That sinking feeling

Snipe have always fascinated me since I first used a gun, but the opportunity to shoot snipe constantly and not as the occasional bird did not come my way until I had been using a gun for some years. My battalion was ordered to move to Ireland and the gun, as usual, went with me, and I then got my first experience of being able to shoot snipe constantly and steadily.

To begin with, we were in Co Down where the bogs were not particularly extensive, but were more in the nature of wet corners in the fields. These small pieces, however, are always most profitable, and