Rod and gun . wers wouldrather shoot black and mallard in themarshes and ponds than any otherspecies; others travel many milesfor redhead, while still others areonly after canvasbacks (getting rare in Eastern and Central Canada).But, no matter what birds are sought,the sport holds a peculiar glamour allits own—and draws red-blooded sports-men from their beds in the cold,chilling hours before dawn, to eat ahurry-up breakfast, labor miles attimes through wet marsh and overdarkened waters, to sit cramped inthe blind while the duck hurtle in onthe red-letter days—or refuse to de-coy on the other o
Rod and gun . wers wouldrather shoot black and mallard in themarshes and ponds than any otherspecies; others travel many milesfor redhead, while still others areonly after canvasbacks (getting rare in Eastern and Central Canada).But, no matter what birds are sought,the sport holds a peculiar glamour allits own—and draws red-blooded sports-men from their beds in the cold,chilling hours before dawn, to eat ahurry-up breakfast, labor miles attimes through wet marsh and overdarkened waters, to sit cramped inthe blind while the duck hurtle in onthe red-letter days—or refuse to de-coy on the other occasions. Assured-ly it is one of the most strenuousforms of shotgun sport—much harderphysically than field shooting oneither upland or woods—but it isworth while, and, besides yieldingpleasure many times repaying theelTort demanded it serves to sweepclean the cobwebs of modern turmoilfrom the worn-out, tired brain of thebusiness man of the 20th Centurv. Four Species of Grouse Found in Northern Ontario. The photograph of which the above is a reproduction depicts a group of the different species ofgrouse obtainable on the Nagagami River, Northern Ontario, and was sent to Rod and Gun by Mr. AD. Murray of Res. 28 D, Transcontinental Railway. Mileage 25, or 40 miles west of Hearst. Thesewere all shot within a mile of his camp and within a few days. They comprise Prairie Chicken, Spruceor Black Partridge. Ptarmigan or Snow Partridge and Birch Partridge or Ruffed Grouse.
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