PREFACE vii 
‘strict any man in killing when, where, or how 
he will. But if he wishes to save our weaker 
brethren of the wilderness, that they may fur- 
nish to those who come after us the joys they 
afford to-day, he will lend his best effort, when 
someone with the interests of our game supply 
at heart tries to put off the opening day of a 
shooting season until the birds have become full- 
fledged, or he will strengthen the hands of those 
who endeavor to stop spring shooting, or to 
close our markets to the sale of game. These 
things I say to the great brotherhood of sports- 
men. 
To the individual gunner this admonition 
may not come amiss: do not, even though with- 
in your legal right, continue to kill after a fair 
bag has been made. It would be a wise plan 
for each and all of us who carry a gun to paste 
in our shooting hats cards bearing the motto: 
‘Don’t forget to leave enough for seed.”’ 
And now, reader, this book is committed to 
you in the hope that you may find herein some- 
thing to remind you pleasantly of your own 
exploits on wooded hillside, or ’mid rustling 
reeds, or on sunlit seas, and with the wish that 
