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high in the air. Live decoys will also call the passing 

 flocks. 



A local law in New York State, but three lines long, 

 which reads : " Web-footed wild-fowl shall not be 

 taken in the county of Jefferson from February ist to 

 August 31st, both inclusive ; or taken in the night from 

 sunset until sunrise," caused the Canada goose and 

 many ducks to become quite tame so that boats could 

 approach them closely. Herbert Job recently found 

 and photographed the nest of the Canada goose in 

 North Dakota. 



At many of the duck clubs there are excellent 

 punters, who know the grounds and where the 

 geese are likely to be. The sportsman who handles 

 his own boat must have a knowledge of what the 

 birds are doing in order to be successful at this 

 sport. 



Grinnell thinks the geese as well as the swans are 

 increasing on the club preserves at Currituck. The 

 laws prohibiting the shooting from sailing and motor 

 boats and the club rules at two clubs forbidding 

 spring shooting have had no doubt much to do with 

 this. 



