FALL JACK-SNIPE SHOOTING 



which to take observations, and by beating 

 around he can usually find his game. 



If the birds are wild, it is a good scheme, 

 as I have found it, to use number six shot in 

 the left-hand barrel. Number eights in the 

 right-hand barrel are all right, but when you 

 shoot a second time at the same bird and 

 that is something that will happen to every 

 one you may have to shoot a long way at 

 your bird. Now on windy days the light shot 

 are at a disadvantage. And it is surprising, 

 and at the same time instructive, to see how 

 many birds a man can shoot with number sixes 

 if he holds his gun right. If you will hold 

 your gun so that a jack-snipe is in the centre 

 of the pattern of a load of sixes he will not 

 get away. Some of the shot will hit him, and 

 generally one is enough if it hits him in the 

 body, wing, or any place but the leg. 



Some hunters invariably use hip-boots in 

 snipe shooting, while others stick to rubber 

 knee-boots. The water may not be very deep 

 along the " slues," or in the pastures and 

 around the marshes where the snipe lie, as 

 they feed in the vicinity of the shallowest 

 pools and wet spots. But you will sometimes 



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