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over them, but usually alight with the more 

 leeward ones ; j^lace your decoys accordingly. 



But the success in decoy-shooting often depends 

 more on their position in reference to the sun, 

 if it be shining unobscured, than as regards the 

 wind. This fact, I have often observed, is entirely 

 overlooked by the great majority of duck-hunters. 

 The position of the sun is seldom for a moment 

 thought of, and, if at all, only to avoid its 

 shining in the flice when shooting, in the loca- 

 tion of the decoys. There are so many things 

 to be observed and considered in the selec- 

 tion of the position for blind and decoys, that 

 no absolute rule can be adopted to fit all 

 cases. Circumstances will not always allow of 

 it; but, as a rule to be observed when con- 

 ditions permit, remember to so place the decoys 

 that the sun may shine on that side of them 

 from which the ducks approach. They will thus 

 attract attention, and be much more readily seen 

 than if the shady side is presented. This is a 

 secret of success in duck-shooting understood by 

 very few amateurs, but well worth knowing. 

 A thorough knowledge of these little things 

 marks the difference between the lucky man 

 and the unlucky one. 



