OUTDOORS 



often lost in comparatively open places be- 

 cause he is so like the cover he falls into. 

 But with a good dog, whether he is a re- 

 triever or not, a man will find about all of 

 the snipe he shoots. When snipe are fairly 

 plentiful the chance for making " doubles " 

 presents itself constantly, and yet, if a man 

 is hunting without a dog, he will lose many 

 birds, especially in thick cover, if he makes 

 "doubles" and tries to get the birds. The saf- 

 est way when shooting without a dog is to get 

 your birds one at a time, unless the hunter has 

 a chance to shoot in fairly open cover. He 

 can then take more chances. When he drops 

 his first bird of a pair, let him mark it down 

 by some particular weed, clump of cat-tails, 

 or other object, and then go to where his sec- 

 ond bird was shot and drop a handkerchief 

 where he thinks the bird fell. Then back to 

 the first bird and find that, if possible, at first. 

 In the meantime, if other birds get up, and 

 they are quite likely to, let him get them one 

 at a time, never forgetting the landmark that 

 he noticed in marking the first bird. If he 

 gets the first bird, the second is an easier 

 task. The handkerchief will be a base from 

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