WOUNDED GAME. 101 



WOUNDED GAME. 



is important for the success of the sportsman to have 

 perfect knowledge of the nature and habits of wounded 

 game. All game, when wounded, makes the utmost use 

 of their cunning and strategy in order to evade being 

 captured, and unless the sportsman understands perfectly 

 the nature and habits of wounded game, and their devices 

 to evade being captured, many will be lost. 



HOW TO BAG WOUNDED PAKTEIDGES. 



ALL wounded Partridges should be watched and marked 

 down very accurately at the precise spot where they fall. 

 Dead Partridges require equally as careful marking, be- 

 cause they give out but little scent, and the dog oftentimes 

 will not find them. There are three chances out of four 

 that a Partridge with a wing broken, falling into high 

 standing corn, or into" a matted swamp, high rank weeds, 

 or long tangled grass, will not be bagged without the 

 assistance of a good dog to trail and scent it up, and find 

 it. I have often seen a broken-winged Partridge run di- 

 rectly it hit the ground, and in a few moments it 

 would be a hundred yards from where it fell. When 

 Partridges are knocked down, and fall in long grass 

 or thick cover, the eye should be kept on the spot where 

 they fall. Mark the spot by a long or short tuft of grass, 

 or a particular weed or bush, and, if there is no particular 

 object to notice, advance to the spot where you saw the bird 

 fall, and mark the spot by laying your gun, hat, or hand 



