Guns and gunning . riding, thatwas going at the rate of 60 miles an hour. Now, in point or pass shooting, the birds aretravelling with a good start, under a full head ofsteam, and as the shots are of good length, the manwho can get a fair average must be able to shootwell. Sometimes, in the Western States, the ducksmove in such numbers that pass shooting requireslittle skill. Where there is a hill between twolarge feeding grounds, the ducks will often skimover it without rising to any extent in the air. Andat dusk the hunter is sometimes afraid to stand onthe crest lest one of the feathered bu
Guns and gunning . riding, thatwas going at the rate of 60 miles an hour. Now, in point or pass shooting, the birds aretravelling with a good start, under a full head ofsteam, and as the shots are of good length, the manwho can get a fair average must be able to shootwell. Sometimes, in the Western States, the ducksmove in such numbers that pass shooting requireslittle skill. Where there is a hill between twolarge feeding grounds, the ducks will often skimover it without rising to any extent in the air. Andat dusk the hunter is sometimes afraid to stand onthe crest lest one of the feathered bullets shouldstrike him. At times, on good passes at the height of theevening flight, the wild fowl will be in such num-bers that their wings make one continuous hiss, asflock after flock pass to their resting grounds. JUMPING DUCKS Flushing, or jumping ducks, is a very pleas-ant sport. This method of hunting comes as arelief to the hunter who has been cramped in ablind all the morning. While the morning flight is55. on, better success can be had with a blind andstool; but as the flight begins to slacken, the huntermarks down the birds that alight near him, andgoes after them on foot. The two things necessaryfor success in this kind of hunting, are: caution inapproaching the birds, and experience in risingshots at long range; as the birds are easily fright-ened, and rise so rapidly that the novice invariablyshoots too low. A very successful method ofwalking up ducks is for two hunters to worktogether, about 60 yards apart. In this way manygood shots are secured, and the birds are moreeasily found and retrieved. SINK-BOX SHOOTING Sink-box shooting is the least attractive formof wild-fowl shooting. In the first place, the hunter,being marooned in an anchored box, is dependenton others, and cannot change his hunting shooting is also done on one ducks restinggrounds, in open water, and for this reason is, insome States, prohibited by law. Sink-box shooting, however, for m
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