182 FIELD SHOOTING. 



back is the best of the two — but it is essential 

 that the shooter should make no move until the 

 ducks are nearly over him. It is also abso- 

 lutely necessary that his clothes should be of the 

 color of the ground he lies on, for otherwise the 

 ducks never will be over him. I have killed many 

 thousands, and consider these to be the great 

 points upon which the sport depends. When 

 there is snow on the ground, the overdress of the 

 shooter should be white, or nearly white, and a 

 white handkerchief should be tied over his cap. 

 At times when there is snow on the ground the 

 ducks resort largely to the corn-fields, and the 

 sport in them at such times is usually very good, 

 provided the shooters carry it on in the right 

 way. 



