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Identifier: victoriabccanada00poco_0 (find matches)
Title: Victoria, B.C., Canada, Vancouver Island : fishing, shooting, golf, motoring, and all outdoor sports the whole year round in a mild and sunshiny climate without any extremes of heat or cold / by Richard L. Pocock ; edited, illustrated and published, with introduction, by Victoria Branch, V.I.D. League.
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Pocock, Richard L Vancouver Island Development League. Victoria Branch
Subjects: Game and game-birds Fishing
Publisher: (Victoria, B.C. : Victoria Branch, Vancouver Island Development League)
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
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Brant Shooting near Victoria, B.C.- Staying Out
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Brant Shooting near Victoria, B.C.—Coming In BRANT—This shooting-, almost entirely over decoys,and from shore blinds, is very fine sport indeed, and thebirds are always excellent for the table. The sand spitsand low shore points around Vancouver Island and adjacentislands are the best places for this sport. CANADA GEESE, or HONKERS are shot in largenumbers up the West and East coasts. Live decoys, whensuch are obtainable, are the best, and after that the sheet-iron (profile decoys. Some geese are shot during the brantflight, but the honker is a wary bird. In all shooting on Vancouver Island it is advisable to getin touch with some of the sportsmen of the Island wheneverthis is possible. Most of the best pheasant, willow grouse,and quail shooting is in country which is more or lesssettled up, and where it will be necessary to get permissionto shoot, before entering on the land. Deer shooting andblue grouse shooting can be had on wild land in most ofthe districts and where no permis

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  • bookyear:1911
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  • bookcentury:1900
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  • bookauthor:Vancouver_Island_Development_League__Victoria_Branch
  • booksubject:Game_and_game_birds
  • booksubject:Fishing
  • bookpublisher:_Victoria__B_C____Victoria_Branch__Vancouver_Island_Development_League_
  • bookcontributor:Fisher___University_of_Toronto
  • booksponsor:University_of_Toronto
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