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Sound travels a long way in a still marsh. When the 

 call is loud the mallard, black-duck and widgeon detect 

 easily the fraud in calls; therefore, it is well to modulate 

 the voice in a marsh. Of ttimes these wary birds, after com- 

 ing into a marsh in response to your call, will settle among 

 your decoys; or they might alight outside of gun-range and 

 study the decoys to satisfy themselves of their being all 

 right. If not disturbed they will then slowly move toward 

 the decoys, feeding and chuckling as they swim. 



Do not call too loud or too often. 



Call to attract the bird's attention to decoys, then modu- 

 late your call. In a marsh remember the birds can detect 

 the imitation much more readily in a loud than in a muffled 

 voice. 



For deep-water birds call louder, or else give a low 

 chuckle that they can just hear. 



If birds start to circle away, a few low calls will often 

 bring them back. 



When in open water, the birds will often go entirely 

 around you to discover what the suspicious bunch of weeds 

 contains, and at such a time lie low and do not try to kc< ] 

 them in sight all the while. Your moving will scare them 

 away quicker than anything else. Lie low, and stay low, 

 and if the birds come in do not jump up if you happen to be 

 on shore. Rest just high enough to clear your blind when 

 you shoot. Be assured the ducks' eyes are on the shore side, 

 for there is where they watch for danger, and any movement 

 sends them scattering. 



Are Fish Color-Blind? 



Ever and anon this question bobs up somewhere in 

 print. It is, has been, and apparently always will be, a 

 much mooted question for a lot of fellows who do not stop 

 a moment and do a little common-sense thinking. 



All anglers know that a trout will bite at a certain color 

 fly at a certain season. No other color will appeal to the 



