. The emigrant and sportsman in Canada [microform] : some experiences of an old country settler : with sketches of Canadian life, sporting adventures, and observations on the forests and fauna. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. OOOSE SHOOTING. 115 cap-cover iniule of white linen, and some even paint their (runs white. being completed, our sportsman S(|uats iu his hide on a bundle of hay or dry seaweed. When the wind is southerly he is kept all his time on the qui vive. The geeso give him fair warning of their apjiroach, yelling most vociferously, and to them he mus
. The emigrant and sportsman in Canada [microform] : some experiences of an old country settler : with sketches of Canadian life, sporting adventures, and observations on the forests and fauna. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. OOOSE SHOOTING. 115 cap-cover iniule of white linen, and some even paint their (runs white. being completed, our sportsman S(|uats iu his hide on a bundle of hay or dry seaweed. When the wind is southerly he is kept all his time on the qui vive. The geeso give him fair warning of their apjiroach, yelling most vociferously, and to them he must resi)ond " Aw-auk, aw-auk, auk-auk," yelling with all his might; indeed, his success in a great measure depends upon his ability to call them. J^Iy notes are rather cracked, so I have to get someone to do this part of the business for me, not a diffi- cult matter, as goose-calling is a part of the education, otten tlie sole education, of the Indian boys who live on the coast. Although my voice is inferior, as I said before, my ear is good, and I usually have a class of boys up for examinationâmuch as one would test a number of musical instrumentsâand enlist the best into my service. The calling serves to attract the geese's attention to the decoys, and if they are new comerji, or have not been too much lired at, they never fail to descend to them. Goose shooting, at first sight, does not strike one as a very high branch of the art of *â¢' gunning "âindeed, I have heard it compared to shooting at a haystack by men who have never tried it; but, on the contrary, I can bear witness to the fact that many men whom I have known to be good shots at partridge, cook, snipe, &c,, have en^rt^ly failed to distinguish themselves at goose shooting. There are two reasons for this: the first and principal one is, they do not know the right time to fire ; and, secondly, they do not fire far enough in front of their bird. The flight of geese is very deceptive; they loo
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