Gunning Punts - How to Construct, Care for, Manoeuvre and Hunt from Single Handed and Double Handed Punts
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Gunning Punts - How to Construct, Care for, Manoeuvre and Hunt from Single Handed and Double Handed Punts

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Gunning Punts - How to Construct, Care for, Manoeuvre and Hunt from Single Handed and Double Handed Punts

About this book

This book contains a detailed guide to the hunting of wildfowl with the use of single and double handed punts. Complete with a wealth of extremely detailed diagrams and illustrations, this text is perfect for any level of enthusiast with an interest in punt-based hunting. Chapters included herein are: 'Gunning Punts – Their Dimensions', 'How to Build a Gunning Punt', 'How to Arrange the Stanchion Gin and its Belongings in a Gunning Punt', 'The Various Methods of Stalking Wild Fowl in Double Handed Gunning Punts', 'Sailing to Wildfowl in a Gunning Punt', 'One the Selection of a Suitable Locality for Stanchion Gun Shooting', 'How to Manoeuvre and Kill Ducks and Wigeon by Day with a Gunning Punt', and many more. This text has been chosen for modern republication due to its timeless educational value, and it is proudly republished here with a new introduction to waterfowl hunting.

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Information

Publisher
Read Country Books
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781447431459
eBook ISBN
9781528764414
Subtopic
Zoology

GUNNING-PUNTS:
THEIR DIMENSIONS

DOUBLE-HANDED PUNTS

(I)
THE DIMENSIONS OF A DOUBLE-HANDED GUNNING-PUNT SUITABLE FOR TWO MEN, AND A STANCHION-GUN OF 160 TO 180 LBS.
Total length above (along deck)
23 ft.
Total length underneath (along floor)
22 ft. 5 in.
Extreme width across floor
3 ft.
Extreme width across deck (without fender-strip)
3 ft. 9 in.
Width of floor at 5 ft. from stem
2 ft. 4 1/2 in.
Width of floor at 5 ft. from stern
2 ft. 2 1/2 in.
Width across deck (without fender-strip) at 5 ft. from stem
3ft. 0 1/4 in.
Width across deck (without fender-strip) at 5 ft. from stern
2 ft. 9 3/4 in.
The sides, each flared out at most
4 1/2 in.
Height (perpendicular) of stem
6 in.
Height (perpendicular) of stern
8 1/2 in.
Rake of stem
3 in.
Rake of stern
4 in.
Length of fore-deck (stem to cockpit)
8 ft. 4 in.
Length of after-deck (stern to cockpit)
4 ft.
Greatest width across inside of coc...

Table of contents

  1. SHOOTING WATERFOWL
  2. GUNNING-PUNTS: THEIR DIMENSIONS
  3. HOW TO BUILD A GUNNING-PUNT
  4. THE FITTINGS OF A GUNNING-PUNT
  5. HOW TO ARRANGE THE STANCHION-GUN AND ITS BELONGINGS IN A GUNNING-PUNT
  6. SLIDING RECOIL-BLOCK FOR A STANCHION-GUN THAT HAS A SWIVEL UNDER ITS BARREL
  7. THE VARIOUS METHODS OF STALKING WILDFOWL IN DOUBLE-HANDED GUNNING-PUNTS
  8. THE VARIOUS METHODS OF STALKING WILD-FOWL IN SINGLE-HANDED GUNNING-PUNTS
  9. SAILING TO WILDFOWL IN A GUNNING-PUNT
  10. ON THE SELECTION OF A SUITABLE LOCALITY FOR STANCHION-GUN SHOOTING
  11. HOW TO MANÅ’UVRE AND KILL DUCKS AND WIGEON BY DAY WITH A GUNNING-PUNT AND STANCHION-GUN
  12. HOW TO MANÅ’UVRE AND KILL BRENT GEESE WITH A GUNNING-PUNT AND STANCHION-GUN
  13. HOW TO MANÅ’UVRE AND KILL DUCKS AND WIGEON AT NIGHT WITH A GUNNING-PUNT AND STANCHION-GUN
  14. HOW TO FIRE A SHOT FROM THE STANCHION-GUN
  15. ON RETRIEVING THE CRIPPLES AFTER FIRING THE STANCHION-GUN
  16. ADVICE IN THE SELECTION OF VARIOUS ARTICLES REQUIRED IN STANCHION-GUNNING THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ALREADY ALLUDED TO