OUTDOORS 



flocks requires experience. They should not 

 be bunched closely together, but separated so 

 as to present the natural appearance of a 

 flock of live birds. When some of them turn 

 upside down, as they may do when tossed 

 from the boat, they should be righted at once, 

 it being one of the dispensations of Provi- 

 dence that live ducks do not swim on their 

 backs. Little omissions of this sort may 

 cause some shy old drake to give your 

 " blind " a wide sweep. 



"Blinds" are either shore " blinds " or 

 " blinds " built around a boat or natural 

 growth of grass, bulrushes, or reeds. The 

 best " blind " is that of the natural growth, 

 when that can be had; although a shore 

 " blind," when made out of a hole dug in 

 some sandy point, with a slight fringe of 

 dead grass above, is a very "killing" place 

 of concealment sometimes. 



A shore " blind " made of willows, rushes, 

 and a little hay is good, and to build a 

 " blind " around a boat you need brush and 

 willows for the skeleton or poles and twine, 

 and grass and reeds to fill in the spaces. 

 A first-rate " blind " can be made around a 

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