won its way to the heart of the most skeptical 

 sportsman or duck hunter. By their means 

 Snipe, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, or Cranes can be 



perfectly imitated, if the well known kinds be se- 

 lected. The sportsman should however, use care 

 in the selection of those that have not been found 

 by extensive use, to be perfect. The most well 

 known grades being illustrated in connection with 

 the Blinds and Decoys shown elsewhere 



In the setting out of decoys, many sportsmen 

 make the mistake in arranging them in such posi- 

 tion that the ducks must necessarily pass over the 

 blinds before they can observe them; this is wrong. 

 Decoys should be always placed so as the ducks 

 will observe the decoys first; otherwise they will 

 surely observe the blinds a ad detect the fraud; 

 thus they will swerve away. Generally speaking, 

 always set your decoys to leeward of your blinds, 

 well into the open waters, where they can be very 

 plainly observed by ducks that are on the wing. 

 Never set them on the edge of, or in close prox- 

 imity to your blind, but well out into ihe opening 

 or clear water, where they can be easily observed 

 and plainly kept in sight. In short the whole sec- 

 ret is in arranging your blinds, so as they can not 

 be observed; and in arranging your decoys so as 

 they can. The more you can conceal your blinds 

 and the more prominently you can display your 

 decoys, the better success will attend your efforts. 



Broiled Duck and Coffee. 



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