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new england grouse shooting by william foster
Unread 08-27-2014, 11:35 PM   #1
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Default new england grouse shooting by william foster

Saw this book at a used bookstore. Never hunted grouse, but it looked like a good read, and I know Foster was a great sportsman and conservationist.
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Next thing you know, you will be looking for a 16 hammer gun!
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My16 lightened 0 grade hammer Parker changed the way I look at shotguns.
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Foster, the "father of skeet" was a highly acclaimed author and extremely accomplished painter/artist. He did all of the illustrations for New England Grouse Shooting and accepted commissions to paint bird dogs, locomotives, and even took a commission to travel to Panama to paint the canalway and surrounding countryside for a magazine series of articles.
The book should be in every shotgun hunter's library - especially those of grouse and woodcock shooters. It is a true classic.... I have two copies.

He was also publisher and editor in chief on The National Sportsman and Hunting & Fishing magazines.
He enjoyed several fine Parker shotguns (preferring small bores), including "The Little Gun", several of which are still in the Foster family

The old Foster home and gravesite are just up the street from my house here in Andover.



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Thanks for sharing those photos Dean.
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So, Bill... did you buy the book?
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I did not at the time, it was $35, I have found it on amazon for less, so I will probably order it next month.
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Bill, it would be nice to know which publication they had for sale at only $35. The first printing in 1942 generally retails for around $150 in excellent condition and would be an absolute steal at $35. However, if it was a subsequent publication, $35 may be a good price or for one of the more recent publications... too much.
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The copy in the green dust jacket is a 1942 printing and the one in the red dust jacket is a 1970 re-issue. $35 for the 1970 printing in very good or better condition is an excellent price.




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The one they had came out was printed in the 80s I believe based off it dates.
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