Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . ood fun and every duck youshoot you earn, for it seems at times as though they care little or nothingabout whole charges of shot. More ducks are lost through using too smalla grade of shot than anything else. If you dont know the right size thereare lots of men around who can tell you. - Dont always take the man-m-the-shops word, for he is more anxious to sell you shells than anything else, andif he hasnt exactly what you want, he will tell you that something else isiust as good An old duck is a tough fellow and will take lots of hu
Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . ood fun and every duck youshoot you earn, for it seems at times as though they care little or nothingabout whole charges of shot. More ducks are lost through using too smalla grade of shot than anything else. If you dont know the right size thereare lots of men around who can tell you. - Dont always take the man-m-the-shops word, for he is more anxious to sell you shells than anything else, andif he hasnt exactly what you want, he will tell you that something else isiust as good An old duck is a tough fellow and will take lots of hunting ducks along the shore it is often a good scheme to get a SHOOTING, WILD DUCKS AND GEESE line of boats, and then one branch of the party is ahnost sure to get a shot ata flock which c\er way they come. Before now we have seen a duckapproach the end boat of a hne and get fired at. The shot misses and theduck comes down the Une and if it is far away it may escape altogether. The best place to get ducks along the shore is in the quiet creeks. bordered by meadows, for the birds come up at high tide to feed, especiallyif wild celery is found in the water. Again a gale of wind will often drivethem inland for shelter. The duck is a strong flyer and can make^ greatspeed when it chooses to. When ducks have fed near salt water it is wellto skin them before cooking, otherwise they will taste fishy. MEN, ANIMAL AND BIRD POACHERS. The taking of game illegally has always had a great fascination for manyclasses of men and boys and also for animals and birds, but the last two areinnocent of wrong-doing for they know no laws but those of the forest. There is not very much trouble to prevent illegal killing in the UnitedStates for game is not protected to anything like the extent that it is inEngland and besides there are many acres of public shooting grounds. Never-theless the game wardens over here frequently have a good deal of troublewatching the deer, quail and partridge in closed seas
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