8o The Wild-Fowlers 



protection of our fast-decreasing game 

 supply are my hobbies/' 



" Well, you 're all right on the water 

 question, though a little shy on water 

 drinking," remarked Seth, " and as for 

 protecting game the only proper way is 

 to stop the sale of it. With no market 

 for birds, deer, and fish, the man who 

 slaughters in and out of season would 

 soon give up the practice." 



" I agree with you," said Corbin. 



' ' So do I," quoth Bradley. 



" The market shooter is the culprit," 

 continued Seth; " no doubt about it. 

 The pot hunter, the boy gunner, and the 

 summer-vacation shooter are all slaugh- 

 terers, for they kill at all seasons regard- 

 less of game laws, and the sportsman 

 takes a lot of game too; but none of 

 these individuals would injure the natural 

 supply if the professional fowler were put 

 down. He shoots wild fowl in the night, 

 when the birds are bunched in sleep on 

 the water with their heads under their 



