. Trails and tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland . ^ of accommodation to as brave a hunteras she. Quail are easy marks for the they roost in a stubble field in a. v, ■/1 .J :X-J :^(^^^ - - jt T i±. j Not Certain circle, heads outward, and thus they keepwarmer during the cold weather. I haveknown pot-hunters to shoot into a covey inthe early morning before they began to feed,killing almost every one. It is rare sport to start out with the dogson a November morning after a fall of snow,light, but sufficient to show the footprints—three toes in front, one behind. Bv this time 3i6 A P
. Trails and tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland . ^ of accommodation to as brave a hunteras she. Quail are easy marks for the they roost in a stubble field in a. v, ■/1 .J :X-J :^(^^^ - - jt T i±. j Not Certain circle, heads outward, and thus they keepwarmer during the cold weather. I haveknown pot-hunters to shoot into a covey inthe early morning before they began to feed,killing almost every one. It is rare sport to start out with the dogson a November morning after a fall of snow,light, but sufficient to show the footprints—three toes in front, one behind. Bv this time 3i6 A Plea for Protection the birds are strong of flight and at theirbest. After heeHng the dogs, the trailis followed. The birds will separate and runhither and thither, always, however, comingtogether again so that their tracks cross andrecross each other over the field. Snowalways makes the birds wild, and invariablywhen feeding they will take to flight longbefore the dogs are near enough to make apoint. A good dog takes the stubble fieldwith the wind in his favor. Getting a freshscent as the birds are feeding he throws hishead and tail in the air and rhodes
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