138 Where to Hunt 



almost, if not quite, extinct in this state. It is believed 

 there are no more native moose, but they are occa- 

 sionally seen crossing the St. Mary river from the bor- 

 dering Canadian wilds into the northern or upper 

 peninsula. 



The list of feathered game includes ruffed grouse, 

 pinnated grouse, spruce-partridge, woodcock, quail, 

 Wilson's snipe, golden plover, and sandpiper. There 

 are very few wild turkeys in the state. Of the ducks, 

 there are mallard, black duck, teal, wood-duck, pintail, 

 butterball, blue-bill, goldeneye, widgeon, redhead, 

 spoonbill, old-squaw ; and of the geese family, the Can- 

 ada geese are most abundant. 



Mongolian pheasants have been introduced into the 

 state, and may properly be included now in the list of 

 game-birds. While nearly all kinds of wild fowl are 

 to be found here, these birds are chiefly migratory, 

 and their abundance is largely dependent upon the 

 weather and the food-supply during their semi-annual 

 migrations. The spring flight is shorter than the au- 

 tumn flight. It has been found, too, that the seasons 

 vary in the number of birds; one year they may be 

 scarce, while the following year they may be very 

 abundant. 



In St. Clair county are the famous St. Clair flats. 

 During the fall flight these flats are probably the great- 

 est duck-shooting grounds in the Northwest. The flight 

 is mostly mallards and redheads and blue-bills, with 

 smaller duck, though there are some canvasbacks. 

 During the spring flights it is a great resting- and feed- 

 ing-ground, and as spring duck shooting is allowed in 

 this state at this writing, there is a good deal of shoot- 



