THE GRASS SUIT. 



Hawks, Eagles ami other wary birds ean frequently 

 be approached quite easily by the hunter attired in 

 grass suits such as are shown in the accompanying 

 illustrations. The writer has employed this disguise 

 with good success iu captunng birds of prey. Herons, 

 Shore birds and Ducks. In approaching birds in this 

 dress especial care must be used to prevent your gun 

 from being seen, and if the barrels are bright It Is best 

 to paint or cover them with some colored material 

 similar in hue to the suit which is of a dead-grass 

 color. M'hen the game yon are slowly and cautiously 

 approaching looks toward you, you should remain mo- 

 tionless until it — if it be a Hawk or Eagle — turns its 

 head in another direction, then move a little nearer 

 or crouch down as shown in illustration "Waiting for 

 a Shot." Usually, by a little caieful maneuvering and 

 circling aroi'.nd, the Hawk or Eagle can be approached 

 sufticiently close to enable you to get a good shot. 

 Two men, one attired in a grass suit and the other in 

 ordinary dress, can have better success than a single 

 pei'son in a grass suit in quest of Hawks or Eagles. 

 The man in plain clothes can attract the birds' atten- 

 tion, yet keep several hundred yards, if need be, from 

 it. and his companion in disguise can :ipi)roach it 

 much more easily. 



A good rifle shot can readily destroy Hawks, etc., 

 by tising any of the above-described methods. The 

 late Truman Yarr.all, of Willistown, Chester county. 

 Pa., was an expert rifle shot; he approached his vie- 



