Guns and gunning . helps him in hunting. Astranger on some of our large snipe marshes wouldbe practically helpless unless he was accompaniedby some one who knew the flats and tides. The sportsman should be careful in tying hisboat, as it is a common thing in water-fowl shootingto have it drift away and leave the hunter maroonedon some marshy island. The writer remembers making a long swim inNovember, after an escaped boat; if you everexperience this kind of adventure, you will tie yourboat securely ever after. In all large bays and winding water-courses,where the tides are strong, there are al
Guns and gunning . helps him in hunting. Astranger on some of our large snipe marshes wouldbe practically helpless unless he was accompaniedby some one who knew the flats and tides. The sportsman should be careful in tying hisboat, as it is a common thing in water-fowl shootingto have it drift away and leave the hunter maroonedon some marshy island. The writer remembers making a long swim inNovember, after an escaped boat; if you everexperience this kind of adventure, you will tie yourboat securely ever after. In all large bays and winding water-courses,where the tides are strong, there are always eddies,or reaches, where the tide is either favorable orsluggish. Then again, a knowledge of the tides willhelp the hunter, and save him many a long andweary pull against the swift current. JACK SNIPE At the head of the snipe family, or scolopaci-dae, we have the American woodcock, and theWilsons snipe. As the woodcock is an uplandbird in all but family, we will pass him by here, andspeak of the Wilsons y~j In his class there is no gamer bird thanthe Wilson, or, as hunters call him, thejack snipe. As he is rarely found in thick brush we will notcompare him with the woodcock; and no other birdin the snipe family can rival him. The most successful way of hunting jacks iswith a good, steady dog. The jack lies well, andhas a strong, erratic flight, that makes him a difficultmark to inexperienced gunners. After flying 20 or30 yards the jack settles down and flies more evenly;and the veteran snipe hunter waits if possible forthis change, before discharging his gun. Whenflushed, it utters at intervals a loud scaip! scaip!Its flight is short unless badly frightened, and it canbe marked down and followed by the hunter. Thehabits and haunts of the jack snipe are so easilyaffected by climatic and other conditions, that anintimate knowledge of its peculiarities is necessaryto find and approach it. On windy days the jack is very v\dld; its sensesare so keen that it is most diff
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