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llic it'poi'l of llic ^1111 ; jiiid if von make i( a rule lo 

 slip ort' the horse before you sshoot it will he more sat- 

 isfactory in many ways. 



THE GRASS SUIT. 



Hawks, Eagles and other wary birds can frequently 

 be approached quite easily by the hunter attired in 

 grass suits such as are shown in the accompanying 

 illustrations. Tlie writer has employed this disguise 

 with good success in capturing birds of prey, Herons, 

 Shore birds and Ducks. In approaching birds in this 

 dress especial care must be used to prevent your gun 

 from being seen, and if the barrels are bright it is best 

 to paint or cover them with some oo-lored material 

 similar in liue to the suit which is of a dead-grass 

 color. When the game you are slowly and cautiously 

 approaching looks toward you, 3'ou should remain mo- 

 tionless until it — if it be a Hawk or Eagle — turns its 

 head in another direction, then move a little nearer 

 or crouch down as shown in illustration "Waiting for 

 a Shot." Usually, by a little careful maneuvering and 

 circling around, the Hawk or Eagle can be approached 

 sufificiently close to enable you to get a good shot. 

 Two men, one attired in a grass suit and the other in 

 ordinary dress, can have better success than a single 

 person in a grass suit in quest of Hawks or Eagles. 

 The man in plain clothes can attract the birds' atten- 

 tion, yet keep several hundred yards, if need be, from 

 it, and his companion in disguise can approach it 

 much more easily. 



A good rifle shot can readily destroy Hawks, etc., 

 by using any of the above-described methods. The 

 late Truman Yarr-all. of Willistown, Chester county, 

 Pa., was an expert rifle shot; he approached his vie- 



