This book is a comprehensive gamekeeping manual for those enthusiastic amateurs who spend their spare time running a small DIY syndicate shoot & for those who are professionally employed on a full-time basis. It shows the reader how to perform all the tasks required of the modern gamekeeper including how to rear & release game & advises on many aspects of habitat improvement & conservation. It also covers important & sometimes controversial issues such as public access on private land the need for predator & pest control & many other aspects which need to be considered by keepers be they part-time or professional. Youll discover important information about:
- The gamekeepers calendar
- Rearing & releasing methods
- Safe & sensible use of veterinary medicines
- Legislation & the law
- Health & safety requirements
- How to become a qualified keeper & the training needed. Bang up to date this book also incorporates fascinating & interesting snippets & pictures from the past in order to show how this most traditional of countryside occupations has evolved. Jeremy Hobson does much in this book to apprise us all of the modern approach to keepering from raising birds & habitat management to choosing coats & boots & training dogs. It is all here & a fascinating read it is
- both for those in the know & those who are curious to learn all about it. Alan Titchmarsh patron of the National Gamekeepers Organisation