Western field . andwith a roar of wings and a peculiar see-sawmotion dropped like bullets from a height ofseventy-five yards and attempted to lightwithin twenty-five yards of the pits. In an-swer to our fire three birds struck theground, while a fourth, hard hit, tried tokeep up with the balance of the flock. Grad-ually it slackened its pace, however, and justas it reached the boundary of the field it col-lapsed. A short wait was now in order, as severalflocks passed by out of range and refused tobe tolled. Then a flock of Hutchins geese,flyinj? down wind in a long straggling line,passed withi
Western field . andwith a roar of wings and a peculiar see-sawmotion dropped like bullets from a height ofseventy-five yards and attempted to lightwithin twenty-five yards of the pits. In an-swer to our fire three birds struck theground, while a fourth, hard hit, tried tokeep up with the balance of the flock. Grad-ually it slackened its pace, however, and justas it reached the boundary of the field it col-lapsed. A short wait was now in order, as severalflocks passed by out of range and refused tobe tolled. Then a flock of Hutchins geese,flyinj? down wind in a long straggling line,passed within sixty-five yards of my pit anddrew my fire. My first shot failed to con-nect, but at the second a bird from the cen-ter of the line dropped, although if the truthbe told I aimed at a bird ten feet furtherahead. Flocks of geese continued to come in atirregular intervals and from a number ofthese we took toll. Four birds passed be-tween us and we got them all, while froma large flock of honkers we failed to ex-. OUK SECOND days BAG. tract a feather, although they were withineasy range. With varying luck we shotuntil ten oclock, when the flight ceased en-tirely. Counting up our birds we found thatwe had twenty-two geese, nine of which wereCanadas. These made an uncomfortableload, even when dressed, and the addition ofdecoys and guns made it all we could stag-ger under. Arriving at camp we found Frank at workin the culinary department, and after aplunge in the slough which caused us togasp for breath but refreshed us amazingly,we sat down to an edifying meal. A restwas then in order until evenin<j:, when wetook stands a short distance up stream andwaited for the flight. Frank and Georgeeach killed a pair of Hutchins geese, andthe former also killed three teal out of aflock which whipped past him as he was re-turning to camp. My only opportunity wasat a lone goose which flew high overheadand which dropped to my second it fell in the high tules which 282 WES
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