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winter in the Savannah river above Augusta, feeding on 

 the young wheat and oats in fields bordering the river. 

 A favorite way of shooting them is to use a horse. The 

 sportsman rides quietly toward the flock until he judges 

 by their actions that they are about to rise ; he then 

 dashes forward at full speed until the geese are up, 

 when he springs to the ground and shoots. A good 

 rider with a fast horse can generally secure a goose, 

 but he will not get another shot at that flock. 



Woodcock are not abundant, except in a very few 

 localities. In the swamps near Savannah is one of 

 their favorite resorts. During the month of January 

 good sport and a fair bag may be secured almost any 

 day within a few miles of that city. 



Snipe can be found in almost any open swampy 

 ground during the winter and early spring. They 

 sometimes remain in the state as late as the middle of 

 April. 



Along the beaches a great many plover can be 

 found, also curlew and other waders. It is nothing 

 unusual for a sportsman in a forenoon to secure ten or 

 a dozen varieties. 



While dove are not, strictly speaking, game-birds, 

 they afford good sport in Georgia. They are quite 

 abundant wherever large fields of corn or pease are 

 grown. The most successful way of killing them is to 

 bait a field, namely, scatter small grain for a few days, 

 then shoot from blinds. A great number of these 

 birds are killed annually. 



