This blind, when folded, makes a good cushion for 

 a boat seat, and takes up very little room. 



Another very simple way of making a blind, is 

 to take a strip of chicken wire, and after staking it 

 in the right position, weave dry grass through the 

 openings. 



DECOYS 



Hunting without decoys robs duck shooting of 

 its chief charm. In shooting over a stool the ducks 

 come of their own free-will, to the hunter. 



There is no sight more thrilling in bird shooting 

 than that of a flock of wary canvas-backs circling 

 closer and closer to where the hidden sportsman 

 has placed his stool. Here, again, the knowledge 

 of the habits of water fowl is necessary. 



NUMBER OF DECOYS 



Men differ radically concerning the correct 

 number of decoys to use, but if the hunter follows 

 the hints of the wild birds themselves, he cannot go 

 far wrong. In the open water where birds congre- 

 gate in " large rafts " to rest, sink boxes are neces- 

 sary, and in this kind of shooting a stool of 1 00 or 

 more decoys may be used. 



Inland, where the ducks fly in separate flocks, 

 fewer decoys are needed, but there must be enough 



