BLINDS 



It is frequently the case, where wild fowl are 

 numerous, that nature has provided blinds for the 

 sportsman. 



Willows, and other shrubs, often grow near the 

 ponds and sloughs where ducks congregate; and 

 these natural blinds, with a little improvement, are 

 usually very satisfactory. The duck hunter, how- 

 ever, must be prepared for every emergency; and 

 often the best shooting will be had where there is 

 no cover. 



There are several ways of making blinds; and 

 two of them have helped me on many a successful 

 hunt. By cutting up and sewing together some 

 gunny sacks; get a piece of sacking about 12x3^^. 

 Nail the ends into two sharpened sticks. Then 

 with heavy twine make many loops in the cloth. 

 These loops will hold the dry marsh grass or leaves 

 that you use to cover the blind. 



On arriving at the marsh you make a circle of 

 three or four sticks, according to the size you wish 

 vour blind to be. Then wrap your gunny-sack 

 blind around them, and fasten it in place by pushing 

 the sticks that are nailed to it, into the earth. Ar- 

 range the height and size of blind to suit your pur- 



^ _ rt pose, and then pull 



^r],,_.,.,J!l7^r..^r-^^^^i^.^a handfuls of marsh 

 '-~'^=:^:rr:^_^^^^zB^z^'^^ grass through the 



^^I-S^^-^-^^^^^i^ loops in the blind. 



