10 CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



DUCK SHOOTING 3i7 



Pass Shooting ; 3^7 



Shooting in the Overflow 333 



River Shooting 335 



In the Wild Rice Fields 351 



Cornfield Shooting in the Middle West 371 



Point Shooting 377 



Sea Shooting on the Atlantic 418 



Wading the Marshes 430 



Battery Shooting 433 



Shooting from a House-boat 440 



Ice Hole Shooting 447 



Winter Duck Shooting on Lake Ontario 453 



Shooting in the Ice 455 



Sailing 460 



Stubble Shooting 461 



California Marsh Shooting 464 



Chesapeake Bay Duck Shooting 472 



PART III. 



THE ART OF DUCK SHOOTING. 



GUNS AND LOADING 493 



How to Hold 502 



When to Shoot 506 



Flight of Ducks 508 



Etiquette of the Blind 510 



CHESAPEAKE BAY DOG 515 



DECOYS 522 



Wooden Decoys 522 



Live Decoys 526 



Breeding Wildfowl. 



532 



