Rod and gun . withhis second. They swung round overthe chap on the east side and I had thepleasure of observing as neat a left andright as I ever saw, two birds falling tothe crack, crack! of his Greener forwhich he had claimed so much. On thatoccasion it did the job neatly and effec-tively. The ducks were flying high andboth struck the water with enough forceto have knocked them out if thev hadnot been killed before the event happen-ed. The retriever saw their fall and lookedpitifully at me as much as to ask if hecould not go and fetch them. I gavehim the word and he was soon nearenough to se
Rod and gun . withhis second. They swung round overthe chap on the east side and I had thepleasure of observing as neat a left andright as I ever saw, two birds falling tothe crack, crack! of his Greener forwhich he had claimed so much. On thatoccasion it did the job neatly and effec-tively. The ducks were flying high andboth struck the water with enough forceto have knocked them out if thev hadnot been killed before the event happen-ed. The retriever saw their fall and lookedpitifully at me as much as to ask if hecould not go and fetch them. I gavehim the word and he was soon nearenough to seize them. He tried hard to A DAY WITH THE PRAIRIE CHICKENS IX ALBERTA 409 bring- in both at once but as he crrabbedthe second he lost the first. Eventuallyhe recognized the futility of such man-oeuvres and brought them in one at atime. green winged teal coming, a lone bird,and going like a bullet. I think if duck hunters will own upmost of us often just pull into a , however, was a test and short as. 1. Chicken The Veteran. 2. Drawinj, on ?. Running The Author. Every duck on the water was disturb-ed by this shooting and while my com-panions were making their guns hot nota single bird came my way. I wasthinking of moving round when I saw a was the interval for thinking I wonderedif I should prove equal to the pulled a good eight feet ahead and thesatisfaction of seeing him crumple upwas quite enough reward for not having 410 ROD AXD GUN IN CANADA had as much shooting as the others. The retriever was disappointed thatthe duck did not drop into the water andbrought it in from the rushes inshore ina very half-hearted manner. He did notrealize that a more strenuous time thanhe anticipated was in front of him. By means of the sun I saw a couple ofmoving shadows over my } looking up I saw two largeducks flying high. My gun was heavychoked and as I had not had much shoot-ing I decided to take a chance. One fellas dead as a rag and
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