112 WILD FOWL SHOOTING. 
then shot it through the call at the bird. It wasn't the call 
she’expected to hear when she saw the decoys. This is 
the way you called: Quack—quack—quack! Do you 
know when you heard that call before to-day? Well, 
I] will tell you; It was when you routed those single 
ducks out of the timber as you came through. It was 
a cry of fright with them. That’s what scared the duck. 
When you see them coming in, and off, say 100 to 200 
yards, call, until their attention is attracted to the de- 
coys. After they once set their wings to come in, 
don’t call, but keep quiet. At this time click with 
your tongue, just as you would at a horse. This 
attracts them very quickly. When you call them at 
a distance govern your voice according to where they 
are. Remember, that slight sounds travel speedily 
and far in the quiet woods. Learn this call: * Me- 
amp ”—* Me-amp,” Utter it in a baritone voice, soft- 
ly, with a vibration. Practice this, and you will 
have one that you can depend on, and will always 
be on hand when wanted. Here comesa pair. Now, let’s 
see you make a double. See how their wings are set ; 
how they are bowed. No! no! don’t shoot. They will 
turn; let them come back. See how pretty they are 
in the sunlight; the golden yellow on the duck, the 
chestnut and white, the emerald green on the drake. 
Don’t move; now try and get them both. Ha! ha! 
You are a great one! Bound to have the drake, wasn’t 
you? Well, you got him, if you did loose the duck. 
Really, you ought to have killed them both. But in 
your anxiety to kill the drake you showed poor judg- 
ment. The duck was about thirty-five yards from you, 
the drake twenty five. If you had shot the duck first, 
then the drake would have been plenty close enough 
