registered or entered as gamekeeper, for any manor or royalty in England, Wales, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, or for any lands in Scotland...
Page 514 - No person shall be authorised by the occupier to kill or take ground game, except members of his household resident on the land in his occupation, persons in his ordinary service on such land, and any one other person bona fide employed by him for reward in the taking and destruction of ground game...
Page 512 - Any person who between the first day of March and the first day of August in any year after the passing of this Act shall knowingly and wilfully shoot or attempt to shoot, or shall use any boat for the purpose of shooting or causing to be shot, any wild bird, or shall use any lime, trap, snare, net, or other instrument for the purpose of taking any wild bird, or shall expose or offer for sale, or...
Page 541 - BOOK OF THE GOAT: Containing Practical Directions for the Management of the Milch Goat in Health and Disease. Illustrated. By H. STEPHEN HOLMES PEGLER. Cheap edition, in paper, prioe Is., by poat, Is, Id. PIG KEEPING FOR AMATEURS: A Practical Guide to the Profitable Management of Pigs. By G. GILBERT ("Gurth.
Page 516 - ground game " mean hares and rabbits. 9 . A person acting in accordance with this Act shall not thereby be subject to any proceedings or penalties in pursuance of any law or statute. 10. Nothing in this Act shall authorise the killing or taking of ground game on any days or seasons, or by any methods, prohibited by any Act of Parliament in force at the time of the passing of this Act.
Page 515 - ... in some person other than the occupier, the occupier shall not be entitled under this Act until the determination of that contract to kill and take ground game on such land. And in Scotland, when the right to kill and take ground game is vested by operation of law or otherwise in some person other than the occupier, the occupier shall not be entitled by virtue of this Act to kill or take ground game during the currency of any lease or contract of tenancy under which he holds at the passing of...