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The book was brought up during a discussion of poaching, with a speaker recalling its vivid scenes of dead pheasants and noting how realistically it portrayed the poaching world. It was highlighted as the only personal experience the speaker had with that subject, and the remark was appreciative of its authenticity without being a strong endorsement.
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The speaker mentioned reading the book and remembered that it had a lot of dead pheasants in it, relating to the discussion about poaching.
Certainly Danny Champion in the world, which is really my only experience of the poaching world and how realistic that was, how true to life. But there were a lot of dead pheasants in that telling of it, so perhaps you're right.