Summer Shooting 



game if properly used. The birds 

 are usually heard before they are 

 seen, and if their notes are answered 

 naturally and not too vehemently or 

 too often, they will soon be seen with- 

 in shooting range, whether they are 

 Black-Breasted Plover, Chicken Plov- 

 er, Yellow Legs, Piping Plover, Cur- 

 lew, Sanderlings or Grass Birds. Of 

 course, no decent hunter allows them 

 to alight before he shoots. 



I would not advise the summer va- 

 cationist who lacks the genuine sport- 

 ing spirit to pursue the shore-bird. 

 Those who do so should not disgrace 

 themselves by killing the handsome 

 little sand-pipers or peeps too small 

 to eat. It is better to go home with 

 nothing killed than to feel the weight 

 of a mean, unsportsmanlike act. 

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