1906 Forest & Stream posted above



Sept. 12, 1908 Forest & Stream, "Prairie Chicken Shooting in Kansas", also in American Game-bird Shooting by George Bird Grinnell, 1910



Turn-of-the-century Live Bird and Inanimate Target shooters did not, for the most part, pre-mount, and "low gun" or "ready position" was required in Olympic inanimate target competition in 1908 and beyond.
Live action (the first minute) from the 1912 Stockholm Olympics is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl...t-ts=1422579428


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