Colonel Peter Hawker was a celebrated diarist and author, and a shooting sportsman accounted one of the "great shots" of the 19th century. His sporting exploits were widely followed and on occasion considered worth reporting in The Times.
An engraving of Peter Hawker c. 1814 by H. Adlard, from a portrait by Alfred Edward Chalon
Peter Hawker (Mounted on Grey) talking to Joe Manton 1 September 1827.
Waterfowl hunting is the practice of hunting aquatic birds such as ducks, geese and other waterfowls or shorebirds for food and sport.
An illustration from the book Reptiles and birds; A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting (1869) titled Duck shooting from a hut
A duck hunter with his dog on a lake in the Chippewa National Forest in a photograph taken on November 27, 1938 by an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture. Decoy ducks can be seen around the canoe.
Lov na race; čakališče na jezeru pri jami Lisišče (1759) by Franz Anton von Steinberg, which depicts waterfowl hunting
Three waterfowl hunters donned in camouflage and armed with shotguns.