HUNTING 



One of the most pleasant features of water- 

 fowling is the great number of methods open to the 

 hunter. 



1 st, there is decoy shooting, where the hunter 

 lies in wait for the bird with a bunch of decoys. 



2nd, there is pass- shooting, where the fowler 

 stations himself between two large bodies of water, 

 and shoots the water-fowl as they change their feed- 

 ing grounds. 



3rd, there is point-shooting, where the hunter 

 kills his birds as they are following the shore of 

 lake or sea. 



4th, is the stalking, or " walking up " of the 

 ducks as they are feeding in some marshy lake or 

 slough. All these methods combine many varia- 

 tions, and afford unlimited pleasure to the sportsman. 



SHOOTING OVER DECOYS 



There is much to be learned in decoy shooting 

 besides the putting out of the stool and making the 

 blind. 



One of the most difficult things to master is tell- 

 ing when a flock of ducks has approached as close 

 to the blind as they are going to. Often a bunch 

 will swing around the decoys at long range, and fly 

 away, only to make a large circle and come sweep- 

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