We should aim for a clean kill every time
What marks you out as a Gun who knows what they are doing? What separates a good Shot from a bad one? If you ask a member of the picking-up team behind you, who see all but who rarely comment, it will be the care and interest a Gun shows in any game that hasn’t been despatched properly.
All fair-minded sportsmen and women hate wounding, but we must accept that it happens sometimes. It is why we have teams of pickers-up behind the Guns. Their role is, first and foremost, the speedy collection of wounded game. Dead birds don’t run. It is why we invest time and effort into training a gundog, which you should always take with
