A fascinating handbook of the various methods of seeking food from river, woodland and countryside. This book will prove of equal use to both sportsman and hunter-gatherer. The illustrated contents include: Hook and Line - Nets - Traps - Basket Fishing and Fish Ponds - Fish Poisons - Management of a Fish Drive - Do's and Don't's with a Gun - Hunting - Nets and Trapping on Land - Other Hunting Methods - Ways of Cooking etc. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.