Colonel Hawker's Shooting Diaries - Edited with an Introduction

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Hawker's inventiveness extended to the development of "detonating" firearms – the percussion lock) and punt gunning. His account of the journey across Portugal after he had been wounded in Diary of An Officer in The Peninsular War certainly supports your theory that his wound may not have been as bad as suggested. Hawker is best known today for his published works on the sporting activities of shooting, wildfowling and fishing. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist.

One of numerous images from Hawker's diary that illustrate the sickening thinking of the time, this one captioned 'Commencement of a Cripple-Chase after firing 2lbs of shot into a skein of Brent Geese and two Wild Swans'. McKelvie mitigates this criticism with praise for Hawker's knowledge, fairness, energy and enthusiasm. Two volumes in matching terracotta cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to upper boards and spines. The essence of punt-gunning is to lie as flat as you can, in your flat-bottomed punt, gently paddling your way towards a flock of wildfowl resting on the water.The gun was converted, by WAGBI (Wildfowlers’ Association of Great Britain and Ireland, now BASC) founder Stanley Duncan, into two single-barrel guns in the mid-20th century. It`s taken a mate of mine some twenty five years of badgering to get a look at some of the UK located copies of the original documents. His diary, printed in two volumes, was also a popular work with the last paper edition printed in 1988. The Diary Of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802 1853 written by Peter Hawker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Fowling categories. OL7163266W Pages 430 Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Ppi 500 Scandate 20080408181038 Scanfactors 1 Scanner nycs2.

appears unacceptably self-absorbed, cock-sure and downright arrogant"; McKelvie however mitigates his criticism with praise for Hawker's knowledge, fairness, energy and enthusiasm. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. The Diary Of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802 1853 Scholar S Choice Edition written by Peter Hawker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-19 with categories. Two of our most noted authors from times past, on the subject of shooting, Colonel Peter Hawker and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey were among them. Hawker was a firm friend of the noted gunsmith Joe Manton, using Manton's guns, taking an interest in their design, and participating in the manufacture of some of his own commissions.They partake for the tradition, for the exercise and for the adventure of the endeavour rather than the original motivation of bagging as many duck as possible to swell the coffers or feed the family. They have to endure frequent dousing in salt water and the rigours of being hauled in and out of the sea in rough weather by tired men with cold hands. I would be very interested if someone could tell me where I might get some purely for personal interest. Colonel Peter Hawker, a 19th century military man, diarist, author, 'sportsman', firearms inventor, amateur musician and artist, was, unfortunately for the local birdlife, closely connected with the Keyhaven and Pennington marshes, for he spent much of his time slaughtering anything and everything that could fly. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots.

By the late 19th century, commercial hunters had so decimated American wildfowl populations that hunting with anything bigger than 10-bore was outlawed. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Hants, Major in the Army; for a Machine, Instrument, or Apparatus to assist in the Attainment of proper Performance on the Piano-Forte, or other keyed Instruments. collection, which seems now to have been sold, mostly by Christies in 2000/2001, for which the catalogues are published (but v. The only point I would disagree with was the nature of his wound as Hawker says a ball passed through the hip bone severly shattering it, he later had several splinters of bone removed.Hawker was a firm friend of the then and now celebrated gunsmith Joe Manton; Hawker was not just a user of Manton’s guns he took an active interest in their design and participated in the manufacture of some of his own commissions. Hawker was a keen amateur musician, studying the piano under Henri Bertini and regularly playing the organ at his local church.