The Imperfect Shot: Shooting Excuses, Gaffes and Blunders

by J. C. Jeremy Hobson, Oliver Preston (Illustrator)

Overview

A wonderful collection of shooting excuses, gaffes, and blunders on the shooting field, illustrating the experiences and exhortations of those who have committed minor faux pas and misdemeanors.

Tongue-in-cheek advice and novel excuses for light-hearted incidents

The perfect gift for shooting enthusiasts

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781846892080
Publisher:	Quiller Publishing Ltd.
Publication date:	11/15/2015
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jeremy Hobson was a gamekeeper for over thirty years and, for much of the last decade, shoot captain on a prestigious West Sussex estate. His country-based articles have appeared in most of the relevant sporting magazines, and he is the author of over thirty books, including The Shoot Lunch (978-1-84689-092-5), Success with Chickens (978-1-84689-093-2), and Sporting Lodges with David S. D. Jones (978-1-84689-168-7).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface

Shooting Days' and Some Guns' Ways
Gamekeeping Gaffes and Beaters' Blunders
Making a Meal of It
Rough and Ready
It's a Dog's Life
Wardrobe Malfunction
In the News
Tales Told Over Lunch

Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

Here you will find tales of embarrassing gundogs, war cries in the beating line, lunch-stealing Labradors and wonderfully incompetent shots, not to mention outrageous shooting clothing and mad ducks. Hilariously illustrated by Oliver Preston, this is clearly one for the Christmas stocking.

CLA Land and Business Magazine

This is an anthology of shooting excuses, gaffes and anecdotes which you might actually find useful during the season. Not only does it provide very easy access light reading for those moments when the Financial Times is a bit too topical and War and Peace is a bit too serious but it also contains some honest advice for game shooters who might like to kid themselves sometimes. There aren’t many things he hasn’t seen on shoot day ⁠— and a lot of them make it into this book.

From the Publisher

From excuses for missing, including 'the safety catch got stuck' to ensuring your mobile phone is turned off, the author aims to guide the newby through some of the pitfalls of driven game shooting. And he makes it abundantly clear that pulling the trigger is just a small part of the overall shooting day, which should include a good lunch, fascinating repartee with fellow guns and getting all dressed up in sometimes ridiculous garb that, in any other situation, would be laughable.

Philip Bowern

One to dip into and enjoy. The text and illustrations, the latter by Oliver Preston, are both integral parts of the book and I am not sure which I enjoyed the most. The jokes are not all to do with shooting and I liked the one about the Land Rovers - 'They say 90 per cent of all Land Rovers manufactured are still on the road. The other 10 per cent have reached their destination'.

Ray Collier

From excuses for missing, including the safety catch got stuck to ensuring your mobile phone is turned off, the author aims to guide the newby through some of the pitfalls of driven game shooting. And he makes it abundantly clear that pulling the trigger is just a small part of the overall shooting day, which should include a good lunch, fascinating repartee with fellow guns and getting all dressed up in sometimes ridiculous garb that, in any other situation, would be laughable.

Philip Bowen