purpose to go into the speed attained by flying 

 ducks, as I have never had a chance to drive a 

 flight. 



However, I have seen our slow flying ducks 

 pass with ease a train in which I was riding, that 

 was going at the rate of 60 miles an hour. 



Now, in point or pass shooting, the birds are 

 travelling with a good start, under a full head of 

 steam, and as the shots are of good length, the man 

 who can get a fair average must be able to shoot 

 well. 



Sometimes, in the Western States, the ducks 

 move in such numbers that pass shooting requires 

 little skill. Where there is a hill between two 

 large feeding grounds, the ducks will often skim 

 over it without rising to any extent in the air. And 

 at dusk the hunter is sometimes afraid to stand on 

 the crest lest one of the feathered bullets should 

 strike him. 



At times, on good passes at the height of the 

 evening flight, the wild fowl v^dll be in such num- 

 bers that their wings make one continuous hiss, as 

 flock after flock pass to their resting grounds. 



"JUMPING" DUCKS 



Flushing, or "jumping" ducks, is a very pleas- 

 ant sport. This method of hunting comes as a 

 relief to the hunter who has been cramped in a 

 blind all the morning. While the morning flight is 



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