OUTDOORS 



They might as well be waving the American 

 flag to the accompaniment of a brass band. 

 Even the bluebills, stupid as they sometimes 

 act, are not entirely fatalists. 



When a bunch of bluebills come in they 

 sometimes keep close together until within a 

 couple of hundred yards of the decoys, and 

 then they separate and whirl in all over the 

 decoys. This is varied with exhibitions of 

 swinging in and settling down close to the 

 decoys, with their wings outspread and their 

 white bodies shining in the sunlight. Or they 

 may dip as if going to settle, and then swing 

 away without stopping. Pairs and singles 

 usually decoy with hardly any hesitation. It 

 is usually hard to get a raking shot at blue- 

 bills, although cross shots, where two birds 

 are killed with one barrel, are of frequent 

 occurrence. The best practice is to select your 

 duck and not bother about the other birds in 

 the flock. 



A bluebill needs the centre of the charge to 

 kill him, or a shot through the head or neck. 

 He can carry off shot in his body better than 

 most ducks. Number six shot in the right- 

 hand barrel and number four in the left bar- 



