CHAPTER II. 



Though the principles of general procedure 

 may often be the same in like varieties of wild- 

 fowl shooting, the different surroundings frequently 

 necessitate the exercise of considerable ingenuity 

 in the providing of proper ambush, or blind, as 

 all such hiding-places are generally termed by 

 wild-fowlers. And as it will save considerable 

 labor to know how to set about it properly, I 

 will devote a few lines to the subject. 



The first thing to be done before building your 

 blind is to decide upon its most favorable loca- 

 tion ; and this decision must be governed by various 

 conditions influencing the actions of the ducks, 

 and which you must understand, as well as the 

 habits of your game, before you can be sure of 

 being right. When you enter a pond, note how 

 the ducks may be sitting, whether scattered pro- 

 miscuously about it, or grouped in some particu- 



