. Rod and gun . very communi-cative fellow anyway, wasCharlie. For two hours they came thatmorning in such numbers as onlythose who have watchtd a flightof these snowy birds can by our broad displayof decoys, they swung up fromfar off,but always safely keeping agood one hundred yards of clearair between us. Then away ofTSouth East they went settling ina grassy meadow by the LaSalleRiver, there to pick the freshyoung green shoots and wadeabout in sun-warmed puddles tillthe time for the evening flight to thefields had returned. That noon we headed West in thedirection the birds
. Rod and gun . very communi-cative fellow anyway, wasCharlie. For two hours they came thatmorning in such numbers as onlythose who have watchtd a flightof these snowy birds can by our broad displayof decoys, they swung up fromfar off,but always safely keeping agood one hundred yards of clearair between us. Then away ofTSouth East they went settling ina grassy meadow by the LaSalleRiver, there to pick the freshyoung green shoots and wadeabout in sun-warmed puddles tillthe time for the evening flight to thefields had returned. That noon we headed West in thedirection the birds came from and wetrusted that a wind would spring up toenable us to intercept the birds in theirflight from the marsh. We were certain-ly lucky in finding a good stopping placein a harvest shanty, a couple of hospitablefarmers made us heartily welcome, andgave us the usual vague news about lotsof geese—thats a farmers idea of theessential information needed by a questioning-on those lots of geese. a snap of the bag. i8 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA.
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