About the book: year / The source for creating a note about the shortcomings of a gun hunter and a gun dog was Turgenev’s own experience, a passionate hunter. Perhaps the writer also took into account “Notes of a gun hunter of the Orenburg province” by S. T. Aksakov, in particular, the chapter “Coping Dog,” which listed the advantages of a gun dog and advice to hunters for improving their shooting. It is known that Turgenev was one of the first to highly appreciate “Notes of a Gun Hunter.”».