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Mud-hens often cause the duck-shooter consider- 

 able annoyance, especially in blue-bill shooting, , as 

 the ducks, instead of coming to the decoys, often 

 dart down to and alight with them. They should 

 always in such cases be driven out of the pond 

 if possible. 



A large bag (a coffee-sack answers admirably) 

 is the best thing to carry duck decoys in on 

 land. 



