Think Like a Pheasant

Brian Mitchell and the Rise of the Exmoor High Bird

Brian Mitchell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2014
Quiller Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84689-200-4 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.9.2014
Co-Autor	Dr Stephen Manning
Zusatzinfo	2 Charts; 8 Plates, color
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
ISBN-10	1-84689-200-7 / 1846892007
ISBN-13	978-1-84689-200-4 / 9781846892004
Zustand	Neuware