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night according to the direction of the wind might 

 lead to this conclusion. 



For the reason that pigeons always prefer the 

 sheltered side of a wood, and roost away from the 

 trees exposed to the wind, you will have to fix your 

 decoy bird accordingly. Never fail to stand with your 



FIG. 93. 



back to the wind, as the pigeons will surely fly in to 

 roost against the breeze, and to your decoy also, how- 

 ever much they may wheel about the sky previously. 



If a gale is blowing and that is the time of all 

 others to kill the birds coming in to roost stand at 

 first so as to intercept them as they fly in from the 

 distant fields. Some beautiful shooting at a string of 



