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RULE 3. If a person pulls the trap without 

 notice from the shooter, he has the option to 

 take the bird or not. 



RULE 4. If on the trap being pulled the bird 

 does not rise, it is at the option of the shooter to 

 take it or not ; but if not, he must declare it by 

 saying " No bird." 



RULE 5. Each bird must be recovered within 

 the boundary, eighty yards, within three minutes, 

 if required by any party interested, or it must 

 be scored lost. If a bird is challenged to show 

 shot-mark, it must be handed to the referee for 

 his decision. 



RULE 6. If a bird that has been shot perches 

 or settles on the top of the fence or on any of 

 the buildings higher than the fence, it is to be 

 scored a lost bird. 



RULE 7. Or if a bird perches or settles on 

 the top of a fence, or on any of the buildings 

 higher than the fence, and then falls dead to the 

 ground, it is a lost bird. 



RULE 8. If a bird once out of the grounds 

 should return and full dead within the boundary, 

 it must be scored a lost bird. 



RULE 9. If the shooter advances to the trap 

 and orders it to be pulled, and does not shoot 



