. With rod and gun in New England and the Maritime provinces [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. and the Alaritime Provinces. 40!» Probably forty coots to one hundred shells will be more than the average shot will secure. As a matter of curiosity, the following list of birds other than coots is given, which have been killed at Cohasset, twenty miles from Boston. Old squaws, sheldrakes, shovellers, black ducks, redheads, black- heads, baldpates, gadwails, pintails, green-winged teal, bhic-winged teal, wood-ducks, harlequin ducks, bran
. With rod and gun in New England and the Maritime provinces [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. and the Alaritime Provinces. 40!» Probably forty coots to one hundred shells will be more than the average shot will secure. As a matter of curiosity, the following list of birds other than coots is given, which have been killed at Cohasset, twenty miles from Boston. Old squaws, sheldrakes, shovellers, black ducks, redheads, black- heads, baldpates, gadwails, pintails, green-winged teal, bhic-winged teal, wood-ducks, harlequin ducks, brant, Canada geese, eider ducks, whistlers, buftleheads, mallards, ruddy ducks, loons, grebes, auks, guillemots, and other more or less desirable seafowl. In strong winds, boats are sometimes anchored under the lee of ledges and small islands, and the birds are much more easily decoyed under such circumstances, while the sportsman has the great advantage of shooting in smooth water, and the birds are much more likely to alight among the decoys. At times this is the only way in which the fowl can be shot, as it frequently happens that the sea is too rough for the boats in the open water. If the hunter is too adventur- ous in this respect, he may suffer great discomfort and run great risks, as drowning accidents are by no means uncommon. With good judgment, however, and reasonable care, these risks may be reduced to a minimum, and the sportsman live to a good old age like Harvey W'hitcomb, of Scituate, of whom it is related that he went out on his ninetieth birthday and shot a pair of white-wings. C^ertaudy there is no sport in the world better calculated to impart vigor and health than WinTK-Wix(n;n Coot. The result of a day's sport in shooting coots is a most uncertain quantity. There may be a large flight of birds with very little good shoot- ing, while, on the other hand, there may be few birds init they may decoy well. Much depends upon the state of the tide, the dire
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