. Our feathered game; a handbook of the North American game birds . ing out the decoys the birds are drivenaway without shooting at them, and from time to timethey return singly or in small numbers, or perhaps inflocks. As they sail slowly up to the decoys, or hoverover them preparatory to alighting, they are easymarks, but as they spring from the shot of the firstbarrel they are far more difficult, and he who makes a double has reason to be proud of his achievement. The sportsman makes an early start for canvas-backsand should have his decoys in the water by shooting is best in t
. Our feathered game; a handbook of the North American game birds . ing out the decoys the birds are drivenaway without shooting at them, and from time to timethey return singly or in small numbers, or perhaps inflocks. As they sail slowly up to the decoys, or hoverover them preparatory to alighting, they are easymarks, but as they spring from the shot of the firstbarrel they are far more difficult, and he who makes a double has reason to be proud of his achievement. The sportsman makes an early start for canvas-backsand should have his decoys in the water by shooting is best in the early hours, and again latein the afternoon, when the second flight begins. Dur-ing the middle of the day he may well desert his blindand try the neighboring marshes with his setters forthe snipe. In Oregon, a Mongolian pheasant is oftenadded to the bag. Canvas-backs are also shot from points as they flyover from one feeding ground to another. This sportis more difficult; the shots are usually at long rangeand at swiftly flying marks, since the birds are under. o2;<1-1 QO o U < 2;<u og HOO THE CANVAS-BACK 177 full headway as they pass, and go from sixty to ninetymiles an hour, and (before the wind) it may be Oregon the canvas-backs are highly prized. In arecent article, Duck-shooting along the Columbia,Mr. J. B. Thompson*says: It was the way of the duckhunters to ignore all other ducks, mallards, teal, wid-geon, sprigs, and to confine their shooting entirely tocanvas-backs. In a good year, and most years weregood, it was not difficult to kill all one could late years—since about 1894 to be more exact—can-vas-backs are not as abundant nor as good eating ; thecause being generally attributed, no doubt correctly,to the almost total disappearance of their favorite foodthe wapato. In an unfortunate moment some impulse,not wholly for good, prompted a certain United Statesfish commissioner to place in the haunts of the canvas-backs the lowly and ingl
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