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to do that to get any shooting worth mention- 

 ing. As the birds sometimes fly a mile, it is 

 handy to have the team pick you up to get 

 to them again without walking yourself into 

 a state of combustion to reach them. 



The gun for shooting chickens should be 

 a twelve-gauge gun, modified choke in the 

 right-hand barrel and full-choke in the left- 

 hand barrel. A six-and-a-half- to a seven- 

 and-a-half-pound gun is heavy enough. A 

 pair of heavy stubble boots is an advantage 

 in walking, and stout duck hunting-trousers 

 and coat will keep you dry while tramp- 

 ing through the wet weeds, grass, and stub- 

 ble, not to mention the corn. If you don't 

 wear stubble boots have a pair of strong and 

 thick duck leggings to wear over your trou- 

 sers. The best way is for two men to go 

 together, beating the cover about twenty-five 

 yards apart. They can then command close 

 to one hundred and fifty yards of space with 

 the two guns as to width, and, say, forty to 

 sixty-five yards ahead. This will give the 

 chickens a good opportunity to get in the 

 way of the shot, and as for the bird that gets 

 up within the inner circle between the men, 

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